Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
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.
BORN HULL 10/01/1899. THIRD SON OF SERGEANT. ERNEST WOOD BACHE & THERESA BACHE, OF 17 QUEEN’S PLACE, SYKE STREET, HULL, AND 2 JAMES PLACE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AT WILMINGTON OIL MILL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND SHERWOOD FORESTERS. DIED OF BRONCHITIS, AT … Read more
