Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers 1/7th Battalion

1/7th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 Stationed at Alnwick as 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.
12.02.1918 Transferred to the 42nd Division as a Pioneer Battalion and then Division engaged in various actions;
1918
The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of the Ancre, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war near Hautmont, France.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
, YORK, , YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
09/11/1918
       
Aged
37
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF WILLIAM & CHRISTINA. RESIDED & ENLISTED MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, BROTHER JOHN & 4 SISTERS.
53 MINSTER MOOR GATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
       
       
Died on
15/09/1916
       
Aged
28
BORN BEVERLEY 1888. SON OF HENRY CONSTABLE (1857-1917) AND ELLEN ANN GLEADHILL (1866-1915), OF 51 MINSTER MOOR GATE, BEVERLEY AND 51 DAY STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A BUTCHER'S LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 1/7TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED 15/09/1916, AGED 28. COMMEM […]
19 WOOD LANE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
       
       
Died on
27/10/1917
       
Aged
28
Born Hull 1890. Son of Ellen Creighton, of 19, Wood Lane, Beverley, and the late Frank Creighton. Enlisted Beverley. Served with the 1/7th Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds, on 27/10/1917, aged 28. Unmarried. His army effects were left to his mother, Eleen. He is buried in Belgium. His grave inscription, reads, "IN GOD'S KEEPING" […]
181 , SPRING BANK WEST, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
03/09/1916
       
Aged
40
BORN COTTINGHAM 1876. SON OF JAMES ELLIS (1842-1928) & ELIZABETH ELLIS (1841-1931), AT THIS ADDRESS. A FAMILY BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 03/09/1916, AGED 40, AT THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JAMES. HE IS BURIED IN […]
, SPROATLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
       
       
Died on
24/10/1917
       
Aged
20
Born Marton, Yorkshire, 1897. Son of William Hodgson (1862-1913) and Isabella Sweeting (1862-1904). Son of a gardener. One of eight children. He enlisted at Stockton-on- Tees, Yorks. Served as Private, 35406, William James Hodgson, 1st/7th Northumberland Fusilier. Killed on 24/10/1917, aged 20. He is commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial. […]
132 REGENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
14/11/1916
       
Aged
37
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF WILLIAM AND MARY ANN JENKINS, OF 83 BEAN STREET, HULL. SON OF A BOILER MAKER. WORKED AS A PAWN BROKER (1901 CENSUS). MARRIED IN 1900. HUSBAND OF ANNIE SELINA JENKINSON, OF 113 REGENT STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST/7TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (TERRITORIALS). KILLED IN ACTION ON 14/11/1916. HIS […]
2 ALBANY VILLAS, HULL ROAD, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
15/09/1916
       
Aged
24
BORN HESSLE, 1892. ONLY SON OF GEORGE HENRY & MARY ELLEN JOHNSON, AT 2 ALBANY VILLAS, HULL ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A MUSIC TEACHER. HE ENLSITED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE FIRST LINE, 7TH BATTALION, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 24. UNMARRIED HE LEFT SISTERS, LAURA AND NELLIE. HIS WAR PENSION […]
76 , DAY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
25/07/1916
       
Aged
28
BORN HULL 3/8/1888. ENLISTED ALNWICK. LIVED DRIFFIELD, SON OF ALFRED WILLIAM & ANNIE ELIZA ROBSON, HULL 1901 CENSUS ADDRESS. PHOTO
2 GLADSTONE TERRACE, FERRYHILL STATION, COUNTY DURHAM, UK
       
Area
       
Died on
26/10/1917
       
Aged
29
BORN KIRKBY SEXTON, YORKS 1888. SON OF THOMAS WATSON (1851-1926) & ELIZABETH PARKER (1859-1910). HE MARRIED, ON 05/11/1907. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE DANIEL (1898-1960). ENLISTED FERRYHILL, DURHAM. SERVED IN THE 1/7TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (HULL RAILWAY PALS). LISTED AS A HULL CASUALTY. HIS ARMY PENSION WAS LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, FLORENC […]
5 GRANVILLE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
15/09/1916
       
Aged
37
BORN HULL 1879.  SON OF RUEBEN & CHARLOTTE WILSON, OF 17 MATHEWS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 5 GRANVILLE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. A FORMER COACH FITTER. ENLISTED HULL. HE SERVED WITH 7TH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. REPORTED MISSING AND OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED LATER AS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 37. HIS DEATH WA […]