Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
7th (Service) Battalion
19.08.1914 Formed in Winchester as part of the First New Army (K1) then moved to Aldershot to join the 41st Brigade of the 14th Division.
Nov 1914 Moved to Grayshott then Bordon and back to Aldershot.
19.05.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and ended in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1915
The Action of Hooge, The Second Attack on Bellewaarde.
During 1916
The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
During 1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First and Third Battles of the Scarpe, The Battle of Langemark, The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele.
02.02.1918 Transferred to the 43rd Brigade of the 14th Division
25.04.1918 Reduced to training cadre.
16.06.1918 Transferred to the 16th Division and then return to England where it was absorbed into the 34th Battalion of the London regiment.
Name Albert Victor Patrick Birth Place Hull, 1883. Son of Robert George Patrick & Margaret Patrick of 12, Manor Road, Scarborough, He had two brothers and two sisters. He was a wine merchant’s Clerk. Death Date 25 Mar 1918 Death Place Noyon New British Cemetery, Picardie, France Enlistment Place Scarborough -12 Nov 1915. Previously … Read more
BORN HULL 1890. KNOWN AS ‘PHIL’. YOUNGEST SON OF HENRY WILLIAMS (1840-1911) & MARY JANE SLOAN (1849-1937). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN, LIVING AT 4, MAYFIELD STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS AN ARMY SERGEANT MAJOR. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN INSURANCE CLERK. HE MARRIED MARY MAY MACKEY, IN DECEMBER 1916, AT NEWCASTLE. HIS WIFE LIVED AT … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF ROBERT GEORGE PATTRICK & MARGARET PATTRICK, AT THIS ARMY ADDRESS, WINE MERCHANTS CLERK. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 12222, 7TH KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 25/03/1918, AGED 35. HE IS BURIED AT NOYON NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, OISE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THEIR GLORY … Read more
BORN HULL 1879. ENLISTED LIVERPOOL. KILLED IN ACTION.
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF FREDERICK & SARAH ANN GOODING, OF 23 SIDMOUTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WORKED FOR HULL CORPORATION. HE WAS A FORMER MESSENGER BOY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE BATTLE OF HOOGE, ON 30/07/1915, AGED 18. HIS … Read more
