Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
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.
Name William Kirk Birth Place Newport, Yorkshire, 1896 Residence Newport, Yorks Death Date 15 Sep 1916 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Coldstream Guards Regimental Number 15894 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Western European Theatre
Born Hull 1894. Son of George and Margaret Ford, of 7 Andrew Marvel Terrace, Campbell Street, Hull (1911 Census). He had a brother Robert and three sisters. He worked as a Dock Labourer. Married on 30th August 1913.Husband of Mary Ellen at 3, Florence Terrace, Wassand Street, Hull (War Pension Address), They had one daughter, … Read more
Born Hawerby, Lincolnshire, 1884. Son of Fanny (1865-1955) and Charles William Simons (1862-1952), of 2, South View, Anlaby Common, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a Builder’s Labourer. He had one brother and five sisters. Worked as a Railway Pharmacist and working Labourer. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st Coldstream Guards. Killed in … Read more
Born Attercliffe, Yorkshire, 1894. Born Benjamin Albert Eastburn. Son of Edith M. Eastburn (1863-1935), of 2, Hannah Terrace, St Pauls Street, Hull (Husbands army address) and 13, Rowlands Terrace, St Paul Street, Hull (Son’s War Pension address). H enlisted in Hull. Served as Private, 10829, 1st Coldstream Guards. Died on 22/12/1914. His mother Edith also … Read more
Reported killed in the Hull Daily Mail, on 17/11/1915. No CWGC records?
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE SUBWAY STREET ROLL OF HONOUR. EX BLUNDELLS & SPENCE WORKER. PHOTO FROM THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 17/05/1915. * NO CWGC RECORD. NEAREST RECORD LANCE CORPORAL, SYDNEY JOHN WHATLEY, 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS, DIED 29/10/1914, AGED 22. (FROM NORWICH)
BORN HULL, 22/09/1885. SCULCOATES. ONLY SON OF BRUCE KIRK & CECILIA CLARKE, OF 25 CLUMBER STREET, HULL, 49 LINNAEUS STREET, HULL AND SHEPHERDS BUSH, LONDON. HEWAS CAPTURED AND DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT LAON, ON 27/09/1914, AGED 29. HE WAS THE GRANDSON OF MR WILLIAM KIRK, HULL PRINTER. MR E T SHARP WAS HIS UNCLE. … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ADOLPH FREDRIK JOHANNSON (1840-1923) AND LOUISA SCHROEDER KRAUSE (1861-1837), OF 3, ENGLISH STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS SWEDISH. HIS MOTHER GERMAN. HE HAD EIGHT SIBLINGS AND FOUR HALF SIBLINGS FROM HIS FATHER’S FIRST MARRIAGE. HIS WIFE, MRS BEATRICE HAYMAN JOHNSON LIVED AT, 5, HARRIETS TERRACE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1/04/1896. SON OF FRED BRUMBY (1861-1925) & ANNIE GRANTHAM (1860-1948), OF 1, THE ARCH, FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM & 7, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A NURSERYMAN, IN COTTINGHAM (1911 CENSUS) BEFORE JOINING THE ARMY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM BRAITHWAITE (1863-1935) & ELIZA ANN GARDAM (1864-1928), OF 10 DOROTHY AVENUE, CORNWALL STREET, HULL AND 9, PRINCES WAY, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS HUL LIGHTERMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS, IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN … Read more
