1st Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Karachi, India then moved to Aden, Yemen.
Dec 1914 Embarked for England arriving at Avonmouth in 02.01.1915 and moved to Nuneaton to join the 86th Brigade of the 29th Division.
16.03.1915 Embarked for Gallipoli via Alexandria and Mudros.
25.04.1915 Landed at Gallipoli and the Division engaged in actions at the Battles for Krithia and the Achi Baba heights on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
02.01.1916 Evacuated to Egypt due to the severe casualties from combat, disease and harsh weather.
Mar 1916 Embarked for France landing at Marseilles on the 29.03.1916 and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; The Battle of Albert, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
During 1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second and Third Battles of the Scarpe, The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle, The Battle of Cambrai.
During 1918
The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bailleul, The Action of Outtersteene Ridge, The capture of Ploegsteert and Hill 63, The Battle of Ypres, The Battle of Courtrai.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in Belgium, Moen S.E. of Courtrai.
Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion
6 LEO TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
15/06/1915
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN HENRY BLAYDON (1856-1929) & MARY HANNAH SHARP (1862-1904) OF HESSLE AND HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN AND FOUR SONS, THREE OF WHICH DIED IN THE WAR. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, LIKE HIS BROTHERS, AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE ENLISTED IN MANCHESTER. LIVED WITH HIS SISTER MRS SMITH AT 6 LEO TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, H […]
1 NORTHFIELD, HESSLE, HESSLE, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
17/10/1918
Aged
25
BORN WILLERBY 1893. SON OF ANNIE ELIZABETH KENNINGTON (1857-1926) & WILLIAM HENRY COLLISHAW (1853-1904) OF 1 NORTHFIELD, HESSLE. SON OF A GARDNER. YOUNGEST OF FOUR BROTHERS, WHO ALL SERVED IN THE WAR. A BRUSH MAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HESSLE. FORMERLY, GUNNER, 140775, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 26166, 18TH AND 1ST […]
49, Rodney Street, Brunswick Avenue, Hull
Died on
28/06/1915
Aged
34
Born St. Helens, Lancs, 1881. Enlisted Warrington. Served in the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed at Gallipoli, on 28/06/1915, aged 34. His unmarried wife lived at 49, Rodney Street, Brunswick Avenue, Hull (War Pension address).
BORN WARRINGTON 1897. RESIDED IN HULL ACCORDING TO SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. SON OF PATRICK & MARGARET LYDON OF 25 HOWLEY LANE, WARRINGTON. A BAKER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN BURY, LANCASHIRE. SERVED WITH THE 1ST LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. MARRIED MARION CADDEN AT HULL IN 1915. SERVED AT GALLIPOLI. DIED OF NO 17 GENERAL HOSPITAL, MALTA, ON 07/1 […]
70, Primrose Bank, Oldham, Lancashire Address Line 2
Died on
04/06/1915
Aged
35
Born Oldham, Lancashire, 1880. Only son of James and Margaret Martin, of 70, Primrose Bank, Oldham, Lancashire (1911 Census). A Cotton Card-room Jobber. He presumably came to Hull to do the same. He enlisted in Hull, but returned to join his hometown regiment, the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, on 04/06/1 […]
Died on
04/06/1915
Aged
49
Born Claremorris, Co. Mayo, 1866. Husband of Elizabeth Mitchell (Born on 26/10/1865). He worked as a Navvy, working in Liverpool, Oldham, and Hull. He enlisted in Hull and joined the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers (like James Martin, from Oldham). They died together at Gallipoli on 04/06/1915. Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey. Hi […]
BORN HULL 1876. ENLISTED HORWICH, LANCS. SON OF JOHNATHAN & EMILY MORRIS, HORWICH, BOLTON
25 HUMBER ROAD, PATRINGTON, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
19/11/1915
Aged
25
BORN WELWICK, NEAR PATRINGTON, YORKS 1889. SON OF WILLIAM AND RACHEL SIGSWORTH (1858-1935). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A FARM COWMAN. ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO THE DARDENELLES, ON 26/09/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1ST LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI. DIED AT ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. BURIED AT ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILIT […]
, ST GEORGE'S ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
15/04/1917
Aged
27
BORN SOUTHWARK, SURREY, 11/02/1890. SON OF BENJAMIN SKIDMORE (1864-1920) & EMMA DUNNING (1865-1897), OF 56, TANSWELL STREET, LAMBETH, LONDON. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. SERVED IN INDIA. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 25/04/1915. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, WITH THE 1ST LANCASHIR […]
32 Verulam Street, Liverpool
Died on
16/07/1918
Aged
24
Born Haslingden, Lancashire, England, 13th January 1894. Son of Abraham Spencer (1845-1917) and Hannah Wing Spencer (1840-1932), of 32, Verulam Street, Liverpool (Army Medal address). His father was Vicar of St James Parish Church, Accrington. He had three brothers, Edmund, George and William Spencer and three sisters. They were all hi […]
BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED MANCHESTER.
Lance Corporal
14, DERBY TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
25/04/1917
Aged
23
BORN BELFAST 1894. HUSBAND OF EDITH HARRISON WHO HE MARRIED IN HULL IN 1914. THEY LIVED AT 14, DERBY TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD A SON NAMED ALEXANDER (BORN 14TH OCT 1916). HE ENLISTED MANCHESTER. WHILE WORKING IN OLDHAM POOR HOUSE. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 1ST LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. KILLED I […]
