Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
7th (Service) Battalion
12.09.1914 at Pontefract as part of the Second New Army (K2) and then moved to Woking to join the 61st Brigade of the 20th Division.
Feb 1915 Moved to Witley and then Salisbury Plain.
24.07.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
1915
Trench familiarisation and training in Fleurbaix area.
1916
The Battle of Mount Sorrel, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Guillemont, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy.
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Cambrai Operations.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The actions at the Somme crossings, The Battle of Rosieres.
20.02.1918 Disbanded in France.
BORN WOODMANSEY, HULL 1879. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM WILLFORD (1836-1917) & SARAH KETTLEWELL (1845-1916). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS & FIVE SISTERS. HIS SISTER, ALICE, LIVED AT 7, ARLINGTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. HE MARRIED LUCY WILLIAMS, AT SHEFFIELD, IN 1903. WORKED AS AN IRON DRILLER, AT CARLSISLE STREET, SHEFFIELD. … Read more
Born Hull 1890. Married in 1910. Husband of Clara at 9, Poplar Avenue, Poplar Street, Chapman Street, Hull and 11 Louisa Terrace, St Paul Street, Hull (War Pension addresses). He was a Feed Cake Moulder. They had one son Stanley who was killed in WW2 – 20 May 1940, aged 29. Enlisted on 14 Nov … Read more
Born Hornsea, 1894. Third son of George Edward train and Mary Jane Train, of 1, St Nicholas Mount, Newbegin, Hornsea. Son of a coal dealer. He had three brothers and seven sisters. He worked as an Assistant grocer. He enlisted in Hull. Served as Corporal, with the 7th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died of … Read more
BORN HULL 20/02/1895. THE ONLY SON OF LEONARD WHITAKER (1866-1942) & LOUISA BROOKS (1865-1931), OF 76, PEEL STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO OLDER SISTERS, DAISY AND ELSIE. A FORMER HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY CLERK, LIVING AT 70, BLAKE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD PERSONAL REFERENCES FROM REVEREND, W.H. HEAP, QUEENS HALL, HULL & R. … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF SHEPLEY VICKERS SMITH (1864-1940) & CLARA HARRIS (1870-1926), OF 58, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL AND 33, PRINCES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, AMOS CHARLES SMITH (1892-1915). HIS FATHER WAS AN ASSISTANT SUPER INDENTENT WITH PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE, AT LIVED AT 14, FREEHOLD STREET, HULL, 41, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF THOMAS & SUSAN HARRISON, ABOVE ADDRTESS, HULL. GEORGE DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED SAME DAY. HE WAS AGED 34, UNMARRIED AND LIVED WITH HIS WIDOWED MOTHER AT 2 VILLA TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A FOUNDRY WORKER. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, WITH … Read more
BORN SWINE 1898. SON OF WILLIAM ENGLAND (1861-1937) & ELEANOR KATE ENGLAND (1866-1941), FROM HILL FARM, SWINE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FARMER WHO EMPLOYED FIVE LIVE IN STAFF (1911 CENSUS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, HENRY AND ARTHUR AND ONE SISTER, MARY. EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE, HULL AND RECORDED … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF ROBERT AND HARRIET CLARE, OF 2 GORDON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. A MILWRIGHT’S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 22054, 7TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 16/09/1916, AGED 34. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY … Read more
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF JOHN HENRY & BETSY BURTON, OF 34 WELLSTED STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE POLLY BURTON, LIVED 24 GREEN LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS WELL KNOWN AS A FISHERMAN AT HULL FISH COCKS. EMPLOYED AY MESSRS KEHALL BROS & BEECHING. HE WAS A THIRD HAND ON ONE OF THE TRAWLERS, … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF CHARLES HENRY & HARRIET BLYTH, AT 38, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN GOOLE. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE 7TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 22/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 01/09/1916, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT … Read more
