20th (Service) Battalion (British Empire League)
20.08.1915 Formed by the British Empire League in Green Park, London.
Feb 1916 Moved to Wellingborough attached to the 23rd Reserve Brigade.
30.03.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and joined the 3rd Division as a Pioneer Battalion and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Actions of the Bluff and St Eloi Craters, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of the Ancre.
During 1917
The First, Second and Third Battles of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Cambrai.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Arras, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bethune, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, 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, Ruesnes N.W. of Le Quesnoy.
Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC), 20th Battalion
34 , QUEENSGATE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
16/10/1917
Aged
34
BORN HULL 22/101882. SON OF ROBERT JOHN FRETWELL & AGNES ANN DECENT, AT 24 QUEENSGATE, HULL & WITHERNSEA. EDUCATED AT ST GEORGES ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, HULL EMPLOYED AS A LONDON NEWSAGENT, WORKING IN THE NORTH LONDON BRANCH, OF THE NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWSAGENT ASSOCIATION. HE MARRIED MARY LILIAN RIDLEY, IN LONDON, ON 12/06/1909. THE […]
Born Scarborough, 1871. Son of George Purnell (1843-1885) and Hannah Johnson (1843-1918), of 50, Trafalga Street, Scarborough. He had three brothers and three sisters. He worked as a bricklayer living with his mother (1911 Census). He moved to Hull and was living at 43, Ash Grove, Beverley Road, Hull. He enlisted at Northallerton. Forme […]
9 WHITEHALL GARDENS, VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
04/05/1917
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF NED JESSOP WILSON & RHODA (HAWLEY) WILSON. SISTERS MABEL & DORIS. LIVED 95 MIDDLETON STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND 9 WHITEHALL GARDENS, VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL AN ARTIST APPRENTICE. HE HAD A PROMISING ART CAREER BEFORE HIM. HE ENLISTED AT MARYLEBONE, MIDDLESEX. JOINED THE 20TH KRRC (LONDON REGIMENT) KILLE […]
