2nd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed in Bermuda at the outbreak of war and then moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
03.10.1914 Embarked for the UK landing at Devonport, Plymouth and then moved to Hursley Park, Winchester to join the 25th Brigade of the 8th Division.
06.11.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre where the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1915
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, The Battle of Aubers, The action of Bois Grenier.
During 1916
The Battle of Albert.
During 1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of Pilkem, The Battle of Langemarck.
04.02.1918 Transferred to the 62nd Brigade of the 21st Division.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The First and Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Messines, The Second Battle of Kemmel, The Battle of the Aisne 1918, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Aymeries north of Aulnoye.
Regiment: Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF EDWIN & JULIA A SHAW, ABOVE 1911 & THEN CROSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE AND SCUNTHORPE. A GROCER'S ERRAND LAD. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1915, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, EDWIN SHAW. HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM.
10 , GLADSTONE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
24/09/1917
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF ERNEST HARRY SHAW (1866-1940) & AGNES MARY MAXWELL (1857-1951), ABOVE ADDRESS & 14 YOUNG STREET, PATRINGTON. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE LINCOLNSHIRE YEOMANRY. DIED AT HOME, ON 24/09/1917, AGED 18. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. LISTED ON ST MATHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD. HIS DEATH WAS REPO […]
BORN HULL 1891. TRUE NAME WAS "GOODWIN". SERVED AS "SIMPSON". HE LIVED IN SPALDING, LINCS. ONLY SON OF ROBERT ANDREW GOODWIN AND ANNIE SHORES (1860-1895), OF YEW TREE FARM, SPALDING. HAD TWO SISTERS ACCORDING TO ARMY RECORDS. A FARM LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY, UNDER THE NAME "SIMPSON". JOINING THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 10/11/19 […]
44 WHITEHALL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
17/09/1917
Aged
33
BORN HULL 23/10/1884. SON OF GEORGE AND HARRIET SMITH, OF HULL. A FISHERMAN. HE WAS IMPRISONED IN WAKEFIELD FOR 2 WEEKS AND REMAINED THERE. BECAME A WHOLESALE NEWSAGENT IN WAKEFIELD (1911 CENSUS). HIS WIFE EDITH ELEANOR SMITH, AND DAUGHTER, BEATRICE, LIVED AT 44 WHITEHALL STREET, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE (WAR PENSION ADDRESSS) HE ENLIS […]
14, Wassand Street, Hessle Road, Hull
Died on
09/05/1915
Born Grimsby. A Soldier and Reservist. His unofficial wife was Elizabeth Lee, at the Coach and Horses, 6, George Place, Hull and 14, Wassand Street, Hessle Road, Hull (War Pension addresses). He enlisted in Hull. Posted with the 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment, in the British Expeditionary Force. Reported missing and killed on 09/05/1915. Bu […]
BORN HULL 1892. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. SON OF HENRY & ELIZABETH SNOW, GRIMSBY. PHOTO
12 HAYCROFT AVENUE, GRIMSBY, , NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1885. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. WIFE CLARA (HARDY) LIVED GRIMSBY.
