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 COTTINGHAM 1897. SON OF ROBERT ARTHUR & LOUISA STABELER, OF 246 PARK ROW, COTTINGHAM AND THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. EDUCATED AT HALLGATE SCHOOL, COTTINGHAM. EMPLOYED BY HIS UNCLE, MR SAM JONES, THE PORK BUTCHER, OF COTTINGHAM AND ALSO WORKED AT THE HULL MARKET PLACE. HE ENLISTED IN THE 6TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 21ST … Read more
BORN TIBTHORPE, YORKS 1891. YOUNGEST SON OF JOSEPH & ELIZABETH ROBSON, BUCKTON, NEAR BEMPTON, YORKS. SON OF AM AGRICULTURAL LABOURER. HE HAD TWO ELDER BROTHERS AND A SISTER, ADA. HE WORKED AS A WAGGONER AT BEETON, BRIDLINGTON (1911 CENSUS). LATER HE BECAME A HULL POLICEMAN. HE LIVED AT 113 FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM. ENLISTED AT HULL. … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF GEORGE & JANE ANN LING, OF 18 , CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, HULL (1911 ADDRESS). A FOUNDRY WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY A PRIVATE WITH THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE TYNSIDE SCOTTISH REGIMENT. HE DIED ON 05/06/1917, AGED 34. HIS DEATH REPORTED IN HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 06/06/1918. HIS … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM COLLINS (1852-1923) & ELIZABETH COLLINS. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. HIS WIFE ANNIE COLLINS (BORN 27/7/1888), LIVED AT 27, PEMBERTON STREET, HULL & 7, BRECON AVENUE, BRECON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE HULL OIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, STONEFERRY, HULL. HE ENSLISTED IN … Read more
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF FANNY WAKEFIELD, OF MANCHESTER. EMPLOYED AS AN UNDERGROOM, LIVING WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS, AT CARR LANE, ALFORD, LINCS,. (1911 CENSUS) HE ALSO RESIDED & ENLISTED MELTON MOWBERY, LEICESTER. SERVED IN THE 21ST, TYNESIDE SCOTTISH REGIMENT, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 15/04/1917, AGED 27. BURIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS STEP … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF HARRY BINKS (1862-1935) AND ANNIE ELIZA BINKS, OF 14 HILDA GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). THEY LOST BOTH SONS IN THE WAR. JOHN BINKS, WAS A LABOURER. WORKED WITH HIS FATHER, AT BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKS. HE HAD JOINED THE TERRITORIALS AT HULL, ON 26/01/1911. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 89779, EYR. ESCRIBED … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF PETER BEDELL (1853-1918) & SARAH BEDELL (1853-1916) OF 43 , SEATON STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND SPRING VILLA, HULL ROAD, ANLABY COMMON, HULL. (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. SON OF A COW KEEPER. HE WORKED AS A BUSINESS ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY AS 77118, 9TH … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ALBERT ERNEST BEAUMONT WHO DIED IN 1897. STEP SON OF ELISH AND ANNIE HALES. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE MARRIED CATHERINE LARVIN IN 1913. THEY LIVED AT 13, HARDINGS SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL AND 36, WEST STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR DAUGHTER MARY, BORN ON 14/8/1913 (WAR PENSION RECORDS). HE … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. ELDEST SON OF TOM BARKER (1861-1940) AND CHARLOTTE BARKER (1863-1947), OF 195, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS), HE WAS BROTHER TO HARRY, LAWRENCE, GEORGE, HILDA AND ROSE. MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1914. HUSBAND OF IDA ROBSON (1891-1976) AT 118 , DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, & 2, VICTORIA VILLAS, CLYDE STREET, HULL … Read more
