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.
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM & KATE BLYTHE, OF 7 GREEN LANE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A COAL MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON THE 12/12/1915, AGED 21 YEARS, AND 8 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS, 5 FOOT 5.5 INCHES TALL, 132 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST. TRAINED AT RUGELEY CAM […]
Private
BORN HOLLYM, YORKS, 1891. SON OF JOHN BOASMAN (1846-1923) & SARAH ANN BOASMAN (1854-1927), OF HOLLYM, WITHERNSEA. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN, AND SON OF A FARMER IN PATRINGTON. HE WORKED IN HULL FOR THE COUNCIL'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HE ENLISTED ON 10/12/1915, AGED 24 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. HIS WIFE HARRIET MAY BOASMAN, AND DAUGHTER HARRIET […]
Private
BORN HULL 06/11/1894. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & MARY BOND (1862-1938), OF 321 HEDON ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. SON OF A HULL DOCK WORKER. EDUCATED AT COURTNEY STREET SCHOOL. HE WAS SENT TO REFORMATORY SCHOOL, IN LEEDS, AT THE AGE OF 14, FOR STEALING A CAST IRON PIPE. DESCRIBED AS "VERY FAIR INTELLI […]
Private
4, THE AVENUE CRESCENT, PARK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
19/02/1917
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. ONLY CHILD OF EMILY KATE BOOTH (1870-1965) & THE LATE JOHN BOOTH AT 4, THE AVENUE CRESCENT, PARK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A GROCER'S ASSISTANT AND LORRY DRIVER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 06/11/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 04/11/1916. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST […]
Private
14 , RENSBURG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
18/09/1918
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF GEORGE BOSWORTH (1859-1922) & CATHERINE WILKINSON (1864-1934), OF 16 CORNWALL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS & ONE SISTER ALICE, LIVING AT 16 CORNWALL STREET, HULL (HDM 11/12/1918). AN APPRENTICE. HE WORKED FOR MESSRS, STONES AND WILKINSON, BRASS FOUNDERS, KING'S STREET. HULL. HE […]
Sergeant
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM BOTHAM (1868-1902) & MINNIE BROADWELL (1868-1908). RAISED IN AN ORPHANAGE. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED AS SERGEANT, WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE SOMME, ON 31/03/1918, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MISS GERTRUDE GRAY. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THORNGUMBOLD WW1 MEMOR […]
Private
BORN HULL 1888. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM BRADBURY (1863-1944) & ELIZABETH BRADBURY, OF 6 LIDDELL STREET, HULL AND 6 SPITTLE STREET, THE GROVES, HULL, (HIS ARMY ADDRESS). SON OF A FIREMAN. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. AN OIL MILL PRESSMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 30/08/1914, AGED 25 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 123 LBS […]
Private
WHITING MILLS, WILLERBY, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
05/11/1916
Aged
18
BORN WILLERBY 1898. SON OF JAMES ROBERT & ANNIE BRADLEY, MAIN STREET, WILLERBY ABOVE. THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HS FATHER WAS FOREMAN, OF WHITING MILLS, WILLERBY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/11/1916, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ANNIE MARWOOD. HE IS CO […]
Private
16 , ALICIA STREET, CHARLES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
05/11/1916
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ARTHUR ROBERT & MATILDA BRAIMBRIDGE, OF 3, RYDERS TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS), CHAPEL COURT, OSBOURNE STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND 16, ALICIA STREET, CHARLES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). SON OF A TAILOR. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. ON HIS ARMY RECORDS HE STATED THAT HI […]
Private
Born Hull 1894. Son of Arthur & Jane, of 53, Blake Street, Hull (War Pension address). Prior to enlisting he was a Thomas Wilson & Son Employee. He enlisted in the Hull Commercials in September 1914. Saw service in Egypt and France. Wounded in June 1916. Transferred to the 7th EYR. Killed at Arras, on 12/05/1917, aged 23. His de […]
Private
12 HAWTHORN TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1898. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM & ANNE BRETT, OF 14 VICTORIA STREET, HESSLE. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MR GOOD, OF GILBERT STREET, HESSLE ROAD., HULL. HIS SISTER MRS BEATRICE WILSON, LIVED AT 12 HAWTHORN TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL. ALBERT ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, […]
Private
2 QUAKER'S COURT, WINCOLMLEE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
10/07/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF SELINA & WALTER BREWSTER ABOVE 1901 CENSUS. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. BROTHER WALTER AND SISTERS MARY, ADA AND EMILY. HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION ON 10/07/1916, AGED 24. UNMARRIED. HIS FATHER WALTER RECEIVED HIS WAR GRATUITY PENSION. HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE NEW GEORGE STRE […]
Private
90, CLIFTON TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
24/11/1915
Aged
32
BORN LEEDS 1883. SON OF HENRY BROWN & ELLEN GERTRUDE SAGG. A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED, GERTRUDE MAY WILES, AT HULL, IN 1904. HE WIFE, GERTRUDE MAY BROWN (1886-1973) AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 90, CLIFTON TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WA […]
Private
2 IMPERIAL AVENUE, GRANVILLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
28/06/1916
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF MARY FRANCES BROWN & THE LATE ROBERT BROWN, OF HULL. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVING WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL PALS). SERVED IN EGYPT, BELGIUM AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/06/1918, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED […]
Private
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF RICHARD & ADA BROWNLEE, AT 2 WILLIAMS PLACE, RUSSELL TERRACE, MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, ETON STREET. EMPLOYED AS A SHOP ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 31/03/1918, AGED 24. A SINGLE MA, BROTHER, TO ETHEL, RICHARD, ARTHUR, JOHN, JAMES AND ALBERT. HIS […]
Private
BORN HULL 1896. SECOND SON OF JOHN THOMAS BULLIMENT & HARRIET STACEY, ABOVE ADDRESS & 48 WALLIKER STREET. (ADDRESS CONFIRMED IN 1918 ABSENT VOTERS). SON OF A COAL DEALER. WORKED AS A PRINTER'S APPRENTICE. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN GALLIPOLI. KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE ON 31/03/1918. HE WAS AGED 22 AND UNMA […]
Company Sergeant Major
BORN SELBY, YORKS 1879. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE GERTRUDE BULMER (1880-1941), OF 12 , KINGS BENCH STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF THOMAS BULMER (1848-1923) & EMMA WASTLING (1850-1931), OF 4 ENA STREET, BOULEVARD, HULL. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE SERVED IN BOER WAR. WAS A TAILOR IN CIVILIAN LIF […]
Private
BORN HULL 1891. FOSTER SON OF CHARLOTTE GIBLIN, OF JUNCTION TERRACE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A FORMER BLUNDELLS PAINT WORKER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 17/09/1918, AGED 27. BURIED ST SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, FRANCE
Private
BORN HULL 24/09/1894. SON OF THOMAS BURKE (1865-1922) & CATHERINE (KATE) HORAN (1866-1943), OF 55, WEST STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 34, WEST STREET (1911 CENSUS) & 2, WORTHING STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A COAL DEALER FROM IRELAND. HE HAD SISTERS, AGNES AND KATE AND BROTHERS, EDWARD AND JOHN. HE WORK […]
Lance Corporal
BORN SKIRLAUGH 1878. EMPLOYED AS A BUTCHER. HE MARRIED AT GAINSBOROUGH, IN 1901. LIVED WITH WIFE, EDITH HELEN BINGHAM (1879-1965) AND THEIR SON FRANK BURTON, AT 281 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HIS MOTHER LIVED AT 13 GROVESNOR STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS AT 22ND LONDON CASUALTY CL […]
