Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
The Regiment raised 22 Battalions in total during the course of World War I and saw action on the Western Front, Macedonia and Italy, winning 60 battle honours including 7 Victoria Crosses. The regiment lost 12,840 men who were killed during the course of the war.
1st Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Aldershot at the outbreak of war as part of the 6th Brigade of the 2nd Division.
13.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Rouen and were engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1914
The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres during which B, C and D, companies were surrounded and overwhelmed losing a total of 1.027 men either killed, missing or wounded in just 6 weeks.
During 1915
Battle of Givenchy, The Battle of Festubert, The Battle of Loos.
13.12.1915 Transferred to the 99th Brigade of the 2nd Division.
During 1916
The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of the Ancre, Operations on the Ancre.
During 1917
Attack on Vimy Ridge, The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Battle of Cambrai.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras 1918, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Capelle N.E. of Solesmes.
Born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1882. Alias George Carter. Husband of Henrietta Elizabeth Turner (born 5/11/1882), of 19, Arundel Street, Holderness Road, Hull (War Pension address). They had four children, Charles Edward Kerr, Catherine Elizabeth Stratton Kerr, William Henry Stratton Kerr, and John Archibald George Carter, all born between 1903-1911. He enlisted at Huntingdon. Posted to … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF HENRY & CHARLOTTE WRIGHT, OF WELTON, BROUGH, EAST YORKSHIRE (1901 CENSUS). A SALESMAN AND FORMER TERRITORIAL. HE ENLISTED AT WINCHESTER, ON 10/10/1914, AGED 26. SERVED AS A RIFLEMAN, IN THE 1ST KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 119 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 … Read more
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF WILLIAM AND EMMA STONES, OF 22 PEEL STREET, HULL . GRANDSON OF WILLIAM AND HANNAH DAWS, OF 4 LANDSDOWNE STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO ARTHUR AND ELSIE. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, FOR MESSRS, JOHN GOOD & SONS, VICTORIA DOCK, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND AS A BICYCLE MAKER. HE MARRIED … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN JAMES JOHNSON AND REBECCA VERNON, OF 630 HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A FORMER KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS SOLDIER, WHO HAD SERVED FOR THREE YEARS IN EGYPT, HARRY WAS CALLED UP AT THE START OF THE WAR. HE HAD WORKED IN HULL AS A SHUNTER FOR THE NORTH … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY, 1883. SON OF THOMAS & EMMA CAMPEY, 50, WOOD LANE, BEVERLEY. HE LIVED HULL AT 84, SELBY STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A CONDUCTOR FOR THE HULL CORPORATION TRAMWAYS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED IN THE 1ST KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. DIED OF FEVER, AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 21/04/1915, AGED … Read more
BORN DERBY 1889. SON OF JOBE BLURTON (1858-1941) & ELIZABETH RATCLIFFE (1861-1933), OF DERBY. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, WHO ALL LIVED IN DERBY. A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1 INCH TALL, 112 LBS WEIGHT, 34-36 INCH CHEST. HE MARRIED, AT NORMANTON CHURCH, DERBY 24/12/1910. HIS WIFE, MINNIE CATHERINE WEAVING (BORN 2/1/1892), … Read more
