2nd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Guernsey and then moved to Southampton and then to Lyndhurst as part of the 21st Brigade of the 7th Division.
06.10.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Zeebrugge and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1914
The First Battle of Ypres (the Division suffered heavy losses in this battle and took the rest of the year to rebuild).
20.12.1915 Transferred to the 21st Brigade of the 30th Division;
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
1917
The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge.
11.05.1918 Transferred to the 32nd Brigade of the 11th Division and absorbed 21 Officers and 640 men of the 6th 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 at Goegnies Chausse north of Maubeuge, France.
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY ANN FLINT, OF 85A VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 46 PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (HDM 23/12/1916). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 20978, 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO "B" COMPANY, THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 17/10/1917, AGED 23. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS […]
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF THE LATE ALEXANDER FRASER AND MRS MARGARET JANE FRAZER, OF 33 BLAKE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 23/12/1916). YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN. A SINGLE MAN. EX EMPLOYEE OF WINNS BAKERY. HE HAD A TWIN BROTHER, THOMAS FRASER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, 3/22069, 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. […]
BORN HULL 1895. DAIRYCOATES. FULL NAME WAS HAROLD ROBERT BARR FULLERTON. ELDEST SON OF WALTER FULLERTON & LUCY JACKSON, HAIRDRESSER, OF 102 WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (1901) & 94 GOULTON STREET, HULL. A FRUIT MERCHANT'S CLEK. HE LIVED WITH HIS GRAND PARENTS, MARK AND EMMA JACKSON, 1T 46 GREEK STREET, HULL (1911). HE ENLISTED ON 02/ […]
331 , WINCOLMLEE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
18/10/1916
Aged
33
BORN HULL 22/03/1883. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS BLENKIN (1861-1909) & JANE A. FULLERTON, OF 11, TALBOT TERRACE, TOOGOOD STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHER TO HENRY & ELLIE. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 36067, 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING, THEN KILLED IN ACTIO […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM HANSON (1866-1905) & SARAH ANN WADSWORTH (1864-1950), OF 5, MARS TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVED AT 12, FLETCHER'S TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A SHIP ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 22478, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. T […]
BORN HULL 1887. KNOW AS "JACK" HARRISON. SON OF DAVID AND MARY HARRISON, 7 OXFORD TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE (1911 CENSUS), ST LUKES STREET, HULL & 53, DE GREY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS THE NEPHEW OF MR ENERSON, of 12, CASTLE STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVE […]
BORN HULL 1885. SCULCOATES, SON OF MARY HAZEL, OF 11, MILL STREET, HULL (1901). BROTHER OF MR GEORGE HAZEL, OF 30, NAVIGATION ROAD, YORK (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A DOCKER. HE SERVED IN WAKEFIELD PRISON (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 10642, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 33465, TO THE 2ND YOR […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF HENRY JAMES JEFFREY (1872-1949) & ETHEL JEFFREY (1884-1918), OF 45 LISTER STREET, HULL. AND 69, GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS ONE OF THREE HULL BROTHERS KILLED IN THE WAR. HIS SURNAME IS SPELT JEFFERY AND JEFFREY WHICH CAUSES SOME CONFUSION IN THE SEARCHES. WORKED AS A HOUSE PAINTER APPRENT […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF WALTER ERNEST & SARAH J KAYE AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIEMNT. DIED AT YPRES, ON 19/06/1917, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH. HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "IN LOVING MEMORY DIED OF WOUNDS THY WILL BE DONE FROM M […]
Lance Corporal
6 ASHLEY ROAD , LEEDS, WORTLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
15/06/1915
Aged
35
BORN LIVERSEDGE, YORKSHIRE 1880. ENLISTED HULL. WORKED AS A LABOURER IN LEEDS AT THIS ADDRESS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/06/1915, AGED 35. BURIED BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, MRS ADA SEAVE.
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF THE LATE CHARLES KEY. BROTHER TO GEORGE, ADA, BEATRICE, LILLIAN.
