7th (Service) Battalion
16.09.1914 Formed at Beverley, Yorkshire as part of the Second New Army (K2) in the 50th Brigade of the 17th Division, then moved to Wareham.
May 1915 Moved to Romsey.
14.07.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Delville Wood.
During 1917
The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe, The Capture of Roeux, The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre. 11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Aulnoye.
Private
1 POPLAR CRESCENT, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
29/07/1917
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1895.ON OF JOHN WILLIAM TINDALL (1872-1948) AND EUNICE TINDALL (1871-1958), OF 10, WALTERS CRESCENT, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 1, POPLAR CRESCENT, WESTBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 200911, 7TH […]
Sergeant
BIRMINGHAM BUILDINGS, GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
31/03/1918
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY TODD (1860-1916) AND ADA ROBINSON (1857-1901), OF 2 JANE STREET, HULL AND BIRMINGHAM BUILDINGS, GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A BLACKSMITH STRIKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 34.5 INCH CHEST. "FRESH" COMPLEXION. BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, CHURCH O […]
Private
102 , GREAT THORNTON ST, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/03/1918
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1884. A HULL PAL. SON OF ROBERT HENRY TOMLINSON & ANNIE TOMLINSON, OF 102 , GREAT THORNTON ST, HULL, (ARMY ADDRESS). A RULLYMAN. 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 165 LBS WEIGHT, 38.5 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, AND BROWN HAIR, ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 28/09/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25 […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF GEORGE TOMLINSON (1855-1917) & HARRIET BRADSHAW (1864-1927). OF 1. RAGLAN TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WAS A DRAPERS ERRAND BOY (1911 CENSUS) AND LABOURER. SINGLE MAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCH CHEST, 123 LBS WEIGHT, FAIR PHYS […]
Private
180 , BELVOIR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
09/02/1917
Aged
20
Born Castleford, 1898. Son of John Henry Tomlinson and Jane Ann Armitage, of 180 Blevoir Street and later Top End Cottage, Cliffe, Selby, Yorks. One of seven children. employed as a Clerk, by the Hull Co-Operative Society. Enlisted Hull, on 08/05/1915. Described as 5 foot 8.5 inches tall, 135 lbs, 35 inch chest and of 'good' physical d […]
Private
BORN HULL 1883. HULL PAL. SON OF ZARCHARIA GEORGE TOWNEND (1844-1931) & MARY JANE PYBUS (1844-1930), OF 365, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE HAD ONE ELDER SISTER, ETHEL MAUDE, WHO WAS A MEDICAL PRACTIONER. HE ASSISTED HIS FATHER IN THE LOCAL DRAPERY WAREHOUSE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EYR (HULL COMMERCIALS) IN EGYPT AND F […]
Private
5 , HARRIS STREET, HALTEMPRICE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
16/11/1917
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM & ENA TRAFFORD ABOVE OFF HALTEMPRICE STREET. EX NER WORKER. LISTED ON COTTINGHAM ROH.
Private
43, FRANCIS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
29/10/1915
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF DANIEL TRAINOR (1843-1925) & HONORAH McCARTHY (1857-1929), AT 43, FRANCIS STREET, HULL AND 21, STAFFORD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BOTH HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN IRELAND. HE WAS ONE OF 12 CHILDREN (FOUR BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 7TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, O […]
Private
BORN HULL 1893. YOUNGEST SON OF WILLIAM HENRY TRIPLETT (1855-1929) AND MARY ANN BALLS (1857-1897), OF 21 WARWICK STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A MILL SAWYER, WITH HIS FATHER. BROTHER TO GEORGE (1882-1934) AND WILLIAM (1877-1931). HIS TWO SISTERS DIED WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINING THE 13TH EAST YORSHIRE (4TH HULL PA […]
Corporal
138 , PRINCES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
12/01/1918
Aged
24
BORN DERBY 1894. SON OF MRS ELIZABETH CHAPMAN, OF 41 WILLIAM STREET, DERBY. A BUTCHER. HE LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED in HULL ON 14/09/1914, AGED 21 AND 11 MONTHS. LIVING AT 138 , PRINCES STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 139 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, AND DARK BROWN HAIR. HE SERVED WITH TH […]
Sergeant
17 THORNE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
07/02/1918
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1886. LIVED HULL. SON OF CHARLES & HARRIET TURNER -11 CONFERNECE PLACE, GREAT THORNTON STREET (1891) & ABOVE. ADDRESS FROM HDM 28/2/18.. ENLISTED BEVERLEY.
