The Regiment raised 23 Battalions, awarded 26 Battle Honours and 8 Victoria Crosses during the course of the war.
6th (Service) Battalion
12.08.1914 Formed at Pontefract as part of the First New Army (K1) and then moved to Inkerman Barracks, Working to join the 43rd Brigade of the 14th Division.
Nov 1914 Moved to Witley.
Feb 1915 Moved to Aldershot.
21.05.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Action of Hooge, part of the first flamethrower attack by the Germans, The Second Attack on Bellewaarde.
1916
The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Langemark, The First Battle of Passchendaele, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of the Avre.
19.02.1918 Disbanded in France.
Acting Sergeant
BORN HULL 1886. RESIDED BARNSLEY. SON OF GEORGE ARTHUR BATEMAN & SARAH ANN BATEMAN, HOYLE MILL, BARNSLEY. A GLASS HAND LABOURER. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE BARNES, AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, BARNSLEY, ON 16/05/1908. HIS WIFE GETRUDE, LIVED AT 43 PROSPECT STREET, BARNSLEY, WITH THEIR DAUGHTER, ANNIE. HE ENLISTED AT BARNSLEY. SERVED AS ACTIN […]
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM BRUCE (1848-1915) & MARY FRANCIS ALICE COWAN (1851-1911). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A JOURNALIST AND NEWS REPORTER, SPENDING SOME TIME IN WHITBY. HE MARRIED FLORENCE HODGSON, ON 19/12/1914. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AND SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE 6TH KINGS OWN LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN […]
BORN YORK 1893. SECOND SON OF ROBERT & HENRIETTA COX, AT 32 , TERRY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). KNOWN AS 'HARRY'. ONE OF THREE SONS. EDUCATED AT HUL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BREWER'S BOTTLER AND BY THE HULL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13999, 6TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. D […]
125 , WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
10/04/1917
Aged
30
BORN HUTTON CRANSWICK 1887. SON OF ALFRED DAINES (1856-1927) AND MARY JANE SPECK, OF 7 NEW ROW, HUTTON CRANSWICK, YORKSHIRE AND WELTON RAILWAY COTTAGES. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A PORTER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. LIVED AT 125 , WATERLOO STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SERVED AS PRIVATE, 21565, 6TH KING'S O […]
205, Fartown, Pudsey, Leeds
Died on
18/09/1915
Aged
27
Born Bradford, 5 Feb 1888. Eldest son of Frederick William Emsley and Mary Sophia Clarke, of 205, Fartown, Pudsey, Leeds (CWGC address). Educated at the Greenside Council School and Primrose Hill School, Pudsey. Served in the Leeds Boys Brigade from 1902-1905. Was a painter and grainer. Enlisted in Hull, on 14th Oct 1914. Served with th […]
118 CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
33
BORN MIDDLESBORO, 1883. SON OF WILLIAM ENGLAND & ELIZABETH NEWBERY (1846-1929). BROTHER TO CHARLES, AMELIA & ANNIE. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1907, AGED 25. HUSBAND OF ROSE MARGARET STAINTON, OF 118 CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS EMPLYED AS A LABOURER AT A RADIATOR WORKS IN HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH […]
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF EDWARD & ESTER GOSSCHALK OF 210 ANLABY ROAD, HULL, HULL. ONE OF SIX SONS AND THREE TO HOLD A COMMISSION. EDWARD GOSSCHALK WAS EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE, HULL, WHERE HE EXCELLED IN ATHLETICS. HIS FATHER WAS A FORMER SHERIFF OF HULL CORPORATION. A WOOL MERCHANT AND FREEMASON OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. […]
BORN HULL 1888. LIVED IN GOOLE. HE ENLISTED IN GOOLE. SERVED IN THE 6TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOODS AT LONDON MILITARY HOSPITAL. ON 17/08/1915, AGED 27. HE IS BURIED AT GOOLE CEMETERY, YORKSHIRE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MRS SOPHIA GRASSBY.
