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10th (Hull Commercials) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
The 10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment was known as the Hull Commercials or 1st Hull Pals and was raised in Hull on the 29th of August 1914 by Lord Nunburnholme and the East Riding TF Association. In May 1915 The Battalion joined the 92nd Brigade, 31st Division moving to Penkridge Bank Camp near Rugeley, the later to Ripon and Hurdcott Camp near Salisbury.
In December 1915 they set sail for Alexandria in Egypt to defend the Suez Canal. In March 1916 The 31st Division left Port Said aboard HMT Briton bound for Marseilles in France, a journey which took 5 days. They travelled by train to Pont Remy, a few miles south east of Abbeville and marched to Bertrancourt arriving on 29 March 1916.
Not long after arriving on the Western Front they took over a stretch of the front line opposite the village of Serre at the northern most end of The Somme suffering very heavy casualties as the battle was launched. In 1917 they were in action in the Battle of Arras and in 1918 they fought at St Quentin, Bapaume and Arras before moving north to counter the German Spring Offensive on the Lys. Towards the end of the conflict they were in action in the the Final Advance in Flanders.
28th February 1916 Relieved 10th East Yorkshire Regt.
28th Jun 1916 On the March
1st June 1917 Operational Order 119 
1st June 1917 Table B.O.O.119.
3rd Jun 1917 On the March 18th Battalion DLI vacated billets at 2.0pm and marched to camp in G.6.a near Roclincourtm vacated by 10th East Yorkshire Regiment 93rd Bde. and takes over work on roads and Red Line from 92nd Bde. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1
4th August 1917 Orders
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Those known to have served with10th (Hull Commercials) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Arksey Albert. L/Cpl. (d.25th March 1917 )
- Atkinson Edwin. Pte. (d.26th Apr 1917)
- Baker Edmund W. Pte. (d.16th May 1918)
- Baker MM, DSM. Frank. Cpl.
- Carney Frederick. Pte.
- Curry Keith Cuthbert. Pte. (d.25th Mar 1919)
- Ford Henry Richard. Pte. (d.27th Mar 1918)
- Gibbons Harold Robert. Pte.
- Hall Robert. Cpl. (d.4th Oct 1917)
- Howorth Harry. Pte. (d.27th March 1918)
- Hyde Edgar. (d.17th Apr 1916)
- Jackson Harold Willows. Lt. (d.14th May 1917)
- Johnson George H.. Pte. (d.4th Jun 1916)
- Ledger Joseph Henry. Pte. (d.28th June 1918)
- Loudoun-Shand VC Stewart Walter. Major (d.1st July 1916)
- Martin Nathan Vincent. L/Cpl. (d.5th Oct 1918)
- Nicholson Matthew. Pte (d.12th April 1918)
- Robinson Edward. L/Cpl. (d.24th April 1917)
- Robinson Heber. Pte. (d.12th Apr 1918)
- Rusling Albert. Pte. (d.16th Apr 1918)
- Sanger Henry Keith. 2nd Lt. (d.13th April 1918)
- Slack Cecil Moorhouse. Pte.
- Smelt John. Pte. (d.5th June 1916)
- Smith James Valentine.
- Smith Richard Henry. Pte. (d.3rd May 1917)
- Talford Herbert. Pte. (d.2nd Oct 1918)
- Ware Alick. Pte. (d.28th April 1917)
- West Harold Frederick. Cpl. (d.10th October 1918)
- Wood George Arnold. Pte,
- Wood Robert. Pte. (d.13th April 1918)
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Major Stewart Walter Loudoun-Shand VC 10th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (d.1st July 1916) Walter Loudoun-Shand was killed in action on the 1st of July 1916, aged 36 and is buried in the Norfolk Cemetery in France.
he was the son of Mr. J. L. Loudoun-Shand, of 27 Alleyn Park, Dulwich, London
An extract from the London Gazette No. 29740 dated 8th Sept. 1916 records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery. When his company attempted to climb over the parapet to attack the enemy's trenches, they were met by very fierce machine gun fire, which temporarily stopped their progress. Maj. Loudoun-Shand leapt on the parapet, helped the men over it, and encouraged them in every way until fell mortally wounded. Even then he insisted on being propped up in the trench, and went on encouraging the non-commissioned officers and men until he died"
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Lt. Harold Willows Jackson 4th Btn. East Yorkshire (d.14th May 1917) I have been researching this soldier as part of the WW1 remembrance in Hornsea, East Yorkshire. This poor lad was only 20 years of age when he died of his wounds in France.
Harold Jackson was born in Hull in 1897, the only son of John Henry Jackson and Caroline Maud. He had one sister, Adele Mary born in 1900. The family lived at 19 Grosvenor Terrace, New Road, Hornsea. His father died in 1911 and was recorded as living at Holly Lodge, Hornsea at the time of his death.
He was educated at Red House, Marston Moor and was briefly a labourer before enlisting. He entered the Battalion as a private but was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in March 1915 and promoted to Lieutenant the following December.
