Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
1/5th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1918 Stationed at Grimsby as part of the Lincoln & Leicester Brigade of the North Midland Division.
11.08.1914 Moved to Belper and then Luton.
01.03.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre, the formation became the 138th Brigade of the 46th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The German liquid fire attack at Hooge, The attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
07.01.1916 Embarked Alexandria from Marseilles.
04.02.1916 Embarked for France from Alexandria landing in Marseilles 09.02.1916. The Division once again engaged in actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The diversionary attack at Gommecourt.
During 1917
Operations on the Ancre, Occupation of the Gommecourt defences, The attack on Rettemoy Graben, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The attack on Lievin, The Battle of Hill 70.
During 1918
The Battle of the St Quentin canal, The Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, The Battle of Cambrai, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Sains du Nord S.E. of Avesnes.
Born Saint Johns, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire,, 19 Feb 1894. Son of George Truman & Mary Ineson. Employed as a Cobbler. His army effects were left to his father, George. Name Frank Trueman Residence Hull Death Date 13 Oct 1915 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Grimsby Rank Private Regiment Lincolnshire Regiment Battalion 1/5th Battalion Regimental … Read more
Name Harold Charles Porter Birth Place New Holland, Lincolnshire, 1897, Residence Son of Sophia Porter at 12, Milo Terrace, New Holland, Lincolnshire (war pension address) Death Date 26 Sep 1917 Death Place Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele, Belgium Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Lincolnshire Regiment Battalion 5th Battalion Regimental Number 242163 Type of Casualty … Read more
Born Grimsby 1896. Third son of John George Taylor. and Elizabeth May Taylor, of of 3, Oxford Street, Grimsby (1911 Census); 242, Victor Street, Grimsby (Army address); 84, Castle Street, Grimsby and 18, Victoria Avenue, Willerby, Hull (war pension addresses). He worked as a Labourer, Had two elder brothers and two younger sisters. Enlisted at … Read more
Born Winterton, Lincolnshire, 1897. Son of Mary Ann and Samuel George Coupland, of Sluice, South Ferriby, Barton-on Humber (War Pension address). An Agriculutral Labourer (1911 Census). Resided in Hull. Enlisted in Grimsby. Enlisted in the 1/5th Lincolnshire Regiment, Died of wounds, on 27/08/1918, aged 21. Buried at Pernes British Cemetery, France. His grave reads, GOD … Read more
Born Hull, 1882. Son of Charles Jessney (1854-1930) and Ann Elliott (1857-1936), of 46 Alexandra Street, Hull (1911 Census). Son of a Gas worker. One of twelve children. Married Hannah Maria Widdowson (1883-1953), at Beverley, in 1903, aged 21. They had six children. A Gas Meter worker. He lived at 7, Josephine Terrace Bean Street … Read more
Born Boston, Lincolnshire. Resided Skegness, Lincolnshire. L. Sharman is listed on the Hull Gardener’s Society War Memorial, at Hull Minster, Served with the 5th Lincolnshire Regiment. Previously missing, reported died as prisoner of war on 01/05/1917. (CWGC records). His next of kin was based in Skegness.
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JAMES & ELLEN E WALLS. LIVED CROSBY, LINCS.
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF EMMA VICKERS, OF 92 ROBERT STREET, GRIMSBY. A FORMER SOLDIER. HE HAD SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WARS. HE ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY. SERVED AS CORPORAL, 2078, 5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 01/03/1915. KILLED AT LOOS, ON 13/10/1915, AGED 37. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, EMMA, … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. KIA. SON OF GEORGE & ROSEHANNAH SUNLEY ABOVE.
BORN HULL, 1891. LIVED SLEAFORD, LINCOLNSHIRE. SON OF HARRY LEFFLEY AND GRACE MARY WARD, OF HALL COTTAGES, CARLTON SCROOP, GRANTHAM. SON OF A COACHMAN. HE HAD A BROTHER, ALBERT AND SISTER, MARY. EMPLOYED AS A NURSERY GARDENER, LIVING AT 7 FRANCIS STREET, BRACEBRIDGE, LINCOLN (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED AT BRIGG. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 240738, 5TH … Read more
