Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
1/7th & 2/7th (Robin Hood) Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 The 1/7th formed at Nottingham and the 2/7th formed at Nottingham both 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.
31.01.1918 Absorbed the 2/7th Battalion to become the 7th Battalion and transferred to the 178th Brigade of the 59th Division;
The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge.
07.05.1918 Reduced to cadre.
29.05.1918 Transferred to the 30th Division.
19.06.1918 Transferred to the 66th Division.
15.08.1918 Transferred to the 116th Brigade of the 39th Division and ended the war near Etaples.
Name Tom Cooper Birth Place Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, 1894. Son of John Watts Cooper and Louisa Cooper Residence Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire – Farm Worker Death Date 15 Apr 1918 Death Place Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Enlistment Place Hull, Yorkshire Rank Private Regiment Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment Battalion 1st 7th Battalion Regimental Number 102798 … Read more
BORN SUTTON 1890. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WESTABY (1868-1934) & AMY SELBY WESTABY (1867-1934), OF STTON-ON-HULL. A LABOURER. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH J SOULSBY & DAUGHTER, VERA, LIVED AT, 25, RUGBY STREET, HULL. (HDM 3/1/18) & 31 ESSEX STREET, HULL (CWGC). HE’S LISTED ON SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL. Name Charles Westoby Birth Place Sutton, Hull, 1890 Death … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE THOMAS MILLER (1866-1941) AND FLORENCE EVA MILLER, OF 58, GRANGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 65, GIBSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A HAWKER & DEALER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, EDITH. GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 5570, 2/7TH SHERWOOD … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. ENLISTED CHESTERFIELD. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF ROBERT FRANKISH & SARAH MARIA FRANKLIN. LIVED IN BARTON 1911 CENSUS. CRANE DRIVER.
