Regiment: York And Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion

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

Last Name
Address
Narrative
Perry, Charles
Private
York And Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion
36 , REFORM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Reform Street, HU2 8EF
       
Died on
09/08/1915
       
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1885. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION. MARRIED AYGUUST 1913. WIFE MRS BETSEY OLSSEN ABOVE ARMY ADDRESS. DOCK LABOURER. PRIOR TO ENLISTING HE WORKED FOR THE BRITISH GAS COMPANY AT SCULCOATES. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING ON THE 23RD JULY 1915 AND HIS SISTER AT, 6 CLEO AVENUE, ARUNDLE STREET, WHOSE HUSBAND SGT. BARKER, WAS IN THE SAME […]
Plaskitt, Alfred
Private
York And Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion
LAUGHTON COTTAGE, BROUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Brough,
       
Died on
17/08/1918
       
Aged
20
BORN BROUGH 1896. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF THOMAS & EMMA PLASKITT IN BROUGH.
Spooner, Thomas Henry
Private
York And Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion
8 JOHN'S TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Kent Street
       
Died on
07/08/1915
       
Aged
32
BORN MANCHESTER 22/12/1883. SON OF JAMES SPOONER (1861-1909) AND HONARA JANE BROMLEY (1859-1941). HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN 1902 FOR FIVE YEARS. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, LIVING WITH HIS BROTHER, JOHN, AT 17 LILIANS TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED ADA ABLETT JACKSON (1885-1944) AT HULL, ON 26/12/1913. THEY LIVE […]
Stocks, William
Private
York And Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion
87 , COLTMAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Coltman Street
       
Died on
12/10/1916
       
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1897. FOURTH SON OF CAPTAIN, FREDERICK CHARLES STOCKS (1852-1918) & RACHEL ANN JOHNSON (1859-1912), OF 87 COLTMAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SON OF A SHIP'S PILOT. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1912. HIS FATHER DIED ON 15/07/1918. A FORMER OFFICE WORKER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 22746, 2ND YORK AND […]
Watson, Arthur Key
Private
York And Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion
3 WALMSLEY TERRACE, WALMSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Walmsley Street
       
Died on
10/04/1918
       
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1884. YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN KEY WATSON, A FARMER & FRANCES EMMA KEY (JACKSON). EMPLOYED BY MESSRS MAYFIELD, STEPNEY PAPER MILLS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 33. BURIED IN GERMANY. HE IS LISTED ON THE WALMSLEY STREET ROH PUBLISHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 16TH OCTOBER 1917. ALSO FEATURED IN THE HDM 26/02/18 &a […]
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