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.
Regiment: Durham Light Infantry DLI 18th Battalion
Born Lund, Yorkshire 1899. Son of Thomas Chapmman and Lydia Piercy Chapman, of Lund, Beverley, Yorks. Son of a Gardener. He enlisted in Beverley. Served with the Durham Light Infantry. Was killed in action, on 28/03/1918, aged 19. He left brothers Wilfred, Thomas and sisters, Rita, Mary Jane and Nora. His elder brother, Rifleman, William […]
4 SUTTON TERRACE, STUDLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/04/1918
Aged
32
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 SERV […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & THE LATE JANE ELIZABETH HORSEMAN, AT 1 YORK TERRACE, RUSTENBERG STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS 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 27/06/1916, AGED 18 AND 8 MONTHS. HE ARRIVED I […]
11 GRASSMERE AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
09/03/1917
Aged
36
BORN HULL 1882. KNOWN AS 'JOHNNY'. SON OF THE LATE ARTHUR CHARLES & ANNIE GILES AT 20 SUBWAY STREET. HIS WIFE GERTRUDE PAMELA GILES ABOVE. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A DOCK LABOURER AT THE RED CROSS STEAM FISHING CO., ST ANDREWS DOCK. HE WAS GREATLY RESPECTED BY ALL THAT KNEW HIM. HE DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED ON THE 9TH MARCH, 1917, AGED 36 […]
104 KELDGATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
28/03/1918
Aged
20
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. 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 Minster. Memorial […]
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 […]
BORN BUENOS AYRES, ARGENTINA. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A PRIVATE WITH THE 18TH BATTALION, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED 16/02/1918. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16/03/1918, AS A HULL CASUALTY. HE IS BURIED AT MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DES CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, MARIE CHRISTIANE OR […]
8 GRANVILLE TERRACE, GRANVILLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
25/06/1916
Aged
21
BORN YORK 1895. SON OF WILLIAM ABBEY PLOWS ABOVE. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.
BORN BEVERLEY 1896. SON OF CHARLES HENRY & SARAH JANE ABOVE 1911. NB: ALBERT, NFUS - 2 THORNTON TERRACE, & JOHN, RE'S AT NO: 34, BOTH NEWSTEAD STREET. 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.
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 AGE AT 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHE […]
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 SERVICE, ON 1 […]
