17th (Service) Battalion (N.E.R., Pioneers)
Sept 1914 Formed at Hull by the North Eastern Railway.
11.01.1915 Became a Pioneer Battalion.
June 1915 Moved to Catterick and joined the 32nd Division then moved to Codford St. Mary.
01.09.1915 Taken over by the War Office.
21.11.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of the Ancre.
19.10.1916 Transferred to G.H.Q. Railway Construction Troops.
02.09.1917 Rejoined the 32nd Division at Ghyvelde.
15.11.1917 Transferred to G.H.Q. Railway Construction again.
31.05.1918 Transferred to 52nd Division as Pioneer Battalion.
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Final Advance in Artois.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in Sirault N.W. of Mons, Belgium.
BORN BRIDLINGTON 1894. YOUNGEST SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM BANNING ( 1863-1943) & ANN DUGDALE (1860-1921), AT 270 , ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY AS A FOREMAN, FIREMAN AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE CLEANER. HIS FIANCEE WAS ANNIE. HE ENLISTED ON 08/05/1915, IN YORK. JOINED THE 17TH NORTHUM […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN HENRY BEAUTIMAN (1866-1939) AND BERTHA FOSTER (1873-1946), AT 95 BEAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 47, SPENCER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY PORTER. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN, LIVING AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 6/12/1915. SERVED OVERSEAS, WITH THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIE […]
67 UNION STREET, BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NORTH EAST ENGLAND, UK
Died on
12/04/1915
Aged
22
Born Blyth, 1892. Son of Mrs. E. Manners, of 67, Union Street, Blyth, Northumberland. Enlisted in the Railway Pals in Hull. Died in Hull, on 12/04/1915, aged 22. Buried Hedon Road Cemetery.
William Theakstone Berridge was born at Bishop Burton on 25/11/1888. William’s mother, Alice, died in 1898 and his father then married Mary Maw of Aike. William attended the school in Bishop Burton. William married Ellen Scott at North Dalton on 1st January 1913. Ellen, known as Nelly, was the only child of John and Alice Scott, a jour […]
23, St Andrew Street, Hull
Died on
01/03/1924
Aged
29
Born Hull, 1895. Son of Robert Eastwood (1852-1929) and Matilda Bidewell (1871-1949), of 3, Pheasant Terrace, Redbourne Street, Hull (1911 Census). A Warehouse Boy (1911 Census). He married Hilda Wilson, on 7 Dec 1918, at Harrogate, St Luke. They had one son, Frank (1920-1983). They lived at 23, St Andrew Street, Hull (war pension addre […]
14, KATES TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
10/07/1916
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF RICHARD BOLTON (1839-1905) & RACHEL HODGKINSON (1855-1933) AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT YORK. JOINED THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (THE RAILWAY PALS). KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE SOMME, ON 10/07/1916, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER RACHEL. BURIED AT BOU […]
Private Fred Brooks 17/1122 (1879-1917) 17th (Pioneer) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers Fred was born Charles Frederick Brooks in Hull in 1879 and from a very early age he lived with his Grandparents, Charles and Jane Rudd in Brantingham near Hull. He married Rose Simpson in Hornsea on the 22nd December 1904 and they lived in Southgat […]
9 SOUTHGATE GARDENS, HORNSEA, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
19/11/1918
Aged
39
BORN HULL 06/04/1879. SON OF CHARLES BROOKS, OF BRANTINGHAM, BROUGH, EAST YORKSHIRE. RAISED BY GRANDPARENTS AT 24 REED STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF ROSE SIMPSON & EIGHT CHILDREN, AT 9 SOUTHGATE GARDENS, HORNSEA (CWGC ADDRESS) EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY PLATER. HE ENLISTED ON 06/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE RAILWAY PALS, THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND […]
178 Hawthorne Avenue, Hull
Died on
29/06/1916
Aged
36
Born Reighton, Yorkshire, 1880. Son of John Burt (1837-1917) and Jane Marshall (1844-1907). He had four sisters and two brothers. Former NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY Joiner living at 50 Haddon Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 178 Hawthorne Avenue, Hull (War Pension Address). He was also the Athletics Secretary for Hull's, Health and Strength H […]
