1/5th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 Stationed at Stockton-on-Tees as part of the York & Durham Brigade of the Northumbrian Division and then moved to Hartlepool as part of the coast defence.
05.09.1914 Moved to Ravensworth Park, Gateshead and then Newcastle.
18.04.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne.
14.05.1915 The formation became the 150th Brigade of the 50th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Battle of St Julien, The Battle of Frezenburg Ridge, The Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge.
1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Wancourt Ridge, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
12.02.1918 Transferred to the 151st Brigade of the 50th Division;
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Actions at the Somme Crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of the Aisne.
15.07.1918 Reduced to training cadre and transferred to defence of Lines of Communication.
16.08.1918 Transferred to the 117th Brigade of the 39th Division which was engaged in training American Troops.
09.11.1918 Disbanded in France.
Regiment: Durham Light Infantry DLI 1/5th Battalion
7 ALBERT'S PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
29/05/1918
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF FRED & SARAH ATKIN, AT 3 VICTORIA PLACE, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL & 7 ALBERT'S PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. AN ERRAND BOY. WHEN WAR BEGAN, HE WAS WORKING IN THE OFFICE FOR OHLSON AND CO. LTD, CASTLE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 8687, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. […]
HESSLEWOOD COTTAGES, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
31/10/1917
Aged
24
BORN HESSLE 1893. LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADRESS (1911 CENSUS). SON OF RICHARD & HANNAH (PERRYMAN) BEADLE. A FARM WORKER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH 1/5TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/10/1917, AGED 24. BURIED AT RUISSEAU FARM CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. HIS […]
13 DERWENT STREET, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/03/1918
Aged
31
BORN HULL 28/02/1890. ELDEST SON OF DAVID BLACKBOURN (1860-1947) & EMMA HICKSON (1865-1896), OF 17, FRANCIS TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 55, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL. SON OF A BAKER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A TRAVELLING SALESMAN FOR WINE AND SPIRITS (1911 CENSUS) AND AS A MACHINE MAN AND DYE […]
8 HERBERTS TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
30/10/1918
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1884. WAS MANAGER OF THE MIDLAND BANK, WHITEFRIARGATE. (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND LIVED AT 8 HERBERTS TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL. BEFORE ENLISTING, HE WAS EMPLOYED AT MESSRS, GEORGE ROWNTREE'S, FISH CURERS, GOODWING STREET, HULL HIS FAMILY LIVED OUTSIDE HULL. EX 38360 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 44178, […]
24 , SALTBURN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/01/1918
Aged
40
BORN HULL 1878. MATHEW JOHNSON HARKER (1841-1919) AND ANNIE HARKER, 14 JAMES PLACE, HULL. SON OF A SHIPPING CLEFK. HE HAD ONE OTHER BROTHER HAROLD. EMPLOYED AS A SHOP ASSISTANT. HIS WIFE EDITH AMY HARKER & THEIR THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25840, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT […]
3 WOODHOUSE AVENUE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/04/1918
Aged
20
BORN LAXTON, HOWDEN, YORKSHIRE, 1898. SON OF ROBERT & ELIZA MIDDLETON, OF HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1918, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY PENSION WENT TO HULL CITY COUNCIL TO MAINTAIN HIS MOTHER, ELIZA AT THE HULL […]
