10th & 11th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed at Newcastle as part of the Third New Army (K3) then moved to Bullswater near Frensham to join the 68th Brigade of the 23rd Division.
Dec 1914 Moved to North Camp, Aldershot.
Feb 1915 Moved to Ashford, Kent and then Bramshott, Hampshire.
Aug 1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
Trench familiarisation as part of the 20th (Light) and 27th Divisions and then took control of the front line at Ferme Grande Flamengrie to the Armentieres-Wez Macquart road and at Bois Grenier.
1916
The German Attack on Vimy Ridge, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy, The capture of Le Sars.
1917
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The First Battle of Passchendaele, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
Nov 1917 Deployed to Italy to strengthen the Italian resistance;
1918
The fighting on the Asiago Plateau, The Battle of Vittorio Veneto, including the passage of the Piave and the battle of Monticano.
04.11.1918 Ended the war in Porcia, Italy.
Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers 10th Battalion
Aldbrough, Hull, East Yorkhsire, UK
Died on
20/09/1917
Born Driffield. Enslisted Beverley. resided Aldbrough. Formerly 26289, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the 10th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action on 20/09/1917. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium and the Aldbrough Village Memorial.
13 ASHBOURNE GROVE, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
01/08/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ADA FRANCES JACKSON & THE LATE WILLIAM HENRY BRINHAM OF 13 ASHBOURNE GROVE, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WORKED WOTHHIS BROTHERS AT HULLS IDEAL STANDARD RADIATOR COMPANY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION ON 01/08/1916, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOT […]
Died on
20/09/1917
Aged
31
Born Hull. 1886. Son of James Albert Caws (1864-1942) and Christiana Gardner Bonewell (1854–1925), of 20, Paradise Place, Myton Place, Hull (War Pension address). Eldest son of a Sanitary officer. He had two brothers and two sisters. Worked as a dock Labourer. Enlisted Alnwick. Served with the 10th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in ac […]
BORN SHEFFIELD. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 216885 ARMY SERVICE CORPS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 55612, 10TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIER. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, IN ITALY, ON 27/10/1918. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO A FRIEND NAMED CAROLINE HEATH. HE IS BURIED AT TEZZE BRITISH CEMETERY, ITALY. CENSUS ADDRESS NOT FOUND.
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM FAWCETT & ALICE BEAN, OF THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF TWELVE CHILDREN. WAS MEMBER OF 1ST HULL SCOUT'S TROOP. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 22/09/1917, AGED 18. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S HYMER COLLEGE MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED AT LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY […]
Lance Sergeant
BORN GREAT YARMOUTH, 1892. SON OF JOHN GRIMMER (1854-1918) & ISABEL EMMA GRIMMER (1856-1894). HE MARRIED ELSIE MAY STOBBS (1888-1963) AT HULL IN APRIL 1916 AND LIVED AT 238, HESSLE ROAD HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS IS HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. OBTAINED THE RANK OF LANCE SERGEA […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ALFRED & MARGARET HANSON, AT 9, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A VAN DRIVER AT SISSONS & CO. A SINGLE MAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, IN FRANCE, ON 03/12/1915, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WIT […]
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF MARGARET & JOHN LENG, HULL. WIFE LIVED AT 169 HAXLEY ROAD, YORK. HULL HEROES WEBSITE.
69, Spyvee Street, Hull
Died on
18/07/1916
Aged
19
Born Hull 1896. Son of William and Harriet Ellen Rimmington, of 69, Spyvee Street, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a Driller. Third of four brothers. Employed as a Plater. He enlisted in Hull. Served in the 10th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action, on 18/07/1916. His army effects were left to his father, William. He is commemo […]
Private, STEPHENSON, ARTHUR, Service Number, 44770, Enlisted Beverley. Reported Missing. Presumed Killed on 20/09/1917, 10th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. His name is recorded on the Leven, Roll of Honour, St Peter's Church, Leven, East Yorkshire. Born Riston, Leven, 1882. Son of John and Sarah Ann Stephenson, of Leven. Eldest of four so […]
Born South Shields, 1888. Second son of William and Elizabeth Ward, of 7, Guisborough Street, Sunderland. He lived with his sister, Mrs Wallace, at 348 Anlaby Road, Hull and 26 Plane Street, Hull. Before the war he worked for the Hull Radiator Company. He enlisted Hull. Served with the 10th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action, o […]
