Holroyd, James

…LOFTHOUSE AND SALTMER, FOR FOURTEEN YEARS AND WORKED AS A DRAY PARKER IN HULL. HE MARRIED ROSE ELLEN JUBB (1887-1979), AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, HULL, IN JULY 1906. THEY HAD…

Maynard, Robert Hudson

…recorded: ‘At 3.45 a.m. our barrage commenced and the Battalion went forward to the attack, and from information received afterwards, reached the first objective without serious losses. Heavy Artillery and

Hutchinson, George

…to trench-holding in June. 1/4th 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…

Hayton, Frederick Gilbert

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FRANCES HAYTON & WILLIAM TOMLINSON HAYTON OF 31 ARUNDLE STREET, HULL AND 28 ELLIS STREET, CRAVEN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL….

Teasdale, Edward

…of a cold 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…

Davey, James

…concentration in the Steenvoorde area on 23 April 1915, and went into action the very next day during the Second Battle of Ypres. The York and Durham Brigade went by…

Wilcockson, (Isaac) Edward

…East Yorkshires landed at Boulogne the following day. The Northumbrian Division completed its concentration in the Steenvoorde area on 23 April 1915, and went into action the very next day…

Stephenson, Percy

…1/4th 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…

Rhind, George Aldren

…EAST YORKSHIRE REGIEMNT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/03/1918, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 150 DAYS. Background – The…

Shaw, George William

…making their first appearance on the battlefield. The tanks, D24 and D25, crossed Swansea Trench at 06.03 and began making their forward through lanes left in the barrage. At 06.15…