Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
1/5th 1/6th & 1/7th Battalion Territorial Forces
04.08.1914 The 1/5th stationed at York, the 1/6th stationed at Bradford and the 1/7th stationed at Leeds, all as part of the 1st West Riding Brigade of the West riding Division then moved to Selby and then Strensall and back to York.
Mar 1915 Moved to Gainsborough.
15.04.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne.
15.05.1915 Formation became the 146th Brigade of the 49th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Battle of Aubers Ridge, The defence against the first Phosgene attack.
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
1917
Operations on the Flanders Coast (Hush), The Battle of Poelcapelle.
1918
The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Scherpenberg, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Evin-Malmaison north of Douai, France.
Born Cottingham, 1898. Son of Hannah Johnson and Goodhall Johnson, of Woodhouse, Farm, Cottingham, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a Farm Foreman. Served in the 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Killed on 25/04/1918, aged 19. Commemorated at the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
BORN HOLME, SHIPTON, YORKS 1899. ELDEST SON OF ARTHUR STEPHEN THEOBALD TAYLOR. & MARY ELIZABETH TAYLOR, AT 9, MONTROSE AVENUE, KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION AND 1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS). SON OF A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY SIGNALMAN AND PORTER. STEPHEN TAYLOR, WORKED AS A CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 21/04/1917. TRAINED AT RUGELEY AND … Read more
