Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
15th (Service) Battalion (Nottingham)
Feb 1915 Formed by the Mayor and a Committee at Nottingham as a bantam battalion and then moved to Masham, Yorks to join the 105th Brigade of the 35th Division.
27.08.1915 Taken over by the War Office.
Aug 1915 Moved to Salisbury Plain.
01.02.1916 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1916
The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The fighting for Arrow Head Copse and Maltz Horn Farm, The fighting for Falfemont Farm.
1917
The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The fighting in Houthulst Forest, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918
The First Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Ypres, The Battle of Courtrai, The action of Tieghem.
11.11.1918 Ended the war N.E. of Renaix, Belgium.
Name Edward E. Matthews Birth Place Hull, Yorkshire Residence Hull, Yorkshire Death Date 29 Sep 1918 Death Place Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Enlistment Place Nottingham Rank Sergeant Regiment Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment Battalion 15th Battalion Regimental Number 102983 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Western European Theatre Comments Formerly … Read more
Born Castleford, Yorkshire, 1899. Son of Thomas and Eliza Mattinson of 17 Church Street Castleford Yorkshire (1911 Census), 25, Queens Street, Castleford and 9, Grosvenor Place, Beverley (war pension addresses). Son of a Furniture Dealer. He had three brothers and two sisters. Enlisted at Beverley. Served in the 15th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF PHILIP HENRY & CHARLOTTE E WAKEFIELD AT THIS ADDRESS. ENLISTED KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK. EX 26618 NORFOLKS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 15TH NOTTS AND DERBY REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/10/1917, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL. Name Albert Henry Wakefield Birth Place Hull, 1891 Death Date 20 Oct 1917 … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SECOND SON OF JACOB O’GRADY, OF 56 CLIFTON TERRACE, DAY STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED IN 1910. HIS WIFE, MRS MARY ELIZABETH CRAWFORTH, LIVED 23 PEMBERTON STREET, DANSOM LANE, HULL AND AT 33 , HUMBER STREET, HULL. A FORMER BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/11/1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 029780, R.A.S.C. TRANSFERRED TO THE … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE & MARY JANE MATHEWS, OF HULL AND 22, CLAYTON STREET, NOTTINGHAM. LIVED IN NOTTINGHAM. WORKED AS A BOOT MAKER. HE WAS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 123 LBS WEIGHT, 34-36 INCH CHEST, ROUND SCAR ON SHOLDER, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. HE ENLISTED IN NOTTINGHAM, ON 11/11/1915/ CALLED UP ON … Read more
