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.
Regiment: Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment 2nd Battalion
BORN HULL 1895. LIVED IN HULL. AND LEEDS. SON OF MARY ANN STEBBING AND JOHN THOMAS SIMON. STEPSON OF GEORGE HENRY DEEMING, OF 3 NORTH ROW, MEADOW LANE, LEEDS. A PICTURE FRAME MAKER. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS AND SERVED WITH THE 2ND DUKE OF WELLINGTONS, WEST RIDING REGIMENT. DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR, AT GARDELEGEN, GERMANY, ON 12/05/1915 , AGE […]
48 BELGRAVE ROAD, KEIGHLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
05/03/1915
Aged
19
BORN HULL 20/07/1895. SON OF LANDER SMITH (1860-1934) & ELIZA SUSANNAH GLEDHILL (1868-1902), OF 48 BELGRAVE ROAD, KEIGHLEY. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. LIVED KEIGHLEY, YORKS. ENLISTED HALIFAX. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 29/04/1915. SERVED WITH THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 05/05/1915. AGED 19.
15, CHARLOTTE TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/10/1917
Aged
19
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 […]
2 EDOM VILLAS, MAYFIELD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
03/05/1917
Aged
21
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 ARGYLL ST […]
20 BANK FARM STREET, CROSS GREEN STREET, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
11/11/1914
Aged
19
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, SURV […]
2nd Lieutenant
NEWLAND VICARAGE, NEWLAND PARK AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
08/12/1917
Aged
19
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 […]
11 EASTERN TERRACE, BISHOP STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/10/1916
Aged
21
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 COMMEMORTED O […]
Acting Sergeant
14 CONFERENCE PLACE, GREAT THORNTON ST, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
18/04/1915
Aged
43
BORN HULL 1872. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED BRADFORD. WIFE ANNIE WARD & 10 CHILDREN. SHIP PAINTER. 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS.
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. […]
