11th (Service) Battalion
10.09.1914 Formed at York and then moved to Frensham as part of the 69th Brigade of the 23rd Division.
01.12.1914 Moved to Oudenarde Barracks, Aldershot.
Feb 1915 Moved to Folkestone & Maidstone and then Bramshot.
26.08.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
Trench familiarisation as part of the 20th (Light) and 27th Divisions and then took control of the front line at Ferme Grande Flamengrie to the Armentieres-Wez Macquart road and at Bois Grenier.
1916
Relieved the French 17th Division in the Carency sector between the Boyau de l’Ersatz and the Souchez River. The German Attack on Vimy Ridge, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy, The capture of Le Sars.
1917
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The First Battle of Passchendaele, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
14.11.1917 Moved to Italy to strengthen Italian resistance after a recent disaster at the Battle of Caporetto and engaged various actions including;
The fighting on the Asiago Plateau, The Battle of Vittorio Veneto, The passage of the Piave and The Battle of Monticano.
04.11.1918 Ended the war near Porcia west of Pordenone, Italy.
Regiment: The Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 11th Battalion
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF STEPHEN FREEMAN & SARAH ELIZABETH FREEMAN, OF 28, EXCHANGE STREET, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX SONS AND NO SISTERS. HUSBAND OF CATHERINE, OF 2, ELLEN'S TERRACE, FINSBURY STREET, HULL. HE WORKED TEN YEARS FOR MESSRS, HOLMES TANERY SCULOCATES LANE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL IN SEPTEMBE […]
BORN BEVERLEY 1879. SON OF ELLEN HEARON, ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WW1 MEMORIAL.
31 RIPON GROVE, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/07/1917
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ALICE CROISDALE OF 38 SECOND AVENUE, SELLY PARK, BIRMINGHAM. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER, AT 31 RIPON GROVE, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL. A ROOF SLATER BY TRADE. HE ENLISTED IN BIRMINGHAM. SERVED WITH THE 11TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/07/1917, AGED 22. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEM […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF EILEN DRURY (1870-1951) & THE LATE WALTER SALVIDGE (1868-1898), OF 17 JUBILEE TERRACE, GOULTON STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WORKED AT THE QUEENS HOTEL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 11TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED, ON 13/11/1915, AGED 18. HE […]
14, WENTWORTH AVENUE, FIELD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
02/04/1916
Aged
18
BORN HULL 13/11/1897. SON OF ALBERT ROBERT THURNELL (1871-1932) & ANNIE AMELIA JENNISON (1871-1951), OF 14, WENTWORTH AVENUE, FIELD STREET, HULL AND 8, ABBEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). SON OF A LABOURER. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED UNDERAGE IN LEEDS, USING HIS MIDDLE NAME 'WILLIAM'. SERVED IN THE 11TH WES […]
Company Sergeant Major
29, Brook Street, Driffield, Yorkshire
Died on
07/06/1917
Aged
29
Born Driffield, East Yorkshire, 1888. Son of the late Arthur Edward Watson, of Westgate, Driffield; He married at Driffield in 1915. Husband of Jane Elizabeth Binnington, of 29, Brook Street, Driffield, Yorkshire. He was a Woodworking Machinist. He enlisted in Hull. Served as CSM, 11th West Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action, on 07/0 […]
2 VICTORIA AVENUE, ST MARK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/08/1918
Aged
25
BORN HULL, J1893. SON OF JOHN AND ANNIE WEBSTER, OF 8 SARAH ANN TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED EMILY ROBINSON, AT HULL, IN 1915. HIS WIFE ETHEL EMILY WEBSTER & 3 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 16 ANNIE TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL & 2 VICTORIA AVENUE, ST MARK STREET, HULL (War Pension address). EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILLER. ENLISTE […]
8 , WHITEHALL GARDENS, VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
10/07/1916
Aged
27
BORN HULL 04/01/1889. SON OF STAFFORD BEESTON WHITBY (MBE) & HETTIE WHITBY, OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, OTTAWA, CANADA, AND 8 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL. HARRY ALDEN WHITBY WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL, HE HAD A BRILLIANT SCHOLASTIC CAREER. HE ATTENDED PARIS UNIVERSITY, AND SPENT TWO AND HALF YEARS STUDYING IN GERMANY. HE WAS […]
BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF JOHN HENRY & MARY WILKINSON, OF 11 RICHMOND TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL AND 17 LAKE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE SISTER. WORKED FOR ROSE, DOWNS AND THOMPSON AS A HYDRAULIC LEATHER MAKER AND POLISHER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 35.5-37.5 INCH CHEST, "A GOOD TIME KEEPER, INDUSTR […]
