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.
BORN CORNWOOD, DEVONSHIRE 1892. LIVED HULL AND 56 CHURCH ROAD, ULVERSTON, MANCHESTER (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ELDEST SON ON HENRY JOHN & HARRIET MARIA ANDREWS & EIGHT CHILDREN OF 117, ROSMEAD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). AN APPRENTICE FITTER. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION ON 15/09/1916, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT […]
BORN NEWINGTON, 1884. 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 FORMER HULL POLICEMAN ON THE HULL MIDLAND STREET & PORTER STREET PATROL AND FORMER SOLDIER. HE MARRIED ELSIE ELIZABETH PORTER, AT HUL […]
5 EASTBOURNE TERRACE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
08/10/1915
Aged
22
BORN BARROW IN FURNESS, LANC 1893. SON OF ALEXANDER & ELIZABETH CAMPBELL, AT 12 YORK TERACE, PELHAM STREET HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 5 EASTBOURNE TERRACE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A BOILER MAKER. HE WORKED AS A HEATER. HUSBAND TO ANNIE MAUD McGOWAN, AT 14 MARVEL STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN T […]
BORN HULL 12/08/1880. SCULCOATES. SON OF THOMAS CHIPCHASE AND SARAH LEADLEY, OF SCOTT STREET, HULL, EDUCATED AT HULL'S CHARTERHOUSE LANE BOARD SCHOOL. HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/08/1901, JOINING THE 2ND BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. HE ARRIVED FRANCE, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 12/08/1914. KILL […]
Company Sergeant Major
BORN DOVER 1885. SON OF ELEANOR JANE DIXON (1863-1929) & EDWARD JARVIS CHRISTIAN (1856-1927), OF 11, TEMPLE STREET, HULL. HIS FAMILY HAD MOVED TO HULL, IN 1901 AND KEPT A DOGS HOME. HE WAS BROTHER TO CHARLES, HARRY, FRED AND ELEANOR CHRISTIAN. 'BILLY' BECAME A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE LIVED IN FULHAM, FARNBROUGH, HAMPSHIRE AND HULL. […]
BORN NEWPORT, YORKS 1898. SON OF TOM & JANE CUNNINGHAM. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 10832, 2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/07/1917, AGED 19 HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 08/09/1917.
18, WYNBURG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
19/06/1916
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF GEORGE BELL DAWS (1856-1911) AND SUSANNAH ELIZABETH BRAY (1854-1948), OF 44, SYMONS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 18, WYNBURG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A BUTCHER'S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH 2ND BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/06/1916, AGED 20. C […]
Lance Sergeant
BORN KEYINGHAM 1894. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM & SARAH L EDLINGTON, AT 7, PARK TERRACE, SEATON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). A WAGGONER & HULL POLICEMAN. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS LANCE SERGEANT, IN THE 2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. KILLED ON 27/08/1918, AGED 24. HE IS BURIED […]
Guardsman
9 WILBERFORCE TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
18/11/1914
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF THOMAS ESCREET (1856-1922) AND MARY ANN ROBINSON (1861-1893), OF 9 WILBERFORCE TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE HAD A BROTHER, GEORGE AND FOUR SISTERS. HE LIVED AT TUFNELL PARK, MIDDLESEX. MARRIED AMELIA FRANCES CURSON (1887-1969) AT TUFNELL PARK, ON 10/05/1913. A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER. SENT TO FRAN […]
BORN HULL 1891. LIVED COTTINGHAM WITH GRANDPARENTS - JOHN & ELIZA HATFIELDS. ENLISTED LIVERPOOL. KILLED IN ACTION.
