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4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.  East Yorkshire Regiment, 4th Btn  The 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment was a unit of the Territorial Force with their HQ at Londesborough Barracks, Hull. They served with the York and Durham Infantry Brigade, Northumberland Division. Companies A, B, C, D, E and F were based in Hull, G and H in East Hull. They served as part of York and Durham Brigade, Northumbrian Division. They had just departed for their annual summer camp when war broke out and they were at once recalled to Hull and then moved to Darlington to take up defensive possitions with a number of men being detailed to guard the wireless station at Stockton on Tees. Over 75% of the men volunteered for service abroad at the first time of asking, by the end of October 1914 those who had not volunteered were transferred to other units and other volunteers took their place in the 4th battalion which moved to Newcastle to prepare for service overseas. They proceeded to France on the 17th of April 1915 landing at Boulogne. concentrating in the area of Steenvoorde just as the German army attacked Ypres, using poison gas for the first time. The 50th Division were rushed into the battle. On the 12th of May became 150th Brigade of the 50th Division. They saw action in The Battle of St Julien, The Battle of Frezenburg Ridge and The Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge. In 1916 They fought on the Somme at The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval and The Battle of the Transloy Ridges. In 1917 they were in action at Arras during The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Wancourt Ridge and The Second Battle of the Scarpe before moving north for the Third Battle of Ypres. In 1918 they fought on the Somme, in the Battles of the Lys and The Battle of the Aisne, leaving the troops exhausted. On the 15th of July 1918 the battalion was reduced to cadre and transferred to Lines of Communication, then on the 16th of August they transferred to 116th Brigade, 39th Division at Varengeville and took on a role supervising courses of instruction for newly arrived American troops. 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of June 1918  23rd Jun 1918 On the Move 11th Jul 1918 Inspection 31st of July 1918 Orders Received If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.? There are:5589 items tagged 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. during the Great War 1914-1918. Bowes Leonard. Pte. (d.1st Oct 1916) Brady Walter. Pte. (d.3rd May 1915) Eddolls Ernest James. Pte. (d.10th Nov 1918) Jackson Harold Willows. Lt. (d.14th May 1917) Leak George A.. Pte. (d.15th Sep 1916) Magson John. CQMS. McColl Charles Frederick. Pte. (d.28th Dec 1917) Morgan Frank. Pte. (d.22nd Sep 1918) Needham Albert. Pte. (d.29th Apr 1915) Scott MM Henry. Cpl. (d.22nd Jul 1916) Scott MM. Henry. Cpl. (d.22nd July 1916) Slack MC. Cecil M.. Lt Snee MC. Joseph. 2Lt. Webb Richard Henry. Pte. Williams Arthur Thomas. Pte. (d.19 June 1916) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? 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Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   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. Susanne Jones Add to this record.   Pte. Frank Morgan 1/4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.22nd Sep 1918) Frank Morgan was born 3rd Jan 1893 in Yorkshire, England and died 22nd of September 1918 in France at age 27. He served with the 1/4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. He was the son of Charles and Bessie Morgan of 21 Vaughan St., North Skelton in Cleveland, Yorkshire. Charmaine Hardy Add to this record.   Pte. Walter Brady 1/4th Battalion, A Company East Yorkshire Regiment (d.3rd May 1915) News has been received by Mrs Brady, of 2 Cheapside Groves, Hull confirming the report that her son, Private Walter Brady, was killed in action near St, Julien on 3rd of May. The deceased, prior to enlistment. worked at Messrs. Sanderson's paint works, where he was highly respected. Captain Harold Jackson of A Company 4th East Yorks says, in a letter to Mr Brady, says He died like the gallant soldier he was . . . . We all sympathise with you deeply in your sad loss, and trust the fact that he died fighting hard for his country and for the protection of you all at home may mitigate your sorrow to some extent. If If we could only make the people, at home realise, the misery caused by the German invasion of this poor country, they would appreciate much more the sacrifice that men like your brother has made in order to beat the Germans here and keep them out of our land. Harold B. Jackson, Captain. Rosanne Clough Add to this record.   