2nd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Sheffield as part of the 18th Brigade of the 6th Division and then moved to Cambridge.
11.09.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at St. Nazaire and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1914
The actions on the Aisne heights.
1915
The action at Hooge
27.10.1915 Transferred to the 71st Brigade of the same Division;
1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy.
1917
The Battle of Hill 70, The Cambrai operations.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Advance in Flanders, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Beaurevoir, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Bohain, France.
Regiment: Notts Derby Sherwood Foresters Regiment 2nd Battalion
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JANE ELIZABETH & JOHN FEENEY. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. POSTED TO THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/03/1918, AGED 34. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SENT TO HIS SISTER, MRS AGNES BURNETT.
139 WEELSBY STREET, GRIMSBY, NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/03/1918
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF KATHERINE HARRISON, A WIDOW. HE LIVED IN GRIMSBY. WORKED AS A FISH CLEANER, LIVING AT 139 WEELSBY STREET, GRIMSBY (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. SERVED WITH THE 2ND SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/03/1918, AGED 21. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO […]
14 DERBY TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/10/1915
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF HENRY & EMMA HARRISON AT 14 DERBY TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL, (ARMY PENSION ADDRESS). HUSBAND OF THE LATE ALICE HARRISON. A QUALIFIED JOINER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS. ENLISTED IN NOTTINGHAM, ON 01/07/1911. JOINING THE NOTTS AND DERBY REGIMENT FOR SIX YEARS. ARRIVED IN FRAN […]
BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF THOMAS HILL (1869-1939) AND ALICE ANN BARNABY (1863-1932), OF 27 COLLEGE STREET, STALLINGBOROUGH, LINCS. SON OF A SHIPPING CLERK. HE HAD ONE SISTER, EDITH. HE RESIDED AT STALLINGBOROUGH, LINCOLNSHIRE. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. SERVED IN THE 2ND SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 23/03/1918, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFF […]
10 CLIFF TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/10/1914
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF SAMUEL AND SARAH ANN JOHNSON. MARRIED IN SCULCOATES, IN 1909. WIFE AGNES MARY EDWARDS & TWO DAUGHTERS LIVED AT 10 CLIFF TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). A FORMER TERRITORIAL. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILL PRESSMAN. ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 08/09/1 […]
1, ALBION PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
19/03/1916
Aged
18
BORN HULL 26/08/1898. SON OF JOHN HENRY MEDCALF AND ANNIE MEDCALF, OF NOTTINGHAM & 1, ALBION PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A WOOD MACHINIST. THIRD OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 29/11/1916. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL, 124 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST. HE LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER […]
5 WOODBINE TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
11/10/1918
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1901. SON OF THE LATE SARAH ANN WILKINSON (1867-1911) AND TOM CHAPMAN NEWMAN AT THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. AN OIL MILLER. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 15/01/1917, AGED 17 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS. CALLED UP ON 08/03/1918. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 23/08/1918. SERVED WITH THE 2ND SHERWOOD FORESTERS. WOUNDED BY A BULLET IN THE HAND, AT WIMMEREA […]
2nd Lieutenant
SUNNYMEAD, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
18/09/1918
Aged
28
BORN HESSLE, 23/04/1890. KNOWN AS 'ROLF'. SON OF THOMAS JOHN NICHOLSON (1863-1928) & BEATRICE MARGUERITE NICHOLSON (1867-1946). BROTHER TO ETHEL MART NICHOLSON (1893-1974), THMAS AND ETHEL. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 128, GRAFTON STREET, HULL (1891), 22, LOUIS STREET, HULL (1901) AND "SUNNYMEADE", STATION ROAD, HESSLE. EDUCATED AT HULL […]
BORN HULL 1900. SON OF THOMAS & HANNAH SELLER, OF 26, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED WITH THE 2ND SHERWOOD FORESTERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 18/09/1918, AGED 19. BURIED AT TREFCON BRITISH CEMETERY, CAULAINCOURT, AISNE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, "FOLLOWING JESUS DAY BY DAY NOTHING CAN HARM M […]
