Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
The Regiment raised 35 Battalions and was awarded 57 Battle Honours and 4 Victoria Crosses, losing 12,700 men during the course of the war.
12th (Service) Battalion
16.9.1914 Formed as part of the Third New Army (K3) and moved to Halton Park, as part of the 63rd Brigade of the 21st Division and then moved to Leighton Buzzard area.
May 1915 Moved to Halton Park and then Witley Park and then Godalming.
Sept 1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre.
16.11.1915 Transferred to the 9th Brigade of the 3rd Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1916
The Actions of the Bluff and St Eloi Craters, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of the Ancre.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Cambrai 1917.
17.02.1918 Disbanded and formed the 10th Entrenching Battalion with the 8th East Yorkshire Regiment.
Born Middlesbrough, 1881. Son of John and Margaret Ellerton, of 6 Seaton Terrace, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough. An Accountants Clerk before the war. Married 25 Nov 1916. Husband of Lily at Beaver House, Queensgate, Beverley, East Yorkshire. Enlisted Middlesbrough. Served in the 12th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Died of wounds, on 30/12/1917. Buried … Read more
Born Goosehill 1893. Son of Mary Ann and Samuel Arthur Taylor, of Goosehill, Normanton, Yorks. Son of a Welsh coal Miner. Harold worked with his brother Fred, as a Colliery Banksman above ground. He had six sisters and a younger brother. He enlisted at Leeds. Served in the 12th West Yorkshire Regiment. Posted to France … Read more
Reported missing in the Hull Daily Mail, on 03/12/1915, with his address and photograph. Details from CWGC records.
BORN HULL 1887. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED AT 24 PEASE STREET. KILLED IN ACTION AT LOOS. LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO MRS EDITH ANDERSON. NOTE ERDIN ELIASSEN – BOOTMAKER AT 5 RUSSELL PLACE, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 3RD DECEMBER 1915. * George Eliasson was born in … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF CHARLES SMITH TOWNEND (1870-1908) AND MARTHA ANN SAUNDERS (1872-1934), OF 6, TEMPERENCE BUILDINGS, SWANN STREET, HULL. AN EARLES, SHIPYARD WORKER. HE MARRIED JANE ELIZABETH GARVEY (1893-1972), ON 22/03/1913, AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, HULL. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, GERTRUDE AND WALTER (DIED ON 28/09/1916). RESIDED AT 101, YORK STREET, HULL … Read more
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF CHARLES SMITH & FRANCIS ALMA ALLISON, OF 10 ROSMEAD STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (1911) AND 1 JUNCTION TERRACE, HUME STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 60 NORNABEL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. SON OF AN OIL MILL PRESSMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A MARRIED SISTER, FRANCES PEXTON. HIS FAMILY WERE … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. BROTHER OF JAMES W ROBINSON ABOVE NEAR CLARENDON STREET, HULL.
BORN HULL 1897. ENLISTED BRADFORD. DIED OF WOUNDS. SON OF RICHARD & ELLEN PENROSE ABOVE ADDRESS 1901 & MOVED TO BRADFORD.
BORN DONCASTER 1891. SON OF WILLIAM & EMMA REVILL. WIFE BEATRICE M (SHARPE) HEMPSALL ABOVE. HULL HEROES WEBSITE.
BORN HULL 1899. SCULCOATES. SON OF JOHN & HARRIET ANN HATFIELD, OF 20, DENMARK AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. GRANDSON OF ELLEN HATFIELD – 25 LEE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 12TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, IN BELGIUM, ON 26/09/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. JOHN. … Read more