Cpl. Henry Scott MM. 4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.22nd July 1916) Henry Scott served with the 4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment. Gary Bartlett Add to this record.   Cpl. Henry Scott MM 4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.22nd Jul 1916) My Great Grandfather Henry Scott lived on Hessle Road and died on 22nd of July 1916 on the Ypres Salient aged 25. He left a wife Irene and 3 children, Harry, Lily and Muriel who was my Grandmother. He received the Military Medal during his service. He went to enlist with his best friend Albert Taylor who could not enlist on medical grounds. He said to Albert that if he never came back, would he look after Irene and the children and after the war Albert married Irene and they had 4 more children. Gary Bartlett Add to this record.   2Lt. Joseph Snee MC. 25th (2nd Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers My great granddad, Joseph Snee, served in the Territorial Army pre WW1 and by the start of the war he was a Sergeant. He enlisted with 4th East Yorkshire Regiment in 1910 and he went to France on 17th of April 1915. He was admitted to the Canadian Field Ambulance on 30th of April 1915 suffering from a gun shot wound to the back. He was admitted to hospital at Rouen on 2nd May and returned to the UK on the 6th. He was then commissioned to Northumberland Fusiliers on 23rd of January 1916. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 20th of October 1916. His MC was gazetted on 18th July 1917. From what I have found out on line he died in 1967 in Lewes, Sussex, England. Sadly, I have no photos of him as his military paperwork and MC has been lost or destroyed, all I have found out has been from on line records. Hannah Pacifico Add to this record.   Pte. Ernest James Eddolls 4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.10th Nov 1918) Ernest Eddolls was the son of Thomas Eddolls and Hester nee Winterson. He died aged 19 and is buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Germany which probably means he died as a prisoner of war. Robbie Winterson Add to this record.   Pte. Arthur Thomas Williams 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (d.19 June 1916) arthur Williams koined the 4th. East Yorks (TA) at Londesborough Street Barracks before WW1 started as a volunteer. I also served in the same TA barracks in the Int Corps and then later as OC of B Company The 2nd Bn. Yorkshire Volunteers and it is only just a few months ago that we found out that Arthur Thomas had served in the 4th. East Yorks. This is the direct line to the 2Bn Yorkshire Volunteers. He was my Great Uncle and we had never hear of him, isn't that terrible!! John Chapman Add to this record.   Pte. Leonard Bowes 4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.1st Oct 1916) Leonard Bowes was the son of William and Emma Bowes, of Beeford, Driffield, Yorkshire. He was killed in action aged 21, and is buried in the Bazentin-Le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme. Elizabeth Schramm Add to this record.   Pte. Albert Needham 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (d.29th Apr 1915) Albert Needham was my uncle and came from a family with 7 siblings, two sisters and 5 brothers. Not a lot is known about him and I didn't know he existed until I started researching my family history. The saying "survivors never really talked about the war" was certainly true in this case. My Father, who was twelve when the war ended, never mentioned these events at all. He also had a second brother, that served with the Northumberland fusiliers, who was Killed during the war as well. I can only imagine how his father felt because not only did he loose two sons to the war he also lost his wife and a younger son and daughter during this period which shows that not only did people have to worry about their children fighting in a war but also had to deal with the traumas of every day life as well. Thank god their sacrifices, not only in ww1 but also ww2 and subsequent conflicts, were not in vain and has enabled us to live in freedom as we do today. John needham Add to this record.   