Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
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.
BORN HULL 19/02/1896. SON OF MARY ANNIE ILLINGWORTH, AT 6 LILY’S TERRACE, FINSBURY STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT BLUNDELL STREET SCHOOL. EMPLOYED BY A PORK BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL COMMERCIALS, ON 06/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN FRANCE, FROM 15/04/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT POLYGON WOOD, ON 26/09/1917, AGED 21. HE … Read more
BORN HULL 1875. ONLY CHILD OF HENRY & NANCY GREEN AT 17, HODGSON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A HAY LABOURER. HE MARRIED LILLIAN SHEARSMITH (1876-1916), AT ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, HULL, ON 03/12/1894. HIS WIFE LILLIAN AND FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 17, HODGSON STREET AND AT 6, PRAGUE TERRACE, PENDRILL STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED … Read more
BORN MANCHESTER 1898. ONLY SON OF BENJAMIN FRANKS (1862-1940) & HELEANA (NELLIE) MINDELSOHN (1871-1961), OF 18, PARK AVENUE, HULL. SON OF AN OPTICIAN. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS ABOVE. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE AND WORKED IN HIS FATHER’S BUSINESS, IN SAVILLE STREET, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE OFFICER CADETS AT SCHOOL, THE 4TH EYR … Read more
BORN BARTON 01/04/1888. SON OF JOSEPH HENRY BANKS (1855-1933) & MARY DRURY BANKS (1862-1938), OF 1 GARDEN PLACE, RAIKES STREET, DRYPOOL. HULL. SON OF A LIGHTERMAN. HE MARRIED ON 21/05/1916, AT DRYPOOL, HULL. HIS WIFE, BEATRICE WEST & DAUGHTER, EVELYN (Died 11/03/1919), LIVED AT 12, EUGENIE TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER. … Read more
