Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
6th (Service) Battalion
25.08.1914 Formed at Richmond as part of the First New Army (K1) moved to Belton Park, Grantham joining the 32nd Brigade of the 11th Division.
April 1915 Moved to Witley Camp, Godalming.
03.07.1915 Mobilised for war and embarked for Gallipoli from Liverpool via Mudros.
06.08.1915 Landed at Suvla Bay and engaged in various actions against the Turkish Army including;
The Battle of Sari Bair.
18.02.1916 At Imbros.
07.02.1916 Evacuated from Gallipoli to Alexandria due to severe casualties from combat, disease and harsh weather, took over part of the Suez Canal defences.
Jun 1916 Attached to the 11th Division and moved to France arriving at Marseilles and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The capture of the Wundt-Werk, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Thiepval.
1917
Operations on the Ancre, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle.
15.05.1918 Reduced to cadre and remaining personnel transferred to 2nd battalion. Cadre transferred to the 66th Division.
29.06.1918 Transferred to the 75th Brigade of the 25th Division.
30.06.1918 Returned to England arriving at Folkstone and then moved to Mytchett, Aldershot
July 1918 Moved to Margate and absorbed the new 19th Battalion.
End Aug 1918 Returned to Mytchett.
09.09.1918 The 75th Brigade became the 236th Brigade
17.10.1918 Embarked for North Russia from Dundee arriving at Murmansk on the 27.11.1918, to support the ‘White’ Government army against the ‘Red’ Bolshevik Army at the beginning of the Russian Civil War.
Name Arthur Newton Birth Place Stockton-on-tees Death Date 27 Mar 1919 Death Place ARCHANGEL ALLIED CEMETERY, RUSSIA Enlistment Place Hull Rank Lance Sergeant Regiment Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales’ Own) Battalion 6th Battalion Regimental Number 65046 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Russian Theatre Comments Formerly 1395, 5th East Yorkshire … Read more
Born Leven, 1892. Son of William (1850-1931) and Clara Jane Cooper, of Bankhouse, Wetwang, East Yorkshire. He had three brothers and six sisters, some which died in infancy. Employed as a Farm Foreman, at Milbanks House Thorpe Bassett Rillington York (1911 Census) Enlisted at Scarborough. Served in the 6th Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales’ … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. YOUNGEST CHILD OF THE LATE WILLIAM WHITE AND ADA CHERRY. HIS ELDER BROTHER JAMES WHITE LIVED AT 150 , MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL & 229 BOULEVARD, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A CORN MERCHANT’S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH (ALEXANDRA, PRINCE OF WALES OWN) YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. LEFT FOR THE DARDENELLES, ON … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ARTHUR & AGNES WALKER OF MAYFIELD STREET, HULL AND LATER 9 OAK ROAD, SCARBOROUGH. MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY. HE ENLISTED AT MALTON. SERVED WITH THE 6TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/09/1916, AGED 27. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER AGNES. HE IS BURIED ON THE … Read more
BORN HULL 1890. LIVED SKELTON IN CLEVELAND. ENLISTED THIRSK. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & THE LATE EMMA RUDD, HULL.
BORN SOUTHCOATES, HULL, 13/04/1894, AT 15 COURTNEY STREET, HULL. SON OF PAUL ROBERT PENTON (1866-1940) AND ANNIE BEKIELEWSKI (1868-1901), OF 7, MODEL AVENUE, TEMPLE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 2, ARGLYLE STREET, HULL AND 8, HAMPTON VILLAS, ARGYLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN NORWICH. HIS MOTHER CAME FROM POLAND. HE HAD … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. DRYPOOL. . SON OF THOMAS & ANN J. PALMER – 1891 CENSUS ADDRESS ABOVE. EMPLOYED AS A BOLIER MAKER. MARRIED MARY JANE POLLARD (1887-1944), AT GOOLE, IN 1905. HE ENLISTED IN GOOLE. EX 19697 KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 6TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/10/1915, AGED … Read more
BORN KIRK ELLA, 30/07/1897. SON OF ALBERT JAMES LANG (1874-1943) & MARY ANNIE SPENDLOW (1877-1964), AT 5, &137, WOLFRETON ROAD, ANLABY, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A COAL DEPOT FOREMAN. HE WOORKED AS A COW LAD, ON WOLVRETON FARM. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, ALBERT AND FIVE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. POSTED TO FRANCE, … Read more
BORN GRIMSBY, 1897. ONLY SON OF HERBERT WILLIAM KIRBY AND THE LATE JULIA ANN MANN (1872-1916), OF 4, ARLINGTON VILLAS, HALLGATE, COTTINGHAM (1911 CENSUS) AND 20, WOODLANDS, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A COMPOSITOR. HE HAD THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A BOBBIN CARRIERS IN A COTTON SPINNING MILL. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1879. SON OF JOHN JUDE (1840-1927) AND HARRIET BALES (1845-1886), OF CHANTRY LANE, BEVERLEY (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD NINE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. EMIGRATED TO MONTREAL, CANADA IN 1906. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 6TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. DIED OF WOUNDS AT 47TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, BELGIUM, ON 15/10/1917, AGED 38. HIS ARMY EFFECTS … Read more
