1st Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at York as part of the 18th Brigade of the 6th Division.
08.08.1914 Moved to Edinburgh and then to Cambridge.
10.09.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at St. Nazaire and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1914
The actions on the Aisne heights.
During 1915
The action at Hooge.
26.11.1915 Transferred to the 64th Brigade of the 21st Division and continued to engage in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy.
During 1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First and Third Battles of the Scarpe, The flanking operations around Bullecourt, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Second Battle of Passchendaele. The Cambrai Operations.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The First Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Messines, The Second Battle of Kemmel, The Battle of the Aisne 1918, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Berlaimont.
Corporal
HU1 2DA
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
25
Private Henry Hodgson Appleton (1890-1916). Born Raskelf, North Yorkshire. Son of Mr. James Henry Appleton (1860-1911) and Mrs. Annie August Hodgson (1864-1944), of Raskelf, Easingwold, Yorks. One of six children. He later lived in Hull and worked as a draper's assistant. Employee of Messrs. Edwin Davis & Co., 42 Market St., Hull. H […]
Private
7 LIZZIES GROVE, RHODES STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
16/09/1916
Aged
25
BORN HATFIELD 1891. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD ALDRED (1860-1915) AND SUSAN BOYES (1867-1916), OF 7 LIZZIES GROVE, RHODES STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD SIX BORTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1915. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1916. HIS FAMILY THEN LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, MISS LAURA ALDRED, AT 7 TICHBOURNE TERRACE, BEAN S […]
Private
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF GEORGE E. & ANNE PRISCILLA (MADDISON) OF 92 GRAFTON STREET, HULL. HE HAD AN ELDER BROTHER AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A SHIPPING CLERK. HE MARRIED CLARA MAY WELSON AT SCULCOATES HULL, IN 1913, HIS WIFE CLARA MAY ALEXANDER & TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT 121 BELVOIR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN TH […]
Private
BORN CALCUTTA, 1893. HE ARRIVED IN ENGLAND ON THE S/S ETHIOPIA ON 26/04/1892. HE WAS AGED 2, WITH HIS MOTHER, AGED 18. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER AND SAILOR. HE LODGED WITH HIS AUNT, MARGARET MARTON, AT 4 , LEE SMITH STREET (ADDRESS FROM ARMY SERVICE RECORDS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL. 133 LBS WEIGHT, 35.5 INCH CHEST SIZE AND […]
1st Lieutenant
HULL PALS MEMORIAL POST. LIEUTENANT ERNEST JOHN ANDREW. Born Leytonstone, Essex, on 11/10/1887. Ernest was the son of John Mann Andrew and Mary Jane Mann. He was a Typewriter Mechanic, living at 10 Knighton Road, Forest Gate, East London (1911 Census) He was married at Hull Holy Trinity Church, on 18th January 1917. Husband to Ethel Fl […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF RICHARD ANSON (1853-1949) & MATILDA UPRIGHT (1857-1937)), AT 44, DOVER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A CHIEF POST OFFICE ATTENDANT. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS AN ACCOUNTS CLERK, FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAYS, AT CHARLOTTE STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE ENLISTED, AS PRIV […]
Private
12 PRINCESS TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/07/1916
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY APPLEBY AND EMMA APPLEBY ABOVE & 34 BARMSTON STREET. HE PREVIOUSLY WORKED ON HULL DOCKS AND WAS A FEED CAKE MILLER. ENLISTED HULL.. KILLED ON THE SOMME, AGED 23. HE WAS REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING IN THE HDM 21/10/16, 27/1/17 & 3/2/17. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 24TH JAN […]
Private
MAIN STREET, PRESTON, , EAST RIDING, United Kingdom
Died on
16/09/1916
Aged
23
BORN MELBOURE, AUSTRALIA, 1893. SON OF CHRISTOPHER CHARLES ARCHER AND ELIZA BENNETT OF ASCOT, VICTORIA. A SAILOR BY PROFESSION. WAS IN ENGLAND WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED AND LEFT HIS SHIP TO ENLIST AT FINSBURY MIDDLESEX. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 8277, ROYAL FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED TWICE. HE WAS INVALIDE […]
Private
William was born in 1886, he was the son of Henry Ash and Hannah Ash and brother of Fred, Charles, George, Harriet and Alfred. Also living with the family in 1911 was a niece called Ada May. They lived in a cottage, now demolished, on East End which would have been where the shop is now. Willie was killed in action on 3rd November 1916 […]
