25th (Service) Battalion (Frontiersmen)
Formed in London on 12 February 1915 by the Legion of Frontiersmen.
10 April 195 : embarked at Plymouth for East Africa, arriving Mombasa 4 May 1915.
Left for England at end of May 1917. Disbanded at Putney on 29 June 1918.
BORN HULL, 1890. LIVED SHIPLEY. ENLISTED BRADFORD. SON OF HENRY BERRY (1863-1930) & POLLY PRIESTLEY (1865-1920), OF VALLEY ROAD, SHIPLEY AND 13 ROSEDALE STREET, SHIPLEY. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A PRINTER. HE ENLISTED IN BRADFORD. SERVED IN THE 25TH ROYAL FUSILIERS. DIED EAST AFRICA,ON 27/10/1917, AGED 27. […]
BORN SEAMER, YORKS 1882. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN ALEXANDER ROBISON (1842-1919) & MARY BELLA ROBISON (1850-1901), OF 403 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE HAD A BROTHER, JAMES, AND SISTER, MIRRIAM MARIA ROBISON. HE SPENT SOME TIME WORKING IN CANADA, BEFORE RETURNING HOME IN 1911. HE LIVED IN HULL. AND ENSLISTED IN HULL. HE SERVED […]
