Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
2/4th 2/5th & 2/6th Battalion Territorial Force
Sept 1914 The 2/4th Formed at Halifax and the 2/6th formed at Skipton.
Oct 1914 The 2/5th formed at Huddersfield.
Mar 1915 All moved to Derbyshire as part of the 186th Brigade of the 62nd Division and then moved to Thoresby Park, Ollerton and then Retford and then Newcastle.
Jan 1916 Moved to Salisbury Plain and then Halesworth, Suffolk and then Bedford.
Jan 1917 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
The Operations on the Ancre, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The first attack on Bullecourt (part of the Arras offensive), The German attack on Lagnicourt (part of the Arras offensive), The Battle of Bullecourt (part of the flanking operations round Arras), The actions on the Hindenburg Line, The Cambrai Operations.
30.01.1918 The 2/5th absorbed by the 1/5th and the 2/6th disbanded in France;
The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras 1918, The Battle of the Tardenois (part of the Battles of the Marne 1918), The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of the Selle, The capture of Solesmes, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war east of Maubeuge, France.
Name James Henry Hall Birth Place Nottingham. 1899. Son of James Hall and Clara Emma Hall, of 164, Haydn Road, Sherwood, Nottingham. Residence Nottingham Death Date 29 Sep 1918 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment Battalion 2nd/4th Battalion Regimental Number 34855 Type of … Read more
Born Queensbury, Bradford, 1884. Son of the late Thomas Nalmforth (1838-1900) and Hannah Balmforth (1848- 1917), of 14 Sandbeds, Queensbury, Bradforn. The Guardian of his illegitimate child was Miss Elixabeth Dearing at Cleveland Street, Hull (War Pension address). Worked as a Stone Mason. Lived at 67, Highfield Terrace Queensbury, Near Bradford (1911 Census). Enlisted at … Read more
Private John Nevison Taylor (1894-1918) John was born in Beverley in 1894, the son of John Nevison and Edith Taylor, of Beckside, Beverley, Yorks. John was a tanner’s labourer but at the start of the war, aged 20, he enlisted with the 5th Yorkshire Regiment, the Beverley Braves, arriving in France on 18 April 1915. … Read more
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF JOHN AND REBECCA THRUSSELL, OF 6, VILLA PLACE, SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) HIS SISTER MRS EMILY COATES LIVED AT 61, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A GAS WORKS LABOURER. HIS FATHER WORKED IN THE OIL MILLS. HE SERVED IN THE 2/4TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOHN & ELLEN NEAL, OF 31 CANNING STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED BY CROSSLANDS & SONS, STEVEDORES, HULL HE SERVED WITH THE 2ND/4TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT FOR TWO YEARS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/05/1918, AGED 19. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL BOYS CLUB MEMORIAL, ROPER STREET, HULL. HIS … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE ANNIE ADELA MYERS, OF ‘SILVER DENE’, BAWTRY ROAD, WICKERSLEY, ROTHERHAM. ONE OF THREE CHILDREN. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED IN THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON;S WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, AT ROTHERHAM. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 30/09/1918, AGED 20. BURIED AT GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “FATHER IN … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF ARTHUR JACKSON AND SARAH HANNAH HUNT, OF DIVISION ROAD, HULL ADDRESS AND 16 OXFORD STREET, CLEETHORPES. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE LIVED IN CLEETHORPES AND AT 21 SAVOK ROAD GRIMSBY, WHERE HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY, ON 31/03/1917, AGED 18 YEARS AND 95 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY HART AND GERTRUDE MAUD FOSTER. THE FAMILY LIVED WEST END COTTAGES, WEST GATE, BRIDLINGTON, AND 2 WALKER’S YARD, KIRKGATE, BRIDLINGTON. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS HULL ARMY ADDRESS WAS 2 JOSEPH PLACE, YORK STREET, HULL. A FORMER OIL MILLER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/03/1917. … Read more
BORN BRADFORD, YORKS., 1895. SON OF ALBERT HENRY HARPER (1861-1911) & EMILY ELLIS WILKINS (1867-1941), OF ‘FERNLEIGH HOUSE’, BEECH GROVE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A SHIPPING MANAGER. BROTHER OF ROLAND AND CLIFFORD HARPER, AND SISTER EMILY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AS PRIVATE, 10/1073, 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. COMMISSIONED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT IN … Read more
