12th (Service) Battalion
21.09.1914 Formed in Winchester as part of the Second New Army (K2) then moved to Cowshot, Bisley to join the 60th Brigade of the 20th Division.
Nov 1914 Moved to Blackdown and then to Larkhill, Salisbury Plain.
22.07.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and ended in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 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.
During 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.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The actions at the Somme crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Caudry
Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC), 12th Battalion
30 , NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
23/08/1918
Aged
31
BORN HULL, 1887. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM P. HUSTLER & ANNIE FREEMAN. CWGC ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. FORMER 8412 CAMBRIDGE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/08/1918, AGED 31. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 05/09/1918. BURIED: Daours, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
3, SARAH'S TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/05/1916
Aged
17
BORN HULL 05/06/1898. SON OF JAMES & HARRIET PAGE. HE HAD BEEN ON ACTIVE SERVICE FOR 12 MONTHS AND WOULD HAVE BEEN 18 YEARS OLD ON THE 5TH JUNE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON THE 26/05/1916, AGED 17. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 9TH JUNE 1916. * HE WAS LISTED AS KILLED ON THE ALEXANDRA STREET SHRINE (H […]
Born Hull 1896. Son of Abraham Proctor, of 42 Haltemprice Street, Hawthorne Avenue, Hull. Son of a shoemaker. Youngest of eight children, four brothers and three sisters. He was a draper's errand boy before he enlisted (1911 Census) and a Fireman for the North East Railways. Unmarried. He was 5 foot, 6.5 inches tall, 126 lbs weight, 35-3 […]
3 CRYSTAL TERRACE, SUTTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/09/1918
Aged
20
BORN STEPNEY 1898. ENLISTED WHITEHALL, MIDDLESEX. BARNETT & LOUISA RUBINSTEIN LIVED ABOVE 1881. ON HULL JEWISH MEMORIAL, LINNAEUS STREET.
5, MAYO TERRACE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
08/08/1916
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF SAMUEL & THE LATE ALICE SPENCER, OF HULL. A BRICKLAYER. HE MARRIED SUSAN ANN WILLIAMSON, AND LIVED AT 3, LIZZIE'S TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. (1911 CENSUS). THEN MOVED TO 78, CLIFTON STREET, CARBROOK, SHEFFIELD (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN ATTERCLIFFE, SHEFFIELD, ON 10/07/1915, AGED 30. […]
