Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
7th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed at Lincoln as part of the Second New Army (K2) and then moved to Wool as part of the 51st Brigade of the 17th Division.
June 1915 Moved to Winchester.
14.07.1915 Mobilised for war landed at Boulogne and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
Actions of Spring 1916, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Delville Wood.
During 1917
The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe, The Capture of Roeux, The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Aulnoye south of Maubeuge.
Private William Lowthorpe (1879-1918) William Lowthorpe was born in 1879 in Beverley. He was the son of Shadwell and Mary (nee Mitchell) Lowthorpe, On 23 May 1904 William married Elizabeth Scrowton Clark in St Mary’s, Sculcoates and, by 1911; they were living in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, with William’s younger brothers, Charles and Shadwell, and had two … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF ROBERT BARKER (1843-1929) & HARRIET THRUSSLE (1861-1941), AT 70, PARK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 94721, 4TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRAINED WITH THE 9TH LINCOLNS. SERVED WITH THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE 2ND CANADIAN HOSPITAL, ON 02/04/1918, AGED 19. BURIED BOULOGNE EASTERN … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN H. WINTER & ANN ELIZA WINTER, OF 6, ELEANORS TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL AND 2, HARRIET SQUARE, SCOTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF A WAREHOUSEMAN. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON … Read more
BORN EAST KEAL LINCS 12/12/1890. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WHYDLE & JANE EMMITT, OF THE BUNGALOW, WEST KEAL, SPILSBY. HE WAS BRICKLAYER’S LABOURER (1911 CENSUS) AND A BICYCLE SELLER AND REPAIRER. HE ENLISTED IN SPILSBY, LINCS., ON 09/02/1916. MARRIED, OLIVE EDITH VINNICOMBE, OF HESSLE, IN 1916. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, BEATRICE JANE, BORN 31ST OCTOBER … Read more
Born Barton 1888. Son of Alfred Edward Whitaker (b. 1861) and Elizabeth Higham (1860-1935), of 26 Margaret Street, Hull (Pension records address). He had two brothers and a sister. A former Rullyman for the Hull and Barnsley Railway. He married at Sculcoates, Hull, 1910. His wife Gertrude Desforges (1892-1972), lived at 24 Seaton Street; the … Read more
Born Cherry Burton, 1883. His wife, Edith and five daughters Elsie, Betsie, May, Eva and Edith, lived at 3, Northumberland Avenue, Hull (CWGC address). He was a farm foreman and ex Blundell’s paint worker. He enlisted at Hull. Formerly, Private, 204752 EYR. He transferred to the 7th Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds, 03/06/1918, aged 35. … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. ENLISTED HULL IN 1914. SON OF WILLIAM EDWIN & FRANCES FORD STEEL, GRIMSBY.
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM SPRATT (1859-1941), AND ELIZABETH PRESCOTT, OF 6 TRINITY STREET, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE. HE ENLISTED IN BOSTON, LINCS. SEVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE 7TH LINCOLNS. REPORTED MISSING ON 23/04/1917, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS FATHER, JAMES SPRATT, AT THIS … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THE LATE CHARLES CHRISTOPHER SCHRIMSHAW. HIS STEP MOTHER MARIANNE GARDNER, LIVED IN BEVERLEY IN 1901. HE LIVED IN WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK. HE ENLISTED AT GRANTHAM. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 12639, 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 14/07/1915. WAS KILLED AT YPRES, ON 20/08/1915, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. YOUNGEST SON OF JANE ANN PREDGEN (1854-1954) & CHARLES RINGROSE (1852-1916), OF 21 , CHILTERN STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO ELDER BROTHERS. HE WORKED AS A GOODS PORTER, WEST HULL FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY (NER). HE JOINED THE NER COMPANY IN DECEMBER 1906 AS A SIGNAL LAD AT SCULCOATES. HE ENLISTED AT … Read more