Private
11 FILEY TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
27
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF THOMAS JAMES ASHTON & MARTHA (DRY), OF 9 ANN'S PLACE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED ON 14/02/1914 AT ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. HIS WIFE KITTY ASHTON LIVED AT 3 HARCOURT TERRACE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL AND 11 FILEY TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. THEY HAD TWO SMALL DAUGHTERS - MARY AND KATHLEEN. HE WORKE […]
Sergeant
32 Colonial Street, Hull
Died on
25/04/1918
Aged
37
BORN WHITBY, YORKS. 1881. SON OF JOHN ATKINSON (1847-1927) & MARGARET ELLEN HODGMAN (1860-1929), OF 32 COLONIAL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TEN SISTERS. A HOUSE PAINTER BEFORE THE WAR. HE WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED, WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 37. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11TH JANUARY […]
Private
BORN HULL 1892. A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE WORKED FOR THOMAS HOLMES & SONS, SCULCOATES, LANE. ALSO A FORMER TERRITORIAL FOR 5 YEARS AND EMPLOYED BY HOLMES TANNERY. HE ENLISTED IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 11/05/1908. MARRIED FRANCES ATKINSON, AT NEWLAND CHURCH HALL, HULL, ON 18/08/1915. HIS WIFE FRANCES MAY ATKINSON & DA […]
Private
BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED HULL 20/3/15. ONLY SON OF HERBERT E & JANE AT 44 MASSEY STREET AND 19 LINCOLN STREET. HIS FIANCEE MISS A WILSON - 24 LINCOLN STREET. EDWIN HAD BEEN A HAIRDRESSER BEFORE THE WAR. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 23. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 24TH OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.*
Private
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF EDWARD ALLEN & JANE BAILEY AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). A TANNER'S LABOURER. ENLISTED IN HULL, WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 01/05/1913. ARRIVED IN FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/10/1914, AGED 23. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER ALFRED WHO LIVED AT 3 PELHA […]
Private
14 ALPHA AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/08/1918
Aged
26
BORN RUTLAND, LEICESTERSHIRE 1892. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF SAMUEL & ELIZA BAINES ATTHIS CWGC ADDRESS. A GENERAL OIL MILL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 21/12/1914, AGED 22. JOINED THE 12TH EYR (HULL PALS). ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 29/02/1916. RIFLE GRENADE WOUNDSTO RIGHT ARM, FACE, WRIST AND LEFT THIGH, ON 13/09/1916. DIED OF WOUNDS, 26 […]
Corporal
13, Princes Gardens, Beverley, Yorkshire.
Died on
20/09/1914
Aged
21
Walter John Ball was born in 1893 in Beverley. Son of the late Mrs. S. Ball, of 13, Princes Gardens, Beverley, Yorkshire. He served in the East Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 20 September 1914. He was awarded the14 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He is commemorated at the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre memorial, France.
Private
BORN 1889 NOTTS. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY BARNES, OF 84, MINSTER, MOORGATE, BEVERLEY AND 129, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. A GUNSMITH AND MECHANIC. HE MARRIED CLARICE EUGENIA HYDE (1888-1971), AT ELLERKER, ON 01/06/1914. HIS WIFE CLARICE & 2 CHILDREN, WINIFRED AND CHARLES, LIVED AT TEMPERANCE VILLAS, ELLERKER, BROUGH. HE ENLISTED IN BEV […]
Private
BORN HULL1881. SON OF MRS ELIZA ANN BARNES, AT 328 , HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS). THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 528 HOLDERNESS ROAD & 88, HARDY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. CAPTURED AND DIED OF WOUNDS, AT A FIELD HOSPITAL, ON 29/04/1918, AGED 37. HI […]
Sergeant
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS BARNES (1870-1938) AND ISABELLA ANDERSON (1871-1953), OF 80 ETON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 10 MARMADUKE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY RULLEYMAN. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY CRANE DRIVER, LIVING AT 44 WASSAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT […]
Private
1 KATE'S TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
10/12/1914
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1883. RESIDED GRIMSBY. ENLISTED SHEFFIELD. SON OF MR JAMES WILLIAM & ANN BARNEY, OF 96 HILDYARD STREET, GRIMSBY. THIS WAS THEIR HULL ADDRESS (1891 CENSUS). HE IS BURIED AT DESPLANQUE FARM CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES, NORD, FRANCE.
