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.
Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers 20th Battalion (1st Tyneside Scottish)
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF FREDERICK PARKER, OF 46 BACHELER STREET, HULL. A FORMER RAILWAY CLERK. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY HULL CORPORATION AS A TRAMWAY DRIVER ON THE HEDON ROAD ROUTE. HE ENLISTED HULL, EX PRIVATE, 22688 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE TYNESIDE SCOTTISH. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1917. HIS COMMANDING OFFICER REPORTED […]
107, Windmill Lane, Sleinton, Nottingham
Died on
20/09/1917
Aged
23
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.
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 MANCHESTER STREET, HESSLE […]
1, RAILWAY HOUSE, GLADSTONE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
16/10/1916
Aged
27
BORN BRIDLINGTON 1889. ONLY SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM ROUNDING (1865-1927) & ELIZA YOUNG (1868-1932), OF RAILWAY HOUSE, GLADSTONE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A BARMAN, AT THE WHITE SWAN HOTEL, GRIMSBY. MARRIED AT HULL IN 1912. HUSBAND TO ELSIE AND TWO SONS, LIVING AT 17, IVY AVENUE, HULL (WAR […]
5 ELSIE VILLAS, HOLLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
40
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 A […]
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.
1 NELSON AVENUE, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
37
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. […]
