1/4th 1/5th & 1/6th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 1/4th stationed at Hexham, the 1/5th stationed at Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne and the 1/6th stationed at Northumberland Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne, both part of the Northumberland Brigade of the Northumbrian Division, on Tyne Defences.
April 1915 Mobilised for war and Landed in France where the formation became 149th Brigade of the 50th Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Battle of St Julien, The Battle of Frezenburg Ridge, The Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge.
1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Wancourt Ridge, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Actions at the Somme Crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of the Aisne.
15.07.1918 Reduced to cadre and moved to defend Lines of Communication in the Dieppe area.
16.08.1918 Transferred to the 118th Brigade of the 39th Division which supervised American Troop training.
10.11.1918 All Disbanded.
Born Elloughton 1894 Son of the late George William Beaulah (1857-1922) & Mary Anna Verity (1859-1921), of Elloughton, Brough, Yorkshire and 53 Craven Street, Hull (War Pension address). He worked with his father as a Carting Labourer. He had four brothers and six sisters. He enlisted in at Elloughton. Served as Pte, George Carlill […]
CHAPEL YARD, HESSLE, HESSLE, EAST RIDING, United Kingdom
Died on
03/01/1917
Aged
33
BORN HESSLE 1883. SON OF RICHARD BEADLE & HANNAH (PERRYMAN). LABOURER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 5354, 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 03/01/1917, AGED 33. COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS BROTHER WAS ALSO KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/10/1917. BOTH THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOU […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF GEORGE WILSON BORMAN (1861-1930) & ANNIE BAUMFORTH (1868-1935), OF 21 PULMAN STREET, HULL 9WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A LABOURER. ONE OF 12 CHILDREN. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS, SOME OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. HE ENLISTED IN HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, 5 […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF SARAH JANE (1871-1938) AND TENNYSON BULSON (1867-1912), OF 6, GORDON STREET, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SHE OWNED THE BUTCHER'S SHOP AT 65, PORTER STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1912. HIS FATHER WAS A BUTCHER AT 65 PORTER STREET. BEFORE […]
BORN SHERBURN, MALTON, YORKSHIRE, 1899. SON OF HARRY VASEY CLARKE (1874-1942) AND ALICE SHERWWOD (1869-1934), OF SHERBURN, MALTON, YORKSHIRE, AND 17 NEWLAND GREEN, NEWLAND PARK, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). BROTHER TO LYDIA AND SYDNEY. HE ENLISTED AT HULL AS 114266 TERRITORIAL RESERVES. POSTED TO FRANCE AS PRIVATE. 75851, 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FU […]
Lance Corporal
15, CHESTNUT AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
27/05/1918
Aged
27
BORN HULL 01/09/1890. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM COOPER (1860-1910) & ANNIE MARIA INGRAM (1864-1930), OF 34 STANIFORTH PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. AN ENGINE CLEANER FOR THE NORTH EAST RAILWAYS. HE MARRIED ADA WAUDBY (1891-1977), AT ST BARNABAS CHURCH, HULL, ON 31/08/1912. THEY LIVED AT 15 CHESTNUT AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR C […]
BORN BOSTON, LINCS 1892. SON OF JAMES COULSON AND BERTH EMILY COULSON, OF 141 PLANE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 297 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FISH MERCHANT. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3616, 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. […]
BORN WITHERNWICK, HULL 1893. FIRST SON OF JOHN COUSINS (1871-1930) & NORA AGAR (1871-1936), AT 55 BEETON STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, NORA, WHO LIVED AT 59, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY LINE. HIS UNMARRIED WIFE WAS BEATRICE JOY JACKSON, WHO LIVED AT 1, KENT […]
BORN WITHERNWICK, HULL 1895. SECOND SON OF JOHN COUSINS (1871-1930) & NORA AGAR (1871-1936), AT 55 BEETON STREET, HULL AND 59 ARUNDEL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A CARTER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS. HIS SISTER, NORA, LIVED AT 59 ARUNDEL STREET, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A GROCER'S ASSISTANT, LIVING AT 23 BURLEIGH STREET, HULL (191 […]
Leconfield, Yorkshire
Died on
26/10/1917
Aged
22
