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12th (Hull Sportsmen) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
The 12th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment was known as the Hull Sportsmen or 3rd Hull Pals and was raised in Hull on the 11th 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, then later to South Camp, 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. On the 8th of February 1918 the Hull Sportsman's Battalion was disbanded in France
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
14th Apr 1916 Accidental Wounding
13th Nov 1916 Attack Made
9th Jan 1917 In the Dugout 
A group of officers of the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment wash, shave and dress in their dugout near Roclincourt, 9 January 1918. © IWM (Q 10623)
1st June 1917 Operational Order 119 
1st June 1917 Table B.O.O.119.
4th August 1917 Orders
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Those known to have served with12th (Hull Sportsmen) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Bibby CdeG. Joseph William. A/Sgt.Mjr. (d.28th June 1918)
- Carney MC. DCM. & bar. Thomas P.. CSM.
- Chapman Stanley. L/Cpl. (d.13th Nov 1916)
- Crabtree Stephen Mark. Lt. (d.28th Jun 1916)
- Creswell Andrew. Pte.
- Howe James Reynolds. Cpl.
- Jarvis Richard. Pte. (d.17th Aug 1916)
- Jelfs Ernest. Pte.
- Jessop Walter G.. Pte. (d.13th Nov 1916)
- Jessop Walter George. Pte. (d.13th Nov 1916)
- Pindar William. Pte.
- Smith William George. Pte. (d.27th May 1916)
- Smith William George. Pte. (d.27th May 1916)
- Stoker Robert.
- Temple Herbert.
- Tripcony Ernest. Pte. (d.3rd May 1917)
- Trotter George Alexander. Pte.
- Whisby David Thomas. Sgt.
- Williams Bertie. Pte.
- Wright Thomas McMorran. Pte. (d.18th April 1916)
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Pte. Richard Jarvis 12th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.17th Aug 1916) Richard Jarvis was killed in action on the 17th of August 1916, aged 36 and is buried in Chocques Military Cemetery in France.
He was the son of Benjamin and Eliza Jarvis, husband of Ada of 2 Selkirk Street, Hull, father to Richard, Harold and Ada Alkimia. Brother to my grandmother Matilda Ward (nee Jarvis). Also brother to 10657 Private Arthur Harold Jarvis, 6th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment killed Monday 9th August 1915 at the Dardnelles in the Gallipoli campaign, commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
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Lt. Stephen Mark Crabtree 12th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.28th Jun 1916) Stephen Crabtree served with the 12th (Service) Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment.
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Pte. William George Smith 12th (Hull Sportsmen) Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.27th May 1916) William Smith is buried at Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, France, he was aged 25.
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Sgt. David Thomas Whisby 12th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment David Whisby served with the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.
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Pte. Thomas McMorran Wright 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (d.18th April 1916) Thomas Wright enlisted in Hull on the 19th December 1914 and was assigned to the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.
He served initially in Egypt defending the Suez Canal before being transhipped with his regiment to France.
He was wounded in the right shoulder lung and leg by a grenade in one of the first spells in the frontline trenches and carried to H Casualty Clearing station (C812) where he died on 18th of April 1916. He is buried in Beauval Communal Cemetery.
Thomas was my grandmother's first husband. She married my grandfather Ruel Evan Richards (who incidentally was fighting nearby towards Pozieres with the 13th Durham Light Infantry) in 1918 back in Hull, East Yorkshire.
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Pte. Andrew Creswell 12th Btn. East York Regiment Andrew Creswell started military service on 6th of January 1913 with the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He fought in the BEF retreat, Marne, Aisne, 1st Battle of Ypres.
In December he transferred a to 4th Div. Army Cyclist Corp (ACC). He remained in the Ypres area then onto the Somme in 1916, and was at Mailly Mallet.
He joined 12th East Yorkshire Regiment on 11th December 1916 and fought around Arras and Oppy Wood before another transfer to 6th East Yorks on 8th of February 1918. He was discharged on the 22nd of February 1919 and awarded the Silver Badge.
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Pte. Ernest Jelfs 12th (Hull Sportsmen) Btn. D Coy. East Yorkshire Regiment Ernest Jelfs served with D Coy, 12th (Hull Sportsmen) Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment. I am looking for more information.
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Pte. George Alexander Trotter 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment My Grandad George Trotter joined the 12th Yorkshire Regiment. His family lived in Middlesbrough. He was discharged with trench foot later years was the standard bearer for the Royal British Legion. This is all I know
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Pte. William Pindar 12th Btn. B Coy. East Yorkshire Regiment William Pindar served with 12th East Yorks adn was captured at Oppywood on the 3rd of May 1917 and was held as a POW at ET. Kdtr. Douai
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Pte. Bertie Williams 12th Btn. East Yorks Regiment Bertie Williams was my maternal grand-father. He was shot in the leg during WW1 and sent back to recover in the Canadian hospital at Orpington, Kent. He was not fit for further action and therefore joined the Labour Corps.
Although I cannot be 100% certain I understand that soldiers 36568 Johnson and 36560 Swain were both killed on the 3rd of May 1917 at Oppy Wood and therefore it is likely that Bertie was wounded at Oppy Wood too.
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Pte. Ernest Tripcony 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (d.3rd May 1917) Ernest Tripcony died aged 35 whilst serving with the 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, he had formerly served with the Royal Field Artillery. In the 1911 Census Ernest Tripcony, age 29, a Watch, Clock & Jewellery Repairer, is listed as living with his wife Margaret Georgina Tripcony (nee Walton) & his family at 79, Howard Street, Jarrow-on-Tyne. He was born in Selsey Bill, Sussex. Ernest is remembered on the Arras Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
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Robert Stoker 12th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Robert Stoker died age 39, he was born and lived in Jarrow. He first served in Egypt on the 28th of December 1915.
Robert is buried in Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, he is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
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