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.
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 […]
BORN TATTERSALL, LINCS, 1898. SON OF JOHN BLOOD (1874-1957) & JESSIE TYSON (1873-1955), AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. EMPLOYED BY WILSON'S BRICKYARD, BARTON ON HUMBER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED IN FRANCE, ON 05/09/1918, AGED 20. BURIED AT LEBUCQUIERE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTIO […]
4 NORWOOD FAR GROVE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
18/09/1918
Aged
28
Born Beverley, 1890. Known as "JACK". Son of Esther and the late S. Botterill, of Beverley, Yorks. His father was named Snowball Botterill and had died in 1911. He worked as a farm, plough boy. Enlisted in Driffield. Ex.17601, East Yorks Regiment. His name is recorded on the Beverley WW1 Memorial and the Norwood Street Memorial, with h […]
9, SPRINGFIELD AVENUE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
14/12/1919
Aged
38
BORN DRIFFIELD 1881. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS & MARY ANN BROWN OF DRIFFIELD. HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH BROWN LIVED AT 9, SPRINGFIELD AVENUE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) & 2, HERBERTS AVENUE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DISCHARGED ON 25/02/ […]
BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF THE LATE CHARLES CLAYTON & SELINA TAYLOR (FORMERLY CLAYTON) OF 'CAXTONIA' HOUSE, 3 ELM TERRACE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL(CWGC ADDRESS). A HYDRAULIC CRANE DRIVER. HE ENLSITED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11802, 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN BOTH ARMS, HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/03/1916, AT POPERINGE, AGE 21 […]
12 GLASSHOUSE ROW, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
19/09/1918
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1893. SECOND SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM DAY & ANN ELIZABETH THOMPSON, OF 12 GLASS HOUSE ROW, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). SON OF A CORPORATION, ROAD LABOURER. ONE OF THREE CHILDREN. ELDER SISTER WAS AGNES. THE FAMILY LATER MOVED TO 164 UNION STREET, HARGREASE SQUARE, SHIPLEY YORKS. HE WORKED AS AN IRON TURNER, AND BOARD […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF HENTY OSCAR & EMMA (WILSON) HARBORD - 50 WESTCOTT STREET & ABOVE ADDRESS. BURIED AT SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE READS, "AT REST".
17, DERWENT AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
27/07/1918
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HENRY & SARAH HARTLEY, OF 80 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL AND 17 DERWENT AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED BY RECKITTS & SONS, MORLEY STREET, STONEFERRY, HULL, WHERE HE STARTED WORKING WHEN 13 YEARS OLD. HE SERVED AS SERGEANT IN THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT TH […]
120 KELDGATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
18/09/1918
Aged
33
Sydney Helyard, No. 238067, Corporal Sydney Helyard, 7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Formerly No. 833 East Yorkshire Regiment Born: Beverley, son of Mr. & Mrs. Jonas Helyard of 120 Keldgate. Enlisted: Beverley. Killed in Action: 18th September 1918, aged 33. Commemorated: Gauche wood Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, France (Grave 33); Be […]
LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
24/03/1918
Aged
19
BORN LOUTH, 1899. MARRIED AT LOUTH IN 1915. HIS WIDOW, GERTRUDE SMALLEY (1892-1975) & SON, THOMAS (1915-1995), LIVED IN LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS - 19/04/1918) AND AUSTIN FENN, GAINSBOROUGH, LINCS (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED AT LOUTH AS A TEENAGER. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 15303, 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. POST […]
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF DANIEL HOPPER (1860-1935) & AMELIA STOWE OVERTON (1862-1920), OF 31, MAPLE STREET, HULL AND 70, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL, (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF 10 CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY MESSENGER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1739, 4TH EYR. TRANSFERR […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF RICHARD & SARAH ANN HORSPOLE, OF 56 , BELMONT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 43 HOLLAND STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. A DRAPER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN 'B' COMPANY, THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, ON 28/09/1918, AGED 24. HE IS BURIED AT HULL […]
14 POPLAR PARADE, WALLER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
10/10/1918
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1896. LIVED WITH HIS SISTER AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. EMPLOYED AS A: RIVET HANDLER. ENLISTED HULL. EX 21949 EYR. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/10/1918, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO SISTER, ELIZABETH. HE IS BURIED AT ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT, SOMME, FRANCE
BORN HULL 1898. SECOND SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM HOWLETT & EMMA ALLISON, OF 12 , RAYWELL STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS AND ELDER BROTHER, GEORGE. HIS FATHER WAS A BREWERY DRAYMAN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1699, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/04/1918, AGED […]
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE E & ADA S JEFFERSON, OF 11, SELKIRK STREET, HULL AND 83, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WIFE LENA LIVED AT 83 HOLDERNESS ROAD & 29 MARKET PLACE, HULL. HE WORKED AS A CHEMIST ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 38154 EYR. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 44046, 7TH LINCOLN REGIMEN […]
Lance Corporal
21, Malpas Avenue, Spital Terrace, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, UK
Died on
29/05/1918
Aged
39
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 Sh […]
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THOMAS & EMMA MACHON, OF 11 TRINITY STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS). A FORMER TIMBER TRADE CLERK LIVING AT 30 ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AS PRIVATE, 22795, OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 44059, 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/08/1918, AGED 28. HE HA […]
BORN GRIMSBY 1897. SON OF GEORGE HENRY MASON & LOUISE MASON, OF 14 HESSLE AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE LIVED IN HULL. WORKED AS A BAKER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. SERVED WITH THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/07/1916, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS NAME IS RECORD […]
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF WALKER MITCHELL & ELIZABETH CRESSEY (FORMERLY MITCHELL) (1853-1928), OF 11, HINDS TERRACE, KELDGATE, BEVERLEY (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A GOODS PORTER, BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, FOR 14 YEARS. HE BOARDED AT 9, DOROTHY GROVE, NEWINGTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). H […]
BORN GRIMSBY 1884. WIFE GERTRUDE NICKSON LIVED AT 98A CUMBERLAND STREET (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED GRIMSBY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 25310, 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1917, AGED 33. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
