Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
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.
Name Sydney Appleton Birth Place Tolleshunt, Maldon, Essex, 1893. Son of Eliza Appleton Residence Gravel Pits, Tolleshunt D Arcy, Witham, Essex. Labourer on Farm Death Date 27 Aug 1918 Death Place Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery and Memorial, France Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Coldstream Guards, 2nd Regimental Number 12816 Type of Casualty Killed in … Read more
Name Frederick Furminger Birth Place Eastbourne, Sussex. Son of Alfred and Fannie Furminger, of Peasmarsh, Rye, Sussex. Residence Peasmarsh, Rye, Sussex Death Date 24 Sep 1917 Death Place Belgium Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Coldstream Guards, 2nd Regimental Number 11660 Type of Casualty Died of wounds Theatre of War DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Belgium. … Read more
Name John William Flintoft Birth Place Lastingham, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, 26 Nov 1891. Son of John Flintoff and Mary Jane Ward Residence Sinnington, Yorkshire. Worked as an Assylum Attendant Death Date 6 Feb 1915 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull – 7 Sep 1914 Rank Private Regiment 2nd Coldstream Guardsman Regimental … Read more
Born Beverley, 1892. Son of John and Lora Haselhurst, of Mill House, Grovehill Beverley. Eldest of three sons. His father worked in a corn and flour factory. his brother Arthur was an Office Boy, His brother, John was a Merchant’s Clerk. William was a Junior Draughtsman (educational) – 1911 Census. He married at Godstone, Surrey, … Read more
Born North Shields, Northumberland, 1891. Son of George and Jane Winley, of 28, Thomas Street, Hull (CWGC & War Pension address). A former painter, he joined the army and was a Professional Soldier, when war began. Served with the 2nd Coldstream Guards, in the British Expeditionary Force. Died of wounds, on 30/10/1914, aged 23, on … Read more
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 … Read more
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 ENLISTED … Read more
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 1ST & 2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. KILLED ON 27/08/1918, AGED 24. HE … Read more
BORN ST JOHNS, HULL 20/03/1884. SON OF ALFRED WOYEN (1862-1919) & MARY WOYEN. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. ENLISTED IN HULL. A DRILL INSTRUCTOR, IN THE 2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS. HE RESIDED IN WINDSOR. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ST JEAN, ON 30/03/1916, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE MARIE KINSON. HE … Read more
BORN NEWLAND, HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF GEORGE THOMAS WHATLING AND FAITH JOHNSON (1857-1927). SON OF A COAL PORTER. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, ETHEL AND MARTHA. A SINGLE MAN. EMPLOYED AS A SEAMAN. HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS, AT 8 BARTON TERRACE, STANLEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13201, … Read more
