21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles)
Sept 1915 Formed from companies of farmers from Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham, Lincoln, Leicestershire and Norfolk.
Jan 1916 Moved to Aldershot and joined the 124th Brigade of the 41st Division.
04.05.1916 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
During 1917
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of the Menin Road.
Nov 1917 Moved to Italy to strengthen Italian resistance.
Mar 1918 Returned to France landing at Sombrin and disbanded in France on 16.03.1918.
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF CHARLES DAVIDSON BRIGHOUSE (1863-1919) & SARAH JESSIE PIPER (1867-1927), OF HORNSEA. HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, GILBERT AND TWO SISTERS, DORIS AND MARJORIE. EMPLOYED AS A FARMER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 37-39 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED AT HORNSEA, ON 12/01/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 05/05/1916. SERV […]
Lance Corporal
8 OMDURENE AVENUE, ROSAMOND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/09/1917
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HANSON BYCROFT (1855-1916) & ELIZABETH ROSS (1857-1943), OF 16 ROSAMUND STREET & 22 CHILTERN STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A CLERK AT BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKS AND HAD BEEN WITH THE COMPANY SINCE THE AGE OF 14. (HDM 09/11/1917). HIS FATHER WAS A RAILWAY FISH CHECKER. HE WAS BROTHER TO HARRY, SYDNEY AND FLORENCE. […]
Lance Corporal
Born Lund, Beverley 1892. Son of Thomas Chapman and Lydia Piercy Chapman, of Lund, Beverley, Yorks. Son of a Gardener. Employed as a Bank Clerk, living at 59 Princes Road, Hull (1911 Census). He enlisted in Beverley, joining the 21st Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Promoted to Lance Corporal. He was killed in action on the Somme, on 17/09/191 […]
18 ALEXANDRA CRESCENT, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
17/06/1917
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF CHARLES CUTHBERT & JANE ELIZABETH EAST, OF 18 ALEXANDRA CRESCENT, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL. PRIOR TO WAR, HE WORKED AS A CLERK, IN THE OFFICES OF BLUNDELL SPENCE AND COMPANY AND TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN THE NEWLAND BROTHERHOOD CONGRGATIOONAL CHURCH. HE ENLISTED ON 21/12/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, […]
BORN LAXTON. SON OF CHARLES EVERINGHAM & MARGARET ELIZABETH NIGHTINGALE, OF 13 KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS AN OPERATOR IN THE CORPORATION'S TELEPHONE DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. SERVED AS A RIFLEMAN. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/09/1916, AGED 25. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 03/10/1916. * HIS BROTHER W […]
Lance Corporal
1 DUDLEY AVENUE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
17/09/1916
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THOMAS & SARAH JANE HOLBORN - 4 WILDE STREET, HULL. BROTHER OF MR & MRS J H HANCOCK ABOVE. OIL REFINERY CLERK.
RED HOUSE, SPROATLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
07/10/1916
Aged
28
Born Sutton, Hull, 1888. Only son of Frederick William Island (1861-1936) and Mary Chatterton, of 580 Holderness Road, Hull (1911 Census) and Wyton, Ganstead, Hull (Pension Address). He had an elder sister, Winifred, who lived in Wyton, Ganstead. Employed with his father as a General Printer. Described as %foot, 5,5 inches tall, 33-35 […]
BORN GOOLE 1890. HE HAD NO LIVING PARENTS OR SIBLINGS. LIVED WITH HIS AUNT, ANN BELAMY AT KIRKELLA AND 164, WORTHING STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED IN THE OFFICE OF THE HELLYER'S STEAM FISHING COMPANY, ST ANDREWS DOCK, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 132 LBS WEIGHT, 34-36 INCH CHEST HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY, on 04/11/1915 […]
BORN HULL 1894. LIVED OLDHAM. SON OF JOHN THOMAS PARKINSON & ESTHER ANN HOLT (1862-1925), OF 6, VIOLET STREET, WATERHEAD, OLDHAM. SON OF AN IRON WORKER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HIS FAMILY WORKED IN THE COTTON SPINNING INDUCTRY (1911 CENSUS). UNMARRIED. HE WAS A COTTON SPINNING LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2.5 INCHES […]
BORN HULL 1897. SECOND SON OF CAPTAIN, GEORGE SPENCE & MARY HOULTON SPENCE, LIVING AT 147 COLTMAN STREET. ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING TWO SISTERS, LOUISA AND HETTIE. HIS FATHER WAS A MASTER MARINER. EDUCATED AT HOLY TRINITY CHOIR SCHOOL. AN OFFICE BOY. WILLIAM ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 12752, 21ST KINGS ROYAL RIFLE C […]
13, MONTROSE AVENUE, STANLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
21/06/1918
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM THORNTON (1865-1910) & KATE COCKERILL (1864-1901). LIVED WITH AUNT, HARRIET COCKERILL, AT 13, MONTROSE AVENUE, STANLEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS ON THE CLERICAL STAFF OF MESSRS BLUNDELL & SPENCE CO. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 34-3 […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF CHARLES ALFRED WEBSTER (1862-1943) & MARY HERD (1861-1939), OF 422 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE HAD A YOUNGER, BROTHER, STANLEY AND OLDER SISTER GERTRUDE, WHO BOTH LIVED AT HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS. BORN HULL 1893. HE WORKED FOR HIS FATHER'S PLUMBER BUSINESS, AT THORNTON LODGE, HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE WAS WELL KNOWN […]
, ELLERBY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
30
BORN ELLERBY 1886. SON OF JOHN & HARRIET WELDON. EX FARMER & A SINGLE MAN. HIS ARMY RECORDS RECORD THAT HE WAS OF GOOD PHYSICAL BUILD, 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 12.5 STONE IN WEIGHT. HE ENLISTED AT HORNSEA, ON 13/11/1915. SERVED IN THE 21ST KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 30. REMEMBERED ON ST JAMES CH […]
2nd Lieutenant
69 WALKERGATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
11/08/1918
Aged
42
BORN BEVERLEY 1876. SON OF ARTHUR WILLIAM WESTERMAN (1852-1914) AND ELIZABETH ANN CARR (1851-1931). WIFE MARY BEATRICE WESTERMAN (1885-1925). A REGULAR SOLDIER AND ACTING COLOUR SERGEANT, IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED IN INDIA IN 1907. PROMOTED TO SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE 21ST KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, O […]
New Rise, Skirlaugh, Hull
Died on
17/09/1916
Aged
19
Born North Somercoates, Lincs, 29 Nov 1896. Eldest child of Robert Young (1866-1939) and Florence Pinkney (1870-1964), of New Rise, Skirlaugh, Hull (war pension address). Son of a Bricklayer. He had two brothers and one sister, who all lived at home, in Skirlaugh. He was unmarried and worked as a Clerk in Hull. described as 5 foot, 7 […]
