9th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed at Newcastle as part of the Second New Army (K2), moved to Wareham area and joined the 52nd Brigade of the 17th Division.
Dec 1914 Moved to Wimborne, Dorset.
Mar 1915 Moved to Wool, Dorset then Hursley, Hampshire.
July 1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
Holding front lines in southern area of Ypres salient.
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Delville Wood.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Roeux.
03.08.1917 Transferred to the 104th Brigade of the 34th Division.
25.09.1917 Absorbed the 2/1st Northumberland Yeomanry and became the 9th (Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry) Battalion.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle for Kemmel Ridge.
26.05.1918 Transferred to the 183rd Brigade of the 61st Division.
The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Bermerain south of Valenciennes, France.
BORN LIVERPOOL 09/01/1883. SON OF WILLIAM ROBINSON ACKERS AND ELIZABETH COLLINS. ONE OF TWELVE CHILDREN. HE WORKED IN HULL AS A COACH PAINTER AND BOARDED AT 3 SHAKESPEARE STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED WALLSEND ON TYNE. SERVED IN THE 9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE ON 22/3/1918, AGED 35. […]
3 WARRICK TERRACE, MERRICK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/04/1918
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF JAMES ROBERT CROWHURST (1854-1925) & REBECCA HOE (1866-1939), OF 4 BELLE VUE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. SON OF A SEAMAN. HE WORKED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. HE MARRIED EVA CARTER, IN HULL, IN SEPTEMBER 1914. HIS WIFE EVA CROWHURST (1895-1956) LIVED AT 3 WARRICK TERRACE, MERRICK STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTE […]
BORN HUGGET ,YORKS, 1887. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF REUBEN AND ALICE DAWSON, POCKLINGTON. A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER, AND EMPLOYED BY THE HULL' STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, PRINCES DOCK. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE SARAH AT 9 CLEO TERRACE, WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL. CHARLES DAWSON WAS HULL'S FIRST WINNER OF THE DCM. HE WON THE MED […]
5, SYDNEY TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL
Died on
09/09/1918
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF WALTER DEAKIN (1859-1903) & SARAH ELIZABETH DEAKIN (1860-1934), of 69, GIBSON STREET, SYKES STREET, HULL & (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE LOST HIS FATHER WHEN HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HIS BROTHERS GEORGE WILLIAM, PETER, WALTER, CHARLES H DEAKIN ALSO SERVED. HE LIVED […]
2 ABERDEEN TERRACE, KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
14/05/1917
Aged
24
BORN POCKLINGTON 1893. SON OF LUKE AND DARAH EAGAN, OF POCKLINGTON. HE WORKED AS A SUGAR BOILER AT NEEDLERS LTD. MARRIED IN HULL 1914. WIFE BRIDGET ELLEN (MULLINS) LIVED AT 2 ABERDEEN TERRACE, KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL (AS PER CWGC RECORDS). THAY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, ANN AND MARY. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 4TH JULY 1916. SERVED IN THE 9TH NORT […]
NORTH GATE, WALKINGTON, BEVERLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
22/03/1918
Aged
19
Harry (William Henry) Ezard was the son of George and Jane (nee Gilbank). His mother was born in Walkington and father in Newbald: on the 1911 census he is aged 12 and living on Northgate. He was married to Mabel who was to be left a widow at a very young age for Harry died of wounds aged 19 on 22nd March 1918. He had been in Franc […]
5 FILLINGHAM BUILDINGS, WILLIAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
24/08/1918
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JAMES AND SUSAN ANN FISHER AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. GRANDPARENTS - ELIZABETH & WILLIAM MARSHALL. ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED AS 40832 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO 60275, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED ON 24/08/1918, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JAMES. BURIED AT MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEM […]
8 COTTINGHAM PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
23/04/1917
Aged
37
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF CHARLES FOULKES & CLARA DORSEY, OF 8 COTTINGHAM PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED NINE YEARS AS A BOLIER FITTER AT HULL'S NATIONAL RADIATOR WORKS. HE SERVED WITH THE9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 37. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, IN THE […]
BORN BEVERLEY, 1886. FOURTH SON OF CHARLES MARSHALL & ELIZABETH HORNER, BEVERLEY. ADOPTED SON OF MR DIXON, AT 16 , TEMPLE STREET, HULL (ADDRESS FROM HULL DAILY MAIL, 28/05/1918). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 17/05/1918, AGED 34. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, GEORGE HORNER, 38234, YORK & […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1886. SECOND SON OF JAMES WOOD MECK (1855-1938) & CLARA SMITH (1858-1939), OF MELROSE VILLA, PEARSON PARK, HULL. SON OF HAIRDRESSER AND UMBRELLA MAKER, AT 25 PARAGON STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR YOUNGER SISTERS, EMILY, LILY, ELSIE AND MAUD. HE MARRIED ETHEL MARY (FALL) IN 1908. EMPLOYED AS A HAIRDRESSER AT […]
Died on
24/10/1918
Aged
19
Born Hull 1899. Third son of James Rawson (1865-1938) and Sarah Elizabeth Ness (1867-1949), of 2 Woodall Street, East Hull. Worked at Simpson's farm, Stoneferry, Hull. He enlisted in Hull. Formerly, Private, Tr/5/105171, Territorial reserves. Transferred to the 9th Northumberland Fusiliers. Wounded on 11/04/1918 and 17/06/1918. Killed in […]
BORN KENT 1878. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF ARTHUR SPOONER & MARY ANN BUTTERS. BROTHER GEORGE ALSO KILLED. ADDRESS FROM 1918 VOTERS.
14 , TAVISTOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
10/02/1917
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ROBERT AND MARY STEPHENSON, AT 64 DE GREY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. A FORMER MILK LAD. (1911 CENSUS) AND BRICK LAYER. . HIS WIFE LETTY STEPHENSON LIVED AT TAVISTOCK STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE. HIS MOTHER LIVED 521 ANLABY ROAD. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/02/1917. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY […]
4, ARTHUR TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/03/1918
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ISAAC & SUSANNAH TOMLINSON, OF 31, CAROLINE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A SHIP YARD LABOURER, LIVING AT 11, REFORM STREET, HULL (1911), 4, ARTHUR TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL AND 99, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/03/1918, A […]
BORN HULL 1885. HUSBAND OF LILLIAN RICKLES (1886-1955), OF 78 SHARP STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF WILLIAM WARD (1850-1918) AND ELIZABETH HOUGH (1853-1891), OF HULL. A PACKER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1912. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 26427, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTIO […]
BORN HULL 1892. THIRD SON OF JAMES STATHER WRIGHT (1849-1905( AND EMMA WOODS (1856-1918), OF 52 BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 62 , ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL. THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A BARBERS ASSISTANT. LIVING AT 62 ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 27153, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE […]
