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.
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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 […]
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BORN HULL 1894. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED WITH GRANDPARENTS & MOTHER ADA BELL AT 3 LOUISA TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED BY LAVERACK & GODDARD, HULL. HE RESIDED AT 24 MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/08/1917, AGED 23, BURIED AT THE LEBUCQUIER […]
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BORN LEEDS, 1890. SON OF ALBERT & ANNIE BELLERBY. HE WAS A DOCK LABOURER AND LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER AT 19 MARK TERRACE, PEASE STREET, 6 DUKE'S PLACE, PORTER STREET AND 82 , BRIGHTON STREET, HULL,. ENLISTED HULL 1909. SERVED FIVE YEARS WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT BEFORE THE WAR. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY […]
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4 CARLTON PLACE, FRANCIS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOSHUA CHARLES BETTS (1870-1931) & HARRIET ISABELLA BETTS, OF 12 NELSON SQUARE, GEORGE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 23/12/1911. HIS WIFE MARGARET NEYLON (1893-1950) & TWO CHILDREN, ELLEN AND JOHN, LIVED AT 9 SPRING TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL AND 4 CARLTON PLACE, FRANCIS STREET, HULL. HE WORK […]
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BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN ALBERT BIBBY (1867-1924) AND ELIZABETH NEVET (1870-1919). THIRD OF TEN CHILDREN, LIVING AT 29, WARWICK STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 33, PELHAM STREET, HULL, AND 4, EMILY STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 24/03/1915. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRAN […]
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24, PEMBERTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
06/11/1915
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ARTHUR BINNS & MARGARET (BOWRAN) AT 24, PEMBERTON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) & 9, UPTON STREET, HULL. EX RECKITTS WORKER. APPRENTICE JOINER, MESSERS HANCOCK, WATERLOO STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 03/10/1914. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 5.5 INCH TALL, 133 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, […]
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5 ST THOMAS' TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
03/05/1917
Aged
36
BORN HULL 1881. BOARDER ABOVE - 1911 CENSUS. SHIPS'S COOK. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION AT OPPY WOOD ON 3RD MAY 1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW LOUISA TASKER WHO HE MARRIED 5 MONTHS BEFORE ON 3/12/1916.
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, SOUTH DUFFILED, SELBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/05/1918
Aged
25
BORN SELBY 1892. SON OF JOHN GAWTRY & MARY ANN (LEE) BLANCHARD. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 15TH MAY 1918, AGED 25. HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JOHN. HE IS BURIED AT ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, ON THE SOMME.
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6, BEECH GROVE, DURHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/07/1916
Aged
30
BORN KINGHAM, NORFOLK, 1886. SON OF FREDERICK BOAST & ELLEN ELSEY. RESIDENT IN HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A TRAM CAR WASHER. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 20/12/1913. WIFE PATIENCE SMITH (WAUGH) & THREE SONS LIVED AT 5, HUMBER TERRACE, RIPON STREET, HULL AND 13, HARCOURT TERRACE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE SON, […]
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6 BELLE VUE, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/05/1917
Aged
22
BORN HULL 11/12/1894. ELDEST SON FRANCIS JULIAN BODDY & ALICE ELIZABETH BODDY OF 6, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS WIFE MINNIE MAY OSMOND, LIVED 6 EPWORTH GROVE, EPWORTH STREET AND 10 AMY'S CRESCENT SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, ELSIE MAY, BORN ON 24/07 […]
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9 THORNTON TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
26/09/1915
Aged
38
BORN HULL 1877. SON MRS SARAH JANE CLARK, THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A GENERAL LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST, 125 LBS, FRESH COMPLEXION, BROWN EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND WAS DEFORMED DUE TO AN ACCIDENT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 22/10/1914, GIVING THE AGE OF 34. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 08 […]
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10, RYLANDS AVENUE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
30
BORN DONCASTER, 1887. SON OF CHARLES AND MARIA BOOTH, OF BELL LANE, RAWCLIFFE. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS AND AGAIN IN BEVERLEY, ON 17/09/1915, AGED 28 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, TATTOOS ON BOTH ARMS. HE MARRIED HIS LAND LADY, MAY RIGGLE, AT THE HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 09 […]
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4 EMMELINES TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
18/08/1916
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF CHARLES & SARAH ELLEN BOOTHBY, AT 4 EMMELINES TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A SINGLE MAN, EMPLOYED AS A HULL DOCK LABOURER. HE LIVED AT 8 VICTORIA TERRACE, STUDLEY STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL IN 1914. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/08/1916, AGED 23. […]
28, Marlborough Avenue, Hornsea, Yorkshire
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
32
Born Nottingham. Only on of George and Margaret Bradforth, of Nottingham; He had one sister, Helena may. Married on 12th September 1910. Husband of Evelyn Bradforth, of 28, Marlborough Avenue, Hornsea, Yorkshire. They had one daughter Dorothy Margaret, born on 29th June 1911. A railway Clerk, working in Hull. He served with the 1/5th E […]
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Died on
27/09/1917
Aged
32
Born Lockington, Beverley, 1885. Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Bradley, of Rectory Farm, Lockington. He had four brothers and a sister. Worked as a Butcher's Assistant. Described as 5 foot, 7.5" tall, 35-37" chest, 130 lbs weight, defective teeth Married on 23/01/1913 at Dringhouses, Yorkshire. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Fox (1887- […]
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BORN COTTINGHAM 1887. WIFE MARY HANNAH (LYON) LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. SON OF JOHN & HARRIET - 1 PROVIDENCE ROW, NORTHGATE, COTTINGHAM. EX NER RAILWAY WORKER. LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR, HALLGATE. HIS NAME WAS ALSO RECORDED ON THE ST THOMAS CHURCH MEMORIAL, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN WW2.
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5 MENTONE AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
14/07/1916
Aged
45
BORN HULL 10/2/1871. SON OF THOMAS & SARAH ANN. MARRIED 1896. WIFE FANNY (MARSHALL) & 5 CHILDREN ABOVE. DOCK LABOURER.
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM BRAY (1845-1903) AND JANE LAVERACK (1852-1896). BOTH PARENTS DECEASED. HE HAD NO BROTHERS OR SISTERS. WORKED AS A TIMBER CHECKER. LIVED WITH HIS UNMARRIED WIFE ANN MARIE SPPOSE FOR 15 YEARS, AT THIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE HAD TWO CHILDREN - WILLIAM SPOOSE AND PHYLLIS METCALFE (ADOPTED). ALBERT BRAY WAS DESC […]
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BORN NORTH KILNSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1879. SON OF ELIZA AND GEORGE BRETT, OF ROPERY STREET, HULL. SON OF A BARGE OWNER ON THE RIVER HULL. HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER CALLED LEE (1886-1954). HUSBAND OF SARAH BRETT LIVED AT 95, BLYTH STREET, DENABY MAIN, ROTHERHAM (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A COAL MINER. ENLISTED AT CONISBOROUGH. FORM […]
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17 BRITANIA LODGING HOUSE, EMPRINGHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/07/1916
Aged
34
BORN DALKEITH 1882. KNOWN AS 'SCOTTIE'. PARENTS WILLIAM & MARY BRODIE OF BUCDEUCH STREET, EDINBURGH. HE REISDED AT 17 BRITANIA LODGING HOUSE, EMPRINGHAM STREET, HULL,AND 5 VALLANCE PLACE, BLANKET ROW, HULL (HDM.ADDRESS). WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 1 […]
