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 1897. SON OF THE LATE CHARLES T. NEEDLER AND SOPHIA NEEDLER, WHO LIVED AT 4, EPPING TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) EMPLOYED AS A BACON ROLLER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, AND “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. … Read more
BORN MIDDLESBROUGH, 1894. SECOND SON OF BENJAMIN & KATE HIGH, OF 4 WEST VIEW, WYNGHAM STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. DON OF A RAILWAY POLICEMAN. HE WAS A HAIRDRESSER AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS POLICEMAN, BASED AT HULL’S PARAGON STATION. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 22/03/1915, AGED 21 YEARS AND 5 … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF ALBERT ARTHUR WRIGHT. (1876-1961) & ELIZA SUCH (1879-1944), OF 7, QUAKER’S COURT, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (1901), AND 4, WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 135 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, … Read more
BORN KILLARNEY, COUNTY KERRY, IRELAND, 1882. SON OF MR R.J. GODFREY AND MRS E GODFREY, OF MONKSTOWN, COUNTY DUBLIN. HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1902. HIS WIFE ANN (SLATER) & SIX CHILDREN (4 BOYS & 2 DAUGHTERS), LIVED AT 4 SIDNEY TERRACE. SIDNEY STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILLER. HE … Read more