Pte. Charles Frederick McColl 1/4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.28th Dec 1917) Charles McColl was a shipyard plater and therefore exempt from military service but he voluntarily joined the Army on 7th of September 1914. He enlisted into the 11th East Yorkshire Regiment in 1914 and at the end of 1915 sailed to Egypt before the battalion was recalled to the Western Front. In September 1916 his unit had been holding the line near Neuve Chapelle when he was wounded by a shell and invalided home with heart failure. Upon his return to France he was posted to the 4th East Yorkshire Regiment but soon went absent receiving a sentence of 10 years imprisonment. On the 28th October 1917 Private McColl absconded from his platoon which was in brigade support near Houlthult Forest in the Ypres sector leaving behind his rifle and equipment. Four days later he was arrested in Calais after enquiring about a rest camp and stating he was on his way to England. At his court-martial he was not represented and detailed his nervous condition and inability to control himself when in the trenches. No medical examination was ordered. He was tried by Field General Court Martial on a number of occasions but the final, fatal proceedings took place at Brandhoek on 21 December 1917. One of the two members of the court, Captain C.J.A. Pollock, was from the defendant’s own unit and although they were assisted by a Court Martial officer, Captain F.S.A. Baker, Private Charles McColl was undefended and was sentenced to death. He was held in a military prison at Brandhoek then on the eve of his execution brought to the prison at Ypres when he was told of confirmation of the sentence of death. As dawn approached he was manacled and blindfolded with a reverse gas mask and taken out and strapped to a chair and shot. This story is told by Julian Putkowski in his book "Shot At Dawn" (The Sad Campaign to Secure Millennium Pardons for British and Commonwealth Soldiers Executed during the First World War) The disciplinary regime exercised by the British Army during the First World War was truly draconian and I still believe that the conditional pardon does not represent an adequate acknowledgement of the disgraceful fashion in which these men were culled and the hardships endured by many relatives and dependents. (This comment from Julian Putkowski re: British Govt Pardon to Executed Soldiers, Section 359 of the Armed Forces Act 2006) Private C. F. McColl, 1/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment was executed for desertion 28/12/1917. Update: There are lots of errors in the original story of McColl. For example, he never went to Egypt, he was AWOL. These are often repeated from data in a very poorly researched book on those shot at dawn. Vanessa, who submitted the text, is aware and has seen our research. We recently held a service for him as the Padre at his execution refused him his right to a Christian burial. Our UK and Belgian researchers have tried but can find no other instance of this having occurred. The Hull People's Memorial adds to the story. The above images are copyright (c) 2014 Hull People's Memorial. Alan Brigham Vanessa McColl Add to this record.   Pte. Richard Henry Webb 4th Btn East Yorks Regiment Richard Henry Webb was my mother's father, he was born in Bermondsey 1st Feb 1896 (to a family with roots in both East London and Hull). He lost his father in 1899, and his mother in 1906, and grew up in the family of his aunt in Hull. He enlisted 7th Nov 1912 with 4th Bn East Yorks Regt and served with Army Cyclist Corps and Royal Horse Guards. On the back of his cycling map he has written the following: "V Corps Army Cyclist", "My Best Friend in France and Belgium 1915-1918", "Landed April 17th 1915", "Ypres 2nd Battle", "R.H.Webb". His Movement Order (in very frail condition) is dated 11 December 1917, and bears the stamps "Poperinghe" "Hazebrouck". By late January 1918 he was convalescing,I don't know any details of his injuries, in Stamford, Lincs, where he struck up a relationship with Cathie Piggott, my grandmother, just before his 22nd birthday. The relationship started very suddenly, and became serious so quickly that Cathie ditched her current boyfriend just as he had decided to propose to her! They became engaged in May, and were married by licence on 23rd October in Stamford, his address on the Bishop's Licence was "The Parish of Great Bentley, Colchester in the county of Essex". Dick Webb transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, taking the Service Number 3157, in February 1919, and was disembodied on April 21st. He enlisted with the Territorials at Stamford in 1920, and stayed with them until 1923. He died in October 1936, on their 18th wedding anniversary, when he collapsed with a heart attack at his garden gate, having just been to his allotment to get some vegetables for Sunday lunch. My grandmother noted that the doctor told her "his arteries were like a man of 60, and it would be aggravated by his war service". He left a widow and four children aged 5 to 15. His only son, Arthur, died aged 19 in December 1944 on the Arctic Convoy when his ship HMS Cassandra was torpedoed near Murmansk. John Riley Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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