Harold died of his wounds received during the Battle of Arras on 14th May 1917, aged 20. At the time of his death he was attached to the 10th Division Battalion.
He is buried at Duisans, Etrun, Pas de Calais.
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Cpl. Frank Baker MM, DSM. 10th (Hull) Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment  Frank Baker was my grandfather., he was assigned to the 10th (1st Hull) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. He was subsequently attached to the 92nd Trench Mortar Battery, 31st Division. I have a record of him being treated at the No. 11 Casualty Clearing Station for synovitis of the knee after having spent 9 months in the field. Transferred from sick convoy on 4/1/1917, discharged back to duty on 10/1 1917. He participated in the actions at Dullens Citadel (19/6/16 to 13/8/16), Gezaincourt (14/8/16 to 9/10/16), and Varennes (10/10/16 to 14/5/17). He was awarded the Military Medal for the part he played helping to delay the German advance at the Battle of the Lys. On the 12th of April 1918, his battalion was fighting a rearguard action, and a party was detailed to hold up the Germans until the battalion placed itself in a stronger position. The movement was carried out successfully. Corporal Baker was with 2nd Lt. Montgomery, who was awarded the Military Cross for his actions that day. They were the only two left in the party. It was a great and glorious deed in which Corporal Baker played a very worthy part. Lord Mayor Presentation of MM to Corporal Baker [clipping from Hull Mail] . Finally, although completely surrounded by the Germans, 2nd Lt. Montgomery and Cpl. Baker were able to make it back to their own lines. Later that year he had another lucky escape. He was witnessing a demonstration on anti-aircraft firing using the Stokes 3 inch mortar, the weapon which the unit used. 2nd Lt. Montgomery was also present. During the demonstration, a mortar shell exploded prematurely killing several people including the commanding officer, Capt. D. Oakes. My grandfather was standing 3 feet behind the man conducting the demonstration (Sgt. F.J. Russell), who was killed when the shell he was placing in the mortar exploded, but whose body shielded the brunt of the blast from my grandfather.
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Pte. Albert Rusling 10th (Hull Commercials) Btn. D Coy. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.16th Apr 1918) Albert Rusling served with D Coy, 10th Btn (Hull Commercials) East Yorkshire Regiment, he is buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery
He was the son of George Edward and Hannah Rebecca Rusling (nee Cowlam)
of 93, Walcott Street, Hessle Rd., Hull.
Sibling of,
George William (1878-1962),
Amy Elizabeth (1879-1882),
Florence Ada (1881-1950),
Robert Arthur (1882-1939),
Charles Albert (1884-1884),
Ethel Anne (1886-1887),
Ernest (1887-1911),
Walter (1889-1953),
James Henry (1891-1969),
Clara (1892-1982),
Amy Elizabeth (1896-1965),
Elsie (1897-1916),
Stanley (1899-),
Charles Edward (1902-1903),
Grace (1903-1920) and
Frederick Charles (1905-1987).
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Pte, George Arnold Wood 1st,7th and 10th Btns. East Yorkshire Regiment George Wood, my grandfather, was born on 4th July 1891. He joined the 1st East Yorkshire Regiment in August 1914 at Hull, which we know because his original wedding certificate is stamped on the reverse with this information and his Service Number.
He survived the war and was awarded the Victory Medal, British War Medal and the 1914 Star.
According to the Victory Medal Roll he served with the 1st, 7th and 10th Battalions, East Yorkshire Regiment.
He died in December 1972.
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Pte Matthew Nicholson 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (d.12th April 1918) Matthew Nicholson is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing.
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Pte. Herbert Talford 10th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.2nd Oct 1918) Herbert Talford of Sheffield served in the 10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, in Flanders and died of his wounds on the 2nd of October 1918. He is buried in La Kruele Military Cemetery, Hazebrouk.
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Cpl. Harold Frederick West 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.10th October 1918) Harold West was the son of Frederick West of 71 Newland Avenue. Hull.
He enlisted into 10th Btn East Yorkshire Regiment on 2nd of September 1914 aged 26 and was posted to the 8th East Yorks. He was then posted to the MEF embarking from Devonport on 8th of December 1915 for service in Egypt. He then moved to France arriving on 7th of March 1916, He was wounded by a shell fragment in the shoulder on 8th June 1916 and sent home to England to the Western General Hospital, Cardiff.
He was posted back to France and moved to 1/4th East Yorks on 19th of September 1917. He was wounded again with a bullet to the left leg on 16th of March 1918 he was evacuated to England to the Southern General Hospital. After his wound had healed he was again sent back to France and to the 7th East Yorks on 23rd of August 1918.
He was sadly killed with others on 10th of October 1918 just 32 days before the end of the war. He is buried in a cemetery at Neuvilly with 96 other service men. May they Rest in Peace their duty done.
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Pte. Harry Howorth 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (d.27th March 1918) Harry Howorth was wounded on the 18th of March 1918 at the Battle of Rosieres and died of his wounds on the 27th of March 1918 in the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Doullens. He is buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension.
