The Regiment raised 23 Battalions, awarded 26 Battle Honours and 8 Victoria Crosses during the course of the war.
3rd (Reserve) Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Pontefract and then moved to Hull.
April 1916 Moved to Withernsea and then Hedon.
June 1918 Moved to Pocklington and then Patrington.
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM ANDREW (1854-1917) & GEORGINA SANDYS (1853-1930), OF 38 WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. BROTHERS ARTHUR, FRANK, HENRY AND WILLIAM AND SISTER ANNIE AT 38 WESTBOURNE AVENUE. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WAS A KEEN OARSMAN WITH THE KINGSTON ROWING CLUB, HULL. A FORMER ACCOUNTANT […]
, MIRFIELD, DEWSBURY, WEST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
08/12/1914
Aged
39
BORN MIRFIELD, YORKS 1875. SON OF MATTHIAS STANLEY BICKERS AND REBECCA ANN BICKERS, OF MIRFIELD, YORKSHIRE. ENLISTED YEOVIL, SOMERSET, WHERE HE WAS LIVING AND WORKING AS A GENERAL LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). SERVED WITH THE 3RD KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED ON 08/12/1914, AGED 39. HE IS BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY, HU5 3SE.
27 HANEY WENTWORTH, ROTHERHAM, , SOUTH YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
14/03/1915
Aged
26
BORN BURN CROSS, CHAPPLETOWN, ROTHERHAM 1888. SON OF WILLIAM WOOD AND MARY JANE COX, 27 HANEY WENTWORTH, ROTHERHAM. (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A SINGLE MAN. FARM LABOURER. ENLISTED SHEFFIELD. DIED ON 14/03/1915, AGED 26. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
15 SARAH ANN'S TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
27/09/1917
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1899. THIRD SON OF JAMES DADDY (1873-1950) & SARAH ANN GIBLIN (1879-1948), OF 15 SARAH ANN'S TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A HORSE DRIVER. HE WAS THE FOURTH OF NINE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 46293, 3RD KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE DIED AT HOME, ON 27/09/1917, AGED 18 […]
3 ASHBOURNE TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
23/03/1917
Aged
27
BORN ST DONGMAELS, CARDIGANSHIRE, IRELAND 1889. SON OF WILLIAM AND MARY DAVIES, WEST BROMWHICH, STAFFS. WORKED IN A SHOE MAKERS FACTORY BEFORE JOINING THE KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY ON 21/09/1907. WAS UNDERWEIGHT ON ENLISTMENT DUE TO HARD WORK. SERVED IN ALDERSHOT AND DUBLIN. MARRIED IN CORK ON 13/08/1913. WIFE MARY SULLIVAN DAVI […]
BORN ORMASTON, DERBY 06/12/1886. SON OF WILLIAM DUMELOW (1852-1925) AND MARY ANN TOWLE (1857-1924), OF ORMASTON, DERBY. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN APRIL 1915. HIS WIFE, MAUDE MARY PORTER (1883-1977), LIVED AT 111 , PLANE STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED A […]
4 DERWENT AVENUE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
14/03/1918
Aged
25
BORN SALFORD 1893. WIFE MARY A (KIRKMAN) ABOVE. SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH GILLESPIE, MANCHESTER. CWGC FAMILY DETAILS.
BORN HULL 1869. SON OF HENRY AND ELIZA HUDSON. A FORMER RECKITT'S WORKER. HIS WIFE ANNIE MARY (STANLEY) WAS BORN ON 19/11/1896. THEY LIVED AT 10PENZANCE TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SERVED AS SERGEANT, IN THE 3RD KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF LUNG WOUNDS IN HULL, ON 24/03/1919, AGED 52. BURIED IN […]
42 COOPER STREET, GOOLE, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/08/1915
Aged
26
BORN EASTOFT, LINCS 1889. SON OF THOMAS KELLY, SWINEFLEET AND GOOLE. THIS WAS HIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS SERVING (THREE WERE KILLED, ANOTHER TAKEN PRISONER). SERVED WITH THE 3RD KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT DANSOM LANE HOSPITAL, ON 15/08/1915, AGED 26. BURIED HULL (HDM 18/8/15 PHOTO). HIS DEATH A […]
HULL MAN. COMMITTED SUICIDE, BY CUTTING HIS THROAT, IN BILLET ON BEVERLEY ROAD. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 53 LUKES STREET. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/10/1915. HE IS BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
138 , THORESBY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
16/11/1915
Aged
34
BORN DUDLEY, WORCESTER, 1881. SON OF JOHN MADDOCK. HE ENLISTED IN PONTEFREACT. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 3RD KING'SOWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE DIED SUDDENLY, AT HOME, AT 138 THORESBY STREET. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 16TH NOVEMBER 1915. HE HAD COMPLAINED OF A PAIN IN HIS HEART THE PREVIOUS DAY AND DIED BEFOR […]
BORN HOLBORN, MIDDLESEX 1/2/1877. ENLISTED CAMBERWELL. SON OF JOHN JOSEPH NEALE & MARY HOWELL. WIFE MALTILDA ALICE NEALE, NEW KENT ROAD, LONDON. EX CAR MAN. BURIED HULL. WESTERN CEMETERY IN A MILITARY GRAVE. HE WAS AGED 40.
BORN WAKEFIELD 1896. SON OF ALBERT EDWARD WIGGLESWORTH (1897–1943) AND ANNIE CONSERDINE (1873-1929), OF 2 WATERLOO STREET, THORNE LANE, WAKEFIELD. THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. WORKED AS A TRAIN BOOKER, IN SIGNAL BOX. ENLISTED NORMANTON. SERVED WITH THE 3RD KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED AT SUTTON, NEAR HULL, ON 15/06/1915, AGED […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF THE LATE HARRY (1867-1918) AND CATHERINE (KATE) SMALES, OF 14 ST PETERS TERRACE, GREAT UNION STREET, HULL AND 6 GEORGE YARD, HIGH STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). SON OF A BUTCHER. EMPLOYED AS A FLOUR MILLER BY TRADE. DESCRIBED AS F5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 132 LBS WEIGHT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/05/ […]
