Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
The Labour Corps was raised in 1915 and disbanded in 1921, today thier roles are undertaken by the Royal Logistics Corps.
The Corps grew to some 389,900 men (more than 10% of the total size of the Army) by the Armistice. Of this total, around 175,000 were working in the United Kingdom and the rest in the theatres of war. The Corps was manned by officers and other ranks who had been medically rated below the “A1” condition needed for front line service. Many were returned wounded. Labour Corps units were often deployed for work within range of the enemy guns, sometimes for lengthy periods.
In April 1917, a number of Infantry Battalions were transferred to the Corps. The Labour Corps absorbed the 28 ASC Labour Companies between February and June 1917. Labour Corps Area Employment Companies were formed in 1917 for salvage work, absorbing the Divisional Salvage Companies. In the crises of March and April 1918 on the Western Front, Labour Corps Units were used as emergency infantry. It became the 18th -19th Labour Corps in May 1917.
The Corps always suffered from its treatment as something of a second class organization: for example, the men who died are commemorated under their original Regiment, with Labour Corps being secondary. Researching men of the Corps was made more difficult by this until the publication of the mammoth ‘Soldiers died in the great war’ collection where the Labour Corps was finally given it’s own section in volume 80.
Name James Devine Record Type Born Hull 1892. A Labourer. Enlisted 7 Sept 1914. Posted to France, 13 July 1915 Residence Place 125, Welbeck Street, Hull (1921 census address) Death Date 3 Jun 1926 (Tuberculosis) Service Number 79418, 400184, 12109 Corps, Regiment or Unit 796th Labour Corps, 7th East Yorks. Royal Defence Corps Title … Read more
Name George William Bell Born Hull, 1876. Son of George Robert & Sarah Jane Bell Residence Place 80, Dansom Lane, Holderness Road, Hull Death Date 5 Apr 1926 Service Number G/125486, 200533, 7405, 2307, 240290 Corps, Regiment or Unit East Yorks., Labour Corp., Royal Fusiliers Title WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers Description Other Ranks … Read more
Name Emanuel Tozer Record Type Military. Born Hull, 1888. Discharged on 13 Apr 1919 Residence Place Husband of Annie Elizabeth of, 1, Orion Terrace, Gillett Street, Hessle Road, Hull Death Date 2 Apr 1924 Service Number 27439, 201589 Corps, Regiment or Unit LABOUR CORPS Title WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers Description British War … Read more
Name Thomas Foster Birth Hull 1863. Driver For Removal Company (Van Man). Widower, with 3 sons. Residence Place 101, West Parade, Spring Bank, Hull Discharge Date 5 Sep 1919 – Awarded Silver War Badge (No: B296480) Death Date 18 Jan 1924 Service Number 695132 Corps, Regiment or Unit Labour Corps, 18th Company Title WWI … Read more
Name Clement Wilson Green Rank Private Death Age 43 Record Type Military. Posted abroad 15 Dec 1915. Served in Egypt and France Birth Date 1881 Residence Place Widow, Gertrude at 46 Norfolk St, Hull & 20, Richmond Terrace, Waterloo Street, Hull Military Service Region Yorkshire, North East Military Country England Discharge Date 23 Feb … Read more
Name James William Sisson Details Hull 1873. Married 1895. Husband of Annie. Four children. Worked for J C Codner & Son, Home Shop Painter Residence Place 5, Spring Gardens, Spring Street, Hull Death Date 14 Oct 1922 Service Number 272005 Corps, Regiment or Unit Labour Corps Title WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers Description … Read more
Name Augustine Fitzgerald Description Born Hull, 1875. Son of John & Catherine Fitzgerald. He was a Labourer, 5 foot, 5 in tall, 130 lbs weight, 38 inch chest, blue eyes, grey hair, & Roman Catholic religion. Residence Place Lived with Sister, Minne, at 2, Providence Place, Pease Street, Hull Death Date 12 Feb 1922 … Read more
Name Harold Rawchiffe Gender Male Rank Private Record Type Military Residence Place 37, Dorset Street, Gipsyville, Hull – home of Eva Rawcliffe Military Service Region Yorkshire, North East Military Country England Discharge Date 3 May 1919 Death Date 4 Apr 1922 Service Number 371745 Corps, Regiment or Unit East Yorkshire Regiment, Labour Corps Service … Read more
Name George Smith Military Enlisted, 22 Dec 1914 – 471st Coy, Durham Light Infantry. Transferred to the Labour Corps. Discharged sick, on 7 Aug 1917. Awarded the Silver War Badge (No; 280116) Residence Place 17, Gordon Avenue, Cannon Street, Hull Death Date 15 Apr 1921 Service Number 316896 Corps, Regiment or Unit Labour Corps … Read more
Name Frederick Martin Record Type Military Residence Place Husband of Mary Ann Martin, of 118, Great Thornton Street, Hull Death Date 19 Jan 1921 (Tuberculosis) Service Number 36849 Corps, Regiment or Unit Middlesex Regiment & Labour Corps. Discharged on 31 March 1920. Title WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers Description Other Ranks Survived Reference Number … Read more
