9th (Service) Battalion
25.08.1914 Formed at York as part of the first New Army (K1) and moved to Belton Park, Grantham as part of the 32nd Brigade of the 11th Division.
April 1915 Moved to Witley Camp, Godalming
03.07.1915 Embarked for Gallipoli from Liverpool via Mudros.
06.08.1915 Landed at Suvla Bay and engaged in various actions against the Turkish Army including;
The Battle of Sari Bair.
20.12.1915 Evacuated from Gallipoli to Egypt due to severe casualties from combat, disease and harsh weather.
07.02.1916 Arrived in Egypt and took over part of the Suez Canal defences.
01.07.1916 Moved to France landing at Marseilles and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The capture of the Wundt-Werk, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Thiepval.
1917
Operations on the Ancre, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle.
13.11.1917 Absorbed 400 men of all ranks from the Yorkshire Hussars to become the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry) Battalion.
1918
The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Drocourt-Quant Line, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war Bettignies north of Maubeuge, France.
4 WELLINGTON MART, HUMBER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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BORN SUTTON, HULL, 1889. SON OF JOHN JOSEPH & ELIZABETH BAYSTON, CHURCH STREET, SUTTON UPON HULL. GRANDSON OF MR & MRS MAWER AT THIS ADDRESS. GRANPARENTS RICHARD & MARY HEWSON -17 BROMLEY STREET, HULL. DIED 09/10/1917, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 08/8/1916.
BORN HULL 18/05/1887. KNOWN AS 'BOB'. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM BRANTON (1855-1914) & ALICE TOPHAM (1859-1909). ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A PUBLICAN. LANDLORD OF THE WHEATSHEAF & PLOUGH INN, WELWICK. HE MARRIED ELSIE FOSTER (1890-1980), IN HULL, ON 04/06/1911. HIS WIFE, ELSIE AND DAUGHTERS, ELSIE AND IVY, LIVED AT 35A C […]
5 RICHMOND TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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17/09/1915
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BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JAMES AND THERESA BRODERICK, 65 VICTOR STREET. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. A SHOP ASSISTANT. ENLISTED HULL. EX 26975, 8TH WELSH REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS AT ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL, ON 17/09/1915, AGED 23. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MRS ROSANNA McGARRY. COMMEMORATED ON THE GALLIPOLI MEMORIAL, HELLES, TURKEY.
BORN OWSTON FERRY, LINCOLN. ONE OF 4 BROTHERS. DIED OF WOUNDS AT GALLIPOLI, ON 25/08/1915, AGED 30. HIS BROTHER FRED DROWNED DURING ENEMY ACTION. HIS DEATH IS REPORTED IN THEHDM 27/08/1917 & 01/09/1917, AND IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 18/09/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * . I am grateful to Pete Bradshaw who sent the following information on […]
6, MAY TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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26/11/1915
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BORN SUTTON 1893. SON OF CHARLES H. CLARKE & RACHEL CLARKE, OF 6, MAY TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EX RAILWAY CLERK FOR THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS AND HULL AND BARNSLEY LINE. ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS SERVING. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11018, 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI ON 06/05/1 […]
BORN HULL 18/08/1899. SON OF FRED LAKEY CORNELL & MARY ANN CORNELL OF 55, WEST PARADE, HULL (1901 CENSUS). THEY MOVED TO 6, YEOMAN ROAD, UPPERTHORPE, SHEFFIELD (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHERS, ARTHUR AND FRED AND THREE MARRIED SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A TIN SMITH AND DRAPER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED AT SHEFFIELD, ON 16/09/1916. DESCRIBE […]
5 BRIGHTON TERRACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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27/09/1916
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38
BORN BISHOPHILL, YORK, 1878. SON OF JAMES CREASER (1850-1910) & PHOEBE ELIZABETH JOHNSON (1849-1931). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE MARRIED CHARLOTTE HUNT, IN HULL, IN 1901. HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE, AND DAUGHTERS, PHOEBE AND DORA, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENUS). A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMEN […]
Company Sergeant Major
BORN GOMMERSIDE, RICHMOND, YORK. ENLISTED YORK. EX 457, YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. SERVED AS COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR, 236161, 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/11/1918. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MIRRIAM ELLEANOR DAYKIN. HE ALSO LEFT HER £84 IN HIS WILL. SHE LIVED AT BELLERBY, LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE. HE IS BURIED IN […]
