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.
Lance Corporal
BORN BRISTOL, GLOUSCESTER, 1896. SON OF WILLIAM CHARLES TERRY & EMILY ANN ARNOLD, OF HULL. BOARDED WITH HIS MARRIED SISTER LILY, AT 35, SEATON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY. ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/11/1917, AGED 21. BURIED AT FAVREUIL […]
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3 CHARLES TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF FRED & HANNAH THORLEY, OF COURTNEY STREET, HULL. SISTERS EMILY AND ALICE AND BROTHER ERNEST THORLEY. BEFORE THE WAR WORKED AS A SHOE MAKER. BOARDED AT 15 WILSON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, 13/11/1916, AGED 28. HIS BODY WAS UN RECOVERED AND HE IS COMMEMORATED AT TH […]
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BORN ECCLES FIELD, SHEFFIELD 1886. SON OF WILLIAM THORNTON AND AGNES THORNTON, OF SEWARD STREET, HULL. AND 3 NEW ROW, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL. SON OF A ARILWAY CLERK . EX BLUNDELL'S LABOURER. LIVING AT 56 JAMES STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1917, […]
Private
18 , SUFFOLK STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/07/1916
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JAMES & CAROLINE TINDALE, OF 18 QUEENS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 18 SUFFOLK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED BY THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY. HE ENLISTED WITH HIS BROTHER ARTHUR. JOINING THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (1ST HULL PALS BATTALION). SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 08/03 […]
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BORN HULL 09/03/1894. SON OF WILLIAM TINDALL & HANNAH TINDALL, OF 10 BISHOPS LANE, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A WAREHOUSEMAN, FOR PEARSON SOAP WORKS, STONEFERRY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 06/11/1915, AGED 21 YEARS AND 180 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2.5 INCHES TALL, 133 […]
Private
BORN KIDDERMINSTER 1896. SON OF EDWARD LEIGH TONKINSON (1862-1933) AND SARAH ANN WHALLEY, OF 73 LORNE TERRACE, NORWOOD, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A POST MASTER, AT BEVERLEY POST OFFICE. HE WORKED AS A CLERK. UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 37-40 INCH CHEST, 152 LBS WEIGHT, "GOOD" PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE […]
Private
16 COTTON TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/09/1917
Aged
30
BORN HULL 29/05/1890. SON OF JOHN & EMILY ELIZABETH UNDERWOOD. HE MARRIED MARGARET MABEL HESSELL (1890-1983), IN HULL, ON 08/08/1914. THEY LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. BEFORE ENLISTING IN 1914 HE WAS A SHIP YARD LABOURER AND WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE JOINED THE HULL PALS, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EAST YOR […]
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10 VICTORIA TERRACE, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
07/09/1916
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1896. HULL PAL. DOW. SON OF JOHN GEORGE & JANE ELIZABETH VOAKES ABOVE & ANLABY PARK. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR J BUSH JEWELLERS. HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED ON THE 19TH JULY BUT WAS RETURNED TO HIS REGIMENT. HE WAS WOUNDED SEVERLEY IN THE STOMACH AND DIED IN HOSPITAL, AGED 19. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON […]
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6 , HUDSON STREET, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
01/08/1916
Aged
41
BORN ST HELENS, LANCASHIRE, 1875. SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH VOSE, OF MILLBROOKE LANE, ECCLESTON, ST HELENS. HE MARRIED ELEANOR DIXON, AT NEWCASTLE, ON 31/07/1897. HIS WIFE ELEANOR VOSE LIVED AT 6 HUDSON STREET, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL. THEY HAD DAUGHTER, ELEANOR, AND TWO SONS, WILLIAM AND JOHN. HE WORKED IN CONFECTIONERY, AS A SUGAR BOI […]
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BORN BURSTWICK 04/10/1895. SON OF FRED ESCREET WALKER (1871-1937) & SARAH LEVETT (1871-1916), OF BURSTWICK HALL, BURSTWICK, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. A FARM SERVANT. SINGLE MAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 121 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 29/02/1916. POSTED T […]
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MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/07/1916
Aged
36
