Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

The Regiment raised 52 battalions with 29 of them serving overseas. It was awarded 67 Battle Honours and 5 Victoria Crosses, losing 16,000 men during the course of the war.

1st Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Portsmouth As part of the 9th Brigade of the 3rd Division.
14.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre as part of the British Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.) and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1914
The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of Le Cateau, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, The Battles of La Bassee and Messines 1914, First Battle of Ypres.
1915
Winter Operations 1914-15, The First Attack on Bellewaarde, The Actions of Hooge, The Second Attack on Bellewaarde.
1916
The Actions of the Bluff and St Eloi Craters, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of the Ancre.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Cambrai 1917.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras 1918, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bethune, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at La Longueville east of Bavai, Belgium.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
115 , REGENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
       
       
Died on
21/06/1915
       
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF HARRY PADLEY (1861-1915) & ELIZABETH WINTER JEFFERSON (1863-1923), OF 108 HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 38 SOUTH PARADE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 115 REGENT STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HIS BROTHERS HARRY & ALBERT BOTH MERCHANT SEAMAN SERVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS. CHARLES P […]
55 , WITTY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/09/1918
       
Aged
34
BORN BEVERLEY 1884. ENLISTED HULL. EX 31464 RESERVE CAVALRY REGIMENT.
8, ROWLAND AVENUE, ARTHUR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
10/05/1917
       
Aged
22
BORN LONDON 1894. SON OF MARGARET PARKINSON, of 10, HILDAS GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). LIVED AT 8, ROWLAND AVENUE, ARTHUR STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 10/05/1917, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN HULL TRINIT […]
9, MELWOOD GROVE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
09/05/1916
       
Aged
19
BORN HULL OCTOBER 1896. SON OF JOHN ROBERT RANGECROFT AND ISABEL WALLEY, OF 9, MELWOOD GROVE, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT YORK. EX 10091 WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 21467, 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/05/1916, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM. UNMARRIED. HI […]
6 , DENMARK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/09/1918
       
Aged
19
BORN EASINGTON 1899. SON OF FRANK LILFORD & SARAH JANE ABOVE. CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A LIFE BOAT MAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE,  46056 KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE  TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON  27/09/1918, AGED 19. HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON HULL'S  SYMONS STREET, MEMORIAL […]
1 DERBY ROAD, HOUNSLOW, MIDDLESEX, LONDON, UK
       
       
Died on
27/07/1915
       
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1895. FULL NAME WAS Eugenio James Risi Rice. SON OF JOSEPH RICE (GIUSSEPPI RISI 1862-1920) AND NICOLINA "NELLIE" TOMASSO (1865-1942). SON OF AN ORGAN GRINDER. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN FROM AN ITALIAN FAMILY. THE FAMILY LIVED IN HULL BETWEEN 1885-1897, THEN AT 1 DERBY ROAD, HOUNSLOW, MIDDLESEX, (1901 CENSUS) AND 9, Holroyd's […]
10 MARY ANN TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
30/06/1915
       
Aged
36
BORN DONCASTER 1879. SON OF GEORGE & MARY RICHARDSON, OF 11 KATES TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS ON ACTIVE SERVICE AND THREE WERE LOST IN THE WAR. HE WAS A. BRICKLAYER AND FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED ON 30/06/1915, AGED 36. HE IS BURIED A […]
32, Richmond Terrace, Charles Street, Hull, UK
       
Died on
15/11/1918
       
Aged
21
Born Beverley, 1897. Son of Henry and Louisa Ridley, of 7, St Johns Avenue, St Mark Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 32, Richmond Terrace, Charles Street, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a General Labourer. He had two brothers and three sisters. He worked as an Errand Boy Enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st Northumberland Fusiliers. […]
4 JOHNS TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
21/03/1918
       
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF HENRY/NORAH. BROTHERS JOSEPH, FRED & WALTER. SISTERS HANNAH, LIZ & ROSE.
98 , BALFOUR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/03/1916
       
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1881. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION. SON OF NORAH ROGERSON ABOVE. SHIPYARD LABOURER.
56, EGTON STREET, HULL, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
       
       
Died on
10/01/1915
       
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JAMES & ANNIE SCOTT. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN INCLUDING SIX SONS. HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 8061, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/01/1915, AGED 33. HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM LEFT WIFE MARY JANE SCOTT, 56 EGTON STREET, HULL AND 6 ALASKA VILLAS, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH, ADD […]
4 BRIGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
08/10/1918
       
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF GEORGE ROBERT SELLERS & BEATRICE ALLISON, OF 12, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHER ALBERT AND SISTER LILLIAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/10/1918, AGED 19. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE.
2 BELLE VUE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
25/03/1917
       
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. STEP SON OF GEORGE SMITH, OF 14 BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. MOTHER LIZZIE SIMS LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE IS BURIED AT AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "THY WILL BE DONE".
159 , MERSEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
       
       
Died on
21/03/1918
       
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM SMITH AND MARY ELIZABETH SMITH, OF 159 MERSEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A CORN MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 27. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LE […]
47 , DE GREY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
11/06/1918
       
Aged
35
BORN LEVEN 1882. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM STAVELY & BETSY ANN COOK, LEVEN. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A CABINET MAKER. MARRIED IN 1909 WIFE GEORGINA SANDERSON AND ONE DAUGHTER KATHLEEN, BORN IN 1910, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. EX 26273 EYR. HE DIED ON THE 11TH JUNE 1918, AGED 35. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW AND DAUGHTER. […]
42 , SPENCER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
19/06/1915
       
Aged
40
BORN ECCLESALL, SHEFFIELD 1875. WIFE ANNIE TYMON LIVED ABOVE.LISTED ON ST CHARLES' CHURCH & ON PROVIDENCE ROW ROH. HDM 19/9/16. TOOLMAKER.
6 CLEVELAND AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
20/10/1914
       
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1881. SCULCOATES, HULL.  SON OF JAMES MARTIN TURNBULL (1848- 1914) & MARY JANE TURNBULL (1851-1949), OF 3 SYDHAM VILLAS, STANLEY STREET, HULL. SON OF A PUB LANDLORD. SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE EBGINEER (1901 CENSUS) AND IRON MOULDER (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1910. HIS WIFE, DAISEY GIBSON, LI […]
42 , SPENCER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
16/06/1915
       
Aged
42
BORN BURNLEY, LANCS, 1874. ENLISTED HULL.WIFE ANNIE TYMON, OF 42 SPENCER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ENGINEER LABOURER. HIS DEATH A WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 2ND NOVEMBER 1915 BY MRS TYMON OF 1 FAWCETT TERRACE, DERBY STREET, HULL. JAMES SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS SLIGHTLY WOUNDED AT HOOGE TAKING T […]
10 GRINDELL STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
11/04/1917
       
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF CHARLES & ELIZABETH, OF 10 GRINDELL STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL. SON OF A LIGHTERMAN. HIS SISTER MARY LIVERSEDGE, LIVED AT 7 AVONDALE, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN WALLSEND-ON-TYNE. SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT NO:41 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 11/04/1917 […]
93 WESTBOURNE AVENUE, GATESHEAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
23/07/1916
       
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM VOASE AMD ANNIE VOASE, OF 93 WESTBOURNE AVENUE, GATESHEAD (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE LIVED IN GATEHEAD. WORKED AS A BOOTMAKER. HE ENLISTED IN NEWCASTLE. SERVED IN THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/07/1916, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HIS WAR PENS […]