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
2, DERWENT GROVE, PRINCES ROAD, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
04/05/1917
Aged
33
BORN WOOTON, LINCS 1885. ELDEST SON OF RYLATT AND CHARLOTTE BAILEY, OF WOOTON, LINCS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR WOLANS HOUSE FURNISHING STORE, WITHAM. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN JUNE 1915. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EYR. DIED OF WOUNDS TO RIGHT LEG & BOTH FEET, RECEIVED IN APRIL 1917. HE LEFT HIS WIFE MRS PHOEBE ELIZABETH BAILEY & THR […]
Private
34 , TADMAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
05/11/1916
Aged
25
BORN BEVERLEY 1891. SON OF THOMAS SPINK BAKER (1847-1917) AND SARAH HANNAH BAKER (1859-1937), AT 34 TADMAN STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN, SON OF A CORPORATION NIGHT WATCHMAN. HE LIVED IN GRIMSBY, BUT ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 05/11/1916, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private
BORN HULL 1891. ONLY CHILD OF JOHN WILLIAM & MARY EMMA BAKER AT 41 , BARMSTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). A LABOURER AND COKE DRAWER. LIVING AT 247 WINCOLMLEE, HULL. HE MARRIED ELIZA BAKER AND HAD A YOUNG SON, THOMAS HENRY. THEY LIVED AT 3 JOHNS PLACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/11/1915, AGED 24 YEARS AND […]
Private
50 CAROLINE PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
05/11/1916
Aged
25
BORN KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK, 1890. SON OF ALFRED BARBER (1856-1953), OF LONDON, AND THE LATE LIZZIE (ANN MARIA ELIZABETH WHILEY) (1865-1906). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, LIVING IN LONDON. HE WORKED AS A SAILOR AND LIVED IN HULL. HIS WIFE ADA MAY BARBER (NEE HOODLESS) (1892-1963), LIVED AT 50 CAROLINE PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL ( […]
Private
9 CARLISE GROVE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVE., HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
16
BORN HULL 01/07/1900. SON OF ALBERT EDWARD & FRANCES FANNY BARKER, 4 MARVEL STREET, HULL AND THE ABOVE ADDRESS. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS JOHN, ERNEST AND JAMES AND TWO SISTERS, HARRIET AND FRANCES. ENLISTED HULL ON 07/08/1915, GIVING THE AGE OF 19 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS. HE WAS 5 FOOT 3 INCHES TALL, 111 LBS, 33 INCH CHEST, OCCUPATION; LABOURER. […]
Sergeant
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF ROBERT & ANN BARNES, OF 44 NORNABELL STREET, 18 BERSHIRE STREET, HULL AND COURTNEY STREET, HULL. HE RESIDED AT 44 , BERKSHIRE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE SOMME, 10/07/1916, AGED 31. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL […]
Private
4 WELLINGTON MART, HUMBER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
17/07/1916
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF GEORGE WINDLE BARTON (1870-1905) & ADA ANN MOWER (1875-1926). HIS FATHER DIED IN 1905 AND HIS MOTHER RE-MARRIED. HE LIVED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER, MARY ANN MOWER (1850-1941), AT 4, WELLINGTON MART, HUMBER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON THE FIRST DAY THAT WAR WAS DECLARED, AGED ONLY […]
Lance Sergeant
9 WATSONS TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
15/05/1917
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF REUBEN AND; MARY JANE (VENEBLES), OF 16 GREGORY''S BUILDING, MOXON STREET, HULL AND 9 WATSONS TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A MILL HAND. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SEVED AS A LANCE SERGEANT, IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/05/1917, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS ME […]
Corporal
7 KINGSTON AVENUE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
29/11/1919
Aged
40
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF MRS MARY BATES, OF 7 KINGSTON AVENUE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. THIS WAS HIS 1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS. A FORMER LABOURER for HARGREAVES BROTHERS, GIPSYVILLE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT SIX INCHES TALL, 36 INCHS TALL, 105 LBS, BLUES EYES, BROWN HAIR. ENLISTED BEVERLEY, 11/09/1914, GIVING HIS AGE AS 32. HE SERVED WITH […]
Private
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ALFRED EDWARD BATESON (1866-1939) AND EASTER REBECCA WILCOX (1867-1910), OF 53, WOODHOUSE STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD 6 SISTERS HE MARRIED AT HOLY TRINITY, HULL, ON 08/06/1908. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH DAVIES & FOUR CHILDREN, OF OF 3, JOSEPH TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (1911), 8, BRUNSWICK […]
