Bibby CDG, Joseph William

…2nd Lieutenant Jack Harrison, a local teacher and rugby player with Hull FC, won a posthumous Victoria Cross for his bravery in rushing a machine gun position to protect his…

Sellers, Ernest Walter

…Harrison, a local teacher and rugby player with Hull FC, won a posthumous Victoria Cross for his bravery in rushing a machine gun position to protect his platoon. His body…

Webster, Arthur Cecil

…FATHER WORKED ON THE CLERICAL STAFF ROSE DOWNS AND THOMPSON, A LOCAL SEED CRUSHING COMPANY. HE WAS ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. ARTHUR WAS A CHORISTER AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH. A…

Dresser, James Arthur

…no fighting on this front on 24 March, and the battalion snatched some sleep in an abandoned Casualty Clearing Station, but the enemy were across the river at Épénancourt and

Jibson, Herbert Arthur

…Yorkshiremen waited, and at last, in the afternoon, orders came to attack.” At about 3.50pm, under cover of a fresh bombardment, the East Yorkshires advanced in fine form, over no-man’s…

Wilcox, Albert

…recovered and the brothers are commemorated on two distant memorials; Albert at Arras and George at Pozieres; they were 29 and 24 respectively. The attack on Oppy Wood, part of…

Alcock, George Alfred

Coming upon a road the battalion could advance no further against the hostile fire, and took cover. Lieutenant-Colonel Shaw had been killed by a rifle bullet during the advance, and

Trowell, George William

…East Yorkshires absorbed reinforcements and resumed its four-company organisation. On 26/27 June it was in support for a minor attack, and C Company and a platoon of D Company took…

Paton, George

…Boulogne the following day. Second Battle of Ypres – The Northumbrian Division completed its concentration in the Steenvoorde area on 23 April, and went into action the very next day…

Clark, Ernest.

…small wood 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…