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.
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM JUDE (1871-1958) & MARY ANN JUDE (1872-1963), OF 7 ALEXANDRA TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND MINSTER TERRACE, MOORGATE, BEVERLEY. SON OF A BREWER. THE FAMILY LIVED IN BEVERLEY AND LIVERSEDGE, YORKSHIRE AND LATER 9 WATERLOO ROAD, NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. G […]
Pocklington, Yorkshire
Died on
18/02/1916
Aged
27
April 1888 • Banham, Norfolk, England. Formerly in the employ of Mr. J. Scott of Burnby Wold. Enlisted Pocklington. Served as Private, 2544, George Kemp, with the 5th Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action on 18th February 1916 aged 28. Former farm foreman. Commemorated at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground.
13 GROVEHILL ROAD, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
30/10/1918
Aged
24
BORN YORK, 28/11/1893. SON OF WILLIAM GEORGE LAISTER (1865-1941) & MILLICENT ANN WHEATCROFT (1861-1936), OF 13 GROVEHILL ROAD, BEVERLEY. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. A LAW CLERK. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED A PRISONER OF WAR, IN DARMSTADT, GERMANY, ON 30/10/1918, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EF […]
ENLISTED BEVERLEY. HUSBAND OF MRS LANCASTER, 26 CATHOLIE STREET, STOCKTON ON TEES. KILLED IN ACTION ON 07/09/1916, AGED 28. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. David William Lancaster was born in Beverley the 22 February 1888. He was the youngest child of John Lancaster, a groom, and his wife Elizabeth […]
ALMA TERRACE, MARKET PLACE, MARKET WEIGHTON, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
20/07/1915
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1885 AND RESIDED MARKET WEIGHTON. SON OF RICHARD LANGRIC (1858-1946) AND ANNIE JACKSON ( 1859 - 1937). THIRD SON AND ONE OF FOUR SONS SERVING. HE WAS A CLEVER, SOLO, CORNET PLAYER AND BAND MASTER OF THE MARKET WEIGHTON TOWN PRIZE BAND. HIS SERVICES IN ASSISTING OTHER LOCAL BANDS WAS IN HIGH DEMAND AND WELL VALUED. HE MARRIED, […]
ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SHOWN AS T LAZENBY ON BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL ROH. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.
BORN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. LISTED ON BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.
DALTON HOLME, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
17/09/1916
Aged
25
SON OF TIMOTHY AND SRAH ANN LYNAM. A JOINER. ENLISTED HULL. RESIDED BEVERLEY. SHOWN AS EYR ON BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL ROH.
22 EASTGATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
05/01/1916
Aged
27
BORN BEVERLEY. SON OF ROSE HANNAH MEEK, OF 40 YEOMAN STREET, REDCAR, YORKS, AND THE LATE DAVID MEEK. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/01/1916, AGED 27. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. James William Meek was born at Wawne in 1889. He was the son of David Meek and his wife Rose Anna, of 22 E […]
BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED BRIDLINGTON. SON OF JOHN B & HANNAH MEGSON - BRIDLINGTON.
BORN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. Private Edward Melbourne (1894-1915) Edward Melbourne was born in Beverley in 1894, the youngest of four sons of John William and Mary Therese Melbourne Edward was working as a farm labourer when he enlisted in the 5th Battalion Yorks […]
Died on
15/09/1916
Aged
45
Born at Driffield, 1871. Eldest son of John Robert and Matilda Mortimer; His father was a Yorkshire archaeologist and Driffield corn merchant. Educated at St Peters School, Pocklington, where he rowed and Captained the Driffield, firxt XI Cricket team. In 1889, aged 17, he joined the 2nd Volunteer, East Yorkshire Regiment, as a priva […]
52 EASTGATE, DRIFFIELD, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
06/08/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. LIVED SUNDERLANDWICK. ENLISTED DRIFFIELD. SON OF ALBERT NALTON AND MARY EMMA RUSSELL, 54 EAST GATE, NORTH DRIFFIELD. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, INCLUDING TWIN SISTERS. HE WAS A POLISHER APPRENTICE BY TRADE. HE MARRIED MARY EMMA CORNER IN DRIFFIELD IN 1913. DIED OF WOUNDS AT CANADIAN CLEARING STATION ON 8TH AUGUST 1916, AGED 2 […]
ENLISTED BEVERLEY. LISTED ON BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL ROH. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.
SWINEMOOR, GATE HOUSE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
03/07/1915
Aged
24
BORN HULL BRIDGE, TICKTON, 1891. SON OF LEVI AND JANE ANN NICHOLSON, OF SWINEMOOR, GATE HOUSE, BEVERLEY (CWGC ADDRESS). A LABOURER. AND SON OF A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 18/04/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3088, WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED IN THE TRENCHES, ON 03/07/1915, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECT […]
5, Lurk Lane, Beverley
Died on
11/12/1920
Aged
26
Born at Flemingate, Beverley. Son of William Henry O'Connell (1856-1926) and Mary Ann O'Connell (1857-1918), of 116 Flemingate Beverley; He had four brothers and three sisters. He worked as a shipyard labourer. He enlisted in the 5th Yorkshire Regiment. Posted to France, on 18/04/1915. He married at Beverley, in 1917. Husband of Margar […]
TICKTON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
24/10/1919
Aged
24
BORN TICKTON, BEVERLEY, 1896. SON OF AGNES (1866-1932) & ROBERT OVERMENT (1858-1920), OF KIRK ELLA AND 11 POPLAR VILLAS, REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS).. FROM A FARMING FAMILY. HE WORKED AS A GARDENER, IN TICKTON. HE ENLISTED IN 02/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST SIZE. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/ […]
WALKER GATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
18/09/1916
Aged
19
BORN BEVERLEY 1896. ELDEST SON OF ADA AND TYLER PADGETT (1863-924). A DRAPER'S ERRAND BOY. BROTHERS, JOHN AND ERNEST PADGETT. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. JOINED THE 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/09/1916, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ADA. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, AT THE SOMME. HIS N […]
BORN CATWICK, LEVEN, 1894. SON OF WILLIAM & ANNIE PANTON. RESIDED AT WEST STREET, LEVEN, EMPLOYED AS A FARM HORSEMAN. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON 27/03/1918, AGED 24. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE LEVEN ROLL OF HONOUR. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
16 VICAR LANE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
29/07/1916
Aged
22
BORN MONTROSE, SCOTLAND, 1895. SON OF JOHN COOPER PERT AND MARY PERT, OF HULL AND 101 GEORGE STREET, WHITEINCH, GLASGOW. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, ALEXANDRINA HAMLET, AT 16 VICAR LANE, BEVERLEY. AN APPRENTICE PLATER. HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, 29/07/1916, AGED 22. HE IS COMMEMORATED O […]
