Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
20th (Service) Battalion (1st Tyneside Scottish) & 21st (Service) Battalion (2nd Tyneside Scottish)
14.10.1914 The 20th formed at Newcastle by the Lord Mayor & the City and the 21st formed on 26.09.1914.
Mar 1915 Moved to Alnwick and joined the 102nd Brigade of the 34th Division.
Aug 1915 Moved to Salisbury Plain.
15.08.1915 Taken over by the War Office
Jan 1916 Mobilised for war and landed in France engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The fighting at Hargicourt, The Third Battles of Ypres.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle for Kemmel Ridge.
03.02.1918 Disbanded in France.
Born Beverley, 1890. Son of George Fisher (1854-1946) and Rachel Ballinger (1857-1939), of Beverley; Husband of Ethel Mellor Todd (formerly Fisher) (1888-1974), of 3, Sawn Moor Villas, Thurcroft, Rotherham. Enlisted at Beverley. Served in the 20th Battalion (Tyneside Scottish). Died of wounds, on 7 Nov 1916, aged 26. Buried at Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France. … Read more
Born Hutton Cranswick, Yorkshire, 1881. Son of George and Elizabeth Jennison, of Hutton, Cranswick, York. He was a Shepherd. Enlisted at Beverley. Served with the 20th Battalion (Tyneside Scottish), Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action, on 9 Apr 1917, aged 38. He left £122 in his will and his army effects were left to his mother, … Read more
Born Southampton, 1895. He married at Nottingham in 1915. Husband of Fanny Horton, of 107, Windmill Lane, Sleinton, Nottingham. They had one son Donald, born on 25th February 1916. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 20th Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Scottish). died of wounds, on 20/09/1917, aged 23. Name Arthur Clifford Potts Birth Place Southampton, 1895 … Read more
Born Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire, 1899. Son of John Lyon (1872-1941) and Bertha Minnie Jacques (1872-1955), of 27, Fleetgate, Barton-on-Humber, Lincs. He worked for the Hull Ideal Boiler Company, National Avue Hull. Enlisted Beverley, served with the 20th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action, on 25/10/1917, aged 19. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. His … Read more
Born Hull, 1886. Son of Sarah Ellen Dunn and the late William Thomas Dunn (1856-1892), of 1, Marlborough Terrace, South Boulevard, Hull (war Pension Address). He had two brothers and two sisters. A Printer Compositor and employee of Bromby & Clarkes Printers, of Hull, where he worked for eight years and was well respected. He … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF DAVID PYE (1856-1937) & MARY ANN HOLMES (1858-1934) OF 36, HAVELOCK STREET, HESSLE ROAD. SON OF A COAL MERCHANT. HE HAD EIGHT SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER. HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1915 TO BEATRICE ALMA THEODORA HEATON (1893-1961). THEY HAD TWO SONS, ROBERT AND FREDERICK PYE AND LIVED AT 32 … Read more
BORN HULL, 1895. SON OF WILLIAM AND ANNIE HALL, OF 13, LOWER UNION STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, LIVING WITH HIS BROTHER WILLIAM AT 114, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). MARRIED AT HULL IN 1915. HUSBAND OF ADA JOANNAH HALL (BORN 21 NOV … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. YOUNGEST SON OF JANE & THE LATE WILLIAM WARNER (1849-1882), OF 102, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL AND 1 NELSON AVENUE, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE WAR HE WORKED FOR HULL CITY TRAMWAYS FOR ELEVEN YEARS. HE SERVED WITH THE 20TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1917, AGED 37. … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF CHARLES EDGAR SOLLITT & HANNAH GRANTHAM. ENLISTED HULL. WORKED IN NOTTINGHAM FOR SALVATION ARMY IN 1911 CENSUS. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ANLABY WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER’S CHURCHYARD, WILSON STREET, ANLABY.
BORN HULL 1874. SON OF THOMAS SCOTT (1842-1919) AND ISABELLA ANN SCOTT (1842-1911). HE MARRIED HARRIET DOUGLAS ON 18/08/1895, AT NEWTON-KYME, YORK. HIS WIFE HARRIET & 6 CHILDREN LIVED AT 8 STATION COTTAGES, BILTON LESBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND. HE WORKED AS AN ENGINE DRIVER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HIS BROTHER JOHN SCOTT LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. … Read more
