Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington)
02.09.1914 Raised by the Town and Mayor of Accrington.
Feb 1915 Moved to Caernarvon and then to Penkridge Bank, Cannock Chase to join the 94th Brigade of the 31st Division.
July 1915 Moved to Ripon and then taken over by the War Office.
Sept 1915 moved to Salisbury Plain.
19.12.1915 Embarked for Egypt from Plymouth arriving Alexandria 01.01.1916 and defended the Suez Canal.
Mar 1916 Moved to France landing at Marseilles 08.03.1916 and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of the Ancre.
During 1917
Operations on the Ancre, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Oppy Wood.
11.02.1918 Transferred to the 92nd Brigade of the same Division.
During 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 in Belgium, Boschstraet east of Renaix.
Born Goole, 1896. Son of Mary Jane Short, of 316, Beverley Road, Hull (War Pension address). A shop assistant. Enlisted in Hull. Formerly 134, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to 27328, 11th East Lancashire regiment. Killed in action, on 11/08/1916, aged 19. Buried France. He left £363 in his will to his widowed mother at 316 … Read more
Lance Corporal Walter Stuart Dunn (1894-1917) of Beverley Walter Stuart Dunn was born September 1894, the son of George Dunn, a stationary engine driver, and his wife Cordelia (nee Taylor) of 50, Eastgate, Beverley, Yorks. He enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment 8 September 1914 and trained at Pocklington, Ripon and Salisbury. He embarked to … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. E SON OF WALTER CHAPMAN & MARY ANN WHITEHEAD AT 2, YARRATT PLACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. WORKED AS A CLERK FOR A TRAWLER OWNER, LIVING AT 35, MALM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED DORIS PRIESTLEY, AT HULL IN 1915. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. KNOWN AS CYRIL BILLINGTON. SON OF WALTER BILLINGTON (1869-1942) & KATE ADELAIDE (1873-1944), AT 2, ELM VILLAS, BRAZIL STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 27, RENSBURG STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, RAYMOND AND ONE SISTER, LILIAN. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTICE CLERK FOR THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE. HE ENLISTED … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF GEORGE (MARBLE MASON) TUTON, OF 204 , BEAN STREET, HULL, 29, HOLDERNESS ROAD AND 87, WORTHING STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A SHOP ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 489, THE HULL PALS, EYR & 31ST DIVISION. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED, … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF JOHN SUNLEY & EMMA GARBUTT (1863-1940), OF 20 FANNY TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 39 MIDDLETON STREET, HULL. A FORMER ERRAND BOY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 583, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE ‘ACCRINGTON PALS’. KILLED IN ACTION ON 02/07/1916, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED … Read more
BORN HULL 02/09/1889. SON OF THE GEORGE SANDERS (1859-1924) & ANNIE MERCHANT (1861-1942), OF 9 DAY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) & 8, SYDNEY GROVE, TYNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A FISHERMAN FROM DEVON. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. FORMERLY A CLERK FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAYS. AN ORIGINAL HULL PAL. GEORGE JOINED THE … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1888. SON OF SAMUEL RULE (1851-1896) & EMMA KITCHING (1854-1930), OF 34 MINSTERMOOR GATE, BEVERLEY, (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A BURTON CONSTABLE HALL GARDENER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EAST LANCS REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 23/12/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/08/1916, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS AND PENSION WENT TO HIS … Read more
BORN HULL 01/07/1895. ON OF ARTHUR MOORE & NORAH ANN KIRK, AT THIS ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL JOINED AS 122 EYR. TRANSFERRED TO ACCRINGTON PALS. KILLED IN ON HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. PHOTO. BURIED: Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
BORN HULL 1888. ELDEST SON OF HARRY LEE (1862-1950) & ADA FAITH APPLEYARD (1865-1960), OF 88, LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A TANNER’S LABOURER. JOINED THE HULL PALS AS PRIVATE, 111, 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE “ACCRINGTON PALS”. KILLED … Read more