9 CAMBRIDGE TERRACE, WARNE STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
25/04/1918
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF ARTHUR & HELENA LANCASTER OF 117 , WELBECK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 9 CAMBRIDGE TERRACE, WARNE STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL. SINGLE MAN. HE WORKED AS A GARDENER AND WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, SHAW & CO, MALT MILLS, WINCOLMLEE, HULL, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE SERVED WITH THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS KILLED […]
12 , MELWOOD GROVE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
06/04/1917
Aged
26
BORN BEVERLEY 1890. SON OF ADAM LOUNT (1853-1929) AND BELINDA JONES (1850-1925). HIS FATHER WAS FROM LEICESTER AND WORKED AS A MINERAL WATER CARRIER. HIS MOTHER WAS FROM CROYDON, LONDON. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, ARTHUR, AND THREE SISTERS, ROSE, MAUD AND ELSIE. HE WORKED FOR KIRBY BROTHERS, PORK BUTCHERS, LAMBERT STREET, HULL, AS A BUTCHER. […]
7 EDOM VILLAS, MAYFIELD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
02/04/1917
Aged
31
BORN HULL 07/07/1885. SON OF GEORGE EDWARD MASLIN (1859-1943) & MARGARET MASLIN (DIED 01/12/1916), OF 16, VICTORIA STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER MARRIED TWICE. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER AND THREE HALF SISTERS. EDUCATED AT JESSOP SCHOOL, LAMBETH. MARRIED AT ST AUGUSTINES CHURCH, HULL, 1912. HIS WIFE EMILY LOWES LIVED AT 7, EDOM […]
BORN DRIFFIELD 1887. SON OF ROBERT CAULTON MAYNARD (1866-1952) & MARY ANN LEIGHTON (1869-1931), OF DRIFFIELD. SON OF A COACHMAN AND GROOM. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, MARY AND AMY. HE MARRIED WINIFRED ANN LLOYD (1893-1961), AT ROTHERHAM, IN 1915. THEY LIVED AT 8 BADSLEY STREET, ROTHERHAM AND HAD TWO SONS, GORDON AND ROBERT HE ENLISTED AT H […]
16, MONTROSE AVENUE, GIBSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
02/04/1917
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1889. ELDEST SON OF ANDREW & MARY ANN McDOUGALL AT 16, MONTROSE AVENUE, GIBSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SON OF A COAL PORTER. HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHERS , ANDREW, AND EDGAR AND FIVE SISTERS. ALSO EMPLOYED AS A COAL PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 22517, OF THE EAS […]
65, PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
02/04/1917
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF ELIZA McMANUS (1848-1918) & THE LATE THOMAS McMANUS (1841-1901), OF 2, BLUE BELL YARD, HIGH STREET, HULL. (1911 CENSUS) AND 17, OSBORNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) . ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS. A DOCK LABOURER, LIVING AT 65, PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE EN […]
1, ALMA AVENUE, FOLKESTONE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
10/10/1915
Aged
27
BORN LEEDS 03/10/1887. STEP SON OF JOHN MUSK ACKLAM (1851-1891) AND SARAH JANE GREEN. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. A TIME EXPIRED FORMER SOLDIER IN THE 3RD YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND IN CIVILIAN LIFE, A PAINTER. HE MARRIED, MABEL SMITH (1891-1929), IN LEEDS, ON 04/03/1910. HIS WIFE, MABEL MUSK AND DAUGHTER ALICE, LIVED 16 BRISTOL STREET, LEEDS, 1, […]
BORN HULL 11/12/1896. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, HULL, ON 13/12/1896. SON OF JAMES NEEDHAM (1869-1930) & SABINA LOWERY (1873-1964), OF 15, MARINER'S COURT, SYKES STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 76, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS, HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED […]
14 BELLE VUE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
03/08/1918
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1889. ENLISTED HULL AS 1435 EYR. 1918 ABSENT VOTERS. SON OF HENRY & ADA NORRIS. NB: GNR WILLIAM NORRIS, RFA - 58 COLONIAL STREET.
