3rd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Chelsea Barracks, London as part of the 4th (Guards) Brigade of the 2nd Division.
13.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed in 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.
08.02.1918 Transferred to the 4th (Guards) Brigade of the 31st Division.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Defence of Nieppe Forest.
20.05.1918 Transferred to G.H.Q. Reserve.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Criel Plage S.W. of Le Treport.
5, Cross Street, Brook Street, Hull, United Kingdom
Died on
16/02/1916
Aged
33
Born County Durham (South Shields according to Attestation Papers) around 1883, the son of Andrew and Bella, but was living in Hull by 1891. He enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment and joined the Coldstream Guards in 1901, serving in India. He married Alice Ann Barlow at St Charles on 12 Oct 1903 and they had children Robert Henry, C […]
27 WATERSIDE ROAD, BARTON UPON HUMBER, , NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/09/1914
Aged
25
BORN BARTON UPON HUMBER, LINCOLN, 1889. SON OF ROBERT AND JANE BARKER, OF BARTON ON HUMBER. A REGULAR SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/09/1914, AGED 25. HE IS BURIED AT GUARDS GRAVE, VILLERS COTTERETS FOREST, FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED I […]
4 , FINSBURY GROVE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
02/02/1915
Aged
20
BORN HULL 18/09/1894. SON OF HENRY BRAND BLANSHARD (1862-1946) & ALICE HURDMAN (1862-1949), AT 4 FINSBURY GROVE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE LIVED WITH GRANDMOTHER AND SEVEN SIBLINGS AGED 5-21 YEARS AT THIS SAME ADDRESS. EDUCATED AT PARK ROAD SCHOOL. WORKED FOR THE HULL COUNCIL SANITARY DEPARTMENT AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN […]
Lance Corporal
BORN KEYINGHAM 1895. FIFTH CHILD OF GEORGE WILLIAM & SARAH L EDLINGTON, OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS. WORKED ON SUNK ISLAND AS A HORSEMAN IN 1911. ALSO A HULL POLICEMAN. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, N THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE […]
6 GRANVILLE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
14/09/1914
Aged
17
BORN HULL 24/01/1897. SCULCOATES. SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM ELTON & HANNAH MARIA YOUNG, OF 1 NORMANS TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL AND 6 GRANVILLE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION 14/09/1914, AGED 17. BURIED AT LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, MARNE […]
North View, Aldbrough, East Yorkshire, UK
Died on
13/04/1918
Aged
24
Born Aldbrough, East Yorkshire, 1894. Son of James Greensides (1834-1907) and Ann Clark. Enlisted West Hull Recruitment Office. Served with the 3rd Coldstream Guards. Killed in Belgium, on 14/04/1918, aged 24. His army effecst were left to his siste Mary Jane Knaggs, of Leven (Guardian of his child) and Mrs Emily Murphy, of North Vie […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF JAMES HENRY HADDON (1872-1954) AND MARTHA EAMAN (1875-1918), OF 2 WILSON AVENUE, RHODES STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. WENT TO FRANCE, ON 22/12/1914. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 3RD BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPV […]
John Haith was born in Warter, in 1882 and was the son of William and Mary Haith (nee Oxtoby), 6 Butt :ane, Queensgare, Beverley. Before the war John was a regular soldier in the Coldstream Guards. He lied about his age and said he was 18 years old in 1901 when in fact he was only 16 years old. That year he was stationed in barrack […]
Lance Corporal
8 ADA'S TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/09/1917
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1895. HOLY TRINITY. KNOWN AS 'FRED'. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM AND JANE HIGGINBOTHAM, OF 6 , NEWTON STREET, HULL AND 8 ADA'S TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL. ONE OF FOUR SONS. APPRENTICE SHOE MAKER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED OF WOUNDS AT HOME, ON 15/09/1917, AGED 23. HIS DEATH WAS R […]
BORN MADRAS, INDIA 1898. SON OF CSM, LOUIS INSTONE, KOYLI, & CONSTANCE INSTONE, OF 16, TORRINGTON STREET, HULL. BOTH FATHER AND SON WERE KILLED IN ACTION AND ARE LISTED IN THE HULL MINSTER GOLDEN BOOK. HE WAS A FORMER NEWLAND AVENUE SCHOOL PUPIL. IN 1911 HE WAS HULL'S JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPION AND ALSO IN THE TEAM WHICH WON THE SCHOOL […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1887. DRYPOOL. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD & HARRIET JOHNSON, AT 21 MERSEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 45 NORFOLK STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A CHECKING CLERK ON THE SHIPS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS. SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD BY A SNIPER. HE WAS KILLED ON 01/08/1915, A […]
9, Ebor Street, Selby
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
23
Born Elsecar, Yorkshire, 1893. Son of Thomas and Alice Knowles, of 9, Ebor Street, Selby. An Oil miller working Hull when war began. he enlisted in Hull, Served in the 3rd Coldstream Guards. Killed in action, on 15/09/1916, aged 23. His army effects were left to his brothers and sisters.
