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 HORKSTOW BRIDGE, LINCS 1877. SON OF THE LATE HENRY(1846-1901) AND ELIZA BASLINGTON (1850-1923), OF 48 MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL. MARRIED AT DRYPOOL, HULL, ON 20/08/1910. HIS WIFE, HETTY MARSHALL (COATES), LIVED WITH THEIR TWO SONS, JOHN AND JAMES, AT 76 , ESCOURT STREET, HULL (HIS ARMY ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHES TALL […]
BORN DUBLIN 1897. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF GEORGE HENRY CANNON (1870-1950) & HANNAH WYETH (1871-1947) AT 96 , MAYFIELD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS), AND LATER MOVED TO LONDON. HE LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/07/1917, AGED 20. BURIED AT MONT HUON MILITAR […]
32, New Garden Street, Hull
Died on
25/04/1923
Aged
28
Born Kilnhurst, West Yorkshire, 1895. Son of James W Carr & Mary Carr. He was a Miner & Labourer Below Ground, working in Rotherham. He also resided in Leeds. Husband of Ann Elizabeth Carr, of 32, New Garden Street, Hull (War Pension Address). Enlisted on 19 July 1915. Served in the 1/5th Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) […]
3 , SEATON STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
15/07/1916
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1883. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, MRS CHADWICK AT 3 SEATON STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR BROWN & SONS, SCHOOL CONTRACTORS. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. FORMERLY 13/1361 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 27227, 1/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN THE SOMME OFFENSIVE. HE WAS […]
1, HARRY'S TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
11/10/1918
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JAMES COCKERLINE (1851-1918) AND SUSANNAH COCKERLINE. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. AN EX RECKITT'S WORKER AND OIL MILLER, BOARDING AT 11 NORNABELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED THREE TIMES. FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS, FROM HIS FIRST MARRIAGE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 29/08/1914, AGED 26. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCH […]
17 , WALCOTT STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
03/05/1917
Aged
34
Born York 1882. He enlisted at Selby. Joined the 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds Pals). His Wife Margaret lived at 3 St Johns terrace, Fish gate, York (War pension address) and17 Walcott Street, Hull (Hull Daily Mail, on 06/02/1919). He was killed at Arras, on 3rd May 1915 and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. His details are r […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF MARK & SARAH GRAY ABOVE. HAIRDRESSER APPRENTICE. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 5TH WEST YORKSHIIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED MISSING ON 15/04/1918. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 02/05/1918, AGED 22. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 13/08/1918. * UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, MARK. HE LEF […]
5 FEATHERSTONS ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
09/10/1917
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1897. SON THE LATE THOMAS W. HACKETT & MARGARET HACKETT, OF 5 FEATHERSTONS ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL, 5 HESSLE PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL AND 1, MINERVA TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) A DOCK LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 104 LIBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, PALE COMP […]
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM JACOBS (1848-1887) AND MARIA HERON (1850-1929) OF 143 MERSEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE MARRIED ADA BLAKELEY. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN AT 12 EARLES ROAD, WILMINGTON, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A GREASER. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE EARLES CEMENT WORKS, HULL, WHERE HE HAD BEEN FOR ELEVEN YEARS WHE […]
Woodhouse, Farm, Cottingham, Hull
Died on
25/04/1918
Aged
19
