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.
Regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI), 1/4th Battalion
BORN HULL 1886. ONLY SON OF ROBERT HENRY TINDALE & ANNIE E TINDALE, OF 7, COMBERMERE AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 26, GLASGOW STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND SOUTHCOATES LANE, HULL. SON OF A TRAM DRIVER. HE ALSO WORKED AS A HULL TRAM DRIVER. BROTHER TO CARRIE AND ALICE TINDALE. HE MARRIED BEATRICE ELLEN DYE, AT HULL, […]
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, […]
