Gallipoli, “The Yorkshire Landings”, 7th August 1915
…lost. The Battalion advanced B [Coy] on the left under Major, BRAY, D [Coy] on the right under Captain GRANT, C [Coy] in second line and A [Coy] in reserve….
Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
…lost. The Battalion advanced B [Coy] on the left under Major, BRAY, D [Coy] on the right under Captain GRANT, C [Coy] in second line and A [Coy] in reserve….
…of its largest and most prestigious ships to enemy action (Aaro and Calypso sunk; Eskimo captured) in a three-week period in the summer of 1916, and only 67 short sea…
…NEVER RECOVERED AND HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HE WAS 30 YEARS OLD AND REMEMBERED FOR HIS SPORT ON THE WILSON LINE CRICKET AND ATHLETIC…
…East England. On 13 June 1917, German Gotha aircraft carried out an air raid on London – the first attack on London by a squadron of aircraft. Fourteen reached London,…
…and Rawtenstall are to be kept closed for another week, and all the factories, workshops, picture houses etc in Bacup, Waterfoot and Rawtenstall are being disinfected as fast as possible….
…as being assigned to the one hospital, but as time went on, they also worked – often unofficially and only for a few days at a time – at a…
…more information please see links – https://military.wikia.org/wiki/1st_Hull_Heavy_Battery,_Royal_Garrison_Artillery#cite_note-11 http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-boys-fought-Kaiser-s-Germans-Africa/story-20326722-detail/story.html?ito=email_newsletter_hulldailymail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Hull_Heavy_Battery,_Royal_Garrison_Artillery https://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/rgartillery.php?pid= http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/rga11heavybty.php#sthash.9YUWNdHu.dpuf) First part of six sections of a recording of a long interview with L.J. Ounsworth, Royal Artillery (interviewer unknown)….
…served with the East Yorkshire Regiment. East Yorkshire Officers – https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/a-bloody-war-or-a-sickly-season-the-east-yorkshire-regiment-s-regular-officers-of-august-1914-and-the-great-war/ S oldiers Stories http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/eastyorkshireregiment.php#ebullock The East Yorkshire Regiment Battalions http://www.1914-1918.net/eastyorks.htm What was an Infantry Battalion ? – http://www.1914-1918.net/whatbatt.htm …
…in unglamorous tasks, such as communications; cooking and catering; store keeping; clerical work; telephones and administration; printing; and motor vehicle maintenance. Women also became truck and ambulance drivers as more…
…again. Veterans and Civilians argued for more democracy and rights – “A Land Fit for Heroes”. Once subjects of the Crown, the word “Citizenship” emerged in the 1920’s and 1930’s,…