9th & 10th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Both formed at Pontefract as part of the Third New Army (K3) and then moved to Berkhamsted to join the 64th Brigade of the 21st Division and then moved to Halton Park, Tring.
Nov 1914 Moved to Maidenhead.
April 1915 Returned to Halton Park and then on Witley.
Sept 1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
1915
The Battle of Loos (the Division suffered severe casualties and took the rest of the year to rebuild).
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy.
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The flanking operations around Bullecourt, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Second Battle of Passchendaele, The Cambrai Operations.
13.02.1918 The 10th disbanded in France. The 9th continued to engaged in various actions;
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The First Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Messines, The Second Battle of Kemmel, The Battle of the Aisne 1918, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war moving to Limont Fontaine N.E. of Aulnoye, France.
BORN EAST MERSEA, ESSEX 1897. ONLY SON OF CHARLES HENRY & LUCY ANN APPLEBY, OF SOUTH PARADE, LEVEN, (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT DRIFFIELD. FORMERLY, 3213 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION 16/09/1916, AGED 19. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND. HE LEFT A FIANNCEE AND CHILD. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER. HE IS COMM […]
4, Vancouver Crescent, Alexandra Street, Hull
Died on
15/03/1919
Aged
27
Born Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, 15/12/1891. Son of Sam Horace Bettney (1870-1951) and Emily Ann Horton (1872-1928), of 24, Johnson Lane, Ecclesfield, Sheffield. Son of a coal miner. He had one brother Bertie and one sister, Amelia Ellen Bettney. Nine years a coal miner, employed by Smith's Woodcutting, Thorncliffe." Described in his milit […]
BORN HULL 1876. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS & ELIZA BOYLE. LISTED IN ST BARNABAS BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
BORN HULL 1899. ONLY CHILD OF EMMANUEL & ELIZABETH BROOKS, OF 10 FAIRMOUNT AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 129 WHARNCLIFFE STREET, HULL. AN APPRENTICE BUTCHER AT MARKET HALL, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. HE WAS CALLED UP IN JUNE 1917 AND HAD ONLY BEEN IN FRANCE FOR A MONTH, WHEN HE WAS KILLED ON 21/04/1918, AGED 18. […]
4 Charlotte Street, Hull
Died on
22/04/1918
Aged
27
Son of Samuel and Agnes Burges, of Froxfield, Woburn, Beds. Husband of Mrs May Burges, of 4 Charlotte Street, Hull. He was the Store Manager of Fabricotti's, Dock Street, Hull. Served as a Sergeant, in the 9th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action, on 22/04/1918, aged 27. His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, […]
171, BLENHEIM STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
25/08/1918
Aged
22
BORN ROTHERHAM 1896. ONLY SON OF CHARLES AND MARIA CARD, OF 81 HENLY GROVE ROAD, ROTHERHAM. A FORMER MINER. HE ENLISTED AT HARROGATE. SERVED IN THE 9TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS, AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 25/08/1918, AGED 22. HE HAD MARRIED EDITH CHERREY MASON, IN HULL, IN 1918. HIS WIFE EDITH, BABY, AND MOTHER-IN […]
BORN HULL 03/01/1893. ONLY SON OF LEWIS CHADWICK (1867-1947) & ELIZABETH CHADWICK (1869-1938), OF 'OAK VILLA', HULL ROAD, HESSLE. BROTHER TO MABEL CHADWICK (1891-1980). HIS WIFE, RUTH, LIVED AT 140 HESSLE ROAD (1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS) AND 5 CLOVELLY AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE HULL (HDM 22/09/1919). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, […]
BORN BARTON 1879. SON OF HUTTON AND SOPHIA CHAMBERS OF 75 CLIFTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A CORN MERCHANT CLERK. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE LONDON & MANCHESTER INSURANCE COMPANY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5486, YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 34867, 9TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE […]
33, Fleet Street, Stepney Lane, Hull, UK
Died on
08/07/1916
Aged
24
Born Keighley, Yorkshire, 05/05, 1889. Son of John William Chapman and Emma Elizabeth Chapman (nee Godley), of 33, Fleet Street, Hull (war pension address). He enlisted at Leeds. Served in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, "D" Coy. 9th Bn. Died of wounds, on 08/07/1916, aged 24. Buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. His a […]
6 COTTAGE, MOXON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
12/02/1916
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF FRED AND MARY JANE DAVIDSON, OF 6 COTTAGE, MOXON STREET, HULL (HDM 05/05/1917). A CARTER FOR THE HULL CORPORATION AND RAILWAY WORKER. HIS HOME WAS 3 VINE TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINING THE 9TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS WOUNDED IN 1915 (HDM 29/05/1915). KILLED IN ACTIO […]
, DRIFFIELD, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
28/01/1916
BORN DRIFFIELD. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 13394, 9TH KING'SOWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/01/1916. BURIED AT CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, NORD, FRANCE.
