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
15, BRENTWOOD VILLAS, MARSHALL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/05/1917
Aged
31
BORN COTTINGHAM 1886. ONLY CHILD OF THOMAS CRAVEN BUTTERY (1850-1924) AND JULIA BARRETT (1855-1895), OF 8 CLARENCE AVENUE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 9 YEARS OLD. HE MARRIED FLORENCE "FANNY" STEPHENSON (1892-1981), AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, HULL, ON 05/08/1911, AGED 26. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, FLORENCE […]
Private
7 WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/02/1917
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF ROBERT BUXTON (1833-1891) & SARAH ANN JACKSON (1840-1888), OF 21 COURTNEY STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED ADA TOOD (1880-1957), AT HULL, IN 1907. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN AT 7, WELTON TERRACE, AND19 FREHOLD TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER AND SHOP KEEPER. HE […]
Corporal
BORN SUDBURY, SUFFOLK 1897. ENLISTED SUDBURY. DIED OF WOUNDS & BURIED IN HULL..
Private
BORN NEWLAND, HULL 1894. AN ADOPTED. SINGLE MAN. HE LIVED AT 1 QUEENS COTTAGE, QUEENS ROAD, HULL WITH AUNT SARA ANN BYLES, (1911 CENSUS) & LATER IN WITHERNSEA. HE ENLISTED AT WITHERNSEA. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/08/1915, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO ANOTHER AUNT,MISS GERTRUDE […]
Private
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS AND HARRIET CAIN, OF GREAT UNION STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ALSO WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER AND LIVING AT 5 BOURNE STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS.) ENLISTED HULL. JOINED THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL PALS). DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 04/11/1918, AGED 27. BURIED IN FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS W […]
Private
12 NEVILLE'S TERRACE, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
05/11/1916
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE CALVERT -54 ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. EX NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY FIREMAN & WOOD BOX MAKER HUSBAND OF ELIZA SIBBIE (MARSHALL) AT 11 EBENEEZER TERRACE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 12 NEVILLE'S TERRACE, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL (HDM 27/05/1917) & THEN SCARBOROUGH. REPORTED MISSING AND LATER CONFIR […]
Private
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM CARTLEDGE (1859-1939) & MARY ELLEN CHAPMN (1859-1891), HIS FATHER AND STEPMOTHER, ANNIE LIVED AT 52 , MARSHALL STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). BROTHER, TO LILY AND WALTER WHO LIVED AT 5 ALBERT TERRACE, TERRY STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED HULL, ON 14/02/1916. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT […]
Private
3 CYPRUS WALK, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/05/1917
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1889. HUSBAND OF FANNY (MOVER) OF 3 CYPRUS WALK, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/05/1917, AGED 28. HIS BROTHER WAS ALSO KILLED IN THE WAR. NB: WILLIAM CASS, RAMC - 8 HELEN TERRACE, FINSBURY STREET, HULL; & CASS FAMILY AT 6 FE […]
Private
BORN MANSFIELD, NOTTS 25/01/1895. ENLISTED HULL. SON MR ALFRED CAUNT (1869-1933) & ELIZABETH EMMA GILL (1867-1946), OF 58 ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL. A PRINTER'S APPRENTICE (1911 CENSUS) AND SHIP STEWARD WHEN HE JOINED THE ARMY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 07/09/1914, AGED 19 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS, 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES […]
Private
2, CAMPBELL TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
10/10/1918
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WALTER & ANNIE ELIZABETH CHAMBERS, OF WELTON, EAST YORKSHIRE.. SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH ADA TAYLOR AT 11, MARS TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL WHO WAS GUARDIAN OF THEIR CHILD. HIS BROTHER, GEORGE HENRY CHAMBERS, LIVED AT 2, CAMPBELL TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH […]
Private
11, BUCKINGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
27/10/1918
Aged
39
