9th & 10th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Both formed at Pontefract as part of the Third New Army (K3) and then moved to Berkhamsted to join the 64th Brigade of the 21st Division and then moved to Halton Park, Tring.
Nov 1914 Moved to Maidenhead.
April 1915 Returned to Halton Park and then on Witley.
Sept 1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
1915
The Battle of Loos (the Division suffered severe casualties and took the rest of the year to rebuild).
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy.
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The flanking operations around Bullecourt, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Second Battle of Passchendaele, The Cambrai Operations.
13.02.1918 The 10th disbanded in France. The 9th continued to engaged in various actions;
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The First Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Messines, The Second Battle of Kemmel, The Battle of the Aisne 1918, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war moving to Limont Fontaine N.E. of Aulnoye, France.
5, Henman Street, Scunthorpe
Died on
23/10/1917
Aged
26
Born Derby, 1891. A steel steamer, living at 5, Frodingham Footpath Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire (1911 Census). His wife Alice Ann, lived at 5, Henman Street, Scunthorpe. Enlisted in Hull. Formerly 24891, Yorks Regiment. Transferred to the 10th KOYLI. Killed in action, on 23/101/1917, aged 26. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
BORN BRADFORD 1890. SON OF WILLIAM CLOUGH AND HARRIET ANNIE CLOUGH, OF BRADFORD. EMPLOYED AS A MANAGER, HE BOARDED AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED SOUTH SHIELDS, DURHAM. EX, PRIVATE, 4459, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 35037, 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 25/09/1916, […]
39, Strawberry Street, Holderness Road, Hull
Died on
04/10/1917
Aged
31
Born Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, 1886. Son of Charles Richard Diment and Sarah Diment, of 6, Cowleaze Road, Kingston-on-Thames (CWGC address) and 39, Strawberry Street, Holderness Road, Hull (War Pension Address). A professional Soldier when war began, serving with the 1st KOYLI in China and Hong Kong (1911 Census). He enlisted at King […]
Thornton Allerthorpe, Yorkshire
Died on
27/09/1915
Born Apr 1898 at Micklefield, Yorkshire West Riding. Son of Frederick William Ireland (1862-1898) and Lettie Roberts (1870-1936). A farm boy, working at Thornton Allerthorpe, Yorkshire (1911 Census). He had two brothers and two sisters. He enlisted at Pontefract. Served with the 10th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed at Loo […]
3 CHAPEL TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
17/09/1916
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM NEWMARCH (1855-1903) & MATILDA MARY AISTROP (1855-1928), OF 2 LITTLE GOODWIN TERRACE, JANE STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE MARRIED EDITH CLARA UPTON (1882-1957), IN HULL, ON 01/06/1906. THEY LIVED AT 25 CHARLOTTE STREET AND 3 CHAPEL TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, WITH […]
16 , NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
18/09/1916
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1894.SN OF RICHARD AND MARTHA NICHOLSON, OF CLOUGH ROAD, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A LABOURER. HE MARRIED DOROTHY L. PARKINSON, AT HULL, IN 1916. HIS WIFE DOROTHY LIVED AT 107 CHURCH STREET, GRIMSBY, & THE ABOVE ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5336, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 34810, […]
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF JOSEPH OUNSWORTH (1850-1931) & MATILDA ANN PINDER (1858-1917), OF 81 RAYWELL STREET, HULL. SON OF A BEE HOUSE KEEPER (1911 CENSUS) AND THE SCULCOATES HOTEL, CHARLES STREET, HULL. HE HAD NINE BROTHERS AND THE SISTERS. BEFORE ENLISTING, "ALF" WAS A BARMAN AND MANAGER OF THE QUEENS HOTEL, IN GREAT THORNTON STRE […]
7, Cleo Terrace, Westmoreland Street, Hull
Died on
25/09/1916
Aged
28
Born 27 Nov 1887 • Hull, East Yorkshire. Son of George W. Clark and Mary Jane Perry. A general Labourer (1911 Census). He married at Sculcoates, Hull in 1908. Husband of Martha Ellen Courtney (formerly Perry), of 7, Clio Terrace, Westmoreland Street, Hull and 2 Roberts Avenue, Central Street, Hull (War Pension address). He enlisted in H […]
BORN HULL 1874. SON OF FRANCIS PICKERING (1834-1886) AND ANN ELIZABETH GOSSOP (1841-1885). BOARDED AT 6 MONA AVENUE, CAVE STREET IN 1911. TIN PLATE WORKER. ALSO EX NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5390, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 42903, 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. H […]
BORN HULL 28/04/1896. SON OF JOSEPH & KATE RALPH, OF 23, EGGINGTON STREET, CHARLES STREET, HULL, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE LIVED WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS. HE WAS SON OF A POLICE CONSTABLE. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY AND WORKED AT THEIR SHOW ROOMS IN KING EDWARD STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE […]
BORN LOUTH, LINCS. SON OF MOSES & ELIZABETH ROBINSON, HULL. WIFE CLARA LIVED 12 QUEEN STREET PLACE, LOUTH.