Born Arram, Yorkshire, 1895. Son of Edith Sarah Blakestone (1871-1951) and Hugh Seymour Grant (1843-1920), of Arram and Ticton, Beverley (War pension addresses). His father was born in Brandesburton and considerably older than his mother, who was born in Cherry Burton. His parents married at Beverley in 1894. Their children were all bo […]
BORN HARROGATE 1886. ELDEST SON OF JAMES AND ALICE JACKSON, OF 3, ASH GROVE, PARK ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A BUGLER IN THE 2ND VOLUNTEER EAST RIDING TERRIRORIALS. AN APPRENTICE WHITE SMITH AT MESSRS. YOUNG AND PECK, JAMESON STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED AT CHEMIN DES DAMES […]
43 NORWOOD GROVE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
29
BORN BEVERLEY, 1887. FOURTH SON OF ROBERT HUNSLEY (1855-1940) & LOUISA BELCHER (1854-1904), OF 43 NORWOOD GROVE BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A JOINER AND CABINET MAKER. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1904. A FORMER BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED IN BECVERLEY AND WAS KILLED ON THE SOMME. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. THE THREE […]
5, CHARLOTTES TERRACE, BEETON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/09/1917
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF SAMUEL SMITH JACKSON (1864-1895) & ELIZA ANN SHIELDS (1866-1937), OF 55 KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. EX DOCK LABOURER. MARRIED ON 25/12/1913 AT ST PETER'S CHURCH, HULL. HUSBAND OF EDITH ANNIE EDITH (ADAMS), AT 5 CHARLOTTES TERRACE, BEETON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD T […]
139 , CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/09/1918
Aged
18
BORN DEWSBURY, YORKSHIRE, 1900. ONLY SON OF JAMES & JANE LAMB, OF 139 CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, HULL AND 71, CHOLMLEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A TAILOR CUTTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (TERRITORIALS). DIED IN GERMANY, AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 13/09/1918, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFEC […]
SOUTHERGATE, HEDON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
32
BORN HEDON, HULL, 1884. ONLY SON OF MRS ANNE ELIZA LONSDALE, SOUTHERGATE, HEDON (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A RULLYMAN IN THE HAY AND STRAW TRADE. HE ENLISTED IN THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS ON 18/03/1915. HE LEFT FOR FRANCE IN JULY 1916. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3591, 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 15/09/1916 AND […]
24, Quay St., Newport, Isle of Wight
Died on
17/09/1916
Aged
27
Born Lowestoft, Suffolk, 1889. Son of Mr. Duncan McLean and the late Sarah McLean, of 24, Quay St., Newport, Isle of Wight. His father was born in Victoria, Australia and worked as a Draper. John was a Dentist, living at 54 Monks Rd Lincoln (1911 Census). He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1/4th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in acti […]
110, NORTHGATE, HESSLE, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
26/10/1917
Aged
32
Born 1885. Son of William Monkman (1832-1902) and Susannah Ellis (1841-1923), of Skirlaugh and 110, Northgate, Hessle (war Pension address). He had three brothers and seven sisters. Worked as a Farm Labourer, in Skirlaugh (1911 Census) and Hessle. He enlisted at Beverley. Served as Private, 4/7275, 5/7350, & 242510, all 1/4 Northumb […]
6, ALBANY TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
10/04/1918
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF HENRY NEAL & ALICE HOUGHTON (1865-1938), OF 6, ALBANY TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) OR 6, ALBANY TERRACE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A LABOURER. HE WAS A HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2896, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED T […]
BORN HULL OCTOBER 1897. SON OF FRED JENNINGS OLIVER (1867-1942) & SOPHIA ANN WAUDBY (1869-1940). SON OF A BUILDER CONTRACTOR. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, HAROLD, SYDNEY AND DONALD. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 2 HORACE AVENUE, CAVE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3072, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO T […]
BORN HULL 1900. ONLY SON OF EDWIN STAMP PIERCY & ELIZABETH JANE PIERCY, OF 72 CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, A. LACEY & CO, COAL EXPORTERS, SAVILLE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 66462, 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS REPORTED WOUNDED IN HOSPITAL IN MAY 1918. (HDM 01/ […]