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Pte. Heber Robinson 10th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.12th Apr 1918) Heber Robinson enlisted on the 28th of August 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. Aged 29, he lived at Lyndon Cottage School lane in Norley with his wife Janet who he had married in Nov 1911, they had one son Harold born in 1912. A plaque with his name is on Norley's Wildflower Memorial Walk.
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Cpl. Robert Hall 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (d.4th Oct 1917) Robert Hall was the husband of Miriam and his home address was 10 Francis Street, Hartlepool. His parents were Robert and Mary Hall who lived at 7 Stephenson Street, Central Estate, Hartlepool.
He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial in France. He is also remembered on the Redheugh Gardens War Memorial Wall, Cliff Terrace in Hartlepool.
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Pte. Harold Robert Gibbons 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Harold Gibbons was my grandfather who joined the 10th Battalion East Yorks Regiment, the Hull Commercials in September 1914 in Hull. He served the whole war in the same Regiment and survived the war.
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L/Cpl. Albert Arksey 10th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.25th March 1917 ) My wife's grandfather Albert Arksey is remembered on the Memorial Wall at Arras. We know very little of his service in the Army, suffice to say he was registered as missing in action.
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2nd Lt. Henry Keith Sanger 10th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.13th April 1918) Henry Sanger was born on 11/09/1898, at Knighton Lodge, Rydens Rd, Walton-on-Thames; son of Henry (Wholesale Chemist) and Leila Somers [Thorpe] Sanger; (This was Leila's parents address; her father was a Rtd Lt Col). Herny was Baptised on 16/10/1898 at Oatlands, St Mary while according to the Baptism Record the family were actually living at 35, Ridgemont Gdns, WC.
He grew up at varying addresses as in 1901 the family were living at 14 Horbury Cres, Notting Hill Gate; and in 1901 Henry was at Cholmeley House Boarding School, Eastbourne, Sussex.
Between 1911 and at least 1918 the family were living at Ecclesbourne, Rydens Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey but again Henry is away at Marlborough College.
Information is scanty but his medal card states that he had been a Private in the 28th London Regiment with a temporary posting to the East Yorkshire Regiment as an officer. Outtersteene was captured by the Germans on 12/04/1918. Henry was listed as missing in action on 12/04/1918 and recorded killed in action 13/04/1918, he was aged 19.
Commonwealth War Grave Commission data states that he left behind his parents, Henry and Leila Somers Sanger of 258 Euston Rd., London.
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Pte. John Smelt 10th (1st Hull) Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.5th June 1916) John Smelt was born in Hull in 1895 to William and Eliza Smelt, one of eight children. Known as Jack, he was a war time volunteer joining the 10th (1st Hull) Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment in August 1914. He served in Egypt (on the Suez Canal) in 1915. In March 1916 he went France and served on the Somme front, in the trenches opposite Serre. He was wounded on the 4th June 1916 and died of his wounds the next day in a Casualty Clearing Station. He is buried in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extention
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Pte. Keith Cuthbert Curry 10th (Hull Commercials) Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.25th Mar 1919) Keith Cuthbert Curry served with the East Yorkshire (Hull Commercials) Regiment. He was born in Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom in 1894 to Alice Monument and Ernest Frederick Curry.
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Pte. Robert Wood 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (d.13th April 1918) Robert Wood was my great uncle. Unfortunately, I do not have much info on him. I know his name is on the War Memorial in Hessle. Robert was killed in ation.
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Pte. Henry Richard Ford 10th (Hull Commercials) Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (d.27th Mar 1918) Henry Richard Ford enlisted on 11th December 1915. He served with the 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, the Hull Commercials and appears to have been in France for most of the time from 15th October 1916 onwards.
He was shot in the face in November 1916 and returned to England from 5th December 1916 to 7th March 1917 where he was fitted with new teeth and treated for fever.
He returned overseas and was killed in action in France on 27th March 1918.
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Pte. Edwin Atkinson 10th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (d.26th Apr 1917) Pte. Edwin Atkinson served with the Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion. He was injured had one leg amputated and died of his wounds at the age of 26 on 26th April 1917 in France. Edwin is is buried in Abbeville Communial Cemetery. The son of a farming family,his father was Thomas Joseph Brompton and his mother was Rose Helen (Nee Chapman York). Edwin was my Grandfather's brother.
Edwin's name is on the 1st World War Memorial Brompton Parish Church North Yorkshire.
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L/Cpl. Nathan Vincent Martin 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (d.5th Oct 1918) Nathan Vincent Martin served with the 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.
He was aged 19 when he died on 5th October 1918.
Born in Jarrow in 1898 he was the youngest son of Nathan and Mary Jane Martin (nee Short) of Jarrow. On the 1911 census he is listed as Nathan Vincent Martin age 12 at School living with his widowed mother Mary Martin and family at 9 Randolph Street, Jarrow.
He enlisted in South Bank, Middlesbrough.
Nathan is buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery Wimile.
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