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
3, Liddell Gardens, Kensal Rise, London
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
40
Born Sheffield, 1877. Son of Joseph Henry and Lucy Cope, of Leeds; husband of Hannah Cope, of 3, Liddell Gardens, Kensal Rise, London. He enlisted at Hull. Served with the 8th East Yorkshire regiment. Killed in action, on 09/04/1917, aged 40. Buried France. His grave reads, THY WILL BE DONE R.I.P.
Private
26, 'TALLY HO' HOTEL, BOND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
14/07/1916
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1898. HULL PAL. SON OF WILLIAM CORLYON 91867-1940) & JENNIE LUSBY (1867-1925), OF 'TALLY HO' HOTEL, 26-27 BOND STREET. SON OF A PUB LANDLORD. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. BROTHER HAROLD AND FOUR SISTERS. THE FAMILY LATER MOVED TO 91 WESTMINSTER AVENUE, HULL. HE WORKED AS A CLERK, EMPLOYED AT MICKLEFIELD COLLIERY AND WAS UNMARRIED […]
Private
BORN HULL 1894. ELDEST SON OF HERBERT AND MAUD CROSS, OF 10 DORSET STREET, GIPSYVILLE, HULL. WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS AS A CLERK AND TELEPHONE ATTENDANT. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 19/04/1915, AGED 21 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS, DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 125 LBS WEIGHT, 35.5 INCH CHEST, AND 'GOOD' […]
Private
3, EPWORTH GROVE, EPWORTH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
22
BORN BILTON, HULL 1894. SON OF EMMA SMITH AT 3, EPWORTH GROVE, EPWORTH STREET, HULL. HIS AUNTIE WAS DIANA SMITH. HE ENLISTED IN HEDON.SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 22. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE EPWORTH STREET ROLL OF HONOUR, AND ON THE ALL SAINTS CHURCH MEMORIAL, PRESTON. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON […]
Private
BORN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA 1871. SON OF NORA E. DALY. HE MARRIED MARY CATHERINE ATKINS AT GERALDTON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, IN 1896. A LABOURER AND WIDOWER. HE MOVED TO HULL. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 24/08/1915, AGED 38 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4.5 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST, 144 LBS WEIGHT. A […]
Private
210 , REGENTS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
17/03/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1897. WARD OF MRS MARY J. WILLIAMS, OF 210, REGENT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 6428, 1ST AND 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENTS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 02/06/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS,ON 17/03/1917, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED AT AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF EDWARD & ELLEN ADELAIDE DAWSON, OF 62 PARK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND LATER, OF 129, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A FRENCH POLISHER. FOURTH OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A SHELL TURNER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 05/01/1916, AGED 20 YEARS AND 6 MONT […]
Sergeant
BORN LEEDS 1884. LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 37451, 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE SOMME, ON 14/07/1916. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HE LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO VIOLET MAUD BURRAGE, WHO MARRIED IN GRIMSBY IN 1919. Somme - The 8th East Yorkshires spent the following weeks al […]
11, Workington Avenue, Nornabell Street, Hull
Died on
17/03/1917
Aged
32
Born Padbury, Buckinghamshire, 1885. He had one brother, John William dell, who lived at 40, Sherburn Street, Hull and 10 Workington Avenue, Nornabell Street, Holderness Road, Hull He lived with his sister in Law, Alice Dell, at 11, Workington Avenue, Nornabell Street, Hull (War Pension address) and 56, Crowl Street, Hull. A Lighterman […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN & ADA DEVINE, OF 88 HAVELOCK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS, AND ONE SISTER. WORKED FOR JOSEPH RANK, AS AN OFFAL PACKER IN A FLOUR MILL. A RESERVED OCCUPATION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/12/1915, AGED 20 YEARS AND 330 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 34 INC […]
