2/4th 2/5th Battalion Territorial Force
21.09.1914 The 2/4th Formed at Sheffield and the 2/5th formed at Rotherham on 03.10.1914.
Mar 1915 Both moved to Bulwell, Nottingham to join the 187th Brigade of the 62nd Division.
April 1915 Moved to Strensall, then Beverley, Gateshead, Larkhill, and Bungay.
Jan 1917 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1917
The Operations on the Ancre, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Arras offensive, The actions on the Hindenburg Line, The Cambrai Operations.
During 1918
The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras 1918, The Battles of the Marne 1918, The Scarpe, The Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of the Selle, The capture of Solesmes, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Sous-le-Bois near Maubeuge.
BORN HEADINGLEY, LEEDS, 1895. SON OF RICHARD & JANE ATKINSON, AT BOLTON PERCY, NORTH YORKSHIRE (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 23 HERMITAGE ROAD, BRIDLINGTON, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL ON 04/05/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2010, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. POSTED TO THE 2/4TH YORK AND LANCASTER (HALLAMSHIRE) REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23 […]
BORN HULL 1893. ONLY SON OF JOHN HENRY AND FLORENCE CRIDLAND, OF 20, CARRINGTON STREET, AIRLIE STREET, BOULEVARD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, ELLA & GLADYS MAY CRIDLAND. A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY PORTER AND RAILWAY OPERATOR. HE ENLISTED HULL, ON 10/12/1915, AGED 22 YEARS AND 300 DAYS. HIS ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS […]
79, Brighton Street, Hull
Died on
11/06/1923
Aged
39
Born Hull, 1884. A labourer living at 78, Goulton Street, Hull (Army Address). Husband of Miss Ida Annie Thompson, of 79, Brighton Street, Hull (War Pension address). They had one son, John, born on 01/04/1916. He enlisted at Hull, on 02/07/1917. Served with the 2/4th York & Lancs Regiment. Posted to France, on 09/11/1917. Wounded […]
19 FLORENCE AVENUE, SOMMERSCALES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
02/03/1918
Aged
37
BORN RILEY, LINCS 1881. ADOPTED SON OF WILLIAM HENRY IRVING (1848-1885) AND HARRIET WILKINSON (1854-1929), OF 15 WESTMORLAND STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO GEORGE, LETICIA, MARGARET AND EDITH. MARRIED 27/12/1909, AT ST JOHNS CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL. HUSBAND OF EDITH SABINA WALKER, AND FATHER OF EDITH AND FRANCIS, AT THIS ADDRESS. A PAINT WORKS […]
BORN HULL 1900. SON OF JOHN PACEY GOY (1861-1933) & ALICE WILSON (1863-1945) OF 30 SANDRINGHAM STREET, HULL. SON OF A RAILWAY FOREMAN. EDWARD WAS UNMARRIED. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 112 LBS WEIGHT, BROWN HAIR, GREY EYES, PALE COMPLEXION. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER ISSAC AND THREE SIS […]
7 SCARBOROUGH TERRACE, MARMADUKE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/07/1918
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY ANN KIEL. WIFE BEATRICE LIVE ABOVE ADDRESS. EX HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AGED 34. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 23RD SEPTEMBER 1918 * NB:GEORGE H KIEL, RFA - 16 FREDS TERRACE, STRICKLAND ST.
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF ARTHUR (1854-1925) & ADA NEEDLEY (1856-190), AT 161, PERTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 5, STEPNEY LANE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, WHO ALL LIVED AROUND BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE MARRIED FLORENCE JOHNSON, AT ST ANDREWS CHURCH, HULL, ON 24/08/1912 AND […]
BORN HULL 1900. SON OF EDWARD FISHER PRISSICK (1868-1949) & HARRIET ARMSTRONG (1869-1950), OF 44, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHER OF JOHN & HAROLD, AT 44, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL; AND JAMES OF 379, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. HIS WAS THE FOURTH SON SERVING. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AT THE HUMBER STREET FRUIT MARKET […]
BORN HULL, 1895. ONLY SON OF JANE HANNAH SHERWOOD, OF 12, ADA'S TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). LIVED WITH HIS ONLY SISTER, CHARLOTTE SHERWOOD, AT 5, HOPPS TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). UNMARRIED. HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER AND SCALEMAN. ENLISTED HULL, ON 06/11/1915. CALLED UP, ON 18/03/1916. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, […]
5 EAST DOCK TERRACE, LEE SMITH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
07/12/1917
Aged
33
BORN PATRINGTON 30/04/1884. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM SHARP (1858-1934) AND ANNIE SCREETON (1856-1930), OF 6 TENNISON AVENUE, FERRIES STREET, HULL. SON OF A LABOURER. HE ALSO WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 118 LBS WEIGHT, 33.5- 35.5 INCH CHEST. HE MARRIED EMMA ELIZABETH ATKIN […]
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM H. SPOUSE & AVA E. SPOUSE, OF 3 JANES PLACE, FRANCIS STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A COAL TRIMMER, BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS ON THE HUMBER DOCK. HE MARRIED ANNIE ELIZABETH MCDERMOTTM AT HULL, IN 1907. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR TWO SONS, AT 8 BOOTH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS P […]
BORN HULL 1900. SON OF WILLIAM AND AUGUSTA THOMPSON. HIS FATHER WAS SHIP STEWARD. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN HAMBURG, GERMANY. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 6, VICTORIA AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET (WAR PENSION ADDRESS), 32, WESTBOURNE STREET & 168, BEAN STREET, HESSLE ROAD. HE LIVED WITH HIS OLDER MARRIED SISTER, AMY ROBINSON AT 32 WESTBOURNE STREET. […]
4 ST GEORGES AVENUE, REDBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/09/1918
Aged
37
BORN LOCKINGTON, YORKSHIRE, 1881. SON OF LOT WHITTON (1848-1926 )AND JANE WHITTON, OF 37 BROOK STREET, DRIFFIELD. HE HAD A HALF BROTHER ALBERT AND TWO SISTERS, MABLE AND DORA. HE MARRIED ALICE JANE ASHWELL (1878-1929), AT ST MATTHEWS CHIRCH HULL, ON 06/12/1902. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN AT, 4 ST GEORGES AVENUE, REDBOURNE STRE […]
