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 WATH, BARNSLEY, 1878. SON OF THOMAS JAMES MITCHELL (1855-1901) & HANNAH ELIZABETH BAINES (1857-1901), OF 13 CROMWELL TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND 6 SISTERS. AFTER HIS PARENTS DEATH, HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER ANNIE, AT 9 JAMES TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A PROP CARRIER AND TI […]
Tom was born in 1893 at Burton Agnes. He lived for a time in Harpham where his father was a shepherd. On the 1911 census he is working on John Hodgson's farm at Burton Agnes as a fifth lad. There was a strict hierarchy on farms with the Waggoner being the top man. On large farms he would be helped with the horses, and farm work, by o […]
Timothy Oliver, born in 1882 was the son of John Oliver and Fanny Oliver, he had two brother's Thomas and Samuel and three sisters, Emily, Lavinia and Annie. He was married to Jane Ann Claxton of Hull in 1904; Jane had been a packer on the "starch - blue line", at Reckitt's before she was married to Timothy. In 1901 he was listed at […]
, SPROATLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
24/12/1914
Aged
24
Born Sproatley, 1890. Only Son of Robert Hunton Riley (1858-1926) and Rosa Rebecca Saxe (1863-1934). Son of a Carpenter. He had one sister, May Rebecca Riley. Husband of Edith Mary Dann (1890-1971) of 2089, 48th Avenue West, Vancouver, Canada. Born Swine (as SDGW) or Sproatley (as 1901 census) and enlisted Hull, Yorkshire, and army […]
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF MR THOMAS AND ANN ELIZABETH SHAKESBY, OF 45 OXFORD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WAS A FORMER FARM YARD LABOURER. HIS WIFE SARA LIVED AT 104 SPYVEE STREET. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER THOMAS. GEORGE'S DEATH WAS REPORTED AND HIS PHOTO […]
23 SARAH ANN'S TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
16/09/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN DEAN SHEARD (1857-1918) & SARAH PYBUS GARDINER (1858-1924), OF 23 SARAH ANN'S TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), OF 8 MARINE PARADE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL AND 10 QUEENS AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FIVE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A WATERMAN. ENLISTED HULL. P […]
BORN HULL 1893. SOUTHCOATES. SON OF JAMES & ANNIE ELIZABETH SOWERBY - WALLER STREET (1901 CENSUS) AND SOUTH PARADE, HULL. EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE. ENLISTED IN HULL. A CAPTAIN OF THE 2ND BATTALION WRITING TO RELATIVES SAYS THAT HE WAS KILLED BY A SHELL ON THE 08/101915, WHICH LANDED IN THE TRENCH & HE WAS BURIED NEARBY. HE WAS […]
Sergeant
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF GEORGE THOMAS SWINN (1859-1924) & JESSIE RICHARDS (1864-1926), OF 163, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THE FOURTH OF FIVE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. HIS WIFE WAS ANNIE CALDWELL (1895-1980). THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, DOROTHY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, IN THE 2ND BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARD […]
17 FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
31/07/1917
Aged
26
BORN HORNSEA, 1892. SON OF JAMES & SARAH TEESDALE, OF 17 FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A TAILOR. RESIDED IN BEVERLEY. HE MARRIED FLORENCE E. SUMPNER, AT BEVERLEY IN 1916. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 6 CARLTON VILLAS, GROVEHILL ROAD, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD. SERVED IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS. […]
60 ESTCOURT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/09/1916
Aged
26
BORN THORNABY ON TEES, 1890. ELDEST SON OF RALPH HUNTER THOMPSON AND CHARLOTTE THOMPSON, OF 60 ESTCOURT STREET, NEWBRIDGE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BLACKSMITH, ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, INCLUDING SIX SISTERS. HE LIVED IN HULL, WITH HIS BROTHER IN LAW, AT 8 CARLTON AVENUE, VICTOR STREET, HULL, AND WORKED AS A MACHINE DRILLER […]
11 FLORAL AVENUE, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/11/1914
Aged
26
BORN EAST HULL 07/06/1888. SON OF GEORGE HAMLIN WALTHAM (1854-1935) & ELLEN ELIZA WALTHAM (1858-1918), OF 3 HAROLD STREET, SELBY. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND SEVEN SISTERS. EDUCATED AT BUCKINGHAM STREET SCHOOL, HULL. WAS A BOILER MAKER AND SHIP YARD PLATER. HE MARRIED HARRIET CASS, IN 1911 AT THE SELBY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. THEY HAD ON […]
8 BARTON TERRACE, STANLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
10/10/1917
Aged
25
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, 2ND BATTALION, COL […]
28, Thomas Street, Hull
Died on
30/10/1914
Aged
23
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 t […]
Company Sergeant Major
18 PARADISE PLACE, COMMERCIAL ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
30/03/1916
Aged
32
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 IS BURIED AT WHI […]