Private
5 QUEEN ALLEY, LITTLE HUMBER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
11/11/1915
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE W. & ISABELLA TURNER, OF DAGGER LANE, HULL. WORKED AS A DOCKER FOR THE HULL & NETHERLANDS COMPANY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 7TH EYR. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 11/11/1915, AGED 20. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE OLD TOWN ROLL OF HONOUR AND ONTHE REFORM STREET ROH (HDM 2 […]
1st Lieutenant
BORN CHATHAM 16/07/1898. SON OF LT. RICHARD ALEXANDER, RE'S & LATE ANNIE URRY, OF 73 NEWSTEAD STREET, HULL, AND GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE, UK. A FORMER ENGINEER STUDENT. SERVED IN THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS AND TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED ON 27/04/1918, AGED 20. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COL […]
Private
BORN KILNWICK, YORKS, 1886. SON OF GEORGE ROBERT USHER (1851-1933) & MARY ALICE HARRIMAN (1854-1929). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A GROOM IN BRANTINGHAM. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE MARRIED EDITH ANN SCROWSTON (1887-1961), AT HULL, IN 1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 04/11/1918, AGED 32. H […]
Sergeant
9 WALTER TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
12/07/1916
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF HENRY VAREY (1846-1928) & ANN ELIZABETH VAREY (1845-1929), OF 9 WALTER'S TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 50 PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (HDM 29/11/1916 ADDRESS). HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. A FORMER SOLDIER, HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 12 YEARS, INCLUDING 8 YEARS IN INDIA. HE WOR […]
Private
243, WINCOLMLEE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
24/04/1917
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS VINER (1855-1938) AND MARY ANN TODD (1853-1929), AT 243, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD AN ELDER SISTER, ELIZABETH AND YOUNGER BROTHER, JOHN. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BOTTLER AND GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED, IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 03/05/1916. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIR […]
Private
1 , GREEK STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
06/03/1917
Aged
26
BORN BROOMFLEET, YORKS 13/03/1891. SON OF ARTHUR WADDINGHAM (1870-1932) & AVELINA GARDHAM (1872-1898). HIS STEPMOTHER ALICE THOMPSON (1871-1943) LIVED AT 1 , GREEK STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. A BRICKYARD LABOURER AND FARM LABOURER. HE MARRIED FRANCES HANNAH WILLIAMSON, AT ST PHILLIPS, CHURCH, HULL, ON 15/08/1912. HIS WIFE FRANCE […]
Private
8 KOTTINGHAM AVENUE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
10/07/1916
Aged
37
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF GEORGE DIXON WALKER & SARAH KIRBY, OF 17 HANOVER SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE MARRIED CATHERINE BURTON, AT ST MATTHEW'S CHURCH, BOULEVARD, ON 30/12/1900. HIS WIFE, KATE WALKER & FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 37 NILE STREET, HULL, 17 PERSEVERENCE TERRACE, WOODS LANE, HULL (ARMY ADDRE […]
Private
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOSEPH & ADA WALKER, OF 25 BARMSTON STREET, HULL. HE WAS A TELEGRAM MESSENGER AT CUMBERLAND STREET AND BEVERLEY ROAD POST OFFICES FOR TWO YEARS. HE THEN WORKED AT MESSRS. STORRY & WITTY'S, PAINT & COLOUR MANUFACTURERS, WILCOLMLEE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/02/1916. SERVING WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE R […]
Private
BORN SUNK ISLAND 1889. SON OF EMILY & LATE JAMES S. WALKER, OF BURTON PIDSEA, BURSTWICK. LISTED ON THE NORNABELL STREET ROLL OF HONOUR.
