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, PROVIDENCE PLACE, EDGAR STREET, HULL, United Kingdom
Died on
08/11/1916
Aged
23
BORN COTTINGHAM 1893. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM AND ADA COUPLAND. HIS TWO SISTERS LIVED AT 47, EDGAR STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A MILL HAND. HE MARRIED ALICE HAYTON, AT HULL REGISTRY OFFICE ON 27/03/1915. HIS WIFE AND TWO SONS, LEONARD (1915-1918) AND THOMAS (1916-2001), LIVED AT 129, NORTH GATE, COTTINGHAM, EAST YORKSHIRE (WAR PEN […]
Private
BORN KNOTTINGLEY, YORKSHIRE 1876. SON OF CHARLES COWARD (1854-1910) AND MARY ELIZABETH FELL (1846-1912). HE WORKED AS AN INSURANCE AGENT. HE MARRIED ADA FIRTH, ON 26/10/1901, AT BRIGHOUSE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL. THEY LIVED AT 211 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL AND 60 , HEDON ROAD, HULL, (HIS ARMY ADDRESS). THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED […]
Private
BORN SHEFFIELD 1895. SON OF EDWIN COWLAM (1865-1917). HE LIVED WITH MOTHER JANE NIXON (1875-1950), AT 7 , WALTERS AVENUE, DANSOM LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4 , ALBERT PLACE, BEETON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY AND DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINING THE 1 […]
Sergeant
7, BROAD SQUARE, MACHELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
15/10/1917
Aged
24
BORN HULL 02/10/1892. SON OF GEORGE COX (1843-1912) AND CAROLINE MARY LYONS (1850-1924), OF 7, BROAD SQUARE, MACHELL STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CATHOLIC CHURCH, ON 05/02/1894. A LABOURER IN THE LOCAL OIL MILLS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8, INCHES TALL, 156 LBS WEIGHT, 37.5-39 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, BROWN HAIR […]
Lance Corporal
14 , ROXBURGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
05/05/1918
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF MATTHEW HENRY CRANSWICK (1860-1928) & THE LATE KATE WRIGHT (1863-1909), OF 14 ROXBURGH STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL. THIS WAS HIS 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HIS BROTHER, CAPTAIN, WILLIAM CRANSWICK, EYR, LIVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS AND 6 VINE TERRACE, NORWOOD STREET, HULL. MATHEW ENLISTED HULL […]
Private
BORN NEW HOLLAND, LINCS, 1895. SON OF ROBERT AND SARAH ELIZABETH CRESSEY, OF 29, DOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS PARENTS WERE BOTH BORN IN LINCOLNSHIRE. SON OF A HULL CORPORATION LABOURER. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A POLISHER. PRIOR TO WAR, WORKED FOR MESSRS MOOR & ROBSON, WHO HE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED WITH SINCE LEAV […]
Private
OCTON GRANGE FARM, SCARBOROUGH, GANTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
05/11/1916
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN SIMPSON CROFT AND THE LATE ELIZA CROFT, OF 1 OCKTON GRANGE, GANTON, NEAR SCARBOROUGH. A FARMER'S SON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 29/03/1915, AGED 21 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5133, 3/4TH EYR. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 05/07/1916. JOINED THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 08/09/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON […]
Private
61 , ROSMEAD STREET, NEWBRIDGE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
18/09/1918
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JAMES & ALICE CROPPER (1869-1928), OF 61 ROSMEAD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A MESSENGER AND RAILWAY WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 21520, THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 18/09/1918, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JAMES CROP […]
Private
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF THE LATE HUGH & JOANNA CUMMINGS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. A HULL DOCKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 10904, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 03/09/1915. KILLED IN ACTION ON 05/11/1916, AGED 36. LISTED AS MISSING AND KILLED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/06/1917. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THI […]
Private
16 BRIGHTON TERRACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
12/07/1916
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1883. THIRD SON OF JOHN DALE (1845-1916) & ISABELLA RHODES (1853-1926), OF 16 BRIGHTON TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS) AND 16 BRIGHTON TERRACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A LABOURER. WORKED FOR THE EAGLE OIL MILLS, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 31/07/1915. S […]
Private
10 PRINCES TERRACE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
