24th (Service) Battalion (1st Tyneside Irish) & 27th (Service) Battalion (4th Tyneside Irish)
14.11.1914 The 24th formed at Newcastle by the Lord Mayor & the City and the 27th in Jan 1915.
Mar 1915 Both moved to Woolsington and joined the 103rd Brigade of the 34th Division.
27.08.1915 Taken over by the War Office and then moved to Salisbury Plain.
Jan 1916 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
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.
10.08.1917 Amalgamated with the 27th Battalion forming 24/27th Battalion.
26.02.1918 Disbanded in France.
Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers 27th Battalion (4th Tyneside Irish)
14 MARVEL STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL
Died on
19/01/1917
Aged
34
Born Hull 1882. He married Alice, Ada Hudson, at Hull on 17/11/1903, aged 21. They lived at 10 Jane Terrace, St Mark Street, Hull (1911 Census). A worked as a Rullyman for Earles Shipbuilding Yard. He enlisted in Hull. Formerly 24949, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the Tyneside Irish, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action, […]
Low Street, Sherburn in Elmet, Yorkshire
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
33
Born Menthorpe, Yorkshire, 1884, Son of William and Mary Dilcock, of Selby. Husband of Frances Annie, of Low Street, Sherburn in Elmet, Yorkshire (war Pension address). He enlisted in Hull. Formerly 24948, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the 27th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action, on 09/04/1917, aged 33. Commemorated on […]
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THOMAS EDWARDS AND ELLEN GREY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FOUGHT FOR THE TYNESIDE IRISH BRIGADE. DIED ON 27/04/1917, AGED 29. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. TOM IS SHOWN HERE IN UNIFORM (SEATED), WITH HIS BROTHER, GEORGE, WHO WENT TO FRANCE WITH THE KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY AND WAS REP […]
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF ELIZABETH FLAY. BROTHER WILLIAM FLAY DIED AT SEA 24/3/16
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF EDWARD FOSTER (1848-1906) AND BETSY MASTERMAN (1843-1926), OF 331, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A SHOP KEEPER. HE MARRIED, ROSE ELLEN FLOCTON (1884-1951), AT HULL, IN 1906, AGED 24. HIS WIFE ELLEN ROSE FOSTER & 2 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 331, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL, 3, MRYTLE GROVE, WOODCOCK STREET, […]
12 LILLIAN TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
03/11/1918
Aged
23
BORN CLEATOR MOOR, CUMBERLAND, 1893. SON OF THOMAS & MARY HALL, OF 3 McGOWANS COURT, BACK GINNS, WHITEHAVEN. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 12 LILLIAN TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, HE ENLISTED AT WHITEHAVEN, CUMBERLAND. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 27/1003, WITH THE 27TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO (352485) 367th Home Service Coy. Labour […]
20 , SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/04/1917
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1897. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN & AMELIA PLANER.
19 , PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/04/1917
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1887. THIRD SON OF FW & MARY A. RUDD, OF PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL. EMPOYED BY MESSRS, BLUNDELL, SPENCE & CO, PAINT WORKER. SERVED IN THE 27TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (4TH TYNESIDE IRSH BATTALION). DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 29. HIS WIFE KATE, LIVED AT 16 MAYO TERRACE. STANLEY STREET, HULL. THEIR THREE SONS SERVED […]
Milton Cottages, Butcher's Lane, Mereworth, Maidstone, Kent
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
40
Born Holmforth, Yorkshire, 1878. Son of William and Eliza Senior. Worked as a labourer. Husband of Emma Senior, of 161, Belmont Street, New Bridge Road, Hull (1911 Census) and Milton Cottages, Butcher's Lane, Mereworth, Maidstone, Kent (CWGC address). He enlisted in Hull. served with the 27th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action, […]
BORN HULL 15/05/1891. SON OF MRS ALICE FREER & TOM HERBERT SLIGHT. SON OF A TAILOR. EDUCATED AT CONSTABLE STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A TAILORS APPRENTICE, IN BUSINESS WITH HIS FATHER, AT 5 CHARLES STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, ON 27/06/1916. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM 01/11/1916. WOUNDED BY GAS AT […]
