10th (Service) Battalion (1st Hull) and 11th (Service) Battalion (2nd Hull)
02.09.1914 The 11th formed and the 10th formed on 29.08.1914 both by Lord Nunburnholme and the East Riding Territorial Force Association at Hull, then moved to Hornsea.
June 1915 Both moved to Ripon and joined the 92nd Brigade of the 31st Division.
01.09.1915 The 11th taken over by the War Office and the 10th on 11.09.1914 and then both moved to Salisbury Plain.
15.12.1915 Mobilised for war and embarked for Egypt from Devonport, Plymouth.
30.12.1915 Arrived in Port Said to defend the Suez Canal.
Mar 1916 Moved to France and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of the Ancre.
During 1917
Operations on the Ancre, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Oppy Wood.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Defence of Nieppe Forest, The attack at La Becque, The capture of Vieux Berquin, The Battle of Ypres, The action of Tieghem.
11.11.1918 The 10th ended the war in Belgium, near Flobecq east of Renaix.
BORN HULL 1895. HULL PAL. SON OF JOSEPH & ROSE ALLEN ABOVE. 1911 CENSUS. HIS ACCIDENTAL DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 31ST OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.* Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE HARRY ALLEN 11/244. A hard man to pin down for certain, but I believe Harry was born in 1895, the second of three children and o […]
BORN BARTON 1893. LIVED GRIMSBY WHEN ENLISTED. SON OF FLORENCE (BRANNEN). ON ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN EDWARD ALLISON, MM 11/802. Born in Barton-upon-Humber in 1893 John was the eldest of two children and only son of Florence Allison of 7 Lockes Place, Chapel Lane, Hull. John's father died w […]
9, BRUNSWICK TERRACE, DURHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/11/1916
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1887. WIFE GRETA ANDERSON LIVED AT 9 BRUNSWICK TERRACE, DURHAM STREET, HULL. SON OF WILLIAM & MATILDA ANDERSON, OF 26 BEECH AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE. PRIOR TO WAR HE WORKED FOR EARLE'S SHIPYARD. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. REPORTED MISSING, THEN KILLED. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON THE 3RD JULY 1917, […]
BORN ALDBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE 1878. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, JOINING THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (2ND HULL PALS) ON 09/09/1914, AGED OF 35 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES TALL, 163 LBS WEIGHT, 39 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES AND DARK HAIR. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, ON 12/10/1914. DISCHARGED WITH HEAR […]
2 VICTORIA AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
05/07/1918
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1892. SON MRS EDITH E. ANDREWS & 7 CHILDREN. KNOWN IN THE FISH CURING TRADE, AS "JIM". HIS WIFE, CLARA TAYLOR, AND ONE CHILD, LIVED AT 2 VICTORIA AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL. (HDM, 07/07/1919). ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/07/1918, AGED 26. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/08 […]
BORN BRISBANE 1890. LIVED HULL. SERVED AS ANDREWS. REAL NAME - ANDREW WILLIAM JAMES REID. LISTED ON THE HULL GARDENER MEMORIAL, AT HULL MINSTER. SON OF ANNIE & ANDREW IN NEW ZEALAND. BURIED AT BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN WILLIAM ANDREWS 14/211. Real name, Andrew William James […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF GEORGE EDMUND ARKSEY & ANNIE ELIZABETH ARKSEY, OF 23 PULMAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, AT NEW CREEK, AS A CRANE LAD. HE ENLISTED, ON 01/11/17, JOINING THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN WITHERNSEA. POSTED TO THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WENT THROUGH THE […]
BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF LILLIAN & THE LATE ROBERT ARNOLD, OF 14 WORSHIP STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD 4 SISTERS. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 09/11/1918, AGED 22. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN WARD ARNOLD 12/1186. Born in 1896, John was the fourth of five children and only son of Robert […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HERBERT ERNEST & AGNES ARNOTT, CHARLES, ALICE & MARY OF 21 , EDWARD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A WATCHMAKER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED ON THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (2ND HULL PALS BATTALION). DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 09/11/1917, AGED 24, AT THE 19TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HD […]