6 ERNEST TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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BORN ST BENNETTS, SUNDERLAND 1889. HIS FAMILY LIVED AT 14 JOHNS PLACE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 68 CLEVELAND STREET, HULL. HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, MAUD SOWDEN, LIVED AT 6 ERNEST TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME. ON 1 […]
KENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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27/09/1916
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BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HARRY WILLIAM & MARY JANE ENGLAND, OF KENT STREET, HULL AND 83, THOMAS STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS - 23/12/1916). KNOWN AS "BEN", HE WORKED ON HULL DOCKS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING, ON 27/09/1916. THEN KILLED ON 27/09/1916 […]
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN GEORGE & ELIZABETH AMELIA EVERS. HUSBAND OF ROSE HANNAH EVERS. WORKED FOR MESSRS, RAYNOR AND CROOK, TRINITY HOUSE LANE, FOR SEVEN AND HALF YEARS AND THEN AS A CANTEEN MANAGER, AT MR STOREY, GROCERS, ANALABY ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WTH THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON […]
53 Foundry Street Warrington
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15/12/1916
Born Ireland. Enlisted Hull. His army effects were left to his brother, James at 53 Foundry Street Warrington, UK. Name John Garland Birth Place Dromantic, Dundalk Death Date 15 Dec 1916 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull Rank L Corporal Regiment Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment Battalio […]
22 , MARMADUKE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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BORN WAKEFIELD 1897. SON OF THOMAS HARPER & KATHERINE FOTHERGILL (1872-1967), OF 22, MARMADUKE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A JOURNEYMAN TAILOR. HE WORKED WITH HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM, AS A BILLIARD MARKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/09/1916, AGED 2 […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JAMES HARRISON, NORTH CAVE. ENLISTED YORK. SERVED IN THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 27/08/1917, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS FATHER, JAMES.
BORN HULL 1896. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF CHARLES HOLTBY (1871-1957) & ELIZABETH GREEN (1872-1956), OF 11 RAILWAY COTTAGES, BROUGH (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FOREMAN RAILWAY PLATELAYER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. A GARDENER BEFORE THE WAR. POSTED ABROAD, ON 02/09/1915. SERVED WITHTHE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED I […]
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE LEONARD & SARAH ANN I'ANSON, OF 4 RUTLAND TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL AND 9 WORHIP STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER, HULL CORPORATION WORKER. HE ENLISTED ON 22/03/1915 AND WENT TO WHITLEY BAY. HE LEFT THERE FOR THE DARDENELLES, ON 20/09/1915. HIS GRAVE READS, "FELL, DOING HIS DUTY". HIS DEATH WAS […]
56 MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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BORN HULL, 1878. SCULCOATES. SON OF RICHARD AND FRANCES H. JACKSON, OF ANN'S BUILDINGS, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH BATTALION, PRINCE OF WALES OWN (WEST YORKSHIRE) REGIMENT. LEFT ENGLAND ON 11/07/1914. KILLED IN ACTION AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 37. COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS NAME W […]
6, ARTHUR TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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BORN 1896. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM JUBB (1861-1924) & EDITH THEODORA PETERS (1866-1953), OF 6, ARTHUR TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF AN UNEMPLYED JOINER (1911 CENSUS). HE JOINED RECKITT'S CANISTER WORKS ON 19/9/1912. HE ENLISTED AUGUST 1914, SERVED IN EGYPT, SALONIKA & FRANCE. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/9668, 9TH […]
20, Paris Street, Grangemouth, Scotland
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Born Grangemouth, Scotland, 1886. Son of John Leyden and Julia Burke, of Grangemouth, Scotland. He had four brothers and four sisters. A Sawmill Machine man. Living and working Hull when war began. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 9th West Yorkshire Regiment. Posted overseas, on 23trd Sept 1915. Killed in action, on 14/09/1916. His […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM LONSDALE (1863-1946) & ANN BELLARD (1865-1943), OF 37, MAY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS THE CHURCH WARDEN OF ST MARY CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AN SISTER, CALLED IVY. FORMERLY AN APPRENTICE SIGN WRITER. HE RESIDED AT 63 , NICHOLSON STREET, […]
