Thompson, Edward

…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 they crossed…

Vose, William

…AT 6 HUDSON STREET, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL. THEY HAD DAUGHTER, ELEANOR, AND TWO SONS, WILLIAM AND JOHN. HE WORKED IN CONFECTIONERY, AS A SUGAR BOILER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON

Edmonds, Walter

AND ONE SISTER, AMY BATES. EMPLOYED AS AN OFFICE CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 33-35 INCH CHEST, 117 LBS WEIGHT. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 06/11/1915. ARRIVED…

Jackson, Walter Charles

…from the Hindenburg, between Henin and Croisilles, with “C” company on the left, “B” Company Centre and “A” Company, on the right. Dawn on 9th April 1917 was signalled by…

Atkin, Frederick William

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM ATKIN & BETSY ANN ATKIN, OF 5, PRIORY STREET, CHURCH STREET, HULL (NOW DEMOLISHED) AND 70, EAST PARK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)….

Coates, Arthur

…EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGLAND, ON 14/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE DARDENELLES, ON 22/08/1915, AGED 27. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY, FOR 348 DAYS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED…

Howell, Thomas

…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 captured line at dusk on 27…

Wilkinson, Thomas Hargreaves

…HULL DOCKER. AND WAREHOUSE FOREMAN OF MESSRS, AIRE & CALDER, DRYPOOL HE MARRIED SARAH ELLEN O’BRIEN, AT GOOLE, ON 05/12/1903, AGED 21. SARAH ELLEN (AKA NELLIE SMITH) WILKINSON, LIVED AT…

Harris, Herbert

…the right-hand battalion of the brigade, tasked with seizing and holding the Starfish Line. The battalion formed up in four lines of three platoons from B, C and D Companies,…