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.
14 ST ANDREW STREET, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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15/09/1916
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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 […]
5 GALDSTONE TERRACE, BRIDLINGTON, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
25/04/1915
Aged
18
BORN HEDON, HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF PERCY & FLORENCE ANNIE DENBY, OF 5 GALDSTONE TERRACE, BRIDLINGTON. HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, CECIL. HE ENLISTED IN BRIDLINGTON. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1924, 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 18/04/1915, AGED 18. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1915, AGED 18. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES.
Born Market Weighton, 1885. Son of John Henry Elliott (1854-1938) and Eleanor Kirby (1856-1938), of 38, Baker Street, Sparkhill, Birmingham. He enlisted at Market Weighton. Served with the 5th Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action, on 25/04/1915, aged 30. He is commemorated on the Ypres Memorial to the Missing. He lived at 307 Boulevard, […]
Seaton, East Yorkshire
Died on
27/05/1918
Aged
24
Born Seaton, Hull, 1893. Son of Elizabeth and William Ely, of Back Lane, Back Road, Linton, Cambridgeshire (1911 Census). A Farm Labourer. Enlisted at Driffield. Formerly, Private, 2813, East Yorkshire Regiment. Posted to France, on 18th April 1915. Transferred to the 5th Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales' Own). Killed in a […]
Lance Corporal
15 PRIORY ROAD, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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26/12/1917
Aged
24
BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF ALBERT EDWARD FOX & MARIA STEPHENSON, OF BEVERLEY. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HUSBAND OF IDA FOX (1892-), AT 3 CHANTRY LANE BEVERLEY. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, DOROTHY MARY FOX, BORN ON 24/11/1911. WORKED AS A FARM LABOURER WITH HIS FATHER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 18/04/19 […]
WESTBOURNE GROVE, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
12/07/1917
Aged
21
BORN SWANLAND, 1896. SON OF ARTHUR FUSSEY (1863-1938) AND ANNIE ETHELIA ATKINSON (1865-1956). HIS PARENTS LIVED AT WESTBOURNE GROVE, HULL. SON OF A FARM HORSE MAN. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. THE FOURTH OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT SIGNALMAN AT FERRIBY […]
BORN MOSTON, MANCHESTER, 02/07/1899. SON OF ARTHUR GIBSON & ANNIE LOUISA HARRIS, OF MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, HULL AND 52, ALBANY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BEERHOUSE KEEPER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKS. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, CADET, 71983, 87TH TRAINING BATTALION. TRAN […]
BORN BEVERLEY 1884.SON OF GODFREY GILLYON (1834-1907) & ANN GRAY (1845-1903), 0F 56 BECKSIDE, BEVERLEY (CWGC ADDRESS). HE MARRIED IN 1907. HE SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AS PRISONER OF WAR IN POLAND, ON 14/11/1918. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ALICE, AND TWO CHILDREN. HE IS BURIED AT L […]
Lance Corporal
BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF FREDRICK DALTON & SARAH JANE GILLYON ABOVE. SISTERS HARRIET, ETHEL & LIZ & BROTHER FRED ALBERT GILLYON.
107 LAIRGATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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16/09/1916
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19
F. Goforth, No. 3972, Private Frederick Goforth, 1/5 th Bn. Alexandra, Princess of Wales, s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) Born: Beverley, son of Mrs Aaron Lazenby, 107 Lairgate, Beverley, and nephew of Miss S. Goforth, 6 Hinds Yard, Keldgate. Enlisted: Beverley. Died of Wounds: 16th September 1916, aged 19. Commemorated: Heilly Station Cemete […]
1st Lieutenant
52 KELDGATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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28/12/1917
Aged
23
BORN BEVERLEY. SON OF WILLIAM & MARTHA GREEN OF 52 KELDGATE, BEVERLEY. HE IS LISTED ON BEVERLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL WW1 MEMORIAL WITH BROTHER PHIL GREEN WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 28/03/1918, AGED 27. Lt. Frank Green (23) died of his wounds in 1918 after a shell burst in the entrance to the dugout he was in. “He was wonderfully cheer […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1884. SOUTHCOATES. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED YORK. KILLED IN ACTION. SON OF JAMES A & SARAH E HAKES AT THIS ADDRESS.
40 KELDGATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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17/09/1916
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34
E. Hardy, No. 240839, Private Ernest Hardy, 5th Battalion Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) Born: Son of Mrs. M. E. Hardy of 40 Keldgate, Beverley Enlisted: Beverley.Killed in Action: 17th September 1916, aged 34 Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France (Pier & Face 3A & 3D) Beverley Minster (Yorkshire Regiment); Bev […]
BORN BEVERLEY. SON OF GEORGE AND JANE HARE, OF BEVERLEY. A MEMBER OF THE VOLUNTEER TERRITORIAL FORCE FROM FEBRUARY 1906. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT YPRES, ON 29/04/1915, AGED 25. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 08/05/1915. HIS BROTHER, DRUMMER, ALFRED HARE WAS WOUNDED AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HIS NAME IS RECORDED […]
19 EASTBOURNE VILLAS, GROVEHILL, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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19/07/1917
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25
BORN BEVERLEY 1892. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF CHARLES & FANNY HARROD, GROVEHILL, BEVERLEY. HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHERS AS A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND A SISTER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/07/1917, AGED 25. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 31/07/1918. HIS […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FRED W & ELLEN HUNTER, SCARBOROUGH. DIED OF WOUNDS.
27 ANDREW STREET, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
30/03/1918
Aged
21
BORN BEVERLEY, 1897. SON OF FRANCES ANN JACKSON AND BENJAMIN E. JACKSON, AT 27 ANDREW STREET, BEVERLEY (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A WELL SINKER. CHARLES WAS EMPLOYED AS A GLUE WORKS LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 240220, 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 30/03/1918, AGED 21. UNMARRIED, HIS ARM […]
Manor House, Storwood, Melbourne, Yorkshire.
Died on
08/06/1916
Aged
21
Born Storwood, Yorkshire, England, 1895. Son of Thomas Jennings (1853-1885) and Jane Hannah Beal (1860-1935), of Manor House, Storwood, Melbourne, Yorkshire. He had one brother and six sisters. Worked as an Ironmongers Apprentice, at 49 Chapmangate Pocklington. He enlisted at Pocklington. Served as a Corporal, with the 5th Yorkshire H […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF GEORGE HENRY & LOUISA ROSETTA JENNISON, OF HULL. HIS GRANDMOTHER LIVED AT 55, THORESBY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 22/10/1918, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS GRANDMOTHER, ANNIE M JENNISON, AT THIS ADDRESS. HE IS BURIED AT […]
20, New St., Pocklington, Yorkshire. UK
Died on
26/08/1916
Aged
20
Born Pocklington, 1896. Son of Mrs. Edith Jane Gray, of 46 Union Street, Pocklington. A Grocer's Clerk. Left for France, on 18/04/1915. Served with the 1/5th Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action. on September 26th, 1916, aged 20. His army effects were left to his mother, Edith Jane Gray. Brother of Mr. E. Johnson, of 20, New Street, P […]
