The Regiment raised 23 Battalions, was awarded 63 Battle Honours and 5 Victoria Crosses, losing 7,870 men during the course of the First World War.
1/4th 1/6th & 1/7th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 The 1/4th stationed at Halifax, the 1/6th stationed at Skipton-in-Craven and the 1/7th stationed at Milnsbridge all as part of the 2nd West Riding Brigade of the West Riding Division and then moved to Hull and Grimsby as part of coastal defences.
05.11.1914 Moved to Doncaster.
14.04.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne.
12.05.1915 The formation became the 147th Brigade of the 49th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
1915
The Battle of Aubers Ridge, The defence against the first Phosgene attack.
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
1917
Operations on the Flanders Coast (Hush), The Battle of Poelcapelle.
1918
The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Scherpenberg, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Auby north of Douai, France.
Regiment: Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment 1/7th Battalion
BORN ROTHERHAM, 1895. SON OF JOHN AND ALICE BODDY, OF 11 LORNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL. EX 738 EYR CYCLISTS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/7TH DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/10/1918, AGED 23. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JOHN BODDY. HE IS BURIED AT WELLINGTON CEMETERY, RI […]
12 COWPER STREET, SKIPTON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
28/11/1916
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1889. ONLY SON OF ALMA LAMBERT AND ELIZABETH ANN LAMBERT, SKIPTON. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, AMELIA AND EDITH. EMPLOYED AS A PLATE LAYER FOR THE MIDLAND RAILWAYS. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED WITH THE WEST RIDING TERRITORIALS FROM 29/09/1906 TO 02/04/1908. HE HAD ALSO LIVED IN BRADFORD (1901 CENSUS) AND WAS LIVING IN SKIPTON IN 1914. HE […]
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF FRED & ANNIE - 134 CHILTERN ST. WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH SEWARD OF 46 MADELEY STREET, HULL AND 112 WOODCOCK STREET, HULL. (HDM ADDRESS 25/10/1916). BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED AS A BOLIER MAKER FOR THE HUMBER SHIPWRIGHT COMPANY.NHE WAS A SKILLFUL PIANIST AND WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE HULL PUBS AND CLUBS. HE HAD BEEN O […]