23/07/1916
Aged
36
BORN BEVERLEY 1881. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE MARRIED AT ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD, ON 12/04/1903. HIS WIFE, LILY HOLMES & FIVE CHILDREN, LIVED AT 10 PLEASANT PLACE, NEPTUNE STREET (1911 CENSUS); 10 PRINCES TERRACE, WEST DOCK STREET, HULL AND LATER 12 FIRST AVENUE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 04/03/1916, AGED 3 […]
Private
13 PRINCES AVENUE, WHEELER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
31/03/1918
Aged
37
BORN HULL 1881. ONLY SON OF CHARLES DALTON (1855-1885) & GEORGINA DALTON (1854-1887) OF THIS ADDRESS. A HOUSE APINER. HE MARRIED IN HULL, IN 1910. HUSBAND OF THE LATE GERTRUDE ANNIE (HOURD) DALTON, OF 13 PRINCES AVENUE, WHEELER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PAL. SERVED WITH THE 12TH BATTALION EAST YORKSHIRE REGI […]
Sergeant
5, VULCAN TERRACE, SEWARD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
08/06/1918
Aged
37
BORN HULL 1880. SON OF THOMAS DANCE AND THE LATE THIRLIZA DANCE, OF 10, VILLA TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO GEORGE, CHARLES, FLORENCE AND ELIZA. HE MARRIED A WIDOW, FANNY MARIA MEARS, AT HARLEY STREET, HULL, ON 11/05/1907. SHE HAD TWO SONS, CHARLES AND JOHN. THEY LIVED AT 5, VULCAN TERRACE, SEWARD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS […]
Private
4, Saplin Street, Manningham, Bradford
Died on
13/05/1917
Aged
24
Born Lincoln, 1893. Son of Ellen Maria Dann, of 4, Saplin Street, Manningham, Bradford, and the late Alfred Dann. He lived with his sister Constance, at 23 Westbourne Place, Bradford Road and worked as a box maker (1911 Census). He moved to Hull and lived with his brother Dudley, at 6, Boynton Street, Hull He enlisted in Hull. Served wi […]
Private
1, THORNHILL AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
18/09/1918
Aged
19
BORN SHEFFIELD 1899. SON OF JOHN AND ADA DAVIS, OF 5, OUSE ROAD, DARNELL, SHEFFIELD (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHER OF MRS SHARPE, OF DERBY STREET, HULL. A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF SCULCOATES STONE WORKS. HE RESIDED AT 1, THORNHILL AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL (THIS ADDRESS IS FROM THE 1914 ELECTORAL RECORDS). HE ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD. SER […]
Private
5, TEMPERENCE AVENUE, CLYDE STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/04/1917
Aged
24
BORN HULL 22/02/1892. SON OF JANE HAMMOND (1853-1916) & JOHN AMBROSE DAVIS (1851-1933), OF 60, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE OLDER BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HUSBAND OF LILLIE LEMARD, AT 1, BOTANIC PLACE, STAINIFORTH PLACE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 5, TEMPERENCE AVENUE, CLYDE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE MARRIED HER ON […]
Private
5 VILLA TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
05/11/1916
Aged
33
BORN SUNDERLAND 1883. ONLY SON OF JACOB & ELIZABETH DAVIS, SWANN STREET, HULL. WAS A DOCK LABOURER. LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, JANE HOLDSTOCK AND HER FAMILY AT THIS ADDRESS (ARMY RECORDS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 13/04/1915. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED FRANCE 070/7/1916. POSTED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALIO […]
Private
18 DUNCAN STREET, THE GROVES, HULL
Died on
12/11/1915
Aged
21
Born 1894. Son of Richard Henry Denman (1872-1950) and Sarah Cunningham (1872-1939). Employed by Messrs, Fins and sons, Sawmill, Drypool. He enlisted in Hull. Served in the 7th East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action on 12/11/1915, aged 21. He is commemorated on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial. His death was reported in the Hull Daily […]
Private
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF FREDERICK ISSAC DENNETT (1861-1926) & HARRIET MOTSON, OF 103 BALFOUR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THE SEVENTH OF TEN CHILDREN. SON OF A IRON DRILLER. HE WAS ALSO EMPLOYED AS A METAL MACHINIST. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 10/12/1915 , AGED 18 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 1 INCH TALL, 32 INCH C […]
Private
4 WALTERS TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
21/03/1918
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JAMES FREDERICK DEYES (1858-1926) AND PHOEBE WEATHERSTON (1860-1909). HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN NOVEMBER 1915. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WENT TO FRANCE MARCH 1916, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED TWICE AND INVALIDED BACK TO ENGLAND IN SEPTEMBER 1916. HE RETURNED TO FRANCE AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 21ST MARC […]
