Arksey, Sydney

…(1860-1926), AT 21 WAXHOLME ROAD, WITHERNSEA (1911 CENSUS). BROTHER TO THOMAS, ROBERT, GEORGE AND HAROLD. SISTERS, MINNIE, IDA AND ANNIE. HE WORKED AS A GROOM AND WAGGONER. HE MARRIED ROSE…

Tock, Raymond

…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 over the…

Dring, Harold

and 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…

Groves, Ernest

and dug the posts, reporting at 6 a.m. on 29th that all was quiet, but in the evening, at about 7 p.m., the enemy rushed the posts and gained possession

Lilley, Thomas

…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 land,…

Cooper, Percy Victor

…nation and men queued in those long uneven lines to take the King’s Shilling and join the ‘Great European Adventure’. Percy joined ‘D’ Company in the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire…

Daines, Harry

…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 fine form,…

Sanders, Jack Marchant

…ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 15/08/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 200867, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE HAD BEEN ON ACTIVE SERVICE FOR ONE YEAR AND TEN MONTHS. KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARRAS,…

Robinson, Herbert (Pat)

…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 fine…

Buck, Thomas

BORN HULL 24/11/1891. SON OF JOHN BUCK (1851-1917) AND MARTHA ALICE HARRISON (1851-1917), OF 176, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE…