Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
2nd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Dover as part of the 12th Brigade of the 4th Division.
20.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1914
The Battle of Le Cateau, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, The Battle of Messines 1914.
Dec 1914 This Battalion took part in the Christmas Truce of 1914
During 1915
The Second Battle of Ypres.
04.11.1915 The 12th Brigade was transferred to 36th Division until 03.02.1916.
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Le Transloy.
During 1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle, The First Battle of Passchendaele.
During 1918
The First Battle of Arras 1918, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bethune, The Advance in Flanders, The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Drocourt-Queant, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Artres South of Valenciennes.
Born 2 Apr 1883 • Gorton, Lancashire. Son of Alfred Ringham (1856-1903) and Sarah Ann Ringham. A Professional Soldier. 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers (Butcher) in 1911 census). He married Catherine Hall, at Hull, in 1915. Husband of Catherine, at 50, Open court, Adelaide Street, Hull and 90, Francis Street, Hull (War pension addresses). Served as a sergeant in … Read more
A reservist, who served in South Africa with the King’s Own Royal Lancasters. He lived in Hull and worked in Manchester as a builder. Reported killed on 07/07/1915, aged 42. He left a widow and three children. at this Hull address. His death was reported in the Hull daily Mail, on 23/08/1915. *
Born Hull 1882. Third son of George Walton West (1853-1928) and Alice Ann Kennington (1855-1936), of 73 Brunswick Avenue. Hull. His father was a sewer foreman, for the Council’s Works Department. He had four brothers and two sisters. A City Engineer’s Bricklayer, working in West Hull. He enlisted in Hull. Served as a Sergeant, with … Read more
BORN HULL 30/01/1895. SON OF WILLIAM AND ELLEN WARRELL, BLACKLEY MANCHESTER. EDUCATED AT MOSTON SCHOOL. ENSLISTED IN THE 6TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT, ON 09/02/1915, IN WHICH HE ACTED AS A MACHINE GIN INSTRUCTOR. GAZETTED TO THE 5TH LANCASHIRER FUSILIERS, ON 05/08/1916. ATTACHED TO THE 2ND BATTALION, AND PROCEEDED TO FRANCE IN JANUARY 1917. TOOK PART IN … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN MANLEY (1846-1920) & REBECCA ANN COVERDALE (1856-1947), OF 130 , DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1901 CENSUS) 199, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL & THEN 18, STANLEY STREET, MOSTON HILL, MANCHESTER (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HEHAD FIVE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS, AUGUSTINE AND PHILIP HUGH MANLEY. SON OF A CORPORATION CLERK IN … Read more
ALIAS THOMAS MALE. BORN HULL 1876. LIVED MANCHESTER. ENLISTED MANCHESTER. LEFT WIFE LILY MALE & SON BENJAMIN. SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. HULL ADDRESS UNTRACED. HE IS BURIED AT LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, SEINE-ET-MARNE, FRANCE
BORN WIGAN. ENLISTED PONTEFRACT. DIED OF GAS POISONING. DEATH REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL 2ND MARCH 1916, STATING THAT “HE WAS A HULL MAN.” NO PENSION RECORDS.
BORN HULL 1900. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM & MATILDA JACKSON, OF 3 MAREHAM AVENUE, ENA STREET, HULL & THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WAS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 57631, 2ND LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT CAMBRAI, ON 26/10/1918, AGED 18 . … Read more
BORN BOLTON, LANCASHIRE, 1891. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM DAVENPORT AND MARTHA AINSWORTH, OF 24, JOSEPH LEE STREET, BOLTON. SECOND OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A PAWN BROKER’S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED AT BURY, IN 1909. SERVED WITH THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT AND LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS AS A REGULAR SOLDIER. AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR HE WAS APPOINTED AS DRILL INSTRUCTOR … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF WALTER JAMES COOPER & KATE COOPER, AT 17, MONA TERRACE, CAVE STREET, HULL AND 1 THE AVENUE, PARK STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A POST OFFICE MESSENGER IN HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MOVED TO CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY, LANCS. ENLISTED IN SALFORD, LANCASHIRE. SERVED WITH THE 2ND LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON … Read more
