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
39 HODGSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1891. ELDEST SON OF HANSELL AND ANNIE PARKER, OF 3 SUTTON TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL. A LABOURER. HE WORKED AT BON ACCORD OIL MILLS, GLASSHOUSE ROW, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. WENT TO FRANCE IN 1915 AND WAS WOUNDED. RETURNED TO FRANCE IN OCTOBER 1915. HE SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WHEN HE […]
Lance Corporal.
30 Pasture Road, Barrow On Humber, Lincolnshire
Died on
07/10/1917
Aged
22
Born Barrow-on-Humber, 1895. Second Son of John W. and Sarah Parkin, of Market Place Barrow On Humber Lincolnshire. Son of a Joiner Wheelwright. He had three brothers and three sisters. He also worked as a Joiner, living at Market Place, Barrow On Humber, Lincolnshire (1911 Census). His wife Olive, lived at 30 Pasture Road, Barrow On Hu […]
Private
27 , LORRAINE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
28/11/1916
Aged
25
BORN ROCHESTER, KENT 1891, BUT RESIDENT IN HULL. SON OF RICHARD & REBECCA LUCY PEARSON. EX OIL CAKE MOULD WORKER. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. EX 11TH EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28//11/1916, AGED 25. BURIED AT SAILLY CEMETERY, FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE DIVIDED BETWEEN BROTHERS GEORGE & CH […]
Private
1 RICHMOND TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/04/1917
Aged
38
BORN CROPTON, YORKSHIRE 1878. SON OF DANIEL & MARY (PROUD). HE MARRIED SARAH MARR, IN HULL, ON 21/05/1895, AT ST MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, HULL. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN. A FORMER COAL HOISTER, FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAYS. HE LIVED AT 5 KATES TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND THEN AT THIS ARMY RECORD'S ADDRESS. […]
Lance Corporal
85, MIDDLETON STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
27/09/1917
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF EDWARD PICKERING (1850-1921) & EMMA PICKERING (1848-1933), of 85, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 28443, 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE MARRIED VIOLET WOOD (1891-1994), AT NEWLAND, HULL, IN 1916. HE HAD BEEN GASSED ON 14/08/1 […]
Corporal
15, ARTHURS TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
14/07/1916
Aged
30
BORN SIGGLESTHORNE, 1886. SON OF GEORGE ARTHUR PLAYFOOT (1861-1906) & ALICE PLAYFOOT, OF SIGGLESTHORNE & 3, CAVE TERRACE, CAVE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF AN AGRICULTURAL WORKER AND WIDOWED MOTHER, BOTH FROM SKIRLAUGH. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE MARRIED, FLORENCE HURTLEY, AT HULL, IN 1910. THEIR DAUGHTER D […]
Private
3 GILBERT STREET, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/06/1917
Aged
20
BORN BOSTON, LINCS, 1897. SON OF GEORGE EDWIN PURCHON (1864-1934) & SARAH ELIZABETH (PETTMAN) (1868-1925), OF 3 GILBERT STREET, GILLETT STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AND THREE BROTHERS LOST IN THE WAR. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT HULL FISH DOCKS BEFORE THE WAR AND WAS VERY POPULAR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGI […]
Private
BORN HULL 1896. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM HENRY RALPH (1879-1958) & CAROLINE FURGUSSON STEPHENSON (1874-1953), OF 38, RAIKES STREET, HULL & 6 WENTWORTH STREET, CHURCH STREET, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, GEORGE AND ONE SISTER, MARY ANN. A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED FLORENCE MATTHEWS (1895-1960), IN HULL, ON 01/05/1915. THEIR SON, WILL […]
Private
1 ALEXANDRA AVENUE, GRANGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
27/03/1916
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF SARAH JANE LOCKWOOD (1849-1909) AND MARTIN RAPER (1836-1910). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS FATHER WAS AN OIL EXTRACT WORKER AT STONEFERRY. BOTH PARENTS HAD DIED BY 1910. HE MARRIED 1906 WIFE LILLY (MARROW) & FIVE CHILDREN LIVED AT 5 MINERVA TERRACE, GIBSON STREET & 1 ALEXANDRA AVENUE, GRANGE S […]
Private
BORN HULL 1885. KNOWN AS "CHRISSIE". SON OF WILLIAM REDFEARN (1857-1930) & ABIGALE CLARKE (1862-1914), OF 25 BLUE BELL ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL. ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS SERVING. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE MARRIED PHOEBE DEYES (1886-1963), AT ST PAUL'S CHURCH, SCULCOATES, HULL, ON 26/03/1904. HIS WIFE PHOEBE AND FOUR CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS […]
Private
1, DEVON GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
04/06/1917
Aged
39
BORN HULL 04/08/1878. SON OF GEORGE HENRY REDFERN (1854-1944) & MARY ANN HEWSON (1855-1942), OF 13, RUTH'S TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, THEN BRIGHTON STREET, THEN 3, COBDEN COTTAGES, WESTMORELAND STREET AND LATER LIVED AT 2, HEATHINGTON TERRACE, AIR STREET, HULL (1914 ELECTORAL RECORDS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A CHECKER FOR THE NORTH […]
1st Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1887. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM WESTOBY REEDER (1854-1920) & JANE YOUNG (1856-1912), OF 72 , QUEEN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF JEWLER AND CLOCK MAKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS. SERVED IN THE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS AT NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY. WORKED AS A HULL SCHOOL TEACHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL SERVED AS LIEUTENANT, IN THE 8 […]
Private
RUSTENBURG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
21/07/1916
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF RICHARD FREAR RHODES AND ANNIE ELIZABETH RHODES OF 100 KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND RUSTENBURG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A REGULAR SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (1911 CENSUS). TRANSFERRED TO THE THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIR […]
Corporal
8 LOUISA TERRACE, HUME STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
16/11/1916
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF RICHARD FREAR & ANNIE ELIZABETH RHODES OF 100 KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WAS A SAWMILL LABOURER AND MARRIED IN 1904. HIS WIFE LAVINIA LOTHERINGTON AND 4 CHILDREN LIVED AT 8 LOUISA TERRACE, HUME STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, 8TH EAST YROKSHIRE REGIMENT […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 25/12/1886. THE 1915 LANDLORD OF THE EARL DE GREY PUB, CASTLE STREET, HULL. SON OF EDWARD AND MAY ROBERTS, OF NORFOLK STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, AND FIVE SISTERS. HE MARRIED LUCY ANN BROCK (1880-1960), AT ST MARY'S HULL, ON 05/05/1909. HUSBAND OF LUCY ANN GREEN SIDE, AT 50 , WELLINGTON LANE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE […]
Private
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM & HANNAH ROCKINGHAM AND GRANDPARENTS, AT 84, CLARENDON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). A SEED MERCHANT'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, AGED 27 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. FORMERLY, 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 120 LBS, 33 INCH CHEST. TRANSFERRE […]
Private
BORN WATTON, NORFOLK 1883. SON OF HENRY & ELIZABETH SAMPLE, OF 16 SLOE LANE, BEVERLEY. ONE OF FOURTEEN CHILDREN. MARRIED AT HULL IN 1911. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 09/04/1917, AGED 34, HE IS BURIED AT TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS BROTHERS, EDM […]
Private
BORN HULL 1889. KNOWN AS "BOB" SCOTT. SON OF JAMES ANDREW SCOTT & MARY (MCKEE) SCOTT, OF 7 FLORENCE TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO WAR, HE WORKED TEN YEARS FOR BRITANNIA OIL & CAKE MILLS. RESIDED AT 58 CLARENSON STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 02/09/1914. SENT TO FRANCE 18/02/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11282, 8TH […]
Lance Sergeant
5 RICHARDS PLACE, FRANCIS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
18/08/1916
Aged
41
BORN HULL 1875. SON OF JAMES & ANNIE SCOTT. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN INCLUDING SIX SONS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR MESSRS HORSLEY & SMITH, HEDON ROAD. HE HAD ALSO SERVED EIGHT YEARS IN INDIA AS A REGULAR SOLDIER. HE MARRIED ROSE ANN HILL (1881-1918), AT SCULCOATES, REGISTRY OFFICE HULL, IN 1911. THEIR DAUGHTER ROSE WAS BORN IN 19 […]
Private
BORN COTTINGHAM o4/04/1875. SON OF RICHARD & HANNAH SEWELL, OF KING STREET, COTTINGHAM. AN OIL MILL MAN. HUSBAND OF, SELINA ALICE & FIVE CHILDREN, LIVED AT 3, ENDYKE LANE, COTTINGHAM (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE COTTINGHAM WW1 MEMORIAL.
