Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Coldstream Guards during WW1
During the First World War the Regiment gained 36 Battle Honours and 7 Victoria Crosses, losing 3,860 men during the course of the war.
1st Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Aldershot as part of the 1st (Guards) Brigade of the 1st Division.
Aug 1914 Mobilised for war and move to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.) and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1914
The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres.
1915
Winter Operations 1914-15, The Battle of Aubers, The Battle of Loos.
25.08.1915 Transferred to the 2nd (Guards) Brigade of the same Division.
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Pozieres, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval.
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918
The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bethune, The Battle of Drocourt-Queant, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Beaurevoir, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France near Maubeuge.
2nd Battalion
04.08.1917 Stationed at Windsor as part of the 4th (Guards) Brigade of the 2nd Division.
13.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre as part of the British Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.) and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1914
The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres.
1915
Winter Operations 1914-15, The Battle of Festubert, The Battle of Loos.
20.08.1915 Transferred to the 1st (Guards) Brigade of the same Division.
1916
The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of the Ancre, Operations on the Ancre.
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Cambrai.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras 1918, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France N.E. of Maubeuge.
3rd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Chelsea Barracks, London as part of the 4th (Guards) Brigade of the 2nd Division.
13.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed in Havre as part of the British Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.) and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1914
The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres.
1915
Winter Operations 1914-15, The Battle of Festubert, The Battle of Loos.
20.08.1915 Transferred to the 1st (Guards) Brigade of the same Division.
1916
The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of the Ancre, Operations on the Ancre.
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Cambrai.
08.02.1918 Transferred to the 4th (Guards) Brigade of the 31st Division.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Defence of Nieppe Forest.
20.05.1918 Transferred to G.H.Q. Reserve.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Criel Plage S.W. of Le Treport.
4th Battalion (Pioneers)
17.07.1915 Formed at Windsor as the Guards Pioneer Battalion then became the 4th Battalion.
15.08.1915 Mobilised for war and Deployed to France joining the Guards Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Battle of Loos
1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval,
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of Pilkem, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Poelkapelle, The First Battle of Passchendaele, The Battle of Cambrai 1917.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras 1918, The battles marked, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France near Maubeuge.
5th (Reserve) Battalion
Aug 1914 Formed at Windsor as the 4th (Reserve) Battalion.
July 1915 Became the 5th (Reserve) Battalion. Remained stationed at Windsor throughout the war.
1st Provisional Battalion
07.08.1918 Formed at Aldershot for duty at the Senior Officers School.
Born St Pauls, Hull, 1883. Second son of James Hall, of 13 Beech Street, Hull; 12, Gordon Avenue, Cannon Street, Hull, 11, Bowers Terrace, Waterloo Street, Hull & 24 , Poplar Avenue, Poplar Street, Chapman Street, Hull (Army record addresses). He had three brothers and four sisters. The family moved frequently and was living at … Read more
Name Frank Woodward Birth Place Eastwood, Yorkshire. Son of Arthur and Charlotte Woodward, of Oakwood Grange Cottage, Rotherham. Residence Oakwood Grange Cottage, Rotherham, Yorkshire Death Date 27 Oct 1918 Death Place Hamburg Cemetery, Germany Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Coldstream Guards Regimental Number 10774 Type of Casualty Died Theatre of War Western European … Read more
Name Charles Norris (true name was “Albert Carline”) Son of Mary Ann Carline Birth Place Coleby, Lincolnshire Residence 37, Trafford Street, Scunthorpe Death Date 2 Jun 1915 Death Place Home Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Coldstream Guards Regimental Number 8999 Type of Casualty Died of wounds Theatre of War Home
Born Hull, 1895. Youngest child of Bridget Sullivan Jacobs, at 15, Benjamins Terrace, Dalton Street, Hull. He had a brother, two sisters and two step brothers. He was a Cement Works Labourer. Described as 5 foot, 10 inches tall, 137 lbs weight, 37-40 inch chest, brown eyes and brown hair, Jewish religion. Enlisted on 12 … Read more
Born Hull 1900. Only Son of Thomas and Annie Elixabeth Maplesden, at 3, Edward’s Terrace Massey Street (1911 Census) and 5, Walter’s Terrace, Scarborough Street, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a Slate Worker. He had four younger sisters, Hilda, Martha, Annie and Lilian. Served in the Coldstream Guards. Discharged on 19 Feb 1921. Died … Read more
Born 1876. Husband of Caroline at 9 Kates Terrace St Paul St Hull (1911 Census) and 11, Glencoe Avenue, Scarborough Street, Hull (War Pension address). A Bill Porter. He had two children. Enlisted 13 Feb 1915. Served in the Coldstream Guards and Labour Corps. Discharged on 24 Mar 1919. Awarded Silver War Badge (N0: B245989). … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1887. SON OF EMMA BROOKS (1846-1922) & FREDERICK WATSON (1843-1904), AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. LIVED IN BEVERLEY. WORKED AS A CLERK FOR A COAL MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE SERGEANT, IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 21/09/1916, AGED 30. BURIED AT … Read more
BORN HULL, 14/03/1894. DRYPOOL. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS AND MINNIE SMITH (1870-1936), OF 26 BLYTH STREET, HULL. SON OF A SHIPYARD WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS, IN JULY 1913. WENT TO FRANCE ON THE 12/08/1914. WAS WOUNDED IN MARCH 1915 AND INVALIDED HOME. POSTED TO THE 5TH RESRVE BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. EX DOCKER. HE WAS WELL KNOWN ON HULL DOCKS. HE MARRIED FLORENCE BROGDEN (1885-1918), AT HULL, ON 19/07/1905. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. LEFT WIFE FLORENCE & FIVE CHILDREN AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 21/12/1915. SERVED WITH THE COLDSTRAM GUARDS. DIED IN A CLEARING STATION, ON THE SOMME, OF SEVERE … Read more
BORN ST JAMES, YORK, 1877. SON OF JOHN AND BETSEY BENNYWORTH, OF 80, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS FROM DUBLIN. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, MRS NELLIE MAPPLEBECK, OF 54, REDBOURNE STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 16/11/1915) & 14, CECIL GROVE, EDINGBURGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION … Read more