Private
BORN HULL 1883. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN T & BARBARA ELIZABETH BATTARBEE AT THIS ADDRESS. THIS WAS ALSO ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE WAS A DEALER IN SURGICAL DRESSINGS BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ON 12/12/1915, AGED 32. CALLED TO SERVICE ON 18/03/1916. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 145 LBS IN WEIGHT, CHEST 37 INCHES AN […]
Private
BORN PRESTON, HULL 1888. SON OF EDWARD & HANNAH MARIA BELL, of 25 WESTMINSTER AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS THE ASSISTANT MANAGER OF HULL PICTURE PALACE. EDUCATED AT CRAVEN STREET SCHOOL AND HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE. HE WAS AN APPRENTICE ACCOUNTANT, AT PARLIAMENT STREET, HULL, BEFORE JOINING HULL PALACE. ALSO AN […]
Private
2 FERN AVENUE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
31/03/1918
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF GEORGE BELL (1865-1933) & MARY ELIZABETH BELL (1865-1938), AT 2 FERN AVENUE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, UNDERAGE. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 31/03/1918, AGED 20, DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE. HE WAS PICTURED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, O […]
Private
11 SOMERSET AVENUE, WITHERNSEA STREET, WILMINGTON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/09/1915
Aged
22
BORN SOUTH CAVE, 1892. SON OF HANNAH & THE LATE RICHARD BERRY, of 8 INDUSTRIAL TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL & 11 SOMERSET AVENUE, WITHERNSEA STREET, WILMINGTON, HULL. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED FOR SANDERSON'S PAINT WORKS. ALFRED IS RECORDED ON THE WILMINGTON ROH, SUTTON AND THE BEAN STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 11 Octo […]
Private
1 GOODWIN TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/05/1917
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM BETTINSON (1855-1912) AND ALICE BELL (1862-1943), OF 1 GOODWIN TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A FITTERS ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS) AND AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER, WITH HIS BROTHER, JOHN. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, WITH HIS BROTHER, JOHN […]
Private
8, BENJAMIN TERRACE, DALTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
24/09/1918
Aged
29
BORN EAST DEREHAM, NORFOLK 1889. SON OF JAMES BETTS (1846-1913) AND ELIZABETH STEVENSON (1850-1895), OF 8, BENJAMIN TERRACE, DALTON STREET, HULL. A BOILER MAKER. HE MARRIED MAUD DAWSON AT SCULCOATES, HULL IN JANUARY 1914. THEY LIVED AT 33, CECIL STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, CLARA ELIZABE […]
Private
1 HUMBER PLACE, HUMBER DOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/01/1917
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1895. A HULL PAL. SON OF WALTER BINGE (1868-1948) & HENRIETTA DUKES STEPHENSON (1868-1935), OF 6 MARFLEET TERRACE, LATER 4 BRONBY'S TERRACE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL AND THEN 1 HUMBER PLACE, HUMBER DOCK, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD A BROTHER CALLED WALTER AND ONE SISTER, EVA, WHO LIVED AT PINEWOOD COTTAGE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. […]
Private
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF SAMUEL BINNINGTON AND ANNIE ELIZABETH EVERITT. HIS WIFE LUCY MAY BINNINGTON, LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A FORMER DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH EYR (HULL PALS). POSTED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1918, AGED 24. hE LEFT £201 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, LUCY MAY, AT THIS PRO […]
Private
BORN ELLOUGHTON 1875. ENLISTED HESSLE. LIVED SWANLAND. WIFE ANNIE BINNINGTON & 2 CHILDREN. FARM LABOURER. REPORTED AS A HULL CASUALTY IN HDM 19/2/18. William Henry Binnington was born in Elloughton on 21 January 1885 to Henry, a farm labourer, and Jane Binnington. Henry died in 1887 and it is not known what happened to Jane. At the t […]
Private
16 VICTORIA STREET, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/11/1917
Aged
18
BORN HESSLE 1898. SON OF WILLIAM BLAKESTONE & MARY JANE JEWITT, OF 16 VICTORIA STREET. SPRINGVILLE, HESSLE. A BLACKSMITH. UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST SIZE, 148 LBS WEIGHT, "GOOD" PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, ERNEST AND ONE SISTER, RACHEL WHO BOTH LIVED ON HULL ROAD. HIS FATHER WAS A RE […]
