The Regiment raised 25 Battalions and was awarded 52 Battle Honours and 10 Victoria Crosses during the course of the War.
1/4th & 1/5th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 The 1/4th stationed at Northallerton as part of the York & Durham Brigade of the Northumbrian Division then moved to Newcastle and then Hammersknott Park, Darlington.
04.08.1914 The 1/5th stationed at Scarborough as part of the York & Durham Brigade of the Northumbrian Division then moved to Hull and then Hammersknott Park, Darlington.
Oct 1914 Both moved to Newcastle.
18.04.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and formation became 150th Brigade of the 50th Division.
1915
The Battle of St Julien, The Battle of Frezenburg Ridge, The Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge.
1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Wancourt Ridge, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Actions at the Somme Crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of the Aisne.
16.07.1918 Reduced to cadre and moved to defence the Lines of Communication at Dieppe areas.
16.08.1918 Transferred to the 116th Brigade of the 39th Division.
06.11.1918 Demobilized.
2 LILAC AVENUE, HARDY STREET,BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
16/05/1917
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN ROBERT & LOUISA ALLEN - 57 GRAFTON STREET, HULL AND 67 EDGECUMBE STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A FOREMAN AT A LOCAL PAPER MILL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A SLATER. HE MARRIED JANE WALKER, AT HULL IN 1910 AND HAD TWO CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, 3150, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLER […]
BENNINGHOLME GRANGE, SKIRLAUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
22/07/1916
Aged
18
BORN SKIRLAUGH 1898. LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED DARLINGTON. SON OF WILLIAM AND ROSE APPLETON, SKIRLAUGH. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A TAILOR AND DRAPER. KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 22/07/1916, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM APPLETON, WAS A HULL SCHOOL TEACHER A […]
3, MUSGRAVES YARD, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
17/09/1916
Aged
22
BORN 1894. SON OF MARY & THE LATE ROBERT BLYTH, OF 3 MUSGRAVES YARD, TOLL YARD, BEVERLEY (CWGC ADDRESS). AN APPRENTICE JOINER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/09/1916, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE BEVERLEY ME […]
BORN ROTSEA, DRIFFIELD, YORKSHIRE, 1893. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM BOYNTON (1863-1943) & JANE BURKES ROE (1867-1946). HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. HE RESIDED IN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED IN DRIFFIELD, SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE SOMME, ON 22/07/1916, AGED 23.HIS […]
Walter was born in Beverley in July 1892. He was the son of George and Ada Brigham. He enlisted in Beverley and served as a private in the 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment Walter was mortally wounded near Ypres Belgium on 9 May 1915 and died of wounds at Boulogne Hospital. his name is commemorated on the Beverley WW1 Memorial
SON OF MARY BRYAN. RESIDED LOWTHORPE, YORKSHIRE. ENLISTED DRIFFIELD. EX EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 28/10/1916. BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS NAME IS LISTED AT BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL.
Lance Corporal
Lance Corporal Arthur Edward Buck (1892-1916) of Beverley. Arthur Edward Buck was born in 1892. He was son of William and Mary Buck. He was one of three brothers who took part in the conflict. Prior to WW1 Arthur was a printer employed by the Beverley Guardian newspaper, he enlisted in the Yorkshire Regiment and was promoted to Lance Cor […]
10, River Head, Great Driffield, East Yorkshire, UK
Died on
07/04/1917
Aged
33
Born West Knottingley, Yorkshire, on 07/09/1883. Son of Nicholas Cawthorn, and Fanny Dawson, of 10, River Head, Great Driffield. The fourth of seven children. His father was a Keelman, owning the 60 ton barge "Mary", conveying coal and lime, between Hull, Wakefield, Knottingley and Sheffield. Nicholas worked with his father on the barge […]
BORN BEVERLEY 25/02/1895. SON OF SAMUEL & RACHAEL CHAPMAN - 34 WALKERGATE, BEVERLEY. EDUCATED AT MINSTER SCHOOL, BEVERLEY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. JOINED THE 4TH EYR, TERRITORIAL FORCE IN 1914. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM APRIL 1915. WOUNDED AT PASCHENDAELE. DIED AT NO:4 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 28/10/1917, AGED 22. A FRIEND OF HIS WROTE […]
