Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
2nd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Blackdown, Aldershot at the outbreak of war as part of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division.
13.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various action 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 1915
Winter Operations 1914-15, The Battle of Aubers, The Battle of Loos.
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Pozieres, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval.
During 1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
During 1918
The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bethune, The Battle of Drocourt-Queant, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Beaurevoir, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Fresnoy le Grand.
Born Warter, Pocklington, Yorkshire, 1881. Eldest son of Charles Rawlings and Mary Ann Ford (1861-1935). He had five brothers. He came from a family of general labourers and agricultural workers. He married at Hull, in October 1907. Husband of Rose Ellen Kirkwood (1886-1944), at 8, Ivy dene, Parrott Street, Hull (war pension address). They had … Read more
Private Daniel Reynolds (1886-1914) of Beverley Daniel was born in January 1886 in Beverley, He was son of Benjamin Hudson Reynolds, and Sarah Reynolds (Nee Mennell) In December 1905 he enlisted in the 2nd Battalion the Kings Royal Rifles, service number 6716. The 1911 census shows him in India, based in the Chakrata United Provinces … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN WEST (1863-1910) & SARAH ELIZABETH NOZEDAR (1862–1909), OF 16 YORK STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE IN LIVED HULL. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER WHEN WAR BEGAN, SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 2ND KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH … Read more
BORN MARKET WEIGHTON, 1888. ENLISTED MARKET WEIGHTON. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF MRS J ROBINSON. HULL HEROES WEBSITE.
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOHN FISHCROFT RENNARD & AGNES (SHILLING) RENNARD AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A SHIPWRIGHT. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. WORKED AT J GIBBINS, BOILER MAKERS, ST ANDREWS DOCK ENLISTED AS A REGULAR SOLDIER, ON 14/07/1905. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 115 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, … Read more
Daniel Reynolds was a regular soldier enlisting in 1905 at the age of 19; before that time he had been working with his brothers Harry and Vic at the Whiting works at the top of the Westwood. The family lived in Flemingate Beverley. In 1911, Daniel and his brother Harry were stationed in Hull, another … Read more
BORN HULL 1877. ALLIAS “LEGGOTT”. SON OF FREDERICK PICKERING AND FRANCES ANN PEARSON. AS A 16-YEAR-OLD HE HAD BEEN A PETTY CRIMINAL AND SERVED TIME FOR BREAKING AND ENTERING. HE MARRIED MAUD CUNNINGHAM AT HULL IN 1896, AGED 19. HUSBAND OF MAGDALEN (MAUD) LEGGOTT, OF 27, PEASE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 8, NORFOLK STREET, HULL … Read more
BORN HULL 1878. WIFE MAUD ABOVE. MOTHER – FRANCES A LEGGOTT. SERVED WITH THE 2ND KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED ON 27TH JANUARY 1915, AT THE BATTLE OF LA BASSEE. HE DIED IN BOULOGNE HOSPITAL ON 2ND FEBRUARY 1915, AGED 38. HE WAS A RESERVIST AND HAD BEEN AT THE FRONT … Read more
BORN HULL 1879. ONLY SON OF HENRY LAYCOCK AND SARAH JANE BODEN (1850-1922), OF MANOR HOUSE FARM, GANSTEAD, HULL AND SPROATLEY, YORKSHIRE. BROTHER TO ELLEN, LUCY AND ADA. A FARM COW MAN AND FORMER SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 2185, KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 15/09/1914. DIED OF WOUNDS, … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH HENNING OF 5, PRYME STREET, HULL. SON OF A DRAPER’S ASSISTANT. A HULL CORPORATION, ACCOUNTANT’S CLERK. HE ENLSITED IN HULL. SERVING WITH THE EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED AS A RIFLEMAN AND THEN LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE 2ND KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON … Read more