BORN GARTON, YORKSHIRE 1879. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM CLARK AND ELIZA CLARK, OF 11 BUCKINGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. HE HAD ENLISTED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 29/03/1900, AGED 19. DESERTED THE ARMY IN MAY 1900, TAKING MILITARY CLOTHING. HE MARRIED AMELIA HILL, AT HULL ON 05/07/1908. FATHER OF FIVE CHILDREN. THEY LIVED AT […]
Private
6, NORTH COURT, CHARLOTTE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/08/1915
Aged
25
BORN HULL 16/06/1889. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, HULL, ON 7TH JULY 1889. KNOWN AS FRANK. HE SIGNED HIS NAME IN HIS ARMY RECORDS AS 'CLATTERBROOK'. HE WAS THE SON OF FREDERICK CLUTTERBROOK (1853-1915) & ELLEN McNALLY (1858-1912), AT 6, NORTH COURT, CHARLOTTE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A DOC […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF GEORGE HENRY COBBY (1845-1905) & MARY ANN COBBY, OF 105, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL AND 6, GRANVILLE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL 9WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. BROTHER TO HENRY, SARAH, RICHARD, THOMAS GEORGE, ERNEST, ANN MARIE FLORENCE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 24218, 7TH EAST YOR […]
Private
BORN HULL 1894. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER ELIZA COGGIN, AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. AN OIL MILL WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11477, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 10/07/1916, AGED 22. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
Lance Corporal
10 WENTWORTH AVENUE, FIELD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/05/1917
Aged
19
BORN NEW HOLLAND, LINCS, 1898. SON OF HENRY COLGRAVE AND MARY JANE CASH (1862-1927), OF 4 ALASKA VILLAS, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF THREE BROTHERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 201570, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/05/1917, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE A […]
Lance Corporal
BORN GREAT YARMOUTH 09/10/1892. HE MARRIED BERTHA (METSON) AT HULL ON 28/03/1915. THEY RESIDED AT 2 WYKE AVENUE, SELBY STREET, HULL. HIS SISTER GLADYS LIVED AT 52 , SEATON STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A WAITER AT THE IMPERIAL HOTEL, PARAGON STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED ON 4TH SEPTEMBER 1914. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 12596, WITH THE […]
Private
4, DOVER CRESCENT, FOLKESTONE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
07/11/1916
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF CHARLES & CATHERINE COLLINS, OF 1354, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL. BROTHER OF CHARLES, STANLEY, MABEL AND ELSIE. HE WORKED AS A FRENCH POLISHER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 138 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE ALICE CHEESEBROUGH, ON 14/10/1909, AT HULL'S HARLEY STREET REGISTRY OFFICE. THEY LI […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1895. YOUNGEST SON OF LATE GILDING COOPER & ANNIE ELIZABETH COOPER,OF 350 BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A CHIEF BALLIFF. A SINGLE MAN. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WORKED AS A JUNIOR ASSISTANT IN THE CLERK'S DEPARTMENT, HUMBER CONVEYANCY BOARD. HE ENLISTED IN THE "HULL COMMERCIALS" WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED W […]
Lance Corporal
8 MIDDLETON VILLAS, CLYDE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
28/06/1916
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ALBERT CORDOCK (1843-1915) AND SARAH UPTON (1852-1931), OF 40 BLAKE STREET, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL. A FORMER LOADER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HIS MARRIED AT ST MATTHEW'S CHURCH, HULL, ON 12/05/1913. HIS WIFE, FLORENCE LUCY (WEBSTER) & SON, ERNEST, LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS & 5 PRETORIA STREET, OFF H […]
Private
9 CAMPBELL TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/03/1918
Aged
30
BORN BRIDLINGTON 18/12/1888. HE MARRIED EVELINE DAVY, ON 23/06/1913,AT HULL HOLY TRINITY CHURCH. THEY LIVED AT 9 CAMPBELL TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, NORFOLK STREET, HULL.WORKED AS A BUILDER'S LABOURER, FOR MR J.T LEVITT, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED ON 12/06/1915, JOINING THE HULL PALS. HE SERVED IN EGYPT, FRANCE AND FALNDERS. WAS […]