6 ARTHURS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/03/1917
Aged
17
BORN BRADLEY, STAFFS 01/10/1899. HUSBAND OF MRS MARGARET CARROLL, OF 14 SOHAM TERRACE, WASSAND STREET & 6 ARTHURS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. SON OF SAMUEL AND OLIVE GRINSELL, OF OF 49 THOMPSON STREET, BILSTON, STAFFORDSHIRE. HE ENLISTED AT WEDNESBURY UNDERAGE. SERVED IN THE 6TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE MARRIE […]
18 KINGSTON STREET, GOOLE, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
02/09/1915
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1891. LIVED IN GOOLE. SON OF HARRIET ANN & SAMUEL HARRISON, OF 3 GEORGES TERRACE, STATION ROAD, RAWCLIFFE, AND 18 KINGSTON STREET, GOOLE. HE SERVED WITH THE 6TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 02/09/1915, AGED 24. HE IS COMMEMORSATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MO […]
BORN HULL 1897. ELDEST SON OF CHARLES EDWARD JAGGER (1871-1947) & ANNIE SECKER (1874-1954), OF 75 WALTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & AT 'TYNE COT' HOUSE, NORTH ROAD, WITHERNSEA. HE JAD TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS. SON OF A IRON MOULDER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON […]
37 SCARBOROUGH TERRACE, YORK, BOOTHAM, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
07/09/1915
Aged
20
BORN 1895. SON OF ROBERT AND SARA ANN JOSH, YORK. HE WAS AFIREMAN AND DRIVER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS AND WAS WELL KNOWN IN HULL THROUGH HIS WORK ON THE TRAINS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/09/1915, AGED 20. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 4TH OCTOBER 1915. *
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JAMES PEARSON AND HANNAH GASK AT 35 , SEATON STREET, HULL (CWGC RECORDS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5/91175, 7TH TRAINING BATTALION. SERVED WITH THE KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 22/04/1918, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER HANNAH. HE IS COMMEMORA […]
Died on
15/05/1915
Aged
29
Born Patrington, 1886. Son of the late Richard Sharp (1834-1918) and Ann Eliza Sharp (1839-1916), of Patrington; He married Henrietta Stead (1883-1959), on 6/11/1904, at Thornes, St James with Christ Church, Yorkshire. They lived at 10 Hartley Yard Kirkgate Wakefield. They had four daughters. He was employed as a Labourer. He enliste […]
24 Phoenix Street, Goole
Died on
02/03/1916
Aged
23
Born Goole, 1893. Son of John William Sutherby (1863-1943) and Mary Elizabeth Drax, of 24 Phoenix Street Goole. He had four brothers and four sisters. A Crane Driver (1911 Census) He Enlisted at Goole. Served with the 6th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds, 02/03/1916. Buried Beauval Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. His […]
16 ROBERTS TERRACE, MARMADUKE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
19/08/1916
Aged
26
BORN OTTRINGHAM, 1890. SON OF JOHN WELDON (1849-1923) AND ELLEN HARRISON (1853-1900). SON OF A WIDOWED LAND GRAINER IN PATRINGTON, LIVING AT BOREAS HILL FARM, PAUL. HE WORKED AS A FARM WAGGONER IN HEDON AND PAUL (1911 CENSUS). HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER HANNAH JOPLING AT 16 ROBERTS TERRACE, MARMADUKE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THO […]
2, Gaskell Street, Lawfield Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Died on
07/09/1915
Aged
19
Born Wakefield, 1895. Son of William Henry Woodhead and Mrs. Hannah Woodhead (1858-1941), of 2, Gaskell Street, Lawfield Lane, Wakefield (CWGC address). He had two brothers and two sisters. A Milk Salesman. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 6th KOYLI. Killed in action, on 07/09/1915, aged 19. Buried in Belgium.
