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.
7 ALBERT TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
05/03/1917
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF DAVID JOHN ANDREWS AND AGNES ANDREWS, OF 122 BEAN STREET HULL. A NEWS AGENTS ASSISTANT. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH LIVED AT THE THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AS 13841, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 20TH TYNESIDE SCOTTISH REGIMENT. A LETTER SENT HOME DESCRIBED THAT HE WAS KILLED BY SHRAPNEL AT 6.20AM, ON 05/03/1917. HIS WIDOW […]
BORN STAFFS 1878. SON OF JOHN AND SARAH ANN ATTWOOD, AT 9 PRINGLE STREET, FRINDON, WORCESTER. A RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 15607, IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS CORPORAL, 38630, IN THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. SERVED IN THE BALKANS, FROM 08/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, IN FRANCE, ON 09/04/1917, […]
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE TYNESIDE SCOTTISH, 20TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/04/1917. BURIED AT ROEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16/06/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, TOM.
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS & LILY ABOVE 1911. MARRIED LENA CHADWICK 1918. ON HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE ROH HDM 5/8/19. ON SPYVEE ST. ROH HDM 28/10/16.
BORN HULL 1890. WIFE JESSIE & CHILD, OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS SON OF GEORGE CAPES (1855-1927) & AUGUSTA SPRING (1855-1930), OF 142 ENGLISH STREET, HULL. A FISH LABOURER, LIKE HIS FATHER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. EX 22836, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 38555, TO THE 20TH TYNESIDE SCOTTISH REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, […]
BORN HULL 1891. ENLISTED HARROGATE. SON OF CATHERINE & HENRY CAWKWELL. BROTHER HERBERT & CHARLIE IN FRANCE. EX NER DOCK LABOURER. HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2.
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF CHARLIE & ELLEN JANE COLLINS - 8 SIDMOUTH STREET. HE LIVED AT 104 CLUMBER STREET (1918 ABSENT MILITARY VOTERS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A DRAPER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX. 22860 EYR. DIED 05/06/1917, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED AT THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, AT FAUBOURG- D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS. HE LEFT H […]
29 , FINSBURY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
28/08/1916
Aged
36
BORN FLAMBOROUGH 1880. ELDEST SON OF BENJAMIN & FRANCES ELIZABETH DANBY. HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS AT 29 FINSBURY STREET. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS (1911 CENSUS) AND FOR MESSRS. HEWLETT, STONEFERRY. HE HAD YOUNGER SISTERS AND A BROTHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3456, 20TH TYNESIDE SCOTS. HE WA […]
BORN HULL 1886. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF SARAH E DUNN ABOVE SISTERS FANNY & SARAH - 1901 CENSUS. WORKED FOR BROMBY & CLARK'S PRINTERS, WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR EIGHT YEARS AND WELL RESPECTED. HE LIVED A T 1 MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, SOUTHBOULEVARD. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 12TH JANUARY 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
1 MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL, UK
Died on
14/01/1917
Aged
31
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. He resided at 22 Vauxhall Grove, H […]
BORN HULL, 1881. SON OF GEORGE AND FANNY FISHER, 70 DANSOM LANE. EMPLOYED AS A WOOD MAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 20TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED ON 10/12/1917, AGED 36. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, FANNY. HE LEFT FAMILY, ERNEST, MAUD, ALBERT AND CHARLES. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL.
36 ALBION HOUSE, ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
01/10/1916
Aged
39
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF WALTER & EMILY GARBUTT & 7 CHILDREN OF ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT WELTON. HIS WIFE AGNES LIVED IN WELTON. SERVED WITH THE 20TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/10/1916, AGED 39. BURIED AT RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTI […]
68 , WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
05/06/1917
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF THOMAS & MABEL. EX PORTER. HE LIVED WITHHIS WIDOWED MOTHER AT 68 , WASSAND STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND SERVED WITH THE 20TH TYNESIDE SCOTTISH. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING, THEN KILLED ON 05/06/1917, AGED 28. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 18/03/1918. * HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ERNEST G […]
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF THOMAS & AMY HALES, OF12 LILLIAN TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE. HIS DEATH WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 23RD NOVEMBER 1916. HE IS BURIED AT RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES, NORD, FRANCE. NB: HALES LIVING AT […]
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. THEY LIVED AT 81 , ENGLISH STREET, HULL & 6 […]
Born Cottingham 1891. Son of James Hans Hanstock and Elizabeth Ann Speck, of 7 Wilberforce Terrace, Providence Row, Hull. One of five children. Brother to Charles and William, Maude and Edith. He was employed as a carter on the railways. He married in 1913. Husband of Ethel Thorp Hanstock, of 46 Sidmouth Street, Hull. He enlisted in Hull […]
BORN SUNK ISLAND, HULL 1887. SON OF WILLIAM & EMMA LOWSLEY, OF 3 FREEHOLD TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 21976, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST TYNSIDE SCOTTISH. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/04/1917, AGED 30. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER […]
27, Fleetgate, Barton-on-Humber, Lincs
Died on
25/10/1917
Aged
19
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. Commemora […]
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOHN AND ELIZA MASSAM - 28 SCARBOROUGH STREET. EDUCATED AT SCARBOROUGH STREET, SCHOOL. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1917, AGED 31. HIS BROTHER, HAROLD MASSAM WAS ON LOST ON THE MINESWEEPER, 'LEANDROS', ON 06/08/1915, AGED 35. NB: FRED MASSAM, ASC - 50 PARK GROVE. GEORGE & ROBERT MASSAM, 4 LAUREL GRO […]
BORN BOSTON, LINCS, 1897. SON OF JAMES MIDDLETON (1856-1944) AND EMMA JANE GOODWIN (1860-1890), OF 85 LIME STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 15/11/1915, AGED 22 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10.5 INCHES TALL, 35.5 INCH CHEST, 137 LBS WEIGHT, DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT. WORE GLASSES. SERVED […]
