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.
Born Bishop Burton, Beverley, 1898. Son of Helen and Charles Hall, of “Old Friary,” Chantry Lane, Beverley, Yorkshire. Served in the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 2nd/5th Bn. Killed on 3 May 1917, aged 19. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. His army effects were left to his father, Charles Hall.
Private Walter Anderson (1898-1917) Walter Anderson was born in Beverley on 6 February 1898, the youngest son and sixth of the seven children of William and Mary Jane Anderson, of 14 Minstermoorgate, Beverley. It is not clear when Walter Anderson left employment as an apprentice draper and signed up to do his bit in the … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF LUKE JAMES WASS (1868-1922) & CLARA LOFT (1865-1944), OF 4, ROBINSON’S PLACE, PRINCESS STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF FOUR SONS WHO ALL DIED IN THE WAR. A TINNERS LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 242784, WITH THE 2/5TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT. HE DIED ON … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM SHAW (1853-1930)& MARY HANNAH SMITH (1855-1923), OF 23, LAKE STREET, HULL & 1, MAIN STREET, HULL. A SINGLE MAN. A GROCER (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, ROBINSON’S, DRUM & KEG MAKERS, LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HIS HOME ADDRESS WAS 23, LAKE STREET, HULL. ERVED WITH … Read more
BORN BRAMPTON, DERBYSHIRE, 1885. SECOND SON OF GEORGE SAUL (1856-1927) & MARY MAYCOCK (1861-1912) OF 86, RUNDALL STREET, BLACKBURN (1891 CENSUS) AND 8, TAYLOR STREET, CLEETHORPES (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD ONE OLDER BROTHER. EMPLOYED AS A STEREOTYPER. HE MARRIED ALICE MARY TINDALE (1890-1919), AT ST JAMES CHURCH, HULL ON 22/01/1914. THEY HAD TWO SONS, FRED … Read more
BORN SUTTON ON HULL 1881. SON OF WILLIAM PINKNEY (1823-1894) & ANN ROBSON (1847-1903), 6 ROSE VILLA, MIDDLEBURG STREET. EMPLOYED AS A MILL HAND. HE MARRIED MARGARET LOUISA GILL(1875-1953), IN 1902 AND THEY LIVED IN SUTTON. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 2ND/5TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED AT ARRAS ON 03/05/1917 , AGED 36. … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF MR & MRS DIANA PARKER. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL WITH THE 2ND/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED WHILE PRISONER OF WAR, ON 21/07/1918, AGED 25. HIS WAR PENSION WAS LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, DIANA, PARKER, OF WALK HOUSE COTTAGES, LORDS LANE,BARROW ON HUMBER (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE IS BURIED AT VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) … Read more
BORN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, 1889. SON OF WILLIAM & SARAH LAMB, OF 57, STANLEY STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL. HE WAS A TINSMITH (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS WIFE, ROSE CLARA LAMB LIVED AT 5, SALISBURY CRESCENT, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED & LIVED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND/5TH … Read more
BORN HULL 1880. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS HUDSON (1852-1892) AND ANNIE ELIZABETH HUDSON (1857-1928), OF 7, HODGSON SQUARE, LORNE STREET, HULL. HE WAS A HULL DOCK LABOURER, RESIDEING AT 2, WALTER’S AVENUE, DANSOM LANE HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND A FORMER ‘MESSRS. LEE SMITH’ MILLS WORKER, AT WINCOLMLEE. HE ENLSITED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND/5TH … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ISSAC & JANE HOFFMAN, OF 92 AND 51 COURTNEY STREET, HULL . A GLAZIER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO THE 2/5TH DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S (WEST RIDING) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1918, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW DORA. … Read more