36 CHARLES STREET, DARLINGTON, DURHAM, COUNTY DURHAM, UK
Died on
13/07/1915
Aged
49
BORN DARLINGTON, 1866. HE DIED AT KING GEORGE DOCK, HULL, ON 13/07/1915, AGED 49. WHILE DRILLING HIS PLATOON OF RAILWAY PALS, THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE, WHO LIVED AT 36 CHARLES STREET, SHILDON, DURHAM. HE LEFT THREE CHILDREN. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 17/07/19 […]
Westgate, Co. Durham
Died on
05/07/1916
Aged
20
Son of William and Mary Colling, of Westgate, Co. Durham. Enlisted at Hull. Joined the 17th Railway Pals. Died of wounds, on 05/07/1916, aged 20. Buried at Wimereux Cemetery, France. His grave inscription reads, "A BREATHER OF AN AMPLER DAY FOR EVER NOBLER ENDS" Name Jacob Ralph Colling Birth Place Bishop Auckland Death Date 5 Jul […]
22 LOCKWOOD TERRACE, LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
12/06/1917
Aged
30
BORN 1887. EX NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. HE MARRIED, AMY MAY CROSSLAND, IN HULL 1915. THEY LIVED WITH IN LAWS, MR AND MRS CROSSLAND AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. ENLISTED IN THE RAILWAY PALS. THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, FORMED AT KING GEORGE COCK, HULL, IN 1914. HE DIED OF WOUNDS LEAVING A WIDOW AND […]
BORN WHITBY, 1894. SON OF LATE WILLIAM CROSBY & MRS ELIZA ANN EGTON, AT 42 , BRAZIL STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER DIED IN 1905. A FORMER RAILWAY WORKER. HE ENLISTED AT YORK. JOINED THE 17TH NFUS, NER 'RAILWAY PALS' BATTALION. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL. WOUNDED AT THE SOMME, HE DIED ON 06/07/1916, AGED 22, AT THE 38TH CASU […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM HARMER & LOUISE WOOTON, OF HULL. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1905 AND HIS MOTHER IN 1907. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN, THREE SISTERS AND A BROTHER CALLED ROBERT. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR AUNT AND UNCLE HARRIET ANN RUTTER AND JASPER RUTTER, AT 80, EDGAR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WORKED AS A NORTHEASTERN RAILWAY P […]
5 MILLER STREET, GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR, NORTH EAST ENGLAND, UK
Died on
05/08/1917
Aged
24
BORN NEWCASTLE 1893. ENLISTED HULL. NER SIGNAL MAN. JOINED THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (RAILWAY PALS). SON OF RICHARD AND ELIZABETH HOWEY, 5 MILLER STREET, BENSHAM, GATESHEAD, DURHAM. KILLED IN ACTION ON 05/08/1917, AGED 24. BURIED: Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
5 ETHEL'S TERRACE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
07/08/1918
Aged
26
BORN TRONDHEIM, NORWAY 27/08/1892. SON OF MAGNUS ADOLF JACOBSON AND MARY ANN RIGGALL (1869-1903). HE MARRIED CHARLOTTE FULLARD (1895-1962), AT SCULCOATES, HULL IN DECEMBER 1916. HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE AND SON JOSEPH (1918-2003), LIVED AT 5 ETHEL'S TERRACE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. HIS GRANDMOTHER MARY ANN RIGGALL, LIVED AT 10 RIPON STREET, […]
5, Enfield St., Middlesbrough
Died on
13/01/1917
Aged
27
Son of John Cook Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson, of 5, Enfield Street, Middlesbrough. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the Railway Pals. Died of wounds, on 13/01/1917, aged 27. Buried in France
Hull, East Yorkshire
Died on
26/01/1916
Aged
25
Born Melton Ross, Lincolnshire, 1891. Son of William and Fanny Lamming, of Melton Ross, Lincolnshire. A Farming family. He had six brothers and two sisters. A Contractor Horseman. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the Hull Railway Pals. Killed in action, on 26/01/1916, aged 25. His army effects were left to his father, William. His brot […]
22, Budle street, Westmoreland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
Died on
21/03/1918
Aged
27
Son of John and Bridget Livingstone, of 22, Budle street, Westmoreland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (war Pension address). He enlisted in Hull Served with the Hull Railway Pals. Died of wounds, on 21/03/1918, aged 27. Buried in Belgium.
BORN NOTTINGHAM, 1880. SON OF TOM WALKER LOCKTON (1862-1937) AND FRANCES ELIZABETH THEAKER (1863-1907). A COAL TRIMMER. HE MARRIED CLARA SMITH, AT THE GRIMSBY REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 18/04/1911. THEY LIVED AT 14, WILLIAM STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR SON, CHARLES FREDERICK LOCTON AND 19, VILLA PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE E […]
