2nd Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Sabathu, India.
20.11.1914 Embarked for England from Karachi arriving at Plymouth 22.12.1914 moved to Winchester and joined the 84th Brigade of the 28th Division.
18.01.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Second Battle of Ypres, The Battle of Loos.
24.10.1915 Embarked for Alexandria from Marseilles.
24.11.1915 Deployed to Salonika and engaged in various actions against the Bulgarian Army including;
1916
The occupation of Mazirko, The capture of Barakli Jum’a.
1917
The capture of Ferdie and Essex Trenches (near Barakli Jum’a), The capture of Barakli and Kumli.
June 1918 Left 28th Division and returned to France via Itea and Taranto.
16.07.1918 Transferred to the 150th Brigade of the 50th Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Dourlers north of Avesnes, France.
Lance Sergeant
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS ABBOTT, OF 146, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. HE HAD SERVED IN INDIA FOR TWO AND HALF YEARS, AND RETURNED HOME FOR ONE MONTH BEFORE JOINING HIS REGIMENT IN FRANCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 21ST FEBRUARY 1915, AGED 23. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 4TH MARCH 1915 & HDM 15/5/1 […]
BORN HULL 1894. ELDEST SON OF JOHN HENRY BEAUTIMAN AND BERTHA FOSTER, AT 95 BEAN STREET. HE WAS A FORMER NER PORTER WORKING AT THE STEPNEY LANE STATION, BEVERLEY ROAD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL WITH HIS BROTHER HARRY. THEY BOTH JOINED THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (RAILWAY PALS) WHICH WERE RECRUITED AT KING GEORGE DOCK, IN HULL. JOHN LATE […]
Lance Sergeant
1 WESTMINSTER AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/11/1918
Aged
30
BORN WHITSTABLE 1888. SON OF EDWIN BLAXLAND (1857-1926) AND ROSALIA WHEELER (1855-1950). HE MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN JULY 1914. HIS WIFE KATE DREWERY HEPWORTH (1885-1966) LIVED AT 1 WESTMINSTER AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS THE SON IN LAW OF WILLIAM HEPWORTH, A JOINER, AT THE NORTH EATERN RAILWAYS, ENGINEE […]
12, Trinity Lane, York
Died on
04/10/1918
Aged
22
Born York. Son of John William and Lily Briskham, of 12, Trinity Lane, York. Enlisted in Hull. Served with the 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds, on 04/10/1918, aged 22. Buried in France, His grave reads, IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
Lance Corporal
BORN SHEFFIELD, 1896. SON OF TOM AND MARY ELLEN CHARLESWORTH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED ON 21/02/1915, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER TOM. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL.
25 LUNHAM'S BUILDINGS, OSBOURNE STREET, HULL
Died on
02/08/1915
Aged
24
BORN LEEDS. SON OF BRIDGET AND THOMAS DUNN, LIVING AT 25 LUNHAM'S BUILDINGS, OSBOURNE STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIAVTE, 17938, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIER.S. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 02/08/1915, AGED 24. HE DIED AT THE 3RD CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. HE HAD ONLY BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR A F […]
The Raikes, Hartington, Buxton
Died on
20/12/1918
Aged
27
Born Acomb, Yorkshire, 1886. Son of William and Jane Gray, of The Raikes, Hartington, Buxton (CWGC address). Son o a Huntsman. He had two brothers and five sisters. Worked as a Soap Traveller, living at Acomb Kennels, Near York (1911 census) He enlisted in Hull. Formerly 1792, East Riding (York) Yeomanry. Transferred to the Northumberla […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN & ANN GREEN, AT 17 BARROW AVENUE, CAVE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN THE 2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 16/01/1915. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 19/02/1915, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MENIN GATE MEMORIAL […]
BORN HULL 22/05/1892. ONLY SON OF JAMES HILL AND ADA MARIA FIELD (1858-1923). A LAD PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/10/1918, AGED 26. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED AT UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE, AISNE, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WER […]
9 STAVES BUILDINGS, PORTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
31/03/1918
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF CHARLES HOLMES, OF 9 STAVES BUILDINGS, PORTER STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF WIFE FLORENCE HOLMES, OF 15 HOWARDS ROW, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL. AN OIL MILLER (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, HEWITT & THOMPSON, CONFECTIONERS, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED IN 1916. SERVED WITH THE 2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED AS A […]
Lance Corporal
BORN BEWHOLME, EAST YORKSHIRE, 1886. SON OF JAMES OVERFIELD (1852-1922) AND JANE ANN SCRIVENER (1852- ). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, CLARA AND CARRIE. HE MARRIED AT SKIRLAUGH, IN 1904. HIS WIFE BESSIE ANN KEMP, LIVED AT 15, CARRISBROOK VILLAS, MARSHALL STREET, HULL AND 55, RAGLAN STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). THEY HAD TH […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF FREDERICK RICHARD ROWDEN (1865-1930) & MARIA HUDDER (1866-1906). BROTHER TO ALBERT AND FIVE SISTERS. (1901 CENSUS). WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER BEFORE WW1. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE DIED ON THE 12/07/1915, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE L […]
Lance Corporal
Newington, Kent
Died on
21/02/1915
Aged
32
Born Newington, Kent, 1883. Sone of William Slingsby. A Professional Soldier serving as Private, 641, with the 1st Northumberland Fusiliers, in India (1911 Census) Enlisted in Hull. Transferred to the 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers. Died on 21/02/1915, aged 32. Commemorated on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium.
