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 1891. ENLISTED LINCOLN. LIVED MARTON, YORKSHIRE. SON OF JOSEPH & EDITH PEARSON, GRIMSBY. DIED OF WOUNDS.
BORN HULL 1893. YOUNGEST SON OF CAPTAIN, WILLIAM HENRY PINCHON & ELIZA BOSTON PINCHON, OF 15, RYDE STREET, HULL, 60, PARK GROVE, HULL & "LEYS COTTAGE", ATWICK ROAD, HORNSEA. ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WORKED FOR B. SMITH'S GROCERS BEFORE ENLISTING IN 1911. DESCIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 34-35 […]
232 , NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
28/04/1917
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1886. SINGLE MAN. A WAREHOUSEMAN FOR THOMPSON SHIP OWNERS, HEDON ROAD. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS SERGEANT IN THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/04/1917, AGED 32. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM, WITH HIS ADDRESS & PHOTO - HDM 22/05/1917. * HE IS BURIED AT CHILI TRENCH CEMETERY, GAVRELLE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
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 HULL. FORMERLY, PR […]
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 […]
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 […]
BORN HULL 1887. ENLISTED HULL IN 1914. SON OF WILLIAM EDWIN & FRANCES FORD STEEL, GRIMSBY.
17 BRIGHTS GROVE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE., HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
12/03/1916
Aged
27
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 Stre […]
3, NORTHUMBERLAND AVE., HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/06/1918
Aged
35
Born Cherry Burton, 1883. His wife, Edith and daughters Elsie and Betsie, lived at 3, Northumberland Avenue, Hull (CWGC address). A farm foreman and ex Blundell's paint worker. Enlisted Hull. Formerly, Private, 204752 EYR. he transferred to the 7th Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds, 03/06/1918, aged 35. His name is recorded in Hull' […]
THE BUNGALOW, WEST KEAL, SPILSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/08/1918
Aged
27
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 3 […]
2, HARRIET SQUARE, SCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
02/03/1916
Aged
30
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 02/03/1916, A […]
