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Hull Pals, the Glossary

The Hull Pals were a brigade of four battalions of the East Yorkshire Regiment (the "East Yorks") raised as part of Kitchener's Army in 1914.^[1]

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East Yorkshire Regiment
Military units and formations in Kingston upon Hull
Military units and formations in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Pals battalions

Accrington Pals

The Accrington Pals, officially the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington), East Lancashire Regiment, was a pals battalion of Kitchener's Army raised in and around the town of Accrington during the First World War. Hull Pals and Accrington Pals are military units and formations established in 1914 and pals battalions.

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Anlaby Road, Kingston upon Hull

Anlaby Road is a major arterial road and residential district in west Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England.

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Arleux-en-Gohelle

Arleux-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

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Armistice of 11 November 1918

The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany.

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Arras

Arras (Aros; historical Atrecht) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

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Ayette

Ayette is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

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Bantam (military)

A bantam, in British Army usage, was a soldier of below the army's minimum regulation height of.

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Barnsley Pals

The Barnsley Pals were two 'Pals battalions' formed as part of 'Kitchener's Army' during World War I. Raised by local initiative in the town of Barnsley in the West Riding of Yorkshire and recruited largely from coalminers, they became the 13th and 14th (Service) Battalions of the local York and Lancaster Regiment (13th and 14th Y&L). Hull Pals and Barnsley Pals are military units and formations established in 1914 and pals battalions.

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Barrage (artillery)

In military usage, a barrage is massed sustained artillery fire (shelling) aimed at a series of points along a line.

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Battle of Arras (1917)

The Battle of Arras (also known as the Second Battle of Arