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.
17 LEO TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
05/08/1918
Aged
34
BORN BARNSLEY 1886. SECOND SON OF JOSEPH ALLEN (1848-1924) AND BETSEY JANE CROMPTON (1849-1908), OF 122 WATERLOO STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS AN ATTENDANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AS PRIVATE, 1479, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANFERRED TO THE 2/4TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 05/08/1918, AGED 34. HUSBAND OF MRS GERTRU […]
BORN SPALDING MOOR, 1884. SON OF GEORGE W. & BESSIE BLANCHARD, OF 30 HOOD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS WIFE GERTRUDE LIVED AT BLUCHER LANE, BECKSIDE, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 38193 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1918, AGED 34. HIS BROT […]
BORN SCARBOROUGH, 02/05/1896. SON OF FRANCIS BRIGHAM CALVERT (1866-1940) AND MABEL STEPHENSON (1872-1966), OF 25 NANSEN STREET, SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. SON OF A BANK CASHIER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. EX PRIVATE, 2531 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT & FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 34872, YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/07/1916. COMMISSIONED […]
40, DURHAM STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
06/10/1918
Aged
19
BORN HULL 31/08/1898. SON OF FREDERICK, OF 30, LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HE LIVED WITH THIS SISTER AT 23, WEST STREET, HULL AND BROTHER, FREDERICK CHAMBERS AT 40, DURHAM STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A FORMER MILKMAN FOR ISSAC TAYLOR, OF HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AGED 19. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 3 […]
4, ROSEDALE AVENUE, UPTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/11/1919
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF GEORGE & REBECCA CHAPMAN, OF 4, ROSEDALE AVENUE, UPTON STREET, HULL . EX MILL HAND WORKING FOR HIS BROTHER IN LAW, FRED HAVERCROFT, IN WALKERGATE, BEVERLEY (1911 CENSUS) ALSO A FORMER RECKITT'S WORKER, IN HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF CONSUMPTION I […]
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WALTER DREWERY (1865-1940) & ADA ELIZABETH DREWERY.(1870-1904). SON OF A HOUSE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, TROOPER, 21744, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/4TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1918, AGED 19. HIS BROTHER, 2/LT, GEORGE DREWERY, EYR, WAS KILLED […]
BORN WELLS, NORFOLK 1889. SON OF THE LATE W J DRURY OF WELLS, NORFOLK. HIS MOTHER SALLY REMARRIED TO THOMAS COOPER, OF 37 MIDDLETON STREET (1911 CENSUS), AND THIS HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS. WILLIAM WORKED AS A GROCER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 38202, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, TO THE 2/4TH KINGS OWN Y […]
Ellerker, Brough, East Yorkshire
Died on
27/11/1917
Aged
31
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 effect […]
41 PHIPP STREET, FEATHERSTONE, , WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/04/1918
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1883. A LABOURER LODGING AT THIS FEATHERSTONE ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN PONTEFRACT. JOINING THE 2/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA, ON 27/04/1918, AGED 35. BURIED AT DENAIN MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FRIEND, RUTH PHILLIPS
Bulby Field, Pocklington, Yorkshire
Died on
27/08/1918
Aged
25
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 l […]
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF MR FREDERICK J & MRS MARY HOWES, OF 80 , LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) BURIED AT SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, BOISLEUX-ST. MARC, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE READS, "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" NB SYDNEY WHATLING HOWES, RE'S - 9 FILEY GROVE, RHODES STREET, HULL.
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN HENRY HUNTER (1871-1950) & AMY MILSOM (1871-1941), OF 7, FILLINGHAM BUILDINGS, WILLIAM STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRSS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, CLARA. A BUTCHER'S ASSISTANT, LIVING AT 11, MIDGELEY TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. FORMERLY, […]
26 , HARDY STREET, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
26/03/1918
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37
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JOHN T. & SARAH JOHNSON, OF TERRY STREET, OF 1, VANE STREET, SPRINGBANK, HULL. A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY CLERK. HIS WIFE, HANNAH, LIVED AT 26 HARDY STREET, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL (PROBATE AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, REGINALD AND EDNA. HE ENLISTED IN HULL . FORMERLY, TROOPER, 50877, IN THE EA […]
11 LABURNUM GROVE, WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/07/1918
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN EDWIN MACKINDER (1866-1939) & ANNIE MARY (SPAVEN) MACKINDER (1868-1929), OF 11 LABURNUM GROVE, WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SON OF AN OIL COOPER. HE WORKED FOR MR H. JOHNSON, NATIONAL OIL WORKS, HIGH STREET, HULL, AS AN OIL MANUFACTURER LABOURER. ALSO A BANDSMAN WITH T […]
Company Sergeant Major
8 JAMES SQUARE, HODGSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
05/09/1919
Aged
58
BORN HULL 1861. SON OF JOHN & MARY MARRIOT, OF 2 IVY COTTAGE, HODGSON STRET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE BOARDED AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS)AND LIVED IN BIRMINGHAM. hE SERVED AS COMPANY QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT. DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE, ON 05/09/1919, AGED 58. HE IS BURIED AT LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
10 GRANGE TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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25/09/1918
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20
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ELIZABETH (WARRINER) & THE LATE EDWARD MARROW. DIED OF WOUNDS. BURIED AT SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, BOISLEUX-ST. MARC, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
4 COBDEN PLACE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVE., HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/11/1917
Aged
32
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, AG […]
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, IN TH […]
63 , PORTLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/09/1918
Aged
34
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, ON 13/09/1918, AGED 34. H […]
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 I […]