10 VICTORIA TERRACE, LORNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
04/10/1917
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOSEPH & ISABEL DAWSON, OF 11 WALTER'S TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. SON OF A LIGHTERMAN. ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A DUSTMAN. HIS WIFE FLORENCE CROWTHER (FORMERLY DAWSON), LIVED AT 10 VICTORIA TERRACE, LORNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 02/09/1914, AGED 22 YEARS […]
67, CAVE STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, UK
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
31
Born Knottingley, Yorkshire, 04/02/ 1886. Son of Charles William Ellerington (1861-1942) and Susannah Ellerington (1863-1944), of Knottingley, Yorkshire. He had five brothers and one sister. He married Winifred Stonecliffe, at Sculcoates, Hull in 1916. Husband of Winifred Ellerington, of 168A Beverley Road, Hull. She was from Hull and h […]
165, WHEATLEY LANE, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1891. ONLY SON OF HARRY HARSLEY (1868-1943) & MARTHA THOMAS (1867-1948), OF 10 CALTON ROAD, DONCASTER. SON OF A JOINER. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. LIVED IN DONCASTER. WORKED AS A GAS FITTER. HE MARRIED HELEN McKONE (1888-1980), AT DONCASTER, IN JULY 1914. HIS WIFE HELEN, LIVED AT 165 WHEATLEY LANE, DONCASTER (WAR PENSION ADDRES […]
BORN TICKTON 1899. SON OF WILLIAM AND ALICE ANN JOBSON, OF MAIN STREET, THEARNE, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 3217, YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 18. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WOODMANSEY, THEARNE, BEVERLEY PA […]
17 MARY'S TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1893. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM & MARIA RUFFORD JOHNSON, AT 17 MARY'S TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A FORMER CARRIAGE CLEANER WITH THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, IN HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 10/12/1915. SERVED WITH THE 10TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM JUDE (1871-1958) & MARY ANN JUDE (1872-1963), OF THIS 1901 CENSUS ADDRESS. SON OF A BREWER. THE FAMILY LIVED IN BEVERLEY AND LIVERSEDGE, YORKSHIRE. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. AN IRON SPINNER CALKER. HE ENLISTED AT CLECKHEATON, DEWSBURY. SERVED IN THE 9TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. WAS KILLED IN AC […]
BORN HULL 1878. WIFE ADA LARRARD, OF 59 , REGENT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF THOMAS AND AMY LARARD. HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE RIGHT ARM BY SHELL FIRE, ON THE 4TH OCTOBER, CARRYING A WOUNDED OFFICER TO THE DRESSING STATION. HIS ARM HAD TO BE AMPUTATED AT BOULOGNE GENERAL HOSPITAL. HE DIED OF HEART FAILURE TWO DAYS AFTER THE […]
BORN THORNE 1895. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & EMMA (TUKE), OF THORNE, NEAR DONCASTER, YORKSHIRE. A BUTCHERS ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX. PRIVATE, 22371 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE9TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/04/1918, AGED 22. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY. SOLDIERS DIED RECO […]
2 CARLISLE TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
21
BORN YORK 1896. SON OF ALFRED & JANE ANN LUPTON. WIFE IVY (TATE) ABOVE IN HULL. HULL HEROES WEBSITE. DIED OF WOUNDS.
