Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
12th & 13th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed at Newcastle as part of the Third New Army (K3) then moved to Halton Park and joined the 62nd Brigade of the 21st Division, then moved to Aylesbury area.
May 1915 Moved to back to Halton Park and then Witley, Surrey.
Sept 1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Battle of Loos (the Division suffered over 3,800 casualties and took the rest of the year to rebuild)
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy.
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The flanking operations around Bullecourt, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Second Battle of Passchendaele, The Cambrai Operations.
10.08.1917 Amalgamated with the 13th Battalion forming the 12/13th Battalion.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The First Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Messines, The Second Battle of Kemmel, The Battle of the Aisne 1918, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war near Berlaimont, France.
Born Leeds, 1886. Son of Charles Edward and Isabel Moore (1853-1937), of 20, Linnaeus Street, Hull (War Pension address). He had four siblings. Worked as a Blacksmith’s Striker, living at 62 Birley Street, Pendleton, Manchester (1911 Census). Enlisted at Manchester. Formerly, Private, 16720, Manchester Regiment. Transferred to the 12th/13th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers. Reported missing during the … Read more
Born Welwick, Yorkshire, 1897. Son of Jabez and Mary Jane Eldret, of Hollym Near Withernsea. He had two brother and two sisters. He enlisted in Hull. Formerly, Private, 13/1372, in the Hull Pals. He transferred to the 12th/13th Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to France, on 29/12/1915. Died on 16/04/1918, aged 20. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot … Read more
Born Thirsk, 1879. A railway plate layer. He married Maude Mary Appleby, at Thirsk in 1917 . Husband of Maude Mason, of Maunby Gate House, Thirsk, Yorks. Enlisted at York. Served with the 12th/13th Northumberland fusiliers. Died on 04/10/1917, aged 37. Commemorated n the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, the Patrington ww1 Memorial and at St … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD BURNHAM & MARY ANN STAINFORTH OF 83 SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. A FORMER RULLYMAN FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED AT NEWCASTLE. SERVED IN THE 12TH/13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED RESCUING A WOUNDED COMRADE, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 31. AWARDED THE … Read more
BORN YORK 1893. ENLISTED YORK. SON OF THOMAS & ANNIE WINTERINGHAM, YORK. LISTED AS A HULL CASUALTY IN HDM 30/10/17 AND LIVING IN COTTINGHAM, YORKS. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM
BORN HULL1897. SON OF GEORGE HENRY AND PRISCILLA WALKER, OF 1, BARNSLEY TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, 8, BRAMWELL TERRACE, GREY STREET, HULL AND 21, IMPERIAL TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A STORE KEEPER FOR THE WILSON LINE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 12TH/13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF WALTER & CLARA STANING, OF 455 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HIS SISTER MURIEL DIED ON 13/03/1908, AGED 23. HE SERVED IN THE 1ST EYR FROM 07/01/1902 – 31/08/1908, REACHING THE RANK OF COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR. HE THEN ENLISTED IN THE 5TH EYR TERRITORIALS FOR 1 YEAR, … Read more
BORN WOLVES 1893. SON OF WILLIAM & ADA OXLEY, OF 64, HAVELOCK STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF DOROTHY OXLEY, OF 171 , ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED EIGHT YEARS, FOR MESSRS, DALTON, LAMBERT & CO, KINGSTON CHAMBER, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL COMMERCIALS, IN SEPTEMBER 1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 542, 10TH EYR. … Read more
BORN HULL 03/12/1898. SON KNOWLES METCALF & KATE VIOLET METCALFE, OF 30, BLACKFRIARGATE, QUEENS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND THIS 7. WILLIAM TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL. YOUNGEST OF THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HIS FATHER WAS A HAWKER AND CONVICTED THIEF. WILLIAM ATTENDED SALTHOUSE SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS UNTRUTHFUL AND LEADER OF … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF HENRY & EMMA MARKWELL – 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. LABOURER
