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 HULL 1890. SON OF FREDERICK JOSEPH BATEMAN (1855-1944) AND FANNY FISH (1856-1906), OF 8 MARY'S WALK, REDBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE MARRIED, ETHEL JACKSON (188-1942) ) ON 09/04/1914, AT ST PETERS CHURCH, DRYPOOL, HULL. THEY LIVED AT 105, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS), WITH THE […]
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 […]
4 PEEL TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
11/08/1916
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JOSEPH & ANNIE BROOK, OF 11 PRINCESS TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL & 4 PEEL TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL ( HDM ADDRESS, 12/09/1916). HUSBAND OF EMMA BROOKE OF LIVERPOOL STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. A FISHERMAN, WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED THREE YEARS IN THE TERRITORIALS. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1 […]
Lance Corporal
2 YARRATT PLACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WALTER CHAPMAN & MARY ANN WHITEHEAD ABOVE 1901 CENSUS ADDRESS. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. WORKED AS A CLERK FOR A TRAWLER OWNER. ENLISTED HULL. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 1/07/1918. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL G […]
3, BYRON AVENUE, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/06/1916
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF CHARLES & LEAH WINIFRED CLIFFE, OF 82, MERSEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL AND 3, BYRON AVENUE, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF AN ENGINEER LABOURER. ELDEST OF TWO CHILDREN . BROTHER OF DOROTHY MAY CLIFFE. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR OSMOND & SON, STATIONARY SHOP, IN GRIMSBY. […]
Lance Corporal
50, Eastgate, Beverley, Yorks.
Died on
24/10/1917
Aged
23
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 emb […]
4 ARTHUR TERRACE, ARTHUR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
02/07/1916
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF PHILLIP SPENCE HARRISON (1833-1885) AND MARTHA ELIZABETH HARRISON (1840-1907), OF 4 ARTHUR TERRACE, ARTHUR STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED, GERTIE BRAY RICHARDSON, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1907. THEY LIVED AT 3, CLOVELLY AVENUE, DE LA POLE STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A RAILWAY ENGINE STOKER BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTED AT HUL […]
2 WALTER TERRACE, WEST PARADE, SPRING BANK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
11/07/1916
Aged
36
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF JAMES AND MARGARET HEWITT, OF 13 BURLEIGH STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF JESSIE ANN HEWITT, LIVED 2 WALTER TERRACE, WEST PARADE, SPRING BANK, HULL. THEY HAD TWO SONS, LESLIE AND HENRY. HE HAD ENLISTED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN 1900. HE SERVED IN THE BOER WAR AND WAS AWARDED THE QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICAN MEDAL AND T […]
BORN HULL 1895. THIRD SON OF JAMES HENRY & CLARA ANN JOYS, OF 12 WELLSTED STREET, HULL. FORMERLY, EMPLOYED AT MESSRS, LINSLEYS, MYTON GATE, BREWERS, WHERE HE WAS VERY POPULAR. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, IN SEPTEMBER 1914. TRANSFERRED TO 11TH THE EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 06/08/1916, AGED 21. HIS BROTHER […]
88, LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
28
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 […]
Lance Corporal
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
Lance Corporal
34 MINSTERMOOR GATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
04/08/1916
Aged
28
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 PENS […]
Lance Corporal
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 H […]
Lance Corporal
316, Beverley Road, Hull
Died on
11/08/1916
Aged
19
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 Bever […]
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 COMMEMORATE […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF GEORGE (MARBLE MASON) TUTON, ABOVE ADDRESS, 29 HOLDERNESS ROAD AND 87 WORTHING STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A SHOP ASSISTANT. ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 489, THE HULL PALS, EYR & 31ST DIVISION. TRANSFERRED TO THE EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED IN ACTION ON THE SOMME. HIS NAME IS C […]
