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
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, HANMPSHIRE, UK.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. LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE MEMORIAL. R […]
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.
Lance Sergeant
7 MILNER ROYD, LUDDENDENFOOT, LUDDENDENFOOT, WEST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
09/02/1917
Aged
25
BORN HULL 01/11/1891. SON OF MILDRED PEARSON ROCKS (1865-1933) & JOHN LECK WALTON (1857-1914), OF 9, DERWENT AVENUE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) & THEN 4 WALTER LANE, LUDDENDENFOOT, HALIFAX, WEST YORKSHIRE, UK. WILLIAM MARRIED ON 06/08/1914. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH FERNYHOUGH & 2 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 7 MILNER ROAD, LUDD […]
Private
BORN NOTTINGHAM, 1895. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY WANLESS, OF 30 MOXON STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 21. BURIED AT FRICOURT CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY,, AT TH […]
Private
2 PERCY AVENUE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/11/1918
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ARTHUR LANGHORN WARDROBE (1873-1940) & EMMA ANN BARTRAM (1871-1935). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ELDEST OF THREE CHILDREN. SISTER ELSIE AND BROTHER SERGEANT, ARTHUR LANGHORN WARDROBE, ARMY SERVICE CORPS, LIVED AT SAME ADDRESS. JOHN WAS A BRASS MAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915, AGED 18 YEARS AND 1 MONTH. […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 11/12/1895. SON OF CHARLES ROBERT & RACHEL ANN WATKIN, OF 37 WALCOTT STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT CONSTABLE STREET BOARD SCHOOL. WAS A BOILER SCALER.. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 07/11/1914. TRANSFERRED TOTHE 7TH EYR. SERVED WITH BEF IN FRANCE, AS A SIGNALER FOR ROYAL ENGINEERS. PROMOTED TO LANCE CORPORAL. WOUNDED ON 10TH AP […]
Private
13 EGTON VILLAS, ST MARKS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
31/03/1918
Aged
29
BORN ANDERSTON, GLASGOW 1889. SON OF MRS CURTIS OF 13 EGTON VILLAS, ST MARKS STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS A GAS FITTER FOR THE EAST HULL GAS COMPANY. HE LIVED AT 25 TORRINGTON STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN 1914, JOINING THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. T […]
2nd Lieutenant
1 COLLEGE STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/09/1918
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM HARD & ETHEL MARY WATSON, OF 214 ANLABY ROAD AND 1 COLLEGE STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. EDUCATED AT HYMER'S COLLEGE, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE YORKSHIRE PENNY BANK. HE WAS A GIFTED SINGER, DANCER AND PIANIST AND PLAYED FOR EIGHT YEARS AT MADAME SHARRAH'S SCHOLL OF MUSIC, HUL […]
