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.
Regiment: Lincolnshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion
Lance Sergeant
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM & EVANGELINE ATKINSON, OF THE LAURELS, LITTLE CAWTHORPE, LOUTH. A SOLICITOR'S CLERK. HE LIVED IN LOUTH, LINCOLNSHIRE. ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY, ON 17/09/1914, AGED 20 YEARS AND 158 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 6 FOOT TALL, 151 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BLACK HAIR. WESLEYAN RELIGION. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON […]
BORN HESSLE 1887. WIFE MARY JANE & FIVE YEAR OLD SON AT 8 HAMPSHIRE STREET, HULL . SON OF ROBERT & JANE BENNETT, OF 5 SALISBURY STREET, HESSLE. KILLED BY A MINE EXPLOSION, AT LOOS IN 1915. HIS BODY WAS FOUND BY HIS MATES AT YPRES IN 1916. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 14TH FEBRUARY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * […]
Sluice, South Ferriby, Barton-on Humber
Died on
27/08/1918
Aged
21
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 Cem […]
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF ROSE HANNAH MAUD SWINN & THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM GOODWILL, ABOVE ADDRESS AND GRIMSBY. HIS AUNT LIVED AT 55 WITTY STREET. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. KILLED IN ACTION 22/03/1916, AGED 16.
46 QUEENS AVENUE, BARTON UPON HUMBER, , NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/05/1915
Aged
29
BORN BELSHILL, LANARK 1886. ENLISTED BARTON. MARRIED 1912. WIFE NELLIE (DICKINSON) ABOVE DIED 1922. HULL HEROES WEBSITE.
16 HERBERTS TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
14/04/1917
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1886. LIVED SKEGNESS. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. MARRIED SPILSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1903. WIFE LILLY ROBSON, LIVED ABOVE & THEN 9 ALEXANDRA ROAD, SKEGNESS. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN. A FORMER SERVANT AND LABOURER. ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. PROMOTED SERGEANT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 14/04/1917, AGED 31.
7, Josephine Terrace Bean Street Hull
Died on
02/09/1915
Aged
32
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 Hull […]
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, 24073 […]
Skegness, Lincolnshire, UK
Died on
01/05/1917
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.
WRAGLEY STREET, GRIMSBY, , NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/10/1915
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. KIA. SON OF GEORGE & ROSEHANNAH SUNLEY ABOVE.
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, BROTHERS, WILL […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JAMES & ELLEN E WALLS. LIVED CROSBY, LINCS.
