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 11th Battalion
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BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THOMAS & BELLA KENNEDY, OF 8 PLEASANT TERRACE, REDBOURNE STREET, HULL. SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP AS A PATTERN MAKER AT THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKS, SPRINGHEAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH THE ROYAL FUSILIERS. REPORTED WOUNDED, MISSING AND THEN KILLED ON 22/08/1918, AGD 23. HIS […]
3 SALFORD AVENUE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/06/1918
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF SOPHIE & THE LATE JAMES BRADSHAW, AT 3 SALFORD AVENUE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPOLYED BY MR ROBSON, FISH CURER, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. CORPORAL, IN THE 11TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. ON 1ST JUNE 1918, HE LED HIS SECTION AND CUT OFF THE ENEMY'S RETREAT, SHOWING GREAT SKILL […]
1 WELTON TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
10/10/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF MR & MRS ANNIE ELIZABETH CLARK, OF 1 WELTON TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR HORNER'S SAWMILL, MADELEY STREET, HULL AND WORKED ON THE TRAWLERS AT SEA. HE ENLISTED AT OTLEY, YORKSHIRE. EX PRIVATE, 24832 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 45958, 11TH NORTHUMBE […]
4 BLENKIN PLACE, WALLER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
04/10/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF GEORGE HENRY CRESSEY AND AMELIA CRESSEY, OF 4 BLENKINS PLACE, WALLER STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCKER. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A FIREMAN ON THE RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS CORPORAL, 5480, 11TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 04/10/1916, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE […]
Lance Corporal
9 , FENCHURCH STREET, STEPNEY LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
27/05/1918
Aged
20
BORN HORSFORTH, YORKS, 1898. ONLY CHILD OF JOHN JAMES KIRK & JANE BURTON, OF 9 FENCHURCH STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE, AT EARLES SHIPYARD, HULL, BEFORE JOING THE ARMY IN SEPTEMBER 1914. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 11TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. SERVED IN FRANCE, FROM 25/08/1915. HE WAS MENTION […]
2 MILL LANE, ELLERBY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
20/09/2017
Aged
34
Born Ellerby, Yorks 1883. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Major, Skirlaugh. Left wife Ellen Major and three children. was a Railway plate layer. He is recorded on St James church memorial, Ellerby, East Yorkshire.
6 , ALBERT AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK HU3 3AP
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Died on
06/08/1916
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF CHARLES MENNELL (1845-1925) & FREDA OF 146 ROSEMEAD STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS A HOUSE PAINTER. MARRIED ANNIE VENUS (1891-1957), IN 1915. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 25/08/1915. SERVED WITH THE 11TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 06/08/1916, AGED 30. HIS WI […]
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOSEPH & ANN ROBINSON, OF 6 CLAREMONT AVENUE, BEECROFT STREET, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL. OCCUPATION : PORTER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 11TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 05/10/1916, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED AT THIEPVAL. HE LEFT 2 BROTHERS, 2 SISTERS & JESSIE.