Sergeant
BORN HEADINGLY, LEEDS, 20/12/1893. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ELLEN DIMMOCK, OF "COPGROVE", BURTON LEONARD, HARROGATE,YORKSHIRE. BROTHER TO JACK DIMMOCK. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/05/1915, AGED 21. JOINED THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 152 […]
Private
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF JOSEPH MUNDY DOBBS (1867-1936) & ALICE WELLINGTON (1869-1931), OF 53 EXCHANGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND THE FERRY BOAT INN, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (HDM 03/12/1912). SON OF A COOPER. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, IVY AND GLADYS. EMPLOYED AS A PAINTER. HUSBAND OF ROSE HOLMES, LATER TONG (FORMERLY DOBBS) AT 68 , WOODHO […]
Private
, NORTHALLERTON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
20/08/1916
Aged
33
BORN STOCKTON ON TEES, 1883. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JAMES & DOROTHY. WIFE SARAH DOBSON LIVED IN NORTHALERTON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/08/1916, AGED 33. HE IS BURIED AT THE SOMME, AT DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "IN LIFE BELOVED I […]
PRIVATE
148 HUMBER ROAD, BLACKHEATH, KENT, UK
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
28
BORN GILLINGHAM, KENT, 1889. SON OF RICHARD ENOCH AND ALICE ANN DRAKE. HE WORKED AS A CLERK FOR THE HULL IDEAL BOILER COMPANY. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 130 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST SIZE. HE ENLISTED HULL, ON 15/11/1915. FORMERLY, 2567, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WHEN HE ARRIVED I […]
Private
Harry was born in Driffield, in 1891. He was living with his grandmother Emma Duggleby in Walkington; he was working at that time as a general labourer at the Whiting works. He enlisted on 11th December, 1915 and died just 7 months later after being shot in the head during the Battle of Delville Wood on the Somme on 18th August, 19 […]
Private
32, FARRINGDON VIEW, FARRINGDON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/06/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST CHILD OF HENRY EARLE & MARY FRANCES EELBECK, OF 32, FARRINGDON VIEW, FARRINGDON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, MAYFIELD'S PAPER MILLS. HE ENLISTED UNDER AGE IN THE HULL PALS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. BADLY WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL, CLOSE TO HIS S […]
Private
BORN GARGRAVE, YORKS 1898. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF ANTHONY SUMMERSGILL EASTWOOD & MARGARET EASTWOOD, OF 22, GREEN FIELD STREET, BROUGHTON ROAD, SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE. A COTTON SPINNER. HE ENLISTED AT HALIFAX. SERVED IN THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE SOMME, ON 15/07/1916, AGED 18. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEM […]
Private
17, MORPETH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
14/07/1916
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM MORTIMER EDMONDS (1859-1936) AND THE LATE ELIZA HARRISON (1868-1918), LIVING AT 17, MORPETH STREET, HULL, (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, WILLIAM & STANLEY AND ONE SISTER, AMY BATES. EMPLOYED AS AN OFFICE CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 33-35 INCH CHEST, 117 LBS WEIGHT. HE ENLISTED AT […]
Private
BORN HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF GEORGE EVANS ELLIS (1862-1935) & SARAH ANN HENDEY, WHO LIVED AT, 1 KELLYTHORPE CROSSING, DRIFFIELD. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, LILIAN, GLADYS, AND DORIS AND WAS THE BROTHER IN LAW, OF JACK HARRISON, VC. BEFORE THE WAR HE HAD WORKED AS A SHIPWRIGHT AND THE APPRENTICE HAIRDRESSER, OF MR F. SHRANK, AT WALTHAM S […]
Private
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF HUGH RICHARD AND MARY ELLEN EMPSON. WIFE ROSE ELEANOR (POTTER) LIVED AT 28, REFORM STREET (1911 CENSUS), 4, ABBEY STREET, HULL AND 23, PRYME STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS), WITH THEIR THREE SONS. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH TEH 8TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 6/03/1917, AGED 34.HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS […]
