Wilkinson, Harry Manley

…line of trenches at Ablaincourt. A Company was still missing, and the whole of 150th Bde was so weak that it was formed into a composite battalion under the command

Chapman, Stanley

…IMPERIEL FORCE, AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 06/08/1918, AGED 42. Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL STANLEY CHAPMAN 12/70. Born in Hull and employed by the North Eastern Railway as…

Milson DCM, Willam James Denton

…OF WILLIAM CARR MILSON (1866-1955) AND ANN MARIE COOPER (1866-1931), OF HULL AND 13 ST JOHN’S ROAD, SCARBOROUGH. BROTHER OF MABEL, WILLIAM, LILY AND GEORGE. SON OF A SOLDIER. HIS…

Filby, Ernest

…or Corps Royal Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery) Regimental Number L/15775 Sub Unit Royal Field Artillery Previous Units R.F.A. L/15775 Dvr) ERNEST WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY…

Larvin, James

…Fusiliers and the Dorset’s, who would attack the next morning. There was a delay due to lost orders and confusion, and the attack did not commence until 3pm on the…

Wilkinson, William Henry

…Guillemont station and widen the salient. They made little progress and fell back to Waterlot Farm, their attack having been disrupted by another division falling back from an attack on

Swanson, Harry

…lost. The 2624-ton collier ELFRIDA on 7th January. The 3027-ton MEMBLAND was also lost with all hands on 15th February, presumed mined. The collier 1208-ton DEPTFORD struck a mine and

Theilmann, Carl Erik

and waited alongside the Canadian artillery under shellfire while the attack developed. Shortly after 17.00 the battalion was ordered to attack towards St Julien and advanced in ‘artillery formation’, with…

Leek, Herbert Arthur

…AUGUST 1914. POSTED WITH THE MEDITERANEAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON 14/07/1915. ARRIVED AT THE DARDENELLES ON 08/08/1915. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 21/08/1915, AGED 35. HIS WIDOW FLORENCE ANN JULIEN LEEK AND

The Financial Cost of WW1

…is that the Allies spent $147 billion on the war and the Germans and their allies, only $61 billion. Among the Allies, Britain and its Empire spent $47 billion and