Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
18th (Service) Battalion (1st County)
10.09.1914 Formed by Col. R Burdon and a Committee (with the Earl of Durham as president) at Cocken Hall NNE of Durham and then moved to Fencehouse near Houghton le Spring.
Feb 1915 Moved to Cocken Hall and then back to Fencehouse and then Cramlington, Northumberland and then to Ripon and joined the 93rd Brigade of the 31st Division.
15.08.1915 Taken over by the War Office.
Sept 1915 Moved to Fovant, Wiltshire.
06.12.1915 Embarked for Egypt from Liverpool arriving at Port Said and took over defence of the Suez Canal.
06.03.1916 Embarked for France from Port Said arriving at Marseilles and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of the Ancre.
1917
Operations on the Ancre, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Oppy Wood,
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Defence of Nieppe Forest, The attack at La Becque, The capture of Vieux Berquin, The Battle of Ypres, The action of Tieghem.
11.11.1918 Ended the war moving to Quesnau east of Renaix, Belgium.
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF CHARLES TUTON (1854-1937) & CLARA ANNIE SOULSBY (1860-1946), OF 51 , MADELEY STREET, HULL (1918 ABSENT VOTERS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS BROTHERS, WALTER, FRED & HARRY LIVED AT SAME ADDRESS. HE WORKED AS A COAL PORTER. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12TH DECEMEBER 1915. CALLED UP FOR … Read more
BORN NORTH CAVE, YORKS, 1900. ELDEST SON OF WALTER AND HANNAH MARY TAYLOR, AT 5 LAUREL GROVE, ETON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. UNMARRIED. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BUTCHER, AND ALSO LIVED AT 8 PERCIVAL GROVE, ETON STREET. HEALTHY AND RELATIVELY TALL FOR HIS … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1895. SON OF CHARLES HENRY RANSOM & SARAH JANE DIXON, OF 3, PRIORY ROAD, BEVERLEY, (1911 CENSUS). A PRINTER’S APPRENTICE. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX 2116 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 27/06/1918, AGED 22. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. Name John Herbert Ranson Rank Private Address 3, PRIORY … Read more
BORN YORK 1895. SON OF WILLIAM ABBEY PLOWS ABOVE. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.
BORN BUENOS AYRES, ARGENTINA, 1895. ONLY SON OF MARIE CHRISTINE ORTHINNISSEN, OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. HE WAS A DANISH CITIZEN. HAD TWO SISTERS. WAS UNMARRIED. HE WORKED AS AN ABLE SEAMAN, LIVING AT 15, ELLEN’S TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, … Read more
BORN GRIMSBY 1899. SON OF JOHN RICHARD MUMBY (1866-1938) AND MARY ELIZABETH SMITH (1868-1951), OF 47, ETON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THIRD OF SIX CHILDREN. A FORMER PORTER WITH THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 27/01/1917. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST, “FAIR” PHYSICAL CONDITION. THIS WAS … Read more
C. T. Goforth, No. 44003, Private Charles Thomas Goforth, 18th Bn. Durham Light Infantry. Born: Beverley, son of Mr & Mrs F. B. Robinson, 104 Keldgate, Beverley (war pension address). Enlisted: Hull. Killed in Action: 28th March 1918. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France (bay 8); Durham Light Infantry section of the 1914-1918 memorial in the Beverley … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. KNOWN AS ‘JOHNNY’. SON OF THE LATE ARTHUR CHARLES (1852-1915) & ANNIE GILES (1865-1950), AT 20 SUBWAY STREET AND 7, TOWLERS TERRACE, ETON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS WIFE GERTRUDE PAMELA GILES AT 11, GRASSMERE AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & THE LATE JANE ELIZABETH HORSEMAN, AT 1 YORK TERRACE, RUSTENBERG STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 232 , HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER WAS A NEWSAGENT ON HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE MANAGED THE SHOP AFTER HER DEATH. HE RESIDED IN HULL, BUT ENLISTED IN HORNSEA, ON … Read more
BORN CHASE TOWN, STAFFORDSHIRE, 31/10/1885. SON OF ENOCH FAIRFIELD (1859-1950) AND MARY ELLEN DEWSBERRY (1863-1951), OF “THE HOLLIES”, RUGELEY ROAD, CHASE TOWN, STAFFS. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, BRUCE, AND THREE SISTERS, FLORENCE, EUNICE AND ELLEN. EMPLOYED AS A WAGES CLERK AT THE LOCAL MINING COLLIERY. HE HAD REQUESTED TO JOIN THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS. HE … Read more
