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.
1st Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Lichfield as part of the 18th Brigade of the 6th Division then moved to Dunfermline and then Cambridge.
10.09.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at St. Nazaire and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1914
The actions on the Aisne heights.
1915
The action at Hooge.
1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy.
1917
The Battle of Hill 70, The Cambrai operations.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Advance in Flanders, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Beaurevoir, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Fresnoy N.E. of St. Quentin.
33 DISCOUNT COURT, ST JAMES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
29/10/1914
Aged
32
BORN THIXENDALE, MALTON, YORKSHIRE, 1882. SON OF JOHN POTTER (1843-1929) AND ROSANNAH IBSON (1853-1889), OF STAMFORD, BRIDLINGTON, YORKS, AND 33 DISCOUNT COURT, ST JAMES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ENLISTED KNARESBOROUGH. SERVED AS A DRUMMER IN THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (1911 CENSUS). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/10/1914, AGED 32. H […]
83 , CLIFTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
20/10/1916
Aged
37
BORN BEVERLEY, 1881. SON OF JAMES & ANN QUAID OF 83 , CLIFTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. ENLISTED WALSALL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 6524 DUBLIN FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 20/10/1916, AGED 37. BURIED AT ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, SEINE-MARITIME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE R […]
4, WESTMEATH AVENUE, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
27/06/1918
Aged
21
BORN DRYPOOL, HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF JOHN GEORGE & ANN FIDELL QUEMBY, OF 3, PARKLAND TERRACE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY MESSENGER & FISHERMAN. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1218, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT; TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST & 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WO […]
2 PARK GROVE, PULMAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
20/10/1914
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ARTHUR & ALICE ROBERTS, OF 2 PARK GROVE, PULMAN STREET, HULL. A FORMER LABOURER. ENLISTED HULL ON THE 14/02/1911. SERVING AS A REGULAR SOLDIER IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WHEN WAR BEGAN. ARRIVED IN BELGIUM WITH THE BEF. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/10/1914, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO BOTH P […]
BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF MR WILLIAM HENRY RODMELL (1870-1926) & MRS MARIA ELIZABETH RODMELL OF THIS ADDRESS. HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 57098, 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1918, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM. HE LEFT SIBLINGS, FR […]
12, HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/11/1914
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ROBERT AND JANE SCAIFE, OF 12 HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. ROBERT HAD SERVED IN THE BOER WAR AND WORKED FOR THE HULL BREWERY COMPANY. HE LEFT A WIDOW FANNY & YOUNG SON MATHEW SCAIFE, AT 2, EBENEEZER TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. THIS WAS GIVEN AS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER AND DIED OF WOUND […]
BURTON TERRACE, BEVERLEY, BEVERLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
12/10/1916
Aged
23
BORN ST MARTINS, BEVERLEY 1892. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH SIMPSON, BEVERLEY. EX FARM WORKER. DEATH REPORTED IN HDM 17/11/16.
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF FRED & ANNIE M. STOW, OF FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL . HUSBAND OF ALICE MAUD BURLACE STOW, OF 56, GODDARD AVENUE, HULL (AR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A HULL POLICEMAN. SERVED AS LANCE SERGEANT WITH THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. CAPTURED IN OCTOBER 1914. AND REPAT […]
BORN NORTH FERRIBY 1898. KNOWN AS "TOM". SON OF GEORGE STRAKER & AMELIA CAMPBELL, AT 80 NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A MOULDER, EMPLOYED BY THE BRITANNIA, OIL AND CAKE MILLS, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 3.5 INCHES TALL, 125 LBS, AND 35 INCH CHEST. ENLISTED HULL, 21/05/1916, AGED 17 AND 9 MONTHS. TRANSFERRED TO […]
3, Hope Terrace, Walker Street, Hull
Died on
23/09/1915
Aged
42
Born Coldstream, Berwick, 1873. Son of Mrs Ellen Dawson (1844-1916), of 13, Williams Place, St James Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 3, Hope Terrace, Walker Street, Hull (war pension address). A General Labourer. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st West Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action, on 23/09/1915, aged 42. Buried in Belgium. […]
13 CLARENCE AVENUE, DELHI STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/10/1914
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1893. SCULCOATES. AKA 'BERTIE'. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE THORLEY (1856-1927) & MRS ALICE ETHEL THORLEY (1872-1943), OF 13 CLARENCE AVENUE, BEDFORD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS. HIS FATHER WAS A TIME AND STOR KEEPER. HIS MOTHER WAS 16 YEARS YOUNGER THAN HIS FATHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 9739. 1ST WEST YORKSHIR […]
14 POPLAR TERRACE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
31/07/1917
Aged
41
BORN YORK 1875. SON OF THOMAS VINER (1855-1938) AND MARY ANN TODD (1853-1929), AT 243, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD A BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. AN OIL EXTRACTOR, FOR THE HULL OIL COMPANY. HE WAS A MARRIED MAN WITH A SON AND THREE STEP CHILDREN. LIVED AT 14 POPLAR TERRACE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL AND 4, CHESTNUT GROVE, GARDEN VILLA […]
BORN HULL 1888. YOUNGEST SON OF JAMES TURNER (1841-1910) & BRIDGET HUGHES (1847-1949) OF 54 WOOD LANE, BEVERLEY (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). SON OF A PUBLICAN. BOTH HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN IRELAND. HE ENLISTED HULL. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 04/07/1917, AGED 29 […]
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE WILKINSON (1865-1951) & ELIZA ANN PADGET (1859-1908), OF 5 FAIR VIEW, SUBWAY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS). AN ENGINE CLEANER. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, LILY AT 74 HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 11093, 6TH EYR. POSTED TO GALLIPOLI, ON 10/07/1915 […]
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF FRANK & ELEANOR MARTHA WRIGHT (1864-1942), OF 5 ST LEONARDS ROAD, HULL (1911) AND 21 Avenue Crescent, Harehills, LEEDS. HE HAD TWO OLDER SISTERS, FLORENCE AND AGNES. EMPLOYED AS AN INSURANCE CLERK. HE LIVED AT 61 GRAFTON STREET HULL. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED WITH THE 1ST GARRISON BATTALION, WEST YORKS […]
