Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
9th (service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed at Halifax as part of the Second New Army (K2) and then moved to Wareham to join the 52nd Brigade of the 17th Division, and then moved to Bovington and later Wimborne.
June 1915 Moved to Hursley, Hampshire.
15.07.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
1915
Holding front lines in southern area of Ypres salient.
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Delville Wood.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Roeux, The First Battle of Passchendaele, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war south of Maubeuge, France.
Born Skipton, Yorkshire, 1895. Son of George William and Martha Ann Phillip, of 46, Thornbury Drive, Thornbury, Bradford, Yorks. Enlisted at Skipton. Served as Lance Sergeant in the 9th Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. Killed in action, on 19 Dec 1915, aged 20. His name is recorded on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial , … Read more
Born Hull 1888, Son of James William Sunderland (1858-1942) and Lilian Grubb (1866-1937), of 15 Ivy Grove, Pulman Street, Hull (1911 Census). Son of a railway Goods Guard. He had two brothers and two sisters. Worked as a Railways Clerk and lived at Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire. He enlisted at Halifax. Served in the 9th West … Read more
BORN GRIMSBY 1876. HUSBAND OF MARIA SMALES, AT 38 , BEAUMONT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE MARRIED MARIA WEBSTER (1879-1947), AT HULL, IN JANUARY 1918. PRIOR TO THIS, HE LIVED WITH HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, MARY JANE SMALES, AT 1, STUDLEY STREET, HULL, WHERE HE WORKED AS A GROOM (1901 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED … Read more
BORN HULL 01/12/1899. SON OF FREDERICK MCWILLIAM (1865-1921) AND KATE BAILLIE (1874-1950) AT 11, FIELD STREET, HULL, (ARMY & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A CLERK. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS, AND FOUR SISTERS. HIS COUSIN, (MOTHER’S NEPHEW), WILLIAM DIXON, ALSO LIVED WITH THE FAMILY AND MOVED IN WHEN BOTH HIS PARENTS DIED. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. ELDEST SON OF HENRY MANNING (1875-1957) & ADA BROWN (1874-1957) OF 8, CAVE TERRACE, CAVE STREET, HULL & THEN 60 THWAITES, KEIGHLEY, YORKS. SON OF A TANNER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND SEVEN SISTERS. WORKED AS AN IRON FOUNDER IN KEIGHLEY, YORKSHIRE. HE ENLISTED IN HALIFAX. SERVED IN THE 9TH WEST RIDING … Read more
BORN HULL 1878. ONLY SON OF GEORGE (PUBLICAN) & EVELINA JACKSON. THEY LIVED WITH HIS SISTER MARIA, AT THE WHITE HART PUB, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN 1906. HE ALSO LIVED AT 14, VICTOR STREET, HULL AND IN HUDDERSFIELD, WITH HIS WIFE ALICE ANN LANE (BORN 21 DEC 1882), WHO RETURNED TO … Read more
BORN HALIFAX 1893. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF ARTHUR DEAN (1873-1947) & SARAH ANN DEAN (1872-1928), OF GREENMOUNT TERRACE, HALIFAX. BROTHER TO ARTHUR AND FOUR SISTERS. HE MARRIED IN HALIFAX, ON 20/07/1914. HUSBAND OF VERA JESSIE SHINNS, OF 13 ANNS TERRACE, PARROTT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO SONS, AND TWIN BOYS WHO BOTH … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE EDWIN BUCK, OLD RISE, SKIRLAUGH, HULL. HE LIVED SKIRLAUGH. HE ENLISTED IN ILKLEY. HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 12049. WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 19/12/1915, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HE IS RECORDED ON A PLAQUE AT ALL SAINTS … Read more
