Regiment: Royal Engineers 1st/1st East Riding

Last Name
Address
Narrative
SWINE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
19/07/1916
       
Aged
21
BORN SWINE 1896. SON OF WILLIAM & CLARA BAKER, OF SWINE, HULL. A WHEELWRIGHT APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL IN MARCH 1915. SERVED AS SAPPER IN THE 1ST/1ST EAST RIDING ENGINEERS. HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 10 MONTHS AND RECENTLY RETURNED HOME FOR 5 WEEKS LEAVE. DIED OF WOUNDS IN HOSPITAL, ON 19/07/1916, AGED 20. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED […]
WEST GATE, NORTH CAVE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
18/07/1916
       
Aged
24
BORN NORTH CAVE, 1892. SON OF WILLIAM EASINGWOOD BLANSCHARD & ALICE HARMAN (1852-1936) . RESIDED NORTH CAVE. APPRENTICE JOINER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER IN THE LOCAL ROYAL ENGINEERS. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 18/07/1916, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER. UNMARRIED. HE LE […]
The Albion Hotel, Bridlington, Yorkshire
       
Died on
02/03/1916
       
Aged
24
Born Bridlington, 1892. Son of John and Rachel Humphrey, of The Albion Hotel, Bridlington, Yorkshire (CWGC address). Youngest of three sons. He enlisted in Hull. Served as Sapper, in the 1st/1st (East Riding) Field Coy., Royal Engineers. Killed in action, on 02/03/1916, aged 24. Buried at the Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium. His gra […]
4 , MASON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
23/05/1916
       
Aged
21
BORN HULL 24/10/1894. SON OF DANIEL McDONALD (1863-1931) & SARAH BERESFORD (1866-1941), AT 4 MASON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF TWELVE CHILDREN. ROMAN CATHOLIC FAMILY. A BRICKLAYER, BY TRADE. JAMES McDONALD, LIKE HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH, WAS WELL KNOWN IN HULL BOXING CIRCLES AND WON THE FEATHERWEIGHT BOXING […]
30 , VICTOR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
18/07/1916
       
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ANNIE & THE LATE JOHN SMITHSON, OF 30 VICTOR STREET, HULL. THEY MOVED TO 3951 HEATHER STREET, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. AN EX IRON MOULDER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE WAS KILLED ON 18/07/1916, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH H […]