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.
Lance Corporal
BORN WOOD GREEN, MIDDLESEX 1885. SON OF JULIA THULBOURN (1861-1925) & HARRY ANTHONY (1861-1928). THE FAMILY LIVED IN LONDON, WITHERNSEA AND AT 12 , SWINBURNE STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/03/1916, AGED 30. COMMEMORATED ON THE belgium MENIN […]
9 LOMBARD TERRACE, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/01/1915
Aged
28
BORN HULL 12/10/1886. SON OF JAMES BARLOW (1842-1894) AND ALICE ROSEBELL HAINS ( 1861-1905). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED SARAH ELLEN HIGGINS, AT HULL, IN 1905. THEY LIVED AT 9 LOMBARD TERRACE, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE SON, WILLIAM HENRY, BORN 20/11/1907 […]
BORN HULL 1/11/1887. SON OF SEPTIMUS & MARY JANE BILTON. MARRIED, BUT LIVED WITH WIDOWED MOTHER A 73 ARUNDLE STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT FISH STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL. EX NER. ENLISTED 1903. SERVED FOR ELEVEN YEARS AND THEN BECAME MASTER OF THE YORK WORKHOUSE. CALLED UP AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. KILLED IN ACTION ON 16/9/1914. HIS BROTHER AL […]
Company Sergeant Major
BORN HULL 24/02/1891. YOUNGEST SON OF GEORGE BIRD (1853-1929) AND SARAH BEST (1855-1935), OF 22, GLASGOW STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. THREE SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. A REGULAR SOLDIER. HE MARRIED ETHEL CLARA STICKLEY (1894-1987), IN KENSINGTON, ON 12/02/1916. THEY LIVED AT 15 WEST ROW, KENSAL RO […]
BORN HULL 1889. ENLISTED SEPTEMBER 1914. HE WENT TO FRONT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY 1915 AND WAS KILLED ON 12TH MARCH 1915, AGED 26. SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD. HE HAD BEEN MARRIED THREE YEARS AND LEFT A WIDOW, CATHERINE & 3 CHILDREN (CATHERINE, GERTRUDE AND JOHN) AT 5, POPLAR PARADE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL, AND 98, BRIGHT STREET, HULL (WAR […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOSEPH BLENKINSOP (1853-1931) & MARY ANN KIRBY (1858-1932), OF SWINE. SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTER. HE WORKED AS A FARM HORSEMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 12215, 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, AT RICHEBOUG, FRANCE, ON 31/03/1915, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HI […]
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF RICHARD BOOKER, OF 81 DAY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 25/05/1910 AND WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/10/1914, AGED 22. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAP […]
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. […]
BORN HULL 1896. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF MRS MARY McGAHEY - 3 CLARENCE AVENUE, BEDFORD STREET & THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 03/02/1915. SERVED THREE YEARS WITH THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION AT CAMBRAI, ON 27/11/1917, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER MARY McGAHEY. HIS DEATH WA […]
1, FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/10/1914
Aged
20
BORN COTTINGHAM 1/04/1896. SON OF FRED BRUMBY (1861-1925) & ANN GRANTHAM (1860-1948), OF 1, FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WORJED AS A NURSERYMAN, IN COTTINGHAM (1911 CENSUS) BEFORE JOINING THE ARMY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST COLDREAM GUARD. WENT TO FRANCE WITH […]
6, WALTERS TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/10/1914
Aged
32
BORN HULL, 1882. SON OF JOSEPH COX AND SARAH ANN MAINPRIZE, OF 43, MAPLE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED ON 18/12/1906. HIS WIFE, EMMA JANE (PRESTON) SHARP, LIVED AT 6, WALTERS TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, WITH DAUGHTER OLIVE (BORN 15/05/1907). JAMES COX HAD BEEN A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER AND REVERSIST. SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA. HE WORKED AS A […]
17 CORNWALL GARDENS, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
28/10/1914
Aged
18
BORN SOUTHCOATES, HULL 1896. SON OF WILTON CURWEN & ALICE BEAUMONT, OF 17 CORNWALL GARDENS, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL AND LATER 207 BRECK ROAD, LIVERPOOL. A BLACKSMITH'S STRIKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/08/1913. A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER. SERVED WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS, IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON ON […]
Guardsman
BORN HULL 1894. ELDEST SON OF DAVID BATTY DOUGLAS & ALICE DAWSON - 94 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HIS FATHER WAS AN INKS WORK LABOURER. JOSEPH WORKED AS A FARM HAND IN ANLABY. ENLISTED IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS. BURIED AT HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY, AGED 25.
BORN MOLESCROFT, YORKS 1894. SON OF GEORGE (1866-1953) & MARGARET DUNN, OF BEVERLEY AND 21, ARTHUR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FARM FOREMAN. HE WORKED AS A HORSEMAN ON A FARM. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, WATSON DUNN WHO WORKED WITH HIM. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 26/11/1914. SERVED WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARD […]
Lance Corporal
CHURCH LANE, WITHERNWICK, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
16/09/1916
Aged
26
Lance Corporal George Herbert Dunn (1890-1916) of Hornsea George Herbert Dunn was born in 1890, in Hornsea , the youngest of six children born to George Dunn, a gardener, and his wife Isabella. Son of George and Isabella Dunn, of Church Lane. Withernwick, Hull. George Herbert served in the 1st Battalion of the Coldstream Guards. Georg […]
BORN HALSHAM, YORKSHIRE, 1877. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES FEWSON (1842-1930) & MARY INGLEBY (1850-1929), OF 19 CAMDEN STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND THE BUTCHER'S SHOP AT 446 ANLABY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). LIKE HIS FATHER, HE WAS A BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION COLDSTREAM GUARDS. HE WENT TO FRANCE, ON 11/07 […]
12 IRVING TERRACE, CASTLEFORD, , WEST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
31/07/1917
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1884. LIVED CASTLEFORD. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH FLEMING, OF 2 IRVING TERRACE, CASTLEFORD, YORKSHIRE (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). ENLISTED LEEDS. SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 31ST JULY 1917, AGED 33. HIS NAME IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES.
Guardsman
SPRING BANK OPHANAGE, SPRING BANK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
17/10/1915
Aged
25
BORN BATTERSEA LONDON 1891. SON OF ALEXANDER FRANCES (1857-1894) AND FANNY ELLEN MAYSTON (1857-1947). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE LIVED IN HULL AND WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT TEACHER AT HULL'S SEAMAN ORPHANGE, SPRINGBANK. HE LATER LIVED LEISTON, SUFFOLK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 17/10/1915, AG […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 07/11/1894. SON OF THOMAS & MARGARET GORMAN- 57 WEST STREET & AT THIS ADDRESS. SON OF A LABOURER. HIS BROTHER, PTE. FRANK GORMAN, ASC ALSO SERVED AT THIS ADDRESS. ANDREW WAS EDUCATED AT ST CHARLES RC SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS A FORMER TRAM CONDUCTOR ON THE SPRING BANK ROUTE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 29/04/1914. PROMOTED LANCE […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF THOMAS RANDERSON GOULD (185501906) & SARAH CARR (1859-1950, OF 193, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL AND 40 NEWINGTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED FOR THE HULL CORPORATION (1911 CENSUS). EN ELISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON […]
