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.
92 CLAVERING PLACE, NEWCASTLE, TYNE AND WEAR, NORTH EAST ENGLAND, United Kingdom
Died on
09/05/1918
Aged
34
A Railway Porter. He enlisted in Hull, joining the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers, know as the 'Railway Pals'. As per CWGC records, he was the son of Isabella McCall, of 92, Clavering Place, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Native of Pittenweem, Fifeshire, Scotland. Killed in action on 9th May 1918, during the German Spring Offensive. His age was give […]
10, Church St., Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool.
Died on
15/07/1916
Aged
28
Born Scarborough, 1888. Son of James Shaw McLaren and Hannah Jane McLaren of Bennington, Yorkshire. A farm foreman (1911 Census). Husband of Mary McLaren, of 10, Church St., Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool (War Pension address) He enlisted in Hull and served with the 17th Battalion (N.E.R. Pioneers). He died of Gas wounds, on 15/07/1916, […]
5 RAILWAY COTTAGES, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/04/1918
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF GEORGE HENRY NEEDHAM & EMILY NEEDHAM. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN AND SON OF A RAILWAY GOODS LOADER. WILLIAM WORKED AS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, KNOWN AS THE RAILWAY PALS, WHICH WAS FORMED IN HULL. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/04/1918, AGED 25. BURIED AT EBBLINGHEM MIL […]
8 DE LA POLE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
25/10/1917
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM NESS (1851-1903) & ELIZABETH REVELL (1851-1902), OF 8 DE LA POLE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. LIVED WITH HIS UNCLE, JOHN, IN NEWINGTON, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY PALS BATTALION. K […]
HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
16/07/1916
Aged
36
BORN SOUTH SHIELDS, DURHAM, 28/03/1880. SON OF SUSANNAH WINTER (1845-1924) AND LATE CHARLES GEORGE NICHOLS (1842-1915), OF 78, SAVILLE STREET, GATESHEAD. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED BY THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. HULL. ENLISTED AT HULL, JOINING THE HULL RAILWAY PALS. SERVED WITH THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FU […]
48, Deckham Terrace, Gateshead
Died on
08/11/1917
Aged
28
Born Durham, 1889. Son of Maria Ritchie, of 48, Deckham Terrace, Gateshead. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the Hull railway Pals. Killed in action, on 08/11/1917, aged 28. Buried in Belgium.
BORN HULL 1897. YOUNGEST AND DEARLY LVED SON OF JOHN JOSEPH SELF (1857-1927) & MARY JANE WHITELEY (1861-1943), OF 26, MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, HULL AND 12, HILLS TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (HDM 10/10/1918). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, JOSEPH, AND ONE SISTER, BEATRICE. EMPLOYED BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, AS A CLEANER, AT THE BOTANIC SHEDS […]
44 , HOPWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
25/10/1915
Aged
23
BORN NAFFERTON 1892. ELDEST SON OF BENJAMIN & EMILY SHORT, NAFFERTON. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. STEPSON OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON, AT 44 HOPWOOD STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER'S APPRENTICE. THEN WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LINE. HE ENLISTED AT YORK, IN SEPTEMBER 1914. JOINED THE NER PALS BN, BASED IN HULL. HE DIED AT CODFOR […]
Carlton, Northallerton, Yorkshire-North Riding
Died on
26/01/1916
Aged
22
Born Carlton in Cleveland, Yorkshire, 1893. Son of John Thomas Swainson (1867-1949) and Mary Elizabeth Slater (1868-1927), of Carlton Northallerton. He had seven brothers and two sisters. A farm Horseman working at Seamer Moor Stokesley (1911 Census). He worked for the North Eastern railways and was living in Hull, when he enlisyted. […]
BORN LIVERPOOL. HIS PARENTS LIVED AT 13 CAVE STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY GOODS PORTER, AT THE WEST HULL DEPOT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINING THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILERS, (RAILWAY PALS), WHICH WERE FORMED AT KING GEORGE DOCK, HULL. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/08/1917. HIS WIDOW LIVED 10 SWA […]
BORN HEDON 1891. SON OF FRED & HELEN WADE. HE MARRIED IN JULY 1914. HIS WIFE AMY LIVED IN HORNSEA AND 19 LANDSDOWNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). PRIOR TO WAR HE WAS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY JOINER IN HULL. HE WAS A WELL KNOWN AMATEUR FOOTBALLER AND CRICKETER. HE HAD SERVED IN THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE CYCLISTS FOR FOUR YEARS AS A […]
, SCARBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
12/11/1917
Aged
25
BORN SCARBOROUGH 1892. SON OF WILLIAM WAIND (1859-1918) & SARAH ANN BENTLEY (1859-1951), OF 34 LONDESBOROUGH ROAD, SCARBOROUGH. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY CLERK, AT SCARBOROUGH AND HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. JOINING THE 17TH NORTH NUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (NORTH EASTER RAILWAY PIONEERS). DIED OF WOUNDS, AT […]
BORN BROOMFLEET, YORKS, 1890. SON OF FRANK & ANNIE WILSON. WIFE MRS J WILSON - MELTON, BROUGH AS PER CWGC RECORDS. LISTED AS A HULL CASUALTY IN HULL DAILY MAIL 1/12/17.
