1/5th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 Stationed at French Gate, Doncaster 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 1878. HIS WIFE GERTRUDE AND CHILDREN, LIVED AT 67,WINCOLMLEE, 35, NEWTON STREET, AND 326 , ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER, LIVED AT 51 MADELEY STREET, HULL. A MEMBER OF THE HULL DISTRICT GARDENER SOCIETY. HE WORKED AS A LAMP LIGHTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO THE 2/5TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTR […]
BORN HULL JAN 1892. SON OF MARK ATKINSON & MARGARET ANN OVERMAN (1862-1945), OF, 1 , PRYME STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 33 MIDLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). AN OIL MILLER. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 23 QUEEN STREET HULL (1911 CENSUS), HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED IN THE 5TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, […]
BORN ANLABY COMMON, YORKSHIRE, 1888. THIRD SON OF GEORGE HENRY BRODDLE (1860-1926) & EMMA ELIZABETH BRODDLE, OF 13 HULL ROAD (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED WITH 5TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 23/08/1915, AGED 27. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ANLABY WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, WILSON STREET, ANLABY. HIS DEATH […]
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH BROWN, OF CHEETHAM, MANCHESTER. HUSBAND OF BLANCHE BROWN & CHILDREN AT 32, MERSEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, JESSIE AND JOHN. ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 26383, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY […]
BORN MARFLEET, HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM AND ELIZA GRANTHAM AT 91 CRAVEN STREET, HULL. HE LIVED AT 39 VICTOR STREET, HULL AND WAS EMPLOYED AS A MOULDER. HE ENLISTED AT DONCASTER. SERVED IN THE 1/5TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HAD BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR FOUR MONTHS WHEN HE WAS BADLY WOUNDED, ON 01/07/1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT C […]
8 HOPWOOD TERRACE, BRIGHT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
27/07/1915
Aged
41
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF HENRY HOPWOOD (1848-1910) AND ELIZABETH WOOLLASS (1843-1883). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE LEFT HULL TO LIVE IN PONTEFRACT, IN 1906. HE ENLISTED IN THE TERRITORIALS IN 1907. MARRIED, MARY ELLEN MOSELY (1867-1939), AT ST GILES, PONTERFACT, ON 19/12/1908. THEY LIVED IN PONTEFRACT AND THEN AT, 8 HOPWOOD […]
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN & HARRIET JARVIS 1901 CENSUS ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. EX 5005 EYR.
Born Hull, 1882. son of Frederick Lord (1858-1937) & Jane Wilson (1861-1932); he had two brothers and four sisters. He worked as an Architect and designed the building that became the Hornsea Hydro. Also the Holderness Hunt follower Joined the East Riding Yeomanry, on formation, in 1903. Held silver medal for long service, won sever […]
Son of Frederick John Marson (1857-1926), and Sarah Ann Mitchell. He had seven brothers and sisters, living at 50 Cherry Terrace Lane Beverley Beverley, (1911 Census). William Tindell Marson was one of three brothers killed in the war. He enlisted in Beverley. Formerly, Private, 82028, T.R. Battalion. Transferred to the 5th King's O […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF EMMA CATHERINE NIELSON, 753 DAIRYCOATS. ON TRINITY NAVAL ROH. APPRENTICE SEAMAN. CERTIFICATED ON 18/03/1913. ENLISTED IN EYR. ATTACHED TO THE KOYLI. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 2/09/1918, AGED 26. BURIED AT VAULX HILL AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE CEMETERY. THIS IS HIS PROBATE AND 1918 VOTERS ADDRESS. HE LEFT £93 IN HIS WILL TO […]
BORN HULL 1899. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & JANE CATHERINE PETTY. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.
BORN HULL 1899. ENLISTED HULL. EX 82699 TR BN. SON OF EMMA S PORTER - 2 ANNS PLACE, WORSLEY ST & ABOVE. 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS.
1 STATION AVENUE, CANNING STREET, HULLEAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/03/1918
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY SMITH. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25642 EYR. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/5TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/03/1918, 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIFE PHOEBE SMITH, AND SONS, SYDNEY AND SAMUEL, AT 1 STATION AVENUE, CANNING STREET, HULL AND EASINGTON. HE I […]
BORN HULL. ENLISTED GOOLE. SISTER LIVED ABOVE IN HULL.
Lieutenant Colonel
BORN HEDON 1881. SON OF THE LATE JAMES WATSON (1848-1909) AND MARGARET YETTS RUTHERFORD (1855-1920), of HOLYROOD HOUSE, HEDON, HULL. SON OF A SOLICITOR OF MESSRS, WATSON, CARRICK & SONS, PARLIAMENT STREET, HULL. HE BELONGED TO A FAMILY WELL KNOWN IN HULL AND HOLDERNESS. HE WAS EDUCATED AND TRAINED FOR A MILITARY CAREER AND HAD SEEN S […]
14 SOMERSET TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/09/1918
Aged
18
Born Grimsby 1900. Son of John William Wrightham (1868-1947) and Jane Eliza Balch (1868-1941), of 14 Somerset Terrace, Gillette Street, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a Cooper. He had four brothers and one sister. Enlisted Hull. Served with the 5th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action, on 12/09/1918, aged 18. He is […]
