Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
16th (Service) Battalion (Newcastle)
Sept 1914 Formed by Newcastle & Gateshead Chamber of Commerce at Newcastle.
Nov 1914 Moved to Alnwick then Cramlington, Northumberland.
Jun 1915 Moved to Catterick and join the 96th Brigade of the 32nd Division then moved to Codford St. Mary.
22.11.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of the Ancre.
1917
Operations on the Ancre, The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line.
07.02.1918 Disbanded at Elverdinghe, remaining personnel transferred to the Territorial Forces Battalions of the 50th Division.
Born Hull 12/05/1891. Son of Thomas Livingston (1855-1902) and Mary Ann Robinson (1855-1908), of 8 Vincent Terrace, Norwood Street, Hull. He married Ethel C McCarthy at Sculcoates, Hull, on 15/04/1911. They had two children. He enlisted at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Served as Sergeant, 1st/6th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. Died on 09/05/1918, aged 26. His army effects were left … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN WELTON (1857-1941) & ALICE BLANCHARD, OF, 163, WOODCOCK STREET (1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE WAS SON OF A RAILWAY ENGINE DRIVER. EMPLOYED AS A ‘CORN MAN’ AND FARM WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 2ND DECEMBER 1917, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. … Read more
BORN HULL 30/01/1895. SON OF MR ISSAC ROSENTHALL (1853-1930) & FANNY ROSENTHAL (1858-1929), AT 10, MYTON STREET, HULL & 44 GRAFTON STREET, LEEDS. ONE OF TWELVE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER RAN A TOBACCONIST SHOP. EMPLOYED AS A TAILOR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 01/09/1914, AGED 20 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS … Read more
BORN ANLABY, HULL 1892. SON OF HARRY AND ALICE COLLINE, OF 14 DITMAS AVENUE, ANLABY COMMON AND THE POPLARS, POCKLINGTON. SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WAS A WAGONER ON RAWDALES FARM, WILLERBY AND PRIOR TO WAR A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER, AT THE BOTANIC GARDENS DEPOT, SPRING BANK, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/04/1915, … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ALFRED B & ELIZABETH WALSH, OF, 75, LOWGATE, HULL, & 47, PARK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, MRS BARROW, AT 6, CARISBROOK AVENUE, MONTROSE STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS AN APPRENTICE MARKET GARDENER AT MRS HOWELLS, PRESTON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1885. FOURTH SON OF JOSEPH & SARAH THOMPSON, OF ENDYKE LANE, COTTINGHAM (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT LABOURER. FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY THE GENERAL POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS, HULL DISTRICT, FOR SEVEN YEARS. SERVED IN THE 16TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF PYERNIA, ON 29TH MAY 1917, AGED 32. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ARTHUR SPOONER (1853-1939) & MARY ANN BUTTERS (1855-1936), OF 17 FLINTON STREET, HESSLE ROAD HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND SIX SISTERS. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER (1911 CENSUS) AND WAS EMPLOYED WITH HIS BROTHER, BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. HIS ADDRESS … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ARTHUR PLUMMER (1848-1914) & MRS EMMA NEWSOME (1857-1930), OF, 49, ENGLISH STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 98, PAISLEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 7, LONGDEN STREET, NEWINGTON, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A SHOEING SMITH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL FORMERLY, TROOPER, 31481, GENERAL SERVICE CAVALRY. TRANSFERRED … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF CHARLES MILFORD (1852-1935) AND MARGARET DILLON. HE WAS ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS FROM BATH, SOMERSET AND RETURNED THERE SOON AFTER CHARLES WAS BORN. CHARLES MILFORD WORKED AS A MINER, IN NORTHUMBERLAND. HE MARRIED AT MORPETH, IN 1909 – WIFE JANE DANCE (1890-1943), LIVED AT 1 WINDSOR ROAD, … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF HENRY AND ELIZABETH HOBBS, OF THEARNE, BEVERLEY. A FARM LABOURER. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. KILLED IN ACTION 17/09/1917, AGED 30. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS AR,Y EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER HENRY. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WOODMANSEY, THEARNE AND BEVERLEY PARKS MEMORIAL. BURIED: COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM.
