Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
The Regiment raised a total of 18 battalions and was awarded 66 battle honours, 3 Victoria Crosses and lost 6,357 men during the course of the war.
1/5th and 1/6th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 The 1/5th stationed at Walsall and the 1/6th stationed at Wolverhampton, both as part of the Staffordshire Brigade of the North Midland Division and then moved to the Luton area and then to Bishops Stortford area.
03.03.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre where the formation became the 137th Brigade of the 46th Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1915
The German liquid fire attack at Hooge, The attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
Jan 1916 Moved to Egypt
Feb 1916 Returned to France and once again engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The diversionary attack at Gommecourt.
During 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.
During 1918
The Battle of the St Quentin canal, The Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, The Battle of Cambrai, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Sains du Nord S.E. of Avesnes.
Born Atwick, Yorkshire, 1896. Son of John W Hill and Caroline Hill, of 3. Papers Yard, Keldgate, Beverley, East Yorkshire (war pension address). He enlisted at Beverley. Formerly 2972, Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the 1st 5th Battalion (Territorial Force), South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action, at Bellenglise, St Quentin Canal, Hindenburg Line, France, on 28 … Read more
BORN WILLERBY 1888. SON OF JAMES & HARRIET HESSEY, WILLERBY. WIFE ADA HOLLING – 2 WILLOW STREET, BARNSLEY. EX NER WORKER. HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE KIRKELLA WAR MEMORIAL AT ST ANDREWS’ CHURCH. HIS BROTHER ARTHUR WAS A PRISONER OF WAR
BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. SON OF JOHN KIRK & JANE SMITH KIRK (DIED 1919) . BROTHER HAROLD ALSO KILLED NOVEMBER 1917.
BORN LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK 1898. SON OF JOHN & MARTHA ALDRED, OF HULL. ADDRESS FROM CWGC. HE LIVED IN IMMINGHAM, LINCS. ENLISTED GRIMSBY KILLED IN ACTION ON 3/10/1918, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER JOHN. HE IS BURIED AT MONTBREHAIN BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE.