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 HULL 05/11/1884. SON OF THOMAS JORDAN (1847-1907) & MARY JANE WRIGHT (1849-), OF 15 JOHNS TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL. A LABOURER. HE WAS WORKING FOR A COD LIVER OIL MERCHANTS, AT BALNAKET ROW, HULL, WHEN WAR WAS DECALRED. HE MARRIED WIFE GERTRUDE BRADY, AT HULL, IN 1906. THEY HAD A SON, ALSO CALLED RUBEN FREDERICK AND BOARD […]
BORN GOOLE 1889. GRANDSON OF WILLIAM AND SARAH JANE KASSELL, GOOLE. LIVED IN HARROGATE AND LEEDS. MARRIED WIFE ADA KASSELL, SCULCOATES IN 1911. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A MASTER PAINTER. ALSO LIVED WITH AUNTIE ALICE KASSELL AT 4 AMYS CRESCENT, SOMERSCLAES STREET IN 1911 AND AT THIS ADDRESS. WOUNDED IN 1915. DIED OF TUBERLOCIS. BURIED […]
29, Green Lane, Hull
Died on
09/10/1917
Aged
34
Born St. John's, Keswick, Cumberland. Son of Thomas Robert and Elizabeth Lee; Husband of Susannah Lee, of The Village, Myton-on-Swale Yorkshire and 29, Green Lane, Hull (War Pension address). Enlisted at York. Served in the 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Killed in action, on 09/10/1917, aged 34. Commemorated on […]
93 GREEK STREET, HAWTHORN AVENUE, HULLL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
22/03/1917
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JAMES & ANN LYONS, OF 93 GREEK STREET, HAWTHORN AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A BRICKERLAYERS LABOURER, LIVING AT 93 GREEK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ALSO RESIDED AT 167 GLASGOW STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 22/03/1917, AGED 26. BU […]
BORN HUDDERSFIELD 1892. SON OF ALLEN & ELLEN OF 117, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL - (HULL DAILY MAIL 31/03/1919). EX WOOD PATTERN MAKER AND WASTE DEALER. LIVED HULL. MARRIED 6TH NOVEMBER 1915, AGED 24. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 27 BENTLEY STREET, LOCKWOOD, YORKSHIRE AND 117, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED LEEDS. SERVED WITH THE […]
12 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, GROSVENOR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
03/05/1918
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF LOUIS PALLISER & ANNIE MARTIN. HUSBAND OF CHARLOTTE AMELIA BELLERBY, OF 12 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, GROSVENOR STREET, HULL. (1918 ABSENT VOTERS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR, HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE ELLERMAN-WILSON, SHIPPING LINE. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN MARCH 1917. SERVED WITH THE 5TH WES […]
8 BARNSLEY TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
09/10/1917
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF LILY WHITLEY, OF 8 BARNSLEY TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE MARRIED ON 11/10/1906. HIS WIFE EDITH ELEANOR (DALE) MASON LIVED AT 7 BARNSLEY TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL, (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A TRAM DRIVER. ENLISTED HULL, ON 22/03/1915. SERVED […]
4 FLORENCE GROVE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
09/10/1917
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF PETER (1841-1926) AND ELIZABETH NEWBY (1845-1902), OF HULL. HE MARRIED IN 1905. HIS WIFE FLORENCE EMMA TROFER (1886-1925), LIVED AT 18 NEWLAND GROVE, NEWLAND AVENUE (1911 CENSUS) AND 4 FLORENCE GROVE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL. THEY HAD SONS, EDWIN AND ARTHUR AND DAUGHTER, GLADYS MAY. A FORMER DOCK LABOURER. ENL […]
27, TABER STREET, HALLFIELD ROAD, LAYERTHORPE, YORK, YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/04/1918
Aged
28
BORN HULL 12/05/1889. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE PARKER (1868-1944) AND MINNIE DAY (1870-1922), OF 35, HALFIELD ROAD, YORK. LIVED IN YORK. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A CHOCHOLATE MOULDER. HE MARRIED MAY BUCKLEY, AT YORK, ON 28/10/1911. THEY LIVED AT 27, TABER STREET, HALLFIELD ROAD, YORK (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HA […]
13, Alliance Avenue, Hull
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
19
Born Headingley, Leeds, 1896. Son of Thomas Stokes (1843-1921) and Louisa Brace (1866-1941), of 13, Alliance Avenue, Hull (War Pension Address). He enlisted in Leeds. Served as Private, with the 1/5th, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), in Egypt and France. Killed in action, on 01/07/1916, aged 19. His army effects were le […]