Acting Corporal
22, SALTBURN STREET, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
25/09/1916
Aged
27
BORN ST ANDREWS, HULL 1889. SON OF GEORGE HENRY ROLLINSON & MARY ROLLINSON, OF 22, SALTBURN STREET, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A FISH DOCK WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 20/10/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON […]
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WALTER & S. ELIZABETH SEDDON, OF THE POPLARS, HORNSEA, AND THIS ADDRESS (HULL DAILY MAIL 13/08/1917). SON OF A MILL WRIGHT. FROM A ROMAN CATHOLIC FAMILY. HE HAD AN OLDER BROTHER, WALTER BERNARD SEDDON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, 4053, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT I […]
3 STUDLEY TERRACE, RIPON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
17/10/1916
Aged
33
KNOWN AS JACKIE SMITH. PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER. BORN WARDLEY, DURHAM, 29/09/1883. SON OF WILLIAM SMITH (1837-1897) & MARY ANN KELL (1844-1893). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS, JAMES, GEORGE, THOMAS AND ROBERT AND TWO SISTERS, ELIZABETH AND MARY ANN SMITH. A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER AND PROLIFIC GOAL SCORER. HE PLAYED FOR NINE CLUBS BETWEEN 1 […]
7, EARLES ROW, WITHERNSEA STREET, WILMINGTON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
16/09/1916
Aged
31
BORN BARTON UPON HUMBER, 1884. RAISED BY HIS AUNT AND UNCLE, ELIZABETH AND GEORGE R. WILKINSON, IN BARTON. HE MOVED ACROSS THE HUMBER TO WORK AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. HE BOARDED AT 14, SPRINGFIELD VILLAS, MORLEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN THE EYR IN 1915 AND TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH KOYLI. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/09/1916, […]
8, ELDERADO AVENUE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
17/09/1916
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN HENRY & ANNIE E STEELS, OF 8 ELDERADO AVENUE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL. HE WORKED FOR EARLES SHIP YARD AND WAS WELL KNOWN IN FOOTBALL CIRCLES. HUSBAND OF SARAH ANN STEELS, OF 1, ANNIE TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR DAUGHTERS, ELLEN, SARAH ANN, ETHEL AND ROSE. […]
5 REDCAR VILLARS, REDCAR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
25/09/1916
Aged
38
BORN KEYINGHAM 1878. SON OF THOMAS MALTON TARBOTTON (1850-1930) & (ELEANOR) MARY LAWSON (1851-1929), OF 5 REDCAR VILLARS, REDCAR STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS & WAR PEMSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 5476, YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH KING'S […]
BORN HULL 1889. YOUNGEST SON OF GEORGE ROSENDALE WATSON & MRS MARY ELIZABETH WATSON, OF BRANTINGHAM. HIS FAMILY RAN A MACHINE THRESHING BUSINESS IN BRANTINGHAM WHICH HE WORKED FOR. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLEY, PRIVATE, 3945 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. WENT TO FRANCE IN JULY 1 […]
1 CLOVELLY AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
07/02/1918
Aged
32
BORN STOCKTON, DURHAM, 1886. SON OF AGNES WOODCOCK. HIS WIFE KATE & TWO SONS, LIVED AT 4 NORTON GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1 CLOVELLY AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL. A HOUSE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 4/16826, 61ST TRAINING BATTALION. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUND […]
