Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
1/5th & 1/6th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 The 1/5th stationed at Derby and the 1/6th stationed at Chesterfield as part of the Notts & Derby Brigade of the North Midland Division and then moved to Harpenden and then Braintree.
25.02.1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France.
12.05.1915 Formation became the 139th Brigade and the 46th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The German liquid fire attack at Hooge, The attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
1916
The diversionary attack at Gommecourt.
1917
Operations on the Ancre, Occupation of the Gommecourt defences, The attack on Rettemoy Graben, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The attack on Lievin, The Battle of Hill 70.
1918
The Battle of the St Quentin canal, The Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, The Battle of Cambrai, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Cartignies S.W. of Avesnes, France.
BORN HULL 1898. ALBERT BUCHAN (1862-1928) & ADA REYNOLDS (1867-1951), OF 37, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN AND SEVEN BROTHERS. FOUR OF HIS BROTHERS SERVED IN THE WAR AND WERE PHOTOGRAPHED. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/6th SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/10/1918, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS … Read more
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JOHN CLAXTON (1843-1891) & MARY (SHIELDS), OF 17, CLARENDON STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HIS BROTHERS GEORGE & WILLIAM ALSO SERVED. THEY ALL LIVED WITH THEIR SISTER, SARAH ANN CLAXTON, AT 4, ROSEDALE AVENUE, UPTON STREET, DANSOM LANE, HULL. HE JOINED THE RECKITTS FACTORY, ON 20/10/1891. WORKED AS A … Read more
