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
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JAMES WINDAS (1865-1925) AND MARY HARDWICK (1860-1935), OF 1 VANCOUVER CRESCENT, ALEXANDRA ROAD. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A LABOURER. HE MARRIED TABITHA ANN LOFT, AT ST STEPHENS CHURCH, HULL, ON 26/12/1914. THEY LIVED AT 7 ELIS AVENUE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, […]
Private
BORN ANLABY, HULL, 1896. SON OF RICHARD MARTIN WITTY (1856-1938) & RACHEL WILSON WITTY, of NETTLETON, CAISTOR, LINCS. A FARM WORKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/08/1918, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, RACHEL. BURI […]
Private
1 THE AVENUE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/05/1917
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1894. THIRD SON OF WILLIAM PASHBY WOOD & PHOEBE WOOD, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/05/1917, AT ARRAS, AGED 23. HE IS RECORDED ON THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY WAR MEMORIAL, AT HULL'S HOLY TRINITY MINSTER.UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER, PHOEBE. HE LEFT BROTH […]
Private
4, ROWLAND TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
07/07/1916
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF CATHERINE GRIMES & JOSEPH NEVET WOOD, OF 5, PROVIDENCE PLACE, SPRING STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 17, HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4, ROWLAND TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A RIVETTER. HIS FATHER SERVED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS DURING WW1. HE HAD TWO […]
Lance Corporal
66, Pulman Street, Spring Bank West. Hull
Died on
20/09/1918
Aged
27
Born Cottingham, Hull, 1891. Only child of William Wallace Wright and Clara Wright, of "Spring Cottage", 66, Pulman Street, Spring Bank West. Hull (War Pension address). He was a Slater and Concrete mixer by Trade. Described as 5 foot, 5 inches tall. Enlisted in Hull, on 11/12/1915. Called up on 8/2/1916. Posted to France, on 23/6/1916. […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF HENRY GRASBY WRIGHT (1854-1904) & KATE BRADBURY WRIGHT (1859-1926), OF 66 BRIDLINGTON STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WAS ONE OF THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 5 WATERHOUSE LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS), WHERE THEY RAN A TOBACCONIST BUSINESS. HE M […]
Private
3, TEMPERENCE BUILDINGS SWANN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
08/07/1916
Aged
37
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF MARY ELIZABETH WYATT (1861-1930) OF 55, GIBSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 296, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (ARMY RECORS ADDRESS). HIS FATHER UNKNOWN. HIS MOTHER HAD MARRIED THREE TIMES. HE HAD THREE HALF BROTHERS AND TWO HALF SISTERS. HE MARRIED, SARAH ANN EDWARDS (born 13/7/1879-1929), AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, HUL […]
Private
2 ROBERTA GROVE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
25/03/1918
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF WILLIAM YOUNG. MARRIED IN HULL, ON 26/03/1905. HUSBAND OF GERTRUDE (MOORE) & 2 CHILDREN, HILDA AND JOHN AT 3 GLADSTONE TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 2 ROBERTA GROVE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A HOUSE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL […]
Private
1, WILLIAM PLACE, RUSSELL TERRACE, MARLBORO TERRACE, HULL
Area
Died on
31/03/1918
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF LAURENCE & MARIA YOUNG, OF 84 VICTORY ROAD, DERBY AND 1, WILLIAM PLACE, RUSSELL TERRACE, MARLBORO TERRACE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS BORN IN HULL AND LIVED AT 7, WELTON TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 1, WILLIAM PLACE, RUSSELL TERRACE, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE SERVED W […]
