Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
2nd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Dublin as part of the 13th Brigade of the 5th Division.
16.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1914
The Battle of Mons and subsequent retreat, The Battle of Le Cateau and the Affair of Crepy-en-Valois, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, The Battles of La Bassee and Messines 1914, The First Battle of Ypres.
1915
The Second Battle of Ypres and the Capture of Hill 60.
14.01.1916 Transferred to the 12th Brigade of the 4th Division.
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Le Transloy.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle, The First Battle of Passchendaele.
10.02.1918 Transferred to the 10th Brigade of the 4th Division;
1918
The First Battle of Arras 1918, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bethune, The Advance in Flanders, The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Drocourt-Queant, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Preseau S.E. of Valenciennes, France.
Born Hull 1883. Youngest child of Charles and Mary Ann Dosser, of 8, Mable’s Villas, Holland Street & 12 Wilson Avenue, Holland Street, Hull (1911 Census). Son of a wood sawyer. He had elder sisters Alice and Annie and brother, Harry. Married at St Andrews Church Hull, on 11 Apr 1907. Husband of Minnie Ledran, … Read more
BORN HULL MARCH 1897. SON OF JOHN HENRY FOSTER KNAGGS (1867-1946) & ANNIE ELIZABETH GREEN (1871-1946), OF MILL HOUSE, LEVEN, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, AND SEVEN SISTERS. A FARM FOREMAN. HE RESIDED AT SIGGLESTHORNE, BRANDSBURTON, EAST YORKSHIRE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 36.5 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, ON 03/06/1916. FORMERLY, … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. KNOWN AS “CHARLEY” BRINHAM. SON OF ADA FRANCES JACKSON (1859-1934) & THE LATE WILLIAM HENRY BRINHAM (1863-1897), OF 13 ASHBOURNE GROVE, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL. HE HAS ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED WITH HIS BROTHER AT HULL’S IDEAL RADIATOR COMPANY. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 113 LBS WEIGHT, … Read more
BORN BRADFORD 1885. SON OF BENJAMIN YEADON (1856-1908) & SELINA DEAKIN (1857-1927), OF 27 RYDALE STREET, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE AND 13, SOMERSET AVENUE, WITHERNSEA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHERS THOMAS, HARRY & SISTER ETHEL. A STABLEMAN (1911 CENSUS) AND RAILWAY PLATE LAYER. HE LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN BRADFORD. SERVED WITH THE 2ND DUKE … Read more
BORN HULL 1872. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED BRADFORD. WIFE ANNIE WARD & 10 CHILDREN. SHIP PAINTER. 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS.
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF FRANCIS & SARAH BOSTOCK WALLACE (1855-1919), OF BRADFORD AND HULL. WIFE AMY WALLACE LIVED AT 11 EASTERN TERRACE, BISHOP STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A MILLHAN IN BRADFORD (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED AT HALIFAX. SERVED WITH THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1916, AGED 21. HE IS … Read more
BORN WEST DERBY, LANCASHIRE OCT 1898. SON OF THE REVERAND, LLEWELLAN W & HELEN P THOMAS, OF NEWLAND VICARAGE, NEWLAND PARK AVENUE, HULL. EDUCATED AT ST JOHNS SCHOOL, LEATHERHEAD, SURREY. JOINED THE CADET SCHOOL, AT TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, IN APRIL 1917. HE RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION, IN THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT, IN AUGUST 1917 AND … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. ELDEST SON OF FRANK AND MARY ELLEN THACKERAY. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/10022, 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/11/1914, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED AT THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FRANK. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, FRANK THACKERY, 173671, MACHINE GUN CORPS, SURVIVED … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF JOHN GEORGE & GERTRUDE STORR, OF 7 ARLINGTON VILAS, PERTH STREET, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, GEORGE CHISTOPHER STORR. HE RESIDED WITH HIS AUNTIE, BLANCHE LEVITT, AT 2, EDOM VILLAS, MAYFIELD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WORKED AS A LABOURER FOR HARTGREAVES, BLUE AND BLACK LEAD WORKS, AT 59 … Read more
BORN GREAT YARMOUTH 16/07/1897. SON OF CHARLES HERBERT SNOWLEY (1860-1931), AND ELLEN LAVINIA POWLEY (1862-1945), OF 63, ALEXANDER STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL & 15, CHARLOTTE TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 25/10/1915. EX 4690 4TH EYR. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 09/04/1916. HE SERVED … Read more
