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
BORN LEEDS 1882. SON OF MARY SHANN, OF 1, FOXES COURT, DAVIS STREET, HULL. HE WAS A SANITARY OFFICIAL AND WORKED AT HULL'S SANATORIUM. HE LIVED AT 4, HARWOOD PLACE, ENGLISH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 14/07/1916, AGED 34. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO […]
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BORN BEVERLEY 1895. LIVED BEVERLEY. SON OF GEORGE & MARGERY P. SHORT, OF 3, CHERRY TREE TERRACE, BEVERLEY. HE WORKED IN A TANNERY AND THEN AS A GROOM. DESCRIBED AS 5'4½", 112lbs, 34" CHEST, FAIR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, WESLEYAN RELIGION. MEMBER OF THE BEVERLEY ODDFELLOWS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 23/10/1915. FORMERLY, 2328, 3/1ST EA […]
Private
BORN 19/04/1888 BIRDSALL, YORKSHIRE. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM SIMPSON (1856-1924) AND HENRIETTA BERTHA SIMPSON (1865-1944), OF 6 THE POPLARS, DURHAM STREET. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CHECKER, FOR THE HULL AND BARNSLEY RAILWAYS (1911 CENSUS). HIS WIFE, MAUDE (HUDSON) SIMPSON & CHILD, LIVED AT 9 PARK GROVE, WYNBURG STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT […]
Sergeant
CLOWES CHAPEL, JARRETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
14/07/1916
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF SAMUAL SISSONS (1860-1931) & ANNIE ELIZABETH GIBBON (1864-1940), OF 1, GREENLAND FISHERY, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) AND CLOWES CHAPEL, JARRETT STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS AND ONE BROTHERS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A MOULDER AT THE RADIATOR WORKS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, […]
Private
65 , ALICIA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/06/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1897. ENLISTED HULL - 18/12/15. KILLED IN ACTION. SON OF THOMAS & ROSE SIZER ABOVE.
Private
BORN NOTTINGHMA 1877. ENLISTED HULL. ARMY SERVICE ADDRESS ABOVE. WIFE MARGARET LOUISE SLIGHT.
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BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOSEPH CHARLES SMITH & MARIA SMITH, 6, MELBOURNE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHER OF MRS ANNIE J SPENCE AT 9, CLAREMONT TERRACE, DAY STREET, HULL. A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 15/10/1915. POSTED TO THE 8TH EYR, IN FRANCE, ON 15/05/1916. HE WAS KILLED ON […]
Private
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF CHARLES SIMPSON SMITH (1865-1915) & MARTHA SMITH (1864-1936), AT 3, JOHNS PLACE, YORK STREET, HULL, 397 WINCOLMLEE, AND 1 OXFORD TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). WORKED IN THE OIL MILLS. ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 28. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE […]
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BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM SMITH (1863-1902) & ELIZA JANE STEAD (1863-1918), OF 64, CHURCH STREET, SUTTON ON HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN THE 11TH HULL PALS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFE […]
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BORN HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF THOMAS PEARSON LEE SMITH & HARRIET FANNY (BEAUMONT), OF 314, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). A RAILWAY GOODS PORTER. HE HAD WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS SINCE HE WAS A LAD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1916, AGED 23 AND 7 MONTHS. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRI […]
Private
Sycamore House, Caistor, Lincs
Died on
21/07/1916
Aged
21
Born Caistor, Lincs, 1895. SSon of John Thomas and Kate Spalding, of Sycamore House, Caistor, Lincs (CWGC address). He had one brother, John and two sisters, Theresa and Kate. Worked as a Grocer's Assistant. 5 foot 6 inches tall, 144 lbs weight, 37-39 " chest, Good Physical development. Enlisted Hull 10/12/1915. Posted to France, on 6t […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF GEORGE & FRANCES STANLEY, OF 51 CRAVEN STREET & 16 SPITTLE STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER. HIS WIFE ANNIE STANLEY LIVED AT 5 LAWFORD TERRACE, DANSOM LANE, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE, WHO MOVED TO 64 BALFOUR STREET, […]
Private
BORN HESSLE 1896. SON OF WILLIAM & SARAH JANE STEVENSON. KIA. APPRENTICE PAINTER. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. HE IS BURIED AT BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE READS, "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"
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BORN WITHERNSEA 1894. ONLY SON OF HENRY & ANN STONEHOUSE, OF 7 LEE STREET, HULL (HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) & LATER 35 WOODHOUSE ROAD, MANSFIELD, NOTTS. BROTHER TO KATE EDWARDS AND GLADYS STONEHOUSE. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A COMMERCIAL CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE "HULL COMMERCIALS", 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT […]
Private
32 SEWER LANE, PRINCE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
20
BORN HULL 01/12/1895. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS WILLIAM & ELIZABETH SWALLOW -PRINCE STREET. EX EMPLOYEE OF MRS P F SUTTON, PARCEL OFFICE, PRINCE STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, WITH HIS PHOTO ON THE 31ST DECEMBER 1917 & 5TH JANUARY 1918.*
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POST OFFICE, SKIRLAUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/11/1916
Aged
23
BORN SKIRLAUGH 1894. ONLY SON MR FRANCIS WILLIAM & MARIA SWIFT, SKIRLAUGH. WORKED AT SKIRLAUGH POST OFFICE, AS A POSTMAN AND TELEGRAPHIST. HIS FATHER WAS POST MASTER. ENLISTED BEVERLEY, AND MOBILIZED ON 18/02/1916. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10.5 INCHES TALL, 37.5 INCH CHEST, 156 LBS WEIGHT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 09/07/1916. SERVED IN THE […]
Acting Corporal
BORN HULL 1886. ELDEST SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM TAYLOR (1855-1924) & JANET McKENZIE (1860-1933), AT 30 GEE STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND A BROTHER. HE MARRIED IN HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DURHAM, ON 16/11/1909. HIS WIFE, GERTRUDE NELSON (1866-1964), LIVED AT 38, STATION AVENUE, MORTON GRANGE, CO. DURHAM AND 31, PEARSON STREET, HULL […]
Private
56 , SOMERSET STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
19/07/1916
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM TAYLOR AND ANNIE ELIZABETH TAYLOR, AT 11 SCARBOROUGH STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. A CLERK, LIVING AT 56 SOMERSET STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE 10TH HULL PALS, ON 19/05/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 09/04/1916. POSTED TO THE 8TH EYR, ON 15/05/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/07/1916, […]
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BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS TAYLOR (1855-1915) & THE LATE REBECCA SARAH TAYLOR (1868-1910), AT 28 GIBSON STREET , HULL. ONE OF 13 CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. AN APPRENTICE IRON MOULDER. HE ENLISTED, IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 22/01/1916, AGED 19 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 09/07/1916. TRANSF […]
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BORN ALDBOROUGH, YORKS, 1890. SON OF JOSEPH SHILITO (JOSSI) TEASDALE (1852-1929) AND ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) CANHAM (1852-1940), OF 4, EPWORTH STREET, HULL. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A WINE BOTTLER (1911 CENSUS) AND AS A STORE MAN AT JACKSON'S BAKERY. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 36 […]
