Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
4th Battalion (Pioneers)
17.07.1915 Formed at Windsor as the Guards Pioneer Battalion then became the 4th Battalion.
15.08.1915 Mobilised for war and Deployed to France joining the Guards Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Battle of Loos
1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval,
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of Pilkem, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Poelkapelle, The First Battle of Passchendaele, The Battle of Cambrai 1917.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras 1918, The battles marked, 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 pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France near Maubeuge.
Name John Augustus Meeres Birth Place Grantham, Lincs, 1887. Son of Augustus and Elizabeth Meeres, of 149, Newmarket St., Great Grimsby, Lincs. Residence Grimsby Death Date 29 Oct 1917 Death Place Canada Farm, Elverdinge, West Flanders, Belgium Enlistment Place Hull -1909 as Private, 8693, Lincolnshire Regiment Rank Private Regiment Coldstream Guards, 4th Regimental Number … Read more
Name Horace Illes Powell Birth Place Llandudno, Carnarvonshire, Wales, 1890 Residence Llandudno, Carnarvonshire, Wales. Drapers Assistant Death Date 30 Mar 1916 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Coldstream Guards, 4th Regimental Number 13813 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Menin Road South Cemetery, Belgium
Born Hull 1882. His housekeeper and unofficial wife, Margaret Rogers, lived at 6, Beech Grove, Arundel Street, Hull (1911 Census & War Pension address). He was a Boatman. Posted to France on 3/10/1915. Served in the 4th Coldstream Guards. Died in Belgium, on 02/12/1918. (CWGC records)
Born Goodmanham, Yorkshire, 11/03/1895. Resided Market Weighton, Yorkshire. Enlisted Hull. Son of James and Ann Gosley, of Goodmanham Market Weighton, Yorks. He had four brothers and four sisters. Enlisted Hull. Formerly 15896, Coldstream Guards. Transferred to the Guards 4th Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action, on 05/12/1917, aged 22. Buried France. His grave inscription reads, … Read more
Born Hull 1882. Son of John Wilkinson (1842-1903) and Harriet Easter Lee (1841-1899), of Hull. he had four brothers and six sisters. He enlisted in Windsor, London on 15/03/1900. A time expired Coldstream Guardsman. Served 12 years, including in the South African Campaign. Worked as an Oil Mill Labourer. Married Gertrude Naylor (1884-1969), on 08/10/1904, … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. LIVED MALTBY. ENLISTED SHEFFIELD. SON OF ROSE ANN SMITH, THE CRAGGS, MALTBY, ROTHERHAM. SERVED WITH THE 4TH COLDSTREAM GUARDS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 15/08/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 22/09/1916, AGED 24. BURIED AT BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME, SOMME, FRANCE.
BORN HULL 1897. THIRD SON OF GEORGE (1865-1958) & ELIZABETH HARRIET LUPTON (1870- ), OF 2 IVY GROVE, PULMAN STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN ERRAND BOY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A CORPORAL, IN THE 4TH COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED OF WOUNDS AT 8TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, FRANCE, 20/01/1918, … Read more
BORN BARTON, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1885. PARENTS UNTRACED. HE WAS A COAL HEAVER (1911 CENSUS). HIS WIDOW, MINNIE MOORE (1885-1955) AND FIVE CHILDREN LIVED AT 3, OLIVE TERRACE, HOTHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). LEFT JIM & FAMILY, AT 48 WASHINGTON STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH COLDSTREAM GUARDS, DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED THE PREVIOUS … Read more
BORN ST BARNABAS, HULL 1890. ENLISTED HULL NOVEMBER 1914. SON OF JOE & ESTHER FLETCHER & 7 CHILDREN ABOVE 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. WORKED FOR NER AS A COAL TRIMMER AT ALBERT DOCKS WITH HIS FATHER. HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR ONE YEAR AND NINE MONTHS. DIED OF WOUNDS TO HEAD, NECK, RIGHT HAND AND RIGHT … Read more
BORN SUTTON-ON-HULL 1884. SON OF ELIZABETH RUSSELL (1852-1929) & LATE WILLIAM M BLENKINSOP (1838-1888) OF 17 HAROLDS AVENUE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL,. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A BRICKLAYER’S LABOURER. HE BOARDED AT 10 IVY VILLAS, VICTOR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/06/1917, AGED … Read more
