10th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed in Bury as part of the Second New Army (K2) and then moved to Bovington to join the 52nd Brigade of the 17th Division and then moved to Hursley.
15.07.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Actions of Spring 1916, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Delville Wood.
During 1917
The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe, The Capture of Roeux, The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Beaufort south of Maubeuage.
Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Battalion
BORN BIRMINGHAM 1881. FIRST NAME ALBERT HENRY. A TOOL GRINDER. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED WARWICK. KILLED IN ACTION. HULL ADDRESS UNTRACED. 1911 CENSUS SHOWS LIVED WITH SISTER AT 441 NEW JOHN STREET, WINSOR GREEN, BIRMINGHAM.
BORN HULL 1897. ENLISTED SALFORD. SON OF EDWARD & MARY ELLEN HOLMES, 19 HAWKSHAW STREET, HOWARD STREET, SALFORD.
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF SAMUEL & ELLEN SMITH. ENLISTED BARROW IN FURNESS. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 9270 ROYAL LANCASTER REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE 15/01/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL. DIED ON 25/08/1918, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS YOUNGER SISTER, ELLEN.
4 PENZANCE GARDENS, CORNWALL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/03/1918
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST SON OF ALFRED TEAL & EMILY TILSON. ONE OF EIGHT 8 CHILDREN (INCLUDING SIX SISTERS) AT 4 PENZANCE GARDENS, CORNWALL STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH LANCASHIRE FUSIIERS. KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, 23/03/1918, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER ALFRED. H […]