Lance Corporal
4, HAZLEMERE AVENUE, CROWLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
02/10/1916
Aged
28
BORN BARROW ON HUMBER 1888. REGULAR SOLDIER. BASED AT WALTHAMSTOW, ESSEX. SON OF CHARLES AND MARY FISH, 55 CHURCH STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE ANNIE FISH LIVED AT 13, ANSLEY TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) & 4, HAZLEMERE AVENUE, CROWLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, GLADYS, BORN ON 6/1/1915. HE ENL […]
BORN BEVERLEY 24/03/1885. SECOND SON OF NIEL AND MARY ANN GALLAGHER (1862-1900), OF 31 HOLME CHURCH LANE, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE RESIDED IN THE BEVERLEY MINSTER AREA. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN AND SIX SONS. HIS FATHER WAS FROM COUNTY MAYO AND WORKED AS A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 12/08/1914. SE […]
BORN HULL 1888. LIVED FULHAM. ENLISTED BATTERSEA, LONDON. SERVED AS "COBB". KIA.
Lance Corporal
WEST GREEN, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/11/1914
Aged
22
BORN COTTINGHAM 1892. SON OF ALBERT & MARTHA (ADKINS) GRANTHAM ABOVE. LISTED WITH AARON ON THE COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 26TH OCTOBER 1914. * Joshua Grantham (born 1892) was the son of Albert, a labourer, and Martha Grantham, who lived at West Green. They had another son, George, […]
1, BROOKLYN AVENUE, PERTH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
28/09/1914
Aged
26
BORN BEVERLEY 1888. SON OF ROBERT HENRY HALDENBY (1846-1903) & ELIZABETH HALDENBY (1854-1935), OF 138, CLUMBER STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A POLICE INSPECTOR IN BEVERLEY. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND FIVE BROTHERS. ALBERT WAS A MARRIED MAN, LIVING AT 1 BROOKLYN AVENUE, PERTH STREET. HE HAD FINISHED HIS SEVEN YEARS SOLDIERING AS A REGULA […]
BORN HULL 15/11/1894. DAIRYCOATES. SON OF HARRY AND MARY ANN HARDING, OF 17 RHODA'S TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT DALTRY STREET BOARD SCHOOL. ENLISTED 02/09/1911. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 10/08/1914, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. SERVED AS A BUGLER IN THE 2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS. WOUNDED NEAR YPRES, ON 26/10/1914. DIED […]
34, BEETON STREET, SOUTHCOATES LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
11/12/1916
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF RICHARD HUNTSMAN (1870-1962) AND MAUD GORBUTT (1872-1908) OF 34 BEETON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). AN APPRENTICE IRON MOULDER. ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/08/1914. SERVED WITH THE 2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED ON 11/12/1916, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED AT GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS ARMY E […]
BORN HULL 1891. SCULCOATES. SON OF RICHARD & SARAH JEWISON, OF 13 FRED'S TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL; 3, ST GEORGE'S AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, DAISEY & LILLY. HE WAS A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY PLATER. A RESERVIST. HE WAS CALLED UP ON 04/08/1914 AND JOINED THE COLDSTREAM GU […]
6 YORK AVENUE, ST MARKS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/10/1917
Aged
36
BORN HORNSEA 1881. SON OF ROBERT KEITH (1846-1891) AND MARY SMITH KEITH (1844-1925), OF MERE SIDE, HORNSEA. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A RULLYMAN. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1906. HIS WIFE, BEATRICE KEITH (BORN25/8/1883) AND FOUR CHILDREN (GEORGE ROBERT, BEATRICE, FRED, AND HARRIET ELIZABETH), LIVED AT 6, YORK AVENUE, ST MARKS STR […]
Lance Corporal
22, SOUTH STREET, PARAGON STREET, HULL
Died on
08/10/1915
Aged
25
BORN BURTON CONSTABLE, YORKS 1889. SON OF ARTHUR AND ELIZA MCKEE, OF ERITH, KENT, 15 LEPANTO AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 22, SOUTH STREET, PARAGON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A DOCK LABOURER. GEORGE ENLISTED IN HULL. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE RESIDED IN ERITH, KENT. HE SERVED IN FRANCE AS A L […]
