Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
2/4th Battalion Territorial Force
30.09.1914 Formed at Wakefield.
Mar 1915 Moved to Bulwell near Nottingham as part of the 187th Brigade of the 62nd Division and then moved to Strensall and then to Beverley and then Gateshead.
Jan 1916 Moved to Larkhill, Salisbury Plain and then to Flixton Park, Bungay.
Oct 1916 Moved to Wellingborough.
15.01.1917 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1917
The Operations on the Ancre, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The first attack on Bullecourt, The German attack on Lagnicourt, The Battle of Bullecourt, The actions on the Hindenburg Line, The Cambrai Operations.
1918
The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of the Tardenois, The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of the Selle, The capture of Solesmes, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Sous le Bois near Maubeuge, France.
Born Lichfield, Staffordshire, 3rd December 1890. Son of Hector Horace Hernaman and Lilla Hernaman, of Bradford. Son of a railway worker. He worked for the Sheffield goods station and depots and joined the Midlands Railway, in 1908. He enlisted at Sheffield. Posted to France, on 28th April 1915. Served as Corporal, in the 2/4th King’s … Read more
Born Manchester, 1893. Eldest son of Albert Edward and Ann Mary Holdridge, of Bulby Field, Pocklington. Son of a Farmer. A Farm worker in Pocklington. He enlisted in Hull. Formerly 50513, East Riding Yeomanry. Transferred to the 2/4th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action, on 27/08/1918, aged 25. His army effects were left … Read more
Born South Cave, Yorkshire, 1884. He married at Hull in 1908. Husband of Lizzie Pinder Allison, of Ellerker, Brough, East Yorkshire. He had two children, Alice and George Freer. He enlisted in Hull. Formerly 38189, E. Yorks Regt. Transferred to the 2/4th KOYLI. Killed in action, on 27/11/1917. Buried at Cambrai, France. His army effects … Read more
BORN HULL 20/06/1883. HE HAD JOINED THE EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS IN 1899 AGED 18. HE THEN WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, IN GOOLE. HE MARRIED KATHERINE (KATE) ROBINSON (BORN 09/04/1888), ON 08/12/1908. LIVING AT 6 OAKS YARD, ALBERT STREET, GOOLE. THEY HAD A SON, ALSO CALLED ALEXANDER. HE ENLISTED AT DONCASTER. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, … Read more
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF WILLIAM NICHOLSON AND LETITIA PETTIFOR. MARRIED ALICE ARKWELL IN 1908, AGED 23. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN & LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A FORMER RULLYMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMER PRIVATE, 24874, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/11/1917, AGED 32. … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF RICHARD & MATILDA WALSH.
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY TAYLOR.- 42 GEORGE STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED BY WILLIAM H. TAYLOR & SON, ESTATE AGENTS AND CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS, 42 GEORGE STREET, HULL. HE WAS A HIGH COURT AUDITOR. ALSO A SERGEANT IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE VOLUNTEERS. MEMBER OF THE PATRIOTIC RIFLE CLUB AND WAS A GOOD MARKSMAN. AN … Read more
BORN ELLERKER, HULL, 1884. SON OF FRANCIS JOSEPH & SARAH ANN STEPHENSON, OF ELLERKER, YORKSHIRE. A DOMESTIC GROOM AT THE LODGE, SPRING HEAD HALL, COTTINGHAM. HE MARRIED EMMA HARRISON, BORN IN 1884. HE ENLISTED AT HORBURY, YORKS. SERVED IN THE 2/4TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/11/1917. COMMEMORATED ON THE CAMBRAI … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JAMES FRANCIS HERBERT STAPLES (1865-1949) & EMMA MARIA HOPPER (1864-1934), OF 24, PARL ABENUE, HULL. SON OF A MOTOR DEALER. BROTHERS, JAMES AND BRYAM AND ONE SISTER, MABEL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 29940, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFRRED TO THE 2/4TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/11/1917, … Read more
BORN HULL 1884. WIFE MARY E. RUSHBROOK & TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS ADDRSS. HIS MOTHER LIVED AT 31 PORTLAND STREET, HULL. A FORMER PAINTER WITH MR F. HILL & SON. HE JOINED THE ROYAL ENGINEERS, AS SAPPER, FRED RUSHBROOK, 57767, RE’S, ON 1ST JULY 1916. HE LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED, … Read more
