Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
The Regiment raised a total of 19 battalions and was awarded 58 Battle honours and 3 Victoria Crosses but lost 8,800 men who died during the course of the war.
6th (Service) Battalion
Aug 1914 Formed at Lincoln as part of the First New Army (K1) and then moved to Belton Park, Grantham as part of the 33rd Brigade of the 11th Division.
April 1915 Moved to Frensham
01.07.1915 Mobilised for war and embarked for Gallipoli from Liverpool via Alexandria and Mudros.
20-30.07.1915 At Cape Helles.
07.08.1915 Landed at Suvla Bay and the Division engaged in various actions including; The Battle of Scimitar Hill and attack on Hill 60
21.12.1915 Evacuated from Gallipoli due to heavy losses from combat, disease and serve weather.
02.02.1916 Moved to Alexandria to take over defences of the Suez Canal.
02.07.1916 Embarked for France from Alexandria landing at Marseilles by 08.07.1916 and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The capture of the Wundt-Werk, 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.
During 1918
The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Drocourt-Quant Line, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in Belgium near Aulnois north of Maubeuge.
Born Hull, 1890. Son of Herbert Colley Bedford (1864-1912) and Kate Shaw (1867-1957), of Hull. He had three brothers and four sisters. A foreman Packer, boarding with his brother, at 3 Town Hall Street, Great Grimsby (1911 Census). He married Lizzie Marshall (1892-1974), at Cleethorpes, on 03/04/1915, aged 24. They lived at Fairmount House, Humberstone … Read more
Born Beverley, 04/05/1897. Second son of Francis William Lockyear (1864-1913) and Ada Thirsk (1865-1932), of 14, York Road, Beverley, and the late Frank Lockyear. His father was Chief Engineer of the steam ship “Republic”, Hull. His Grandfather was James Thirsk, owner of the saw mills, in Pocklington and Nafferton. He was employed by Hull’s Town … Read more
Born Hull, 1896. Son of Arthur Mason Dawson (1873-1914) and Rebecca Hardy (1870-1902), of 8, Newcomen Street, Hull. Son of a Stone dresser. He had one elder brother, Clarence John and one sister, Nellie. He enlisted at Stamford, Lincs. Served with the 6th Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds, on 06/11/1918, aged 21. Buried at Roisin … Read more
BORN READING, 1892 . SON OF ALFRED AND ELIZA MITCHELL, OF 35 VICTORIA ROAD, READING, BERKSHIRE. A FORMER CHIMNEY SWEEP. HE ENLISTED AT ALDERSHOT, ON 25/01/1909, AGED 17. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 126 LBS WEIGHT, 33 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR, TATTOOS ON BOTH FOREARMS, SCARS ON … Read more
BORN HULL 26/09/1890. ONLY SON OF JOSEPH & WHINNIE WILSON, OF 3, WILFRED’S AVENUE, WYKE STREET, HULL & 154 , ENGLISH STREET, HULL. HE HAD SEVEN SISTERS. HIS FATHER WHO WAS ONCE WELL KNOWN IN CONSERVATIVE CIRCLES AND HAD BEEN DEAD A NUMBER OF YRARS. A RIVERTER. HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 24/02/1908 AND … Read more
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF FREDERICK H & SARAH ANN VAREY OF 44 GIBSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). A FORMER PAINTER AND PAPER HANGER. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE W. MOODY (BORN 7/2/1894), AT HULL, IN 1913. THEY HAD TWO SONS, FREDERICK HARPER (BORN 26/11/1913) AND NORMAN (BORN 23/12/1915) HE ENLISTED AT SCUNTHORPE. SERVED AS SERGEANT … Read more
BORN NORTH KELSEY, LINCS, 1876. SON OF THE LATE GEORGE (1831-1897) & MARY TRAFFORD (1836-1927), OF BECK HOUSE, NORTH KELSEY, BRIGG, LINCOLNSHIRE. MARRIED AT GROMSBY, IN 1905. HIS WIFE REBECCA (THOMPSON) TRAFFORD LIVED AT 5 FREEHOLD TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN LINCOLN. HAD SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA AND SOMALILAND. WORKED AS A DOMESTIC … Read more
Born Hull 1878. Enlisted Hull. Son of Patrick Tighe and Elizabeth Tighe (nee Craven), of 70 North Street, Hull and 14 Albert Terrace, Spring Street, Hull. Husband of Eliza Tighe, of 209, Freeman Street, Grimsby. He enlisted in Grantham and had served in the army for 20 years. He went out to France, with the … Read more
BORN BASFORD, NOTTINGHAM ON 25/02/1899. SON OF ALBERT EDWARD STRAKER AND ELLEN PARR. HIS MOTHER, LIVED AT THIS HULL ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN NOTTINGHAM. SERVED WITH THE 5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/04/1918, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO HIS MOTHER ELLEN, … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. LIVED IN HULL. TAILOR’S CUTTER. ENLISTED BOSTON, LINCS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/07/1915, AGED 22, AT GALIPOLLI. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JOHN CHARLES STEPHENSON.