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF ALBERT COCKERILL (1842-1922) & EMILY COCKERILL (1842-1914). ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN OF 81 LIME STREET, HULL. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 74 LIME STREET, HULL. SON OF A LABOURER. HE WORKED AS A COALMAN FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 240035, 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. CAPTURED AND […]
25 MINSTER MOOR GATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
26/06/1917
Aged
24
BORN BARTON 1892. SON OF GEORGE & MARY CONSTABLE, OF 25 MINSTER MOORGATE, BEVERLEY. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 6TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. HE WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 26/06/1917, AGED 24. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL'S MARFLEET ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE BEVERLEY'S WW1 MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL G […]
29 WILBERT LANE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
07/11/1915
Aged
20
BORN DRIFFIELD 1895. SON OF GEORGE ROBERT COOPER (1872-1936) AND MARY REBECCA COLLINSON (1873-1943). HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS (ALEXANDRA PRINCES OF WALES OWN). HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/11/915, AGED 20 SHOWN AS T. COOPER, ASC ON BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE BEVERLEY'S WW1 MEMORIAL […]
39 SCARBOROUGH ROAD, DRIFFIELD, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
11/04/1918
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1883. A SHEPHERD AND FARM SERVANT. LIVED AND WORKED IN DRIFFIELD. HE JOINED THE ARMY ON 19/07/1913. SERVED AS A WAGGONER IN THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS. HE MARRIED IN DECEMBER 1916. HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH ANN ARNELL (1879-1962) & 4 CHILDREN, LIVED AT THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 39 INC […]
NORTH BAR STREET, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
29/05/1918
Aged
26
BORN BEVERLEY. SON OF WILLIAM COULBECK. HUSBAND OF GERTIE E COULBECK, OF 3 PEEL PLACE, NORTH BAR STREET, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 29/05/1918, AGED 26. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE BEVERLEY'S WW1 MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. HE IS BURIED AT VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INS […]
BORN BRIDLINGTON 1892. SON OF FRED CREASER (1870-1944) AND MARY ELIZABETH THOMPSON (1870-1913), OF 54 ST JOHN'S WALK, BRIDLINGTON. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE MARRIED MINNIE WRAY (1891-1967), AT HULL, ON 15/04/1911 AND HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, DOROTHY (BORN 07/07/1912) AND MARY (BORN 24/01/1914). THEY LIVED AT CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. HE WORJED AS […]
125 KELD GATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
27/10/1916
Aged
23
BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF GEORGE CROSS (1849-1920) AND MARY ANN CROSS (1856-1900), OF 125 KELD GATE, BEVERLEY AND TRINITY LANE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3630, 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 27/10/1916. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS […]
BORN SCARBOROUGH 1892. SON OF CHARLES EDWARD DAVIS (1873-1954) AND JANE ELIZABETH HODGSON (1872-1930), OF 13 DERWENT AVENUE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE MARRIED ELIZABETH RHODES AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1912. SON IN LAW OF MR & MRS RHODES, OF SWANN STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH, AT 4 EMMAS PLACE, SWANN STREE […]
10 TRINITY LANE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
16/02/1916
Aged
22
BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF THOMAS AND ELIZA DAVISON, OF 10 TRINITY LANE, BEVERLEY. A COAL PORTER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 2028, 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/02/1916, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MTHER, ELIZA. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE BEVERLEY'S WW1 MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. HE IS BU […]
BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF FRANK AND ELIZA BETSY DAWSON (1868-1946), OF 5 LADYGATE, BEVERLEY, (CWGC ADDRESS) ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. WORKED AS A PLATER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1348, 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 20/09/1916, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED AT DERNACOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO […]
14 ST ANDREW STREET, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
29
BORN BEVERLEY 1887. SON OF CHARLES HENRY TANN (1857-1917) AND FANNY DAY. HE MARRIED DAISY MAY WELBURN (1893-1968), AT BEVERLEY, IN 1910. THEY LIVED AT 14 ST ANDREW STREET, BEVERLEY, WITH THEIR THREE SONS, EDWARD, CHARLES AND ROY. EMPLOYED AS A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, WITH JOHN DAVIS. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1507, YORKSHI […]
