8th (Service) Battalion
22.09.1914 Formed at Beverley, Yorkshire as part of the Third New Army (K3) in the 62nd Brigade of the 21st Division, then moved to Tring.
Aug 1915 Moved to Witley Camp, Godalming.
09.09.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; The Battle of Loos.
16.11.1915 Transferred to the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Actions of the Bluff and St Eloi Craters, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of the Ancre.
During 1917
The First, Second and Third Battles of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Cambrai 1917.
17.02.1918 Disbanded in France, remaining personnel formed the 10th Entrenching Battalion with the 12th West Yorkshire Battalion.
Private
Marsh House, Barton-on-Humber, Lincs
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
25
Born Barton On Humber, 1892. Son of Walter and Annie Hare, of 19 Newport Street, Barton-on-Humber. He had one younger brother, Arthur. Worked as a Grocers Assistant (1911 Census) and a Violinist (Army records. Husband of N. R. Hare, of Marsh House, Barton-on-Humber, Lincs. He enlisted in Hull, on 24th Feb 1916. Formerly, 1/4th EYR. Tra […]
Private
12 TICHBOURNE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
31/03/1918
Aged
23
BORN GOXHILL, LINCE 1894. SON OF EDWARD ALDRED (1860-1915) AND SUSAN BOYES (1867-1916), OF 7 LIZZIES GROVE, RHODES STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD SIX BORTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1915. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1916. HIS FAMILY THEN LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, MISS LAURA ALDRED, AT 7 TICHBOURNE TERRACE, BEAN ST […]
Private
3 CARTWRIGHT'S PLACE, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
19/01/1917
Aged
39
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF ELIZABETH ALLEN AT 3 CARTWRIGHT'S PLACE, SPRING BANK WEST. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL'S HYMERS COLLEGE. HIS WIFE ELSIE HILDA ALLEN & TWO CHILDREN LIVED WETWANG, NEAR MALTON. HE HAD SERVED IN THE BOER WAR AND HAD A MEDAL WITH FIVE BARS. HE CIVILIAN LIFE HE WAS A CAB DRIVER AND ENLISTED THREE WEEKS AFTER THE START O […]
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BALKHOLME COTTAGE, HOWDEN DYKE, BROUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/08/1916
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1891. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED IN BROUGH, EAST YORKSHIRE. SON OF JOHN CHARLES ALLOTT, OF BALKHOLME COTTAGE, HOWDEN DYKE, YORKSHIRE. A FARM SERVANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 161 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, WESLEYAN RELIGION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 28/08/1915. SERVED IN THE 5TH CYCLISTS AND THEN THE […]
Private
9, Chapel Yard, Wrawby Street, Brigg, Lincolnshire
Died on
10/05/1917
Aged
20
Born Messingham, Lincolnshire, 1897. Son of Amelia and George Altoft of 9, Chapel Yard, Wrawby Street, Brigg, Lincolnshire (War Pension address). Son of a Farm Labourer. He enlisted in Hull. served with the 8th East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action, on 10/05/1917, aged 20. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. His army effec […]
Private
32 , SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
18/08/1916
Aged
22
BORN HULL 08/06/1894. SON OF MARY ANNETTE FORD (1865-1938) & WALTER JOHN ANTHONY (1852-1926), OF 257, WATERLOO STREET, HULL AND 32, SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A FURNITURE UPHOLSTERER. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. A TIMBER MERCHANT'S CLERK, AND FORMERLY OF MESSRS, SANDERSON AND FERENS SOLICITORS, PARLIAMENT STREET, HU […]
Private
BRITISH PETROL HOUSE, DAIRYCOATES, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
03/06/1917
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN EDWARD APPLEBY (1870-1915) & MARY AGNES APPLEBY. THEIR HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS WAS THE DAIRYCOATES PETROL HOUSE, NEWINGTON STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS AN ENGINEER FOR THE PETROL COMPANY. GEORGE APPLEBY WORKED AS A BUTCHER (1911 CENSUS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FFOT, 10 INCHES TALL, 150 LBS WEIGHT, 38.5 INCH CHEST, […]
Private
BORN BARTON UPON HUMBER, 06/08/1894. ONLY SON OF WALTER APPLEYARD (1869-1929) & SARAH ALICE NAYLOR (1870-1952), OF HULL. ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 03/05/1917, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/07/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WE […]
Private
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM ATKIN & BETSY ANN ATKIN, OF 5, PRIORY STREET, CHURCH STREET, HULL (NOW DEMOLISHED) AND 70, EAST PARK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHER TO GEORGE AND FIVE SISTERS. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 11TH EYR (HULL PALS) ON 08/11/1915, AGED 21 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. TRAINED AT RUGELEY CAMP. POS […]
