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.
Private
96 , OSBORNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
25/10/1916
Aged
40
ORIGINALLY FROM CYPRUS HE WAS A BOARDING HOUSE KEEPER WITH HIS WIFE, TERESSA (BORN 30 OCT 1867 -1931), AT 96 OSBORNE STREET, HULL. HE HAD A STEP SON, JAMES STEWART WILSON, BORN 10TH MAY 1904. HE ENLISTED IN JULY 1915. SERVED IN THE 12TH SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN ACTION, DIED ON ON 25/10/1916. BURIED ETRETAT CHURCHYARD, […]
Private
80, Cogan Street, Hull, UK
Died on
01/05/1921
Aged
22
Born Hull, 1898. Son on Fanny and Simon Dietch of 40, Upper Union Street, Hull (Army Address) and 80, Cogan Street, Hull (War Pension address). His parents were from a Russian Jewish family. His mother, Fanny was a widow and ran a Grocer shop with her brother, in law. He had three sisters, Edith Leah and Sarah and one brother, Isaac. He […]