1/4th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 Stationed at Wakefield as part of the 3rd West Riding Brigade of the West Riding Division and then moved to Doncaster and then on to Gainsborough.
Feb 1915 Moved to York.
12.04.1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France.
12.05.1915 Formation became the 148th Brigade of the 49th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Battle of Aubers Ridge, The defence against the first Phosgene attack.
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
1917
Operations on the Flanders Coast (Hush), The Battle of Poelcapelle.
1918
The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Scherpenberg, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Leforest north of Douai, France.
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM AND ADA APPLEBY ABOVE. EX EMPLOYEE OF MR HART, TOBACCONIST. ADDRESS FROM 1911 CENSUS AND 1918 ABSENT VOTERS REGISTER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH KING'S OWN YORKHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE 14/04/1918, AGED 26. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 09/07/1918, 17/12/18 & 31/07/19 […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ALFRED THOMAS & ANNIE KEZIA BROWN, OF AYSGARTH, PROMENADE, WITHERNSEA. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE COPORAL, IN THE KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE DIED OF GAS WOUNDS, ON 28/07/1917, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, ALFRED. BURIED AT COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GR […]
44 CHEVERTON AVENUE, WITHERNSEA, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/04/1918
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF THE LATE JOSEPH AN ALICE BROWN, BRIAR VILLE, WITHERNSEA.. HUSBAND OF HILDA C. BROWN AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. WORKED FOR HIS FATHER, AS A CLERK IN A TOBACCONIST AND FANCY GOODS SHOP. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 1/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE MARRIED HILDA C. SYKES, IN HULL IN […]
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF ALBERT & ELIZABETH ELSON ABOVE. HIS WIFE AGNES LIVED 20 GORDON STREET, LONDON. EX 4496 NFUS. KIA. ON HULL CITY ENGINEERS ROH.
Old Hall, Burstwick, East Riding, UK
Died on
09/10/1917
Aged
28
Born Burstwick, Yorkshire, 1888. Son of Frederick and Mary Agnes Blenkin, of Old Hall, Burstwick. Son of a farmer. He was a farm worker. Enlisted Hull. Formerly 533, East Riding Yeomanry. Transferred to the 1/4 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died of Wounds, on 09/10/1917. His army effects were left to his father, Fred. Commemora […]
BORN HULL 1896. SCULCOATES. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF MARY ANN (ROBINSON) GARBUTT ABOVE 1901 ADDRESS. HE HAD RETURNED HOME ION LEAVE N DECEMBER 1918 AFTER THREE YEARS IN FRANCE & HAD SERVED AT YPRES. HE DIED IN A FRENCH HOSPITAL OF RHEUMATIC FEVER. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HDM ON 24TH MARCH 1919. *
LINLEY HALL, BRANDESBURTON, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
26/03/1917
Aged
31
BORN BEVERLEY. SON OF WILLIAM PARKER KIRBY AND KATE KIRBY, OF FIMBER, MALTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. HE LIVED AT LINLEY HALL, BRANDSBURTON. FORMERLY JOINED AS PRIVATE, 1288 EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO TH E 1/4TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED ON 26/03/1917, AGED 31. REPORTED AS DIED OF WOUNDS IN THE HDM 24/04/1917. HIS NAME […]
BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST SON OF JOHN O'CONNER (1876-1943) & JANE ANN KAY (1878-1956), OF 2 MARVEL COURT, MARVEL STREET. ENLISTED IN HULL. EX, PRIVATE, 8193, CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 02/11/1918, AGED 19. BURIED IN FRANCE. HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY PENSION […]
13 FREDS TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
29/10/1917
Aged
17
BORN YORK, 1900. SON OF JOHN & SARAH POTTER, OF 6 WINIFRED TERRACE, STEPNEY LANE , HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 13 FRED'S TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL. ONE OF THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR .EMPLOYED AT THE BRITISH OIL MILLS, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE 4TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY AND DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/10/1917, AGE […]
6 BARTON TERRACE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/07/1917
Aged
25
BORN RILLINGTON. YORKSHIRE 1892. SON OF WILLIAM & LOUISA RUSTON ABOVE. Formerly 2482, E. Yorks Regt. DIED OF WOUNDS. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF LATE ANNIE ELIZABETH SALTER. ADDRESS NOT FOUND. EX 5608 NFUS. ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO JOHN WILLIAM McNULTY, RFA - 22 SOUTH STREET, HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS AT 2ND CANADIAN HOSPITAL. NO PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS.
37 HIGHGATE, BEVERLEY, LITTLE WEIGHTON, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
23/03/1918
Aged
21
BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF WILLIAM & BETSY SCOFFIN - 37 HIGH GATE, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDRE. AN ERRAND BOY. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. EX, PRIVATE, 2458 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. PROMOTED CORPORAL. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT 1ST FIELD AMBULANCE, HOSPITAL, […]
CROSS KEYS PUB, MARKET PLACE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/07/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF RICHARD SMITH, PUB LANDLORD, of 75 ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2517, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH KOYLI. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/07/1917, AGED 19. BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY WW1 MEMORIAL, HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
BORN HEBDEN BRIDGE, YORKS 01/11/1898. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM & GRACE DEWHIRST SUTCLIFFE. (1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 47024, 1/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 14/04/1918, AGED 19. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL METHODIST CHURCH ROH, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL.
BORN HULL 1886. ONLY SON OF ROBERT HENRY TINDALE & ANNIE E TINDALE, OF SOUTHCOATES, HULL. A TRAM DIVER. BROTHER TO CARRIE AND ALICE TINDALE. HE MARRIED BEATRICE ELLEN DYE, AT HULL, IN 1909. THEY LIVED AT 11, WESTBOURNE AVENUE, GLOUCESTER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS CORPORAL, 203288, 1/4TH KING'S […]
BORN HULL 1885. SECOND SON OF THE LATE MR GEORGE LAING AND JULIA KATE WATMOUGH, 404 HESSLE ROAD. EMPLOYED AS A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER AND SALESMAN. MARRIED LILY ROBINSON IN 1910. HIS WIFE LILY WATMOUGH LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. FORMERLY 4503, Northumberland Fus. and 151002 R.H.A and R.F.A. HE WAS K […]
THWAITE STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
18/10/1917
Aged
22
BORN COTTINGHAM 1894. SON OF JOHN STORK & LUCY ANN, OF THWAITE STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL. ENLISTED ST ALBANS. EX, PRIVATE, 4420, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 203060, TO THE 1/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 15 MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS WOUNDED. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT BOULOGNE HOSPITAL, […]