Lance Corporal
BORN RIBSTONE, WETHERBY, 1885. SON OF THE LATE JOHN ROBERT ATKINSON AND HARRIET ATKINSON. A GENERAL ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 12/12/1915, AGED 30 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS. THIS WAS HIS HULL ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT AND 6.5 INCHES TALL, 136 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 09/07/1916. SERVED AS LANCE C […]
Private
Died on
21/07/1916
Aged
19
Born Hull, Worked for Homco Mills, Stoneferry. Served with the 8th EYR, Killed on the Somme, on 21/07/1916, aged 19. His mother lived at 9, Richards terrace, Barnsley Street, Hull. His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 04.09.1916. Somme - The 8th East Yorkshires spent the following weeks alternating between resting, training […]
Private
3 GLADYS GROVE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
03/05/1917
Aged
36
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF THE ROBERT BACON, A CRIMEA WAR VETERAN WHO DIED IN 1911 AND MRS BACON, 155 HODGSON STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE NELLIE & 2 DAUGHTERS LIVED AT 62 HIGH STREET. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A HULL DOCKER. HE ENLITED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED […]
Private
BORN LIVERPOOL 1897. STEP SON OF MAX & SON OF ANNE PEARMENT, OF 7 PORTER STREET, AND 33 ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. AN APPRENTICE BOOT REPAIRER. HE HAD FOUR YOUNGER STEP BROTHERS, DAVID, SAMMY, JACOB AND ISAAC. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AT THE START OF THE WAR, UNDERAGE. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 06/03/1915. POSTED TO THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMEN […]
Private
4, Allon Vale, Estcourt Street, Hull
Died on
26/09/1915
Aged
23
Born Wakley, Sheffield, 1892. Nephew of Mrs Eleabor Violet Tyler at 4, Allon Vale, Estcourt Street, Hull (War Pension address). His parent both dead he worked as a signal lighter and his auntie was his next of kin. He enlisted in Sheffield, on 20/10/1914. Served with the 8th EYR. Killed in action, at Loos, on 26/09/1915, aged 23. He lef […]
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BORN HULL 1896. SON OF LATE JAMES BARTON (1859-1907) AND FANNY ELIZABETH BONNETT (1863-1938), AT 91 , ALBERT AVENUE, HULL, (ARMY ADDRESS). A TELEPHONE CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, ON 28/09/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 30/03/1916. JOINED THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN THE FIELD. KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE S […]
Private
THE MANOR, LITTLE WEIGHTON, ROWLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/07/1916
Aged
28
BORN LITTLE WEIGHTON, ROWLEY, YORKSHIRE, 1888. SON OF ALFRED BARTRAM (1838-1912) AND EMILY STEPHENSON (1854-1921). SON OF A FARMER. ONE OF 3 BOYS AND 6 SISTERS. A FARMER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOHN HENRY BARTRAM, SERVED AS PRIVATE, 10/1397, 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON THE SOMME, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFF […]
Private
140, SHARP STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF HENRY PAUL BATEMAN (1863-1949) & MINNIE EDWARDS (1864-1940),OF 140, SHARP STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A WAREHOUSE MAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 35-38.4 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE ENLISTED AS A GUNNER IN […]
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BORN HULL 1895. YOUNGEST SON OF ANN ELIZABETH COATES & JOHN BECKETT (1854-1915), WHO LIVED AT 214, DANSOM LANE, HULL. (WAR PENSION AND CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE OLDER SISTERS. A FORMER RECKITT'S WORKER, JOINING THE FIRM ON 27/02/1911. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REJECTED TWICE BY […]
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34 , WYNBURG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
27/09/1917
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY BEE (1870-1927) & SARAH SCOTT (1871-1933), OF 34 WYNBURG STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). WORKED AS A GROCER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 121 LBS WEIGHT, 34-36 INCH CHEST. ENLISTED AT HULL CITY HALL, ON 11/11/1915, JOINING THE 1/4TH EYR TERRITORIALS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/01/1917 […]
Private
BORN HULL 22/09/1879. SON OF LATE WILLIAM BELL (1853-1915) & EMMA WRIGGLESWORTH (1857-1930). SON OF A GENRAL LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AT RECKITTS SINCE 20/03/1911. HE WORKERED AS A FITTER WITH HIS BROTHER, RICHARD. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 03/05/1917, AGED 37. COMMEMORATED O […]
