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.
Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers 1/4th Battalion
4 Sydney Terrace, Londesborough Street, Hull.
Died on
07/04/1918
Aged
19
Born Hindolveston, Norfolk. 1899. Son of Frederick James Reeder and Harriet Elizabeth Reeder, of 109 Scukcoates Lane, Hull, (1911 Census) and 4 Sydney Terrace, Londesborough Street, Hull. The third of seven children. Son of a Grocery Manager. He enlisted in Beverley. Served withthe 4th Northumberland Fusiliers. Died on 07/04/1918, aged […]
BORN HULL 1876. SON OF RICHARD WILLIAM SCURR (1845-1933) & LYDIA ANN TERRY (1850-1935), OF 410, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. SON OF A DRAPER. HE WORKED AS A DRAPER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX, PRIVATE, 3657 NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 201229, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. H […]
Lance Corporal
2 JAMES PLACE, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/02/1917
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH SIMS ABOVE. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AT HULL DOCKS & LIVED AT 23 NAYLOR'S ROW. HE DIED FROM BRONCHITIS & PNEUMONIA, AGED 24. (NO CWGC RECORD.) HE LEFT A WIDOW AND ONE CHILD AT 23 NAYOR'S ROW. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 13TH MARCH 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * BUR […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF SAMUEL JUSTICE & ELIZABETH SKELTON OF THE GOLDEN LION, QUEENSTREET. BROTHER OF NELLIE AIREY ABOVE.
BORN HULL 1886. ELDEST SON OF ROBERT TROWELL (1860-1934) AND CHARLOTTE ANN BUCK (1865-1952), OF 81, LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER CALLED HILDA. HE WORKED AT THE RECKITT'S FACTORY AS A PACKER AND LABOURER, WITH HIS FATHER WHO WAS A FOREMAN AND HIS BROTHERS, GEORGE, JAMES AND FRANK. HE RESIDED AT 10, CLARENCE […]
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JACK WALKER (1864-1932) & MARY WIDDOWSON (1866-1943), OF 167 AND 181 BEAN STREET, HULL. KNOWN AS "BERT". HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. SON OF A FISH MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (TERRITORIALS). DIED ON 11/04/1918, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORA […]
8 ROSEMOUNT AVENUE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/08/1918
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS & LYDIA MARIA WEBB, OF 8 ROSEMOUNT AVENUE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WORKED FOR MR JOHN CLOSE, LOWGATE. DIED AT TRELON AS A PRISONER OF WAR. DEATH REPORTED IN HDM 17/12/18. HIS BROTHER SYDNEY WILLIAM WEBB WAS KILLED THE PREVIOUS MONTH ON 1/6/18. ADDRESS FROM HDM & 1918 ABSENT VOTERS. […]
BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF MICHAEL & SARAH ANN WHITE, HULL. IN 1911 HE WAS AN INMATE OF THE WELBURN REFORMATORY. HE ENLISTED IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN HULL. TRANSFERRED TO THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN BELGIUM, ON 19/12/1917, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS ELDER SISTER, MRS EDITH LEE. HE LEFT OTHER YOUNGER SIST […]
BORN HULL 1887. FULL NAME FREDERICK JAMES HERALD WILLIS. SON OF JOHN (1839-1912) & MARY JANE WILLIS (1850-1918), OF 67 NAYLORS ROW, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (TERRITORIALS). DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 28/03/1918, AGED 32. HE IS BURIED AT NAMPS-AU-VAL BRITISH C […]
BORN COTTINGHAM 1887. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT, OF 66 PULMAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION 26/10/1917, AGED 30. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SHARED EVENLY BETWEEN WILLIAM DALBY, MARY E DALBY AND EVERLYN DALBY. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL TO THE MIS […]
