2nd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Limerick, Ireland at the outbreak of war as part of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Division and then moved to Cambridge
09.09.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at St. Nazaire and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1914
The actions on the Aisne heights.
During 1915
The action at Hooge.
During 1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy.
During 1917
The Battle of Hill 70, The Cambrai operations.
During 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, The pursuit to the Selle
The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Bohain
3 BEAULAH GROVE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
21/04/1916
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1882. HIS TRUE SURNAME WAS VINCENT. SON OF GEORGE VINCENT AND JULIA BALES, OF 8 CLARENCE STREET, HULL. A SEAMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/08/1900, AGED 18 AND 4 MONTHS. USED HIS MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME OF BALES AS HE DID NOT WANT HER TO KNOW THAT HE JOINED THE ARMY. HE WAS POSTED TO THE 2ND YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. HIS ARMY […]
4 SCARBOROUGH TERRACE, MARMADUKE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
21/03/1918
Aged
38
BORN HULL 1880. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF RICHARD & REBECCA (DAWSON). WIFE EDITH (GILLIATT). LISTED IN ST BARNABAS BOOK ROH. HDM 15/5/18. 1918 VOTERS.
2nd Lieutenant
12 , PARK GROVE, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
29/06/1918
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF FREDERICK CANTY (1867-1919) & LOUISA WOOD (1870-1943), OF 5 THE BEECHES, GODDARD AVENUE, HULL. A LAW CLERK. BROTHER TO JAMES, LEONARD AND EDITH AND DOROTHY. HE MARRIED DULCIE VERA WALKER (1895-1990), IN 1917 AND LIVED IN WILLERBY, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 2330, & 14328, ARMY CYCLIST CORPS, LI […]
3 JOHN'S SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
10/10/1916
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF BRIAN CATTLE ABOVE. A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER WHO SERVED IN INDIA. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 10/10/1916, AGED 26 ON THE SOMME. HE LEFT SISTERS JENNY, ANNIE & ARTHUR, AND IN LAW WILF. UNMARRIED. HIS WILL WAS LEFT TO HIS SISTER JENNY. HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON HULL'S, NEW GEORGE STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 0 […]
2 JACK'S PLACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
12/10/1916
Aged
22
BORN HULL 16/12/1894. HOLY TRINITY. A BILL POSTER AND DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/09/1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 14204, KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS ABOVE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, DARK HAIR, "SALLOW" COMPLEXION, TATTOOS ON LEFT FOREARM, SCA […]
6 WHARF TERRACE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
21/03/1918
Aged
33
BORN BEVERLEY ST MARTIN'S, 22/11/1894. SON OF DANIEL CROSS (1855-1943) AND JANE ATKINSON (1856-1917), OF 6 WHARF TERRACE, BECKSIDE. A SINGLE MAN. A REGULAR SOLDIER, WHO HAD SERVED IN INDIA AND SOUTH AFRICA. HE RE-ENLISTED AT DRIFFIELD, ON 05/11/1903. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, IN THE 2ND BATTALION, YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. HE WAS WOUNDE […]
BORN HULL 1899. ENLISTED HULL. EX 38459 WRR. SON OF CHARLES & ELEANOR ELLERBY AT 88 JALLAND ST & ABOVE. CLERK.
4 ALFRED TERRACE, DALTRY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
08/08/1915
Aged
27
BORN CANNING TOWN, MIDDLESEX 1887. SON OF GEORGE HENRY & EMMA FLETCHER. MARRIED MARGARET E. AND LIVED AT 4 ALFRED TERRACE, DALTRY STREET, HULL A LABOURER AND FORMER SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. SERVED IN THE WEST KENT MILITA, AND JOINED THE YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT ON 30/03/1903. . HAD SERVED IN FRANCE SINCE THE 09/09/1914. KIL […]
NORTHOLMBY STREET, HOWDEN, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
28/04/1916
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1884. LIVED WETHERBY. ENLISTED HARROGATE. WIFE ELIZABETH GOODYEAR, NORTHOLMBY STREET, HOWDEN, YORKS.