Died on
31/03/1918
Aged
37
Born Harewood, Leeds, 26/01/1881. Son of Joseph and Annie Baines, of Harewood, Leeds (CWGC address) of 6, Short Street, Hull (War Pension address). Husband of Elizabeth Baines, of 6, Short Street, Hull (War Pension address). He enlisted in Hull. Served in the 11th EYR. Died of wounds, on 31/03/1918, aged 37. Buried Gezaincourt Communal […]
1 SOUTH VIEW, WILLERBY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
11/08/1918
Aged
22
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CHARLES BALDWIN 11/727. Born in July 1896, Charles was the eldest of four children to Joseph and Phoebe Baldwin of 4 Linnaeus Grove, Rugby Street and 1 South View, Willerby, Hull. A Farm Servant before the war, he enlisted on Wednesday 9th September 1914 at Hull City Hall telling the little white lie that […]
BORN COTTINGHAM 1896. ENLISTED HULL. DIED AT HOME. ADOPTED SON OF HENRY & ADA EVANS, COTTINGHAM. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON COTTINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH WW1 PLAQUE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JAMES MONTAGUE BARBER 21247. Born in 1896, James lost his parents before he had chance to know them and was adopted by Henry and Ada Evans of […]
14, POPULAR GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/10/1916
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF MARY ANN BARKER, OF 64, SEATON STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL. (WAR PENSION AND HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS 20/10/1919). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS, (THREE SERVED IN FRANCE) & TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AT THE HULL OIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, STONEFERRY, HULL. HE RESIDED AT 14, POPULAR GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. ENLISTED IN T […]
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JOHN CHARLES BARKER, HULL. EBLISTED IN THE 2ND HULL PALS - THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED IN EGYPT. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 23/12/1915. KILLED IN ACTION AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE DIVIDED BETWEEN HIS BROTHERS, WILLIAM, JOHN AND JOSEPH BARKER AND HIS MARRIED SISTERS, SARAH ANN POSTILL, […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. SERGEANT HENRY BAXTER 11/14. Born in 1889, Henry was the fourth of six sons to Francis and Eliza Baxter, of 84, Courtney Street, Holderness Road, Hull. An Iron Moulder before the war, he queued outside Hull City Hall on Monday 7th September 1914 to join the new Pals Battalion, the 11th East Yorkshire's, 2nd Hul […]
, SOUTHCOATES LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
10/03/1917
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS BEADLE (1857-1926) & THE LATE EMMA BEADLE (1860-1912) OF 7 BRIGHT'S TERRACE, BRIGHT STREET AND SOUTHCOATES LANE. ONE OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN. THREE BROTHERS SERVED IN THE WAR. A GARDENER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING IN THE HULL DAILY […]
BORN HULL 1896. HULL PAL. SON OF WILLIAM & ALICE ABOVE. KILLED IN ACTION. 1911 CENSUS & 1918 ABSENT VOTERS. NOT ON ST MARY's CHURCH MEMORIAL. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ERNEST BEARFIELD 11/18. Born in January 1896, Ernest was the eldest of four children to William and Alice Bearfield of 9 Tunis Street, Ash Grove, Hull. […]
BORN SKELTON, YORKS - 1882. ENLISTED HULL. HDM 18/5/18. SON OF GEORGE & AGNES BEAUMONT, SKELTON. WIFE ELIZA HARRISON. IRON STONE MINER.
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN MADDISON BEELS (1864-1937) & SARAH JANE WHITE (1866-1933), OF 6, NEWTOWN TERRACE, HEDON ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER JAMES MARTIN, AND ONE SISTER, SARAH ELIZABETH. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER, IN THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY DOCK DEPTARTMENT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1 INCH TALL, 127 LBS WEIG […]
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ROBERT BENTLEY (1865-1935) & AMANDA HUTCHINSON (1872-1956), AT 50 SHARP STREET, HULL. A RAILWAY LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 11TH HULL PALS, ON 29/06/1915, WITH HIS BROTHER HAROLD. AGED 22 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. HE DIED OF FLU ON 05/12/1918, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE HULL CITY ENGINEERS MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED IN S […]
