The Regiment was awarded 67 Battle Honours, 6 Victoria Crosses and lost 12,530 men during the course of the war.
10th (Service) Battalion
22.08.1914 Formed at Newcastle as part of the First New Army (K1) and then moved to Woking to join the 43rd Brigade of the 14th Division and then moved to Aldershot.
Nov 1914 Moved to Witley.
Feb 1915 Moved to Corunna Barracks, Aldershot.
21.05.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Battle of Loos
1916
German gas attacks near Hulluch, The defence of the Kink position, The Battle of Pozieres, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Le Transloy.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Pilckem, The Battle of Langemark.
12.02.1918 Disbanded in France.
BORN WETWANG, YORKSHIRE 1881. SON OF GEORGE BECKETT (1856-1910) AND MARY HALL. HE WORKED AS A FARM SERVANT IN NAFFERTON (1901 CENSUS). ALSO WELL KNOWN IN WETWANG, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE MARRIED ALICE MAUD MARY GIBSON, AT HULL, IN 1907. THEY HAD TWO SONS. HE WAS BOARDING AT 293, HOLDERNESS ROAD (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS), AND WORKED AS A DRAPER'S […]
14, OWEN SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/08/1917
Aged
17
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF EDWARD CONROY & DINNAH MARY WEST, OF 14, OWEN SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL AND 16, BROAD SQUARE, MACHELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SISTERS MARY, MARGARET AND MARIA AND BROTHER PATRICK. HIS FATHER WAS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL UNDERAGE. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 23/334, 10TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANT […]
BORN HULL 19/04/1896. SON OF WILLIAM ATKINSON COOK (1875-1941) & SARAH BUTLAND HEAD (1875-1972), AT 15 PORTLAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 32 CANNING STREET, HULL. A FORMER SEAMAN AND FLAX SPINNER. HE RESIDED WITH HIS PARENTS AT 32 CANNING STREET, HULL . HE ENLISTED IN HULL, IN OCTOBER 1914. EX 2768 EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE DURHAM […]
RED HOUSE, ESK, TICKTON, BEVERLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/05/1917
Aged
19
Born North Newbald, Yorkshire, 1898. Son of George and Aggie Hardcastle of Red House, Eske, Beverley, Yorks. He had four brothers and two sisters. Employed as a Farm Servant. Described as 5 foot, 1.5 inches tall, 36-38.5 inch chest, 123 lbs weight, Enlisted at Beverley, on 20/06/1916. Served in the 10th Durham Light Infantry. Posted […]
5 BRICKYARD COTTAGES, NORTH FERRIBY, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
22/08/1917
Aged
34
BORN WOMERSLEY, YORKSHIRE, 1883. SON OF GEORGE & ANNIE. HIS WIFE GERTRUDE LIVED AT 5 BRICKYARD COTTAGES, NORTH FERRIBY, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5747, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/08/1917, AGED 34. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WER […]
BORN HULL 1894. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN LILLEY & FRANCES SARAH B CAWTHORNE. JAMES STREET, HULL. EX 1546 EYR.
BORN SUTTON 1889. SON OF WILLIAM COULSON LINWOOD (1848-1923) AND JANE HORSLEY (1850-1915). A BOOT MAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 15/11/1915, AT THE AGE OF 26 AND 10 MONTHS. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 4581, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE MARRIED HETTY CLIPSON, IN HULL, IN 1916. SHE WAS LIVING AT 14 BARMSTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). LONG […]
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF HENRY & MARY ANN, OF 7, WAKEFIELD STREET, HULL. A FORMER HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY CLERK, WORKING 14 YEARS, AT THE CANNON STREET, GOODS STATION. HE JOINED THE COLOURS IN APRIL 1916. SERVED WITH THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1917, AGED 27. HE LEFT WIDOW, ETEL MAY MANSFIELD AND DAUGHTER […]
163, St Paul Street, Hull
Died on
16/10/1917
Aged
31
Born Barnsley 1884. He had resided at 2, Ethel Grove Barnsley (army address). Married at Hull in 1903. Husband of Jane Middleton, of 163, St Paul Street, Hull (War pension Address). They had one daughter, Ethel May born 1st April 1916. He enlisted in Hull, on 15/10/1914. Formerly 2754, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the 10th D […]
8, PARK AVENUE, PERRY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/08/1917
Aged
32
BORN DRIFFIELD 09/04/1885. SON OF ELIZA JANE WAITES & GEORGE WILLIAM THOMPSON RANSOM, OF, 46, MIDDLETON STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND 8, PARK AVENUE, PERRY STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). ONE OF TWELVE CHILDREN (SEVEN BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS). HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A FRENCH POLISHER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1.5 INCHES TALL, 32-34.5 INCH CHEST, 1 […]
BORN HULL. LIVED COTTINGHAM. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX 5748 EYR. LISTED IN SOLDIER'S DIED RECORDS. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOSEPH SLATER AND ELIZA HARRIET SLATER. HE WAS MARRIED TO ELSIE (SMITH). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINING AS PRIVATE, 225276, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 27/10/1917, AGED 29. HE IS BURIED AT THE MENIN ROAD SOUTH CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EF […]
8 HIGH ST, CROOK, DURHAM, COUNTY DURHAM, NORTH EAST ENGLAND, UK
Died on
14/04/1917
Aged
23
BORN HULL SEPT 1894. SON OF SEPTIMUS SMITH (1860-1920) & ADA ARMSTRONG COOK (1870-1898). HE HAD ONE SISTER, CARRIE (1892-1974) AND ONE BROTHER, WILLIAM ARMSTRONG SMITH (1895-1952). HE MARRIED ELIZABETH BIRKBECK (1898-1970), AT AUCKLAND, DURHAM, IN 1915. THEYLIVED AT 8, HIGH ST, CROOK, DURHAM AND 21 FRANCES STREET, CROOK, DURHAM (WAR […]
BORN NORTH SHIELDS, 16/02/1882. SON OF WILLIAM WALLACE (1844-1893) AND MARY ANN WALLACE (1846-1893). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE MARRIED MARY JANE ALLINSON, IN NORTH SHIELDS REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 27/06/1904. HIS WIFE MARY JANE & SIX CHILDREN LIVED AT 31 AIRLIE STREET, HULL. A JOINER. HE PLAYED HALF BACK RUGBY FOR WEST H […]
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THE LATE AMOS WILSON (1841-1901) & SARAH ANN JOHNSON (1843-1895) HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. AN APPRENTICE COOPER. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 23/05/1912. HUSBAND OF ALICE (PERKINS) OF 144 LEE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SHE LATER MOVED TO 11 BEECHVILLE AVENUE, DEAN ROAD SCARBOROUGH. THEIR SON EDWIN WAS BORN ON 15/ […]
