Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
22nd (Service) Battalion (3rd Tyneside Scottish) & 23rd (Service) Battalion (4th Tyneside Scottish)
Nov 1914 Both formed at Newcastle by the Lord Mayor & the City.
Mar 1915 Alnwick and joined the 102nd Brigade of the 34th Division and then 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.
17.05.1918 Both reduced to cadre.
17.06.1918 The 23rd transferred to the 116th Brigade of the 39th Division.
18.06.1918 The 22nd returned to England with the 16th Division and absorbed the new 38th Battalion at Margate and rejoined the 48th Brigade of the 16th Division at Aldershot.
16.08.1918 The 23rd transferred to the 66th Division.
July 1918 The 22nd returned to France and once again engaged in various actions including;
The Final Advance in Artois.
20.09.1918 The 23rd transferred to the 197th Brigade to defend the Lines of Communication.
11.11.1918 The 23rd ended the war near Aumale, France and the 22nd ended the war south of Tournai, Belgium.
Born Hull 1897. Son of Henry James Gloyn and Mary Ann Gloyn, of 10, Windsor Avenue Lansdowne Street, Anlaby Road, Hull (war Pension address). Son of a North Eastern Railway worker. Served in the Northumberland Fusiliers. Discharged on 13 Jul 1918. Died at Hull, October 1922, aged 25.
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT (1861-1948)& SARAH PRINCE (1866-1950), OF 143 KING STREET, COTIINGHAM. SON OF A WHEELWRIGHT, HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A JOINER’S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 13/287, 13TH EAST YORSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 60308, 3RD TYNSIDE IRISH. DIED O WOUNDS, ON 03/05/1918, … Read more
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM ALEX PRINGLE & THE LATE EMMA PRINGLE, OF 77 HAWORTH STREET, HULL. SON OF A SHOE DEALER. HE WORKED AS A HULL CORPORATION, TRAM CONDUCTOR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 611504, 132ND LABOUR CORPS (PRISON OF WAR SECTION). TRANSFERRED TO THE 23RD TYNESIDE SCOTS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF ARTHUR H & EILENE STEPHENSON ABOVE.
BORN HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF FREDERICK STABLER (1861-1942) & SARAH JANE NICHOLSON (1865-1929), OF SUNK ISLAND, WINESTAED & SOUTH VIEW, PATRINGTON, HULL. HE HAD ONE ELDER SISTER, AGNES EMPLOYED AS A HORSEMAN, ON A WINESTEAD FARM (1911 CENSUS) HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE TYNESIDE SCOTTISH. DIED AT PASHENDAELE, ON 20/10/1917, AGED 25. … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS SMITH SOUTHWICK (1850-1902) & SUSAN ANN WHITESIDE (1851-1936). A BAKERS APPRENTICE.HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE TYNESIDE SCOTS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/06/1917, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SUSAN. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HE LEFT SIBLINGS, … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF HASTINGS AND FANNY SHIRTLIFF. BROTHER HAROLD SHIRTLIFF, RGA LIVED AT SAME ADDRESS. (1918 ABSENT VOTERS). Billy was killed in the Battle of Lys near the Pont de Nieppe. He is commemorated on the PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL at Hainaut, Belgium. This commemorates more than 11,000 servicemen of the UK and South African … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM SCOTT AND LYDIA SWATMAN (1873-1945), OF 14, KATES TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, AND 3, PENN’S BUILDINGS, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). THIRD OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HEXHAM. SERVED WITH THE 22ND TYNESIDE SCOTS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 17/04/1918, AGED 19. HE IS … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. ENLISTED HULL. EX 11393 EYR. SON OF FELIX & SUSAN RUSTON. SERVED IN SALONIKA.
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF TOM RICHARDSON & MARY SUSANNAH SNOWDEN, AT 7, HARRIETS TERRACE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL (1918 VOTERS ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WORKED IN AN IRON FOUNDRY. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WORKED ON THE HULL FISH DOCK AND LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, … Read more
