Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
10th (Service) Battalion
13.09.1914 Formed at Derby as part of the Second New Army (K2) and then moved to Wool to join the 51st Brigade of the 17th Division.
Oct 1914 Moved to West Lulworth and then Wool.
Mar 1915 Moved to West Lulworth and then to Winchester.
14.07.1915 Mobilised for war and then landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
Holding front lines in southern area of Ypres salient.
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Delville Wood.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Roeux, The First Battle of Passchendaele, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war near Aulnoye, France.
Name James Leeming Birth Place Bradford, Yorkshire. Son of John Leeming Residence Bradford, Yorkshire Death Date 18 Aug 1918 Death Place DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION FRANCE Enlistment Place Hull, Yorks Rank Private Regiment Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment Battalion 10th Battalion Regimental Number 72705 Type of Casualty Died of wounds, at 55 Casualty … Read more
Born Peterborough, Northamptonshire, 1895. Son of John Thomas Barnett (1862-1941) and Agnes Mary Hall (1866-1834), of Nottingham and 73, Bean Street, Hull (War Pension address). He had seven brothers and four sisters. Served in the 10th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Died of gas shell wounds, at the Canadian Hospital, Treport, on 17/08/1918, aged … Read more
Born Kiverton Park, Yorkshire, 1895. Son of George and Emma Seston, of No. 2 Bungalow, Ravensfield Common, Rotherham. Native of Kiveton Park, Sheffield. Resided Rotherham. Also served at Suvla Bay. Bullet wound to ther ight chest. Died of wounds, with the 10th Sherwood Forester, on 02/11/1916, aged 21. He is listed on the Hull Gardener’s … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. ENLISTED RETFORD, NOTTS. SERVED WITHTHE 10TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/02/1916, AGED 34. BURIED AT SPOILBANK CEMETERY, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM.
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM GEORGE MORLEY (1870-1943) & LOUISA HANCOCK (1871-1955), OF 114 SOUTH STREET, NEW WHITTINGTON, DERBYSHIRE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BRUSH & PAN MAKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WENT TO CHESTERFIELD TO WORK AT THE COAL MINE SURFACE. HE LIVED AT 72 & 114 SOUTH … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF GEORGE GOFORTH & ALICE (HUFTON) 10 DERWENT AVENUE, ALFOSO STREET, HULL & AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/08/1913, AGED 21. HE LEFT SISTERS, ELSIE, ALICE AND LILLIAN, AND BROTHERS, JOHN WILLIAM GOFORTH AND GEORGE THOMAS GOFORTH WHO SURVIVED THE WAR.
John Gilbank was born in 1893, the son of Mathew Gilbank of Bielby, Howden and Mary Jane Gilbank of Walkington; Mathew Gilbank worked for Timothy Oliver, father of Tim Oliver, Coldstream Guards, and on the 1911 census John Gilbank is aged 17 years and working as a Waggoner’s help on a farm in Bawtry, Nottinghamshire. … Read more