BORN HULL 1880. SON OF JAMES WHITWORTH WARDLE (1849-1931) & MARGARET SUTTON WARDLE (1848-1913). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN, INCLUDING FIVE SISTERS. HE WAS A HULL TEACHER, LIVING AT 30 SCULCOATES LANE. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE CLARK, AT SKIRLAUGH, IN APRIL 1912. HIS WIFE GERTIE LIVED IN HESSLE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 29/04/1915, AGED 35 YEAR […]
Lance Corporal
92 , BELMONT STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
03/05/1917
Aged
19
BORN SUNDERLAND 1898. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM PEASE WARRENER (1874-1932) & ROSINA FRIEDRICKE LOFFELHARDT (1878-1951), OF 92 BELMONT STREET, HULL. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN WUTTEMBERG, GERMANY. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS LIVING AT THE SAME ADDRESS. WORKED AS A FRENCH POLISHER. EMPLOYED BY FRED WILSON'S, HEDON ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE TERRITO […]
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4 ROBINSON'S PLACE, PRINCESS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/05/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1898. YOUNGEST SON OF LUKE JAMES WASS (1868-1922) & CLARA LOFT (1865-1944), OF 4 ROBINSON'S PLACE, PRINCESS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF FOUR SONS WHO ALL DIED IN THE WAR. HE WORKED FOR THE HULL CORPORATION, AS A NIGHT SOIL COLLECTOR AND ONLY HAD ONE EYE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 11TH EAST […]
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23 WAINFLEET AVENUE, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/07/1916
Aged
16
BORN NEWLANDS, HULL 1900. SECOND SON OF BOYNTON WATSON (1872-1930) & BERTHA WRIGHT (1879-1934), OF 23, WAINFLEET AVENUE, COTTINGHAM, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. ENLISTED BEVERELY. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EYR. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR THREE MONTHS. KILLED ON THE SOMME, 25/07/1916, AGED 16. COMMEMORATED ON THE […]
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BORN HUNMANBY, YORKSHIRE, 1886. SON OF THOMAS AND MARY ELIZA WATSON, OF HUNMANBY AND BRIDLINGTON. SON OF A GAS WORKS LABOURER. SECOND OF FOUR SONS. HE BOARDED AT 58 RUGBY STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/04/1917, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WER […]
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BORN HULL 1878. SON OF THE LATE SAMUEL WAUDBY & MARY ANN (TODD) WAUDBY. BROTHER TO HERBERT, SAMUEL, FLORENCE AND MARY. A WELL KNOWN HARBOURSIDE AND TRANSPORT WORKER IN HULL. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE ANNIE BETTS AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, HULL, ON 22/06/1902. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN. LIVED AT 11 HIGSON COURT, BLANKE ROW, HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL […]
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Born North Cave, 1894. Son of Ada Ann Donkin (formerly Waudby) (1867-1945) , of 34a, Lorne Street, Waterloo Street, Hull, and the late John Waudby (1859-1897). He had two brothers, John William and Thomas Waudby, three half brothers, James, George and Frank Donkin and sister Ada Donkin. A Tanner. He enlisted in Hull, on 11/12/1915, aged […]
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3 BRIGHTON TERRACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN ROBERT WEST (1863-1910) & SARAH ELIZABETH WEST (1862-1909), OF 20 YORK STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HIS SISTER, MRS EMMA MARTIN, LIVED AT NOS 3 & 15 BRIGHTON TERRACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. DECRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 12 […]
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BORN SKIRLAUGH 1894. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF MRS MARTHA ANN WEST. A FARM LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE HULL PALS. DIED ON THE SOMME, ON 14/07/1916. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER, MARTHA ANN BOWMAN. Somme - The 8th East Yorkshires spent the following weeks al […]
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BORN HULL 1895. LIVED AT 79 LINNAEUS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ELDEST SON OF EDITH LOUISE WHYTE OF 29 , WALLIKER STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) AND 57 CLYDE STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (HDM ADDRESS 23/08/1916). A SINGLE MAN, WORKING AS A SHOP ASSISTANT. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS JOHNSON, OUTFITTERS, AT 55 KING EDWARD STREET. D […]