3 LINNAEUS GROVE, RUGBY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
21/03/1918
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1894. THE ONLY CHILD OF JOHN GOWEN (DECEASED) & MARY ANN EARY (1852-1924), OF 5 WASSAND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT ST MARY'S CHURCH, SCULCOATES, HULL ON 07/07/1915. HIS WIFE WAS PHYLLIS LEE SHOOTER (1894-1969). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN (GEORGE, BORN 13/01/1916 AND PHYLLIS MAUD, BORN 27/12/1916). EMPLOYED A […]
5 EASTBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
17/02/1916
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1882. LIVED WITH STEP PARENTS AT 5 EASTBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. A FORMER SOLDIER. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. CALLED UP WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED ON 17/02/1916, AGED 34. Listed on the Brighton Street Shrine, Hull (Hull Daily Mail 30 August 1916) HIS BRO […]
38 , GLASGOW STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
25/09/1916
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE & CHARLOTTE HOGGARD, OF 10 MAPLE AVE, CONVENT LANE, HULL. HE WORKED FOR THE BRITISH GAS COMPANY, HULL. MARRIED IN JULY 1907, HULL, & LIVED AT 6 DURBAN TERRACE, KIMBERLEY STREET & AND 38, GLASGOW STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL 25/09/1917 ADDRESS). HIS WIDOW, BEATRICE & FOUR CHILDREN MOVED T […]
2nd Lieutenant
10 FRANCIS AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
08/10/1918
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF CHARLES & MARY HUTCHINSON, OF 10 FRANCIS AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. SON OF A COLLECTOR. HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT, INTO THE 2ND YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 08/10/1918, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, PAS DE C […]
7 Vine Court, English Street, Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Died on
31/12/1915
Born St Marks, Hull. Enlisted in Hull. Posted to France, on 27/01/1915. Served in the 2nd York & Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action, on 31/12/1915. He is commemorated on the English Street Roll of Honour, (Hull Daily Mail 23 September 1916) His Army Effects were left to his sister, Annie Marie Lee and Brother in Law, John William […]
12 OWENS SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, UK
Died on
18/09/1918
Aged
22
BORN LEYTON TOWN, ESSEX, 1895. SON OF THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM LEE (1866-1909) & ELLEN MARSHALL LEE (1866), OF 50 HIGH HOUSE, SHEFFIELD, 70 JOHN STREET, WORKSOP, 18 WENTWORTH STREET, CHURCH STREET, HULL AND 12 OWENS SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A LABOURER. HIS PARENTS WERE FROM LINTON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. HI […]
BORN BURSTWICK 1893. SON OF HENRY LEVITT (1843-1929) & BETSY GEDNEY (1849-1932) , BURSTWICK AT 59 LEE STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND NINE SISTERS, SOME OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. A FARM FODDERER, AT OLD LITTLE HAMPTON FARM, THORNGUMBALD (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE 693, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSF […]
BORN HULL 1891. SOUTHCOATES. SON OF JAMES MOODY, OF GILLETT STREET, HULL. WIFE HILDA JANE LIVED AT 76 NAYLORS ROW, DRYPOOL, HULL HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE GILLETT STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 30 August 1916).
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM ANDREW NEWALL AND ELIZABETH NEWALL, AT 13 ST PAULS AVENUE, CHURCH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER. ENLISTING IN HULL ON 26/06/1900. HE THEN JOINED THE RESERVES AND WORKED AS A PLATER AND LABOURER FOR EARLES SHIPYARD. CALLED UP AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE SERVED WITH THE 2ND YOR […]
30, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
26/09/1916
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1881. ELDEST SON OF THE LATE THOMAS NODEN (1845-1902) & ELLEN (NOBBS) AT 30, WILLIAMSON STREET AND 43, PELHAM STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A CRANE DRIVER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, AT ALEXANDRA DOCKS. LIVING WITH HIS WIDOWED MOTHER AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED AT PONTEFRACT, ON 30/10/1915. SERVED WITH THE 2ND YORK AND L […]
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF CHARLES OLSON, A GAS WORKS LABOURER, BORN IN SWEDEN. HUSBAND OF BETSY OLSEN WHO LIVED AT 63 , REFORM STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED BY THE BRITH GAS LIGHT COMPANY HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED UNDER THE NAME PERRY, IN THE 2ND YORK AND LANCS REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 27. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON T […]
