Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
14th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers)
Sept 1914 Formed in Newcastle as part of the Third New Army (K3) joining the 21st Division at Halton Park and Aylesbury area.
Jan 1915 Became Pioneer Battalion and moved to 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.
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 HULL 1887. SON OF ARTHUR AND HARRIET PEARCE. HE WAS MARRIED, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1906. HIS WIFE ALICE McLOUGHLIN AND THEIR CHILDREN, GEORGE, MINNIE AND CHARLES LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. THEY ALSO LIVED AT 8 WILFRED’S TERRACE, BEAUMONT STREET (1911 CENSUS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A DOCK LABOURER AND A … Read more
BORN HULL 04/07/1879. SON OF THOMAS ELLIOT (1843-1897) AND MARY RICHARDSON (1845-1914), OF 307 BOULEVARD, HULL. SON OF A TIN PLATE WORKER. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN, THE FAMILY LIVED AT 4 NEPTUNE PLACE AND 1 CLAPPISON SQUARE, SCULCOATES, HULL. JOHN ELLIOT HAD BEEN A REGULAR SOLDIER AND SERVED IN THE BOER WAR (Private 3052 of … Read more
BORN SELBY 1896. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM DALE AND SARAH ANN MORRIS, BISHOPTHORPE, YORKSHIRE. HE HAD THREE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED HULL, IN APRIL 1915. TRAINED AT WITTEY CAMP FROM 03/09/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1143 14TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, … Read more
BORN WITHERNSEA, 1883. SON OF JANE CURTIS AND ELIJAH WILLIAMSON. HE MARRIED ADA MARY JOHNSON AT PATRINGTON, IN 1905. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN, BORN BETWEEN 1904-1914. HE LIVED AT 10, HEARFIELD TERRACE, EASTGATE, HESSLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER. WEEKLY WAR PENSION WAS 36/3 SHILLINGS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS SERGEANT, … Read more
BORN 04/08/1889, EDGEWARE, MIDDLESEX. HIS FULL NAME WAS WILLIAM WARDSWORTH CLARKE WINTER. SON OF ALICE & WWC. WINTER. A FORMER NORTH- EASTERN RAILWAY PORTER. ENLISTED YORK. HI WIDOW VIOLET WINTER & FIVE CHILDREN LIVED AT 8 OAKLAND AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AGED 27. HIS DEATH, ADDRESS & PHOTOGRAPH … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF THOMAS AND ANNIE SPENCER AT THIS HULL ADDRESS. BOARDED AT 99 ETON STREET IN 1911. A GROCER’S ASSISTANT. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH 14TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 29/09/1918, AGED 31. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EDITH.
BORN HULL 1879. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF CHARLES & ROSE ALICE ROBINSON – 2 EDGAR STREET. WIFE OLIVE & 6 CHILDREN ABOVE 1911. BREWERY WORKER. HE IS BURIED AT CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, NORD, FRANCE.
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF TOM MITCHELL & MARIE LOUISA WALTON, OF 7, QUEENS TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET AND 135 FRANCIS STREET. HIS FATHER WAS A HULL SCHOOL TEACHER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND A SISTER. EMPLOYED AS A SHIPPING OFFICE CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. COMMISSIONED TO THE LEWIS GUN SECTION. DIED OF BRONCHO … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1899. ONLY SON OF EDWARD PINKNEY LINGWOOD & JANE LINGWOOD OF, 2, VILLA TERRACE, VILLA PLACE, AND 12, CECIL GROVE, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS SISTER MABEL LIVED AT 27 , VILLA PLACE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. FORMERLY 38526, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JAMES BOOTYMAN (1863-1940) & FLORENCE ANNIE HAIGH (1870-1922), AT 42, SHERBURN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DRAPER’S ASSISTANT. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A GROCER’S ERRAND BOY, LIVING AT 17 ST PAUL STREET, HULL (1911). ENLISTED AT YORK. JOINED THE 32ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 14TH BATTALION. DIED … Read more