4 COBDEN TERRACE, BRIGHT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/09/1914
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF ISSAC LOCKWOOD (1846-1914) & ELIZABETH KAY LOCKWOOD (1847-1927), OF 25 UPTON STREET, HULL. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. ONE OF SIX BROTHERS. HE WORKED AS A FLOUR MILL LABOURER. BOARDING AT 47 COURTNEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A FORMER TERRITORIAL. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. SERVED WITH THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS. LEFT W […]
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF FRED & MARY ELIZABETH MATTHEWS. (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) A BOILER MAKER'S APPRENTICE. HE SERVED IN THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT LOOS, ON 08/10/1915, AGED 24. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 03/11/1915 WITH A PHOTOGRAPH. IT REPORTS THAT PTE. MATTHEWS, WAS A BOMBER, WHO HIMSELF W […]
3 Wyndham Street, Hull
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
24
Born Birkley, Northallerton, Yorkshire, 1892. A Hull City Policeman. Nephew of Mrs Muncaster, of 3 Wyndham Street, Hull. Son of George Henry Mitchell (1868-1940) and Elizabeth Muncaster (1869- ), of 7, Bridge Street, York (CWGC address), 9 Cecilia Place, Holgate Road, York and 6 Minstergate, York (War Pension Addresses). He had five […]
BORN HULL 1893. SOUTHCOATES. SON OF MRS ANNE ELIZABETH & LATE THOMAS MOODY, OF 48, ST ANDREWS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD RETURNED FROM WORK IN BUENOS AYRES, ARGENTINA, TO ENLIST WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE WENT TO FRANCE IN APRIL 1915. HE WAS GRANTED 11 DAYS CHRISTMAS LEAVE WHICH WAS HIS FIRST CHRISTMAS AT HOME FOR FIVE YEARS. […]
BORN ALDERWASLEY, DERBYSHIRE 1887. SON OF JOHN & LUCY NEWTON, AT 5, WEST VIEW, AIR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. AND THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN WW1. EDWARD NEWTON WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AND BROTHERS, FRED, GEORGE AND JOHN AS GAS PURIFIERS, AT THE AIR STREET, GAS WORKS, HULL. HE LIVED IN BARTON. ENLISTED HULL. SERV […]
15, VILLA TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
19/11/1914
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1895, SOUTHCOATES. SON OF JOHN WILLIM NICHOLSON (1870-1928) AND EDITH HESSEY (1874-1943), OF 15, VILLA TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A GROCER'S ERRAND BOY (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED AT ZILLEBEKE, ON 19/11/1914 […]
BORN HULL 13/10/1883. LIVED LEEDS. ENLISTED SHEFFIELD. KILLED IN ACTION. SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH OCKLETON. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HIS BROTHER PTE, ROBERT OCKLETON, 8TH YORK AND LANCS, WAS KILLED IN ACTION FOUR DAYS LATER ON 30/09/1916. HIS OTHER BROTHER HENRY LIVED AT 14 BEECH AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL.
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF WILLIAM THOMAS & RACHEL. REGISTERED AT 10 LOCOMOTIVE AVENUE, CARLTON STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT WEST DOCK AVENUE SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A WOOD SAWYER FOR THE HULL & BARNSLY RAILWAY LINE, NEPTUNE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/03/1916, AGED 19. H […]
