Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at York and then moved to Falmouth and then to Redcar.
April 1916 Moved to West Hartlepool where it remained.
BORN HULL 1886. LIVED & ENLISTED MIDDLESBOROUGH. SON OF JOHN & MARY POSTGATE. A WATER SALESMAN. Name George Postgate Birth Place Hull, 1886 Death Date 23 Apr 1917 Death Place Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Enlistment Place Middlesbrough Rank Private Regiment Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales’ Own) Battalion 4th Battalion Regimental Number … Read more
George William Dayes was born in Beverley on 7 September 1892, the eldest son of Herbert and Harriet Dayes. He lived in Hotham, where he worked as a farm cowman. He enlisted in Hull. When war was declared George enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment, and, serving with the 2nd Battalion which became part of … Read more
BORN WALLSEND, NORTHUMBERLAND, 1876. SON OF WILLIAM BUDD (1841-1904) AND MARY JANE ALDUS (1849-1908). HE MARRIED MARY ISABELLA SAYERS (1874-1924) AT TYNEMOUTH, IN 1896, AGED 20. HE WAS WORKING AS A MINER, UNDERGROUND IN BLYTH (1911 CENSUS) HE ENLISTED HULL & LIVED IN HULL ABOVE (1901 CENSUS) HE. DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS AND DISEASE CONTRACTED WHILST … Read more
BORN HULL 05/01/1893. ELDEST SON OF HERBERT ALTOFT (1865-1923)& EMILY MARY LAWRENCE (1863-1936), OF 81, ROSAMOND STREET, HULL. SON OF A MARINE ENGINEER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, HAROLD AND ONE SISTER, MABEL ISABELL ALTOFT (1889-1974). HE WORKED HIMSELF AT EARLES SHIP BUILDING YARD. ENLISTED AS PRIVATE, 32911, IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, IN HULL, … Read more
