9th (Service) Battalion
31.08.1914 Formed in Bury as part of the First New Army (K1) and then moved to Belton Park, Grantham to join the 34th Brigade of the 11th Division.
April 1915 Moved to Witley, Godalming.
July 1915 Mobilised for war and embarked for Egypt from Devonport.
17.07.1915 Arrived in Alexandria and then moved to Imbros.
06.08.1915 Landed at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli and the Division engaged in various actions including The Battle of Scimitar Hill and attack on Hill 60.
18.12.1915 Evacuated to Mudros due to the severe casualties from combat, disease and harsh weather.
Jan 1916 Moved to Egypt arriving at Alexandria 31.01.1916 where the Division was involved in the defence of the Suez canal.
July 1916 Moved to France landing at Marseilles and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The capture of the Wundt-Werk (Wonder Work), The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Thiepval.
During 1917
Operations on the Ancre, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle.
12.02.1918 Battalion disbanded at Allouagne.
Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers 9th Battalion
BORN CLIFFE, SELBY, 1887. SON OF WATSON & HANNAH DURHAM. HE WAS A MALTSTER FOR HULL BREWERY. HIS WIFE MRS E M DURHAM LIVED AT 16, PORTLAND STREET, HULL, WITH HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, JOHN DURHAM, 7TH EYR. HE HAD NINE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN MARCH 1915 IN THE KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY AND TRANSFERRED TO THE LANCASHIRE FUSIL […]
14 PROSPECT PLACE, CHURCH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
21/09/1916
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THE LATE ALLAN & ROSE FLETCHER. STEP PARENTS, HARRY AND JANE SHEARD, LIVED AT 14 PROSPECT PLACE, CHURCH STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, SERVED AS, 24176, KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 21/09/1916, AGED 21. BURIED AT BOULO […]
BORN HULL 1895. ENLISTED LIVERPOOL. LIVED HULL. SON OF HENRY & L ELIZABETH MARSHALL. WEST ELLA, HULL.
12, Oakhill Street., Cheetham Hill, Manchester, UK
Died on
07/08/1915
Aged
40
Sergeant William Percival (1873-1915) of Beverley William Percival was born in Manchester in 1873, one of eight children born to Thomas and Mary Percival. In 1891 he enlisted and became a regular soldier and served in the 2nd Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment. Whilst stationed at Victoria Barracks, Beverley, he married a Beverley […]
BORN EAST ARDSLEY 5/10/1897. WIFE EFFIE LIVED ABOVE ADDRESS. ONLY SON OF ERNEST & PRISCILLA WESTWOOD, BRADFORD ROAD, EAST ARDSLEY, YORKS. FORMER LABOURER. ENLISTED WAKEFIELD, YORKS. EX 20695, K.O.Y.L.I. KILLED IN ACTION ON 26/09/1916, AGED 20.
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF BELLA WHARTON ABOVE 1901 ADDRESS AND HESSLE. FORMER TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL BOY AND WORKED AT HULL FISH DOCK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. MARRIED BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE FRONT. KILLED IN ACTION AT GALIPOLLI, AGED 20. HE IS LISTED ON THE WILLIAM STREET MEMORIAL AND TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH APPEAR IN THE […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN HENRY YEAMAN (1858-1925) & ELIZABETH GREEN (1858-1917), OF 117, DANSOM LANE, HULL AND LATER 63 LIME STREET, THE GROVES, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF 14 CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. A TEENAGER. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 23701, KOYLI, BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO THE 9TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED, […]
