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.
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.
BORN HULL 1886. ONLY CHILD OF DAVID PROCTOR (1861-1887) AND ALEXANDRA VICTORIA JOHNSON (1865-1892). HE LIVED WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS, RICHARD AND MARY JANE JOHNSON, AT 359, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. THEY LOOKED AFTER THREE OTHER GRAND CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A TIMBER CLERK, FOR MR SHIELDS (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED HANNAH MAUD LORD (1891-1962), IN […]
Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Died on
15/10/1916
Aged
30
Born Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, 31/03/1886. Son of John Tebay Robinson and Melina Henrietta Robinson, of Old Crown Iron, Northgate, Wakefield (1911 Census). Son of a Pub landlord. Living in Hull when war began. He enlisted in Hull. Served as Sergeant, in the 2nd Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales' Own). Killed in action, on 15 […]
16, BENVISTAS AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/11/1916
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF CHRISTOPHER SUMMERS ROBINSON & ANNIE GREAVES, OF 16, BENVISTAS AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 23659, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 26/11/1916, AGED 28. BURIED AT WARLINCOURT HALTE, BRITISH CEME […]
BORN HULL 1896. NEWINGTON. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM HERBERT ROTHWELL (1862-1916) & ALICE MAUDE CLEMENSON (1869-1930), OF 2 FERN GROVE, CAVE STREET, HULL AND 35, CENTRAL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A STONE MASON. HE HAD TWO SISTERS. HE WORKED AT THE NEEDLER'S SWEET FACTORY, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL AND LIVED AT FOLKESTON […]
7, St John's Road, Balby, Doncaster
Died on
21/10/1916
Born Durham. No Census Records. Enlisted Hull. Served with the 2nd Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales' Own). Killed in action, on 21/10/1916. His army effects were left to his unmarried wife. She applied for a war pension, on 22/04/1918, which was refused. She lived at 7, St John's Road, Balby, Doncaster (War pension records).
23, Manuel Street, Goole
Died on
02/04/1917
Aged
26
Born Selby, 1891. Son of James William and Fanny Rutherford, of 54, Weatherill Street, Goole. His father was an Assistant Station Master on the Railways. He had six brothers and three sisters. He was working as an Assistant Signalman, living at 23, Manuel Street, Goole, (1911 Census). He was living in Hull when war began. He enlisted in […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1887. 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS. WIFE LUCY. GROCER WAREHOUSEMAN. NB: JOSEPH, RMLI - 9 PROVIDENCE SQUARE, SPRING STREET. LEWIS - 31 PEEL ST.
Lockington, Beverley, East Yorkshire
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
23
Born Thrandeston, Suffolk, 1893. Son of David Enoch Seaman (1869-1956) and Eliza Cullum (1873-1964), of Shimpling, Diss, Norfolk. Worked as a Waggoner (farm) at Gransmoor, Lowthorpe, Driffield (1911 Census). Enlisted at Beverley. Served with the 2nd Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 01/07/1916, age […]
BORN BEVERLEY 1894. SON OF THE LATE PETER & ELIZABETH SELVIDGE, BEVERLEY. LIVED BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 975 EYR. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 36277, 2ND YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 14/10/1916, AGED 22, AT 37TH FIELD AMBULANCE, 15TH CORPS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. HE IS BURIED AT […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN HENRY TAYLOR & SARAH ELIZA LEADLEY (1859-1940), OF CHURCH LANE, BEVERLEY, 4 LORNE TERRACE, WYKE STREET, HULL AND 6, FERNDALE TERRACE, ST MARK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF SHIP FIREMAN. HE WORKED AS A PAPER HANGER (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED BEVERLEY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 21848, EAST YORKSHIRE REGI […]
Lance Corporal
BORN WHITEHAVEN, CUMBERLAND 1889. SON OF JAMES FRANCIS TRAYNOR (1850-1898) & SARAH TRAYNOR OF 31, TERRY STREET, HULL. (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 12/05/1917). SON OF A PRINT COMPOSITOR. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 22449, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, TO THE 2ND YORK […]
GLASSHOUSE ROW, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
19/11/1916
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN FRANSIS & ELIZABETH (BREWSTER) TRIPP FROM MILLHOUSE, OF GLASSHOUSE ROW, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE . AN APPRENTICE ENGINEER. HE SERVED IN THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 19/11/1916, AGED 25. BURIED AT BAILLEULMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "THE […]
BORN AND LIVED SIGGLESTHORNE. SON OF FREDERICK AND MARY ANN TURNER, OF LITTLE BURTON, BRANDESBURTON, HULL. HE RESIDED AT CATFOSS, SIGGLESTHORNE. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 20514, 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/07/1916, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FREDERICK. BURIED AT BERNAFAY W […]
7 DE LA POLE AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/06/1915
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS WALES AT of 47 LANDSDOWNE STREET, HULL AND 7 DE LA POLE AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ENLISTED MIDDLESBROUGH. SERVED WITH THE 2ND GREEN HOWARDS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 15TH JUNE, AT GIVENCHY, FRANCE, AGED 19. HE WAS A PIANO POLISHER BY TRADE AND EMPLOYED BY MESSRS GRAY, KING EDWARD STREET, HULL. […]
BORN HULL 1895. THIRD SON OF WILLIAM WEYMESS (1856-1917) & FANNY MARIA LONG (1859-1934), of 78 ENGLISH STREET, HULL. SON OF A SCOTTISH, SEA CAPTAIN, FROM DUNDEE. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE NAVIGATIONAL SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A FRUIT BROKER'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY ON 08/09/1914. SERVED WITH T […]
Company Sergeant Major
, SKIRLAUGH, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
08/05/1918
Aged
40
Name: Henry West Rank: Coy Sergeant Major Regiment Yorkshire Regiment Birth Date: 19 Sep 1878 Birth Place: Thornton, near Lincoln Educated Skirlaugh school Marriage Date: 1 Dec 1908 Marriage Place: Skirlaugh Enlistment Date: 28 Sep 1914 Served for 7.5 years and in the Boer War Death Date: 8 May 1918 Death Place: Ridgewood, Ypres Fathe […]
BORN HULL, STONEFERRY 1892. SON OF THOMAS GROVES WESTERDALE (1865-1938) & SARAH ELLEN (1865-1963), OF 10 GARBUTT, STONEFERRY, HULL. A FORMER CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 9/22094, OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIENT. HE MARRIED ELIZA BURKITT (1893-1976) AT HULL IN 1916. HIS WIFE ELIZA WESTERDALE ABOVE. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 2 […]
