Deyes, Edward (Ted)
…miserable morning the East 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…
Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
…miserable morning the East 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…
…FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. SAW ACTION ON THE SOMME AND AT OPPY WOOD. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING DURING THE 1918 GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE. LISTED AS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/03/1918, AGED…
Pte, Albert Petch, 4th EYR BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN HENRY PETCH (1870-1920) AND MRS EMMA AMELIA PETCH (1868-1946), OF 2 NERO’S TERRACE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A…
…East Yorkshires landed at 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…
…2467. He was killed in action around the area of ‘The Pimple’ on the crest of Kiretch Tepe Sirt, above Suvla Bay on August 16, at twenty-one years of age….
…SERVED, ONE TAKEN PRISONER AND ANOTHER DROWNED IN AT SEA, SERVING WITH THE MERCHANT NAVY. https://ww1hull.com/gallipoli/ Thank you for the family research from Julie Parker jaspar.parker@googlemail.com sent on 06/10/1916 https://ww1hull.com/gallipoli/…
…situation called for immediate action, and realising this, he skillfully pushed his section forward and eventually rushed the position. When the line was established he organised parties to carry ammunition…
…at Oppy Wood. He was killed in action on 3rd May 1917 like so many of his comrades, and just like them his body was never recovered and his name…
…and heavy howitzer shells. Eye-witnesses described the tired and hungry battalion behaving ‘as if they were doing an attack practice in peace’. At 950 yards (870 m) and again at…
…EYR. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 36. ERNEST PECK HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 159 DAYS. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT ARRAS MEMORIAL.HIS ARMY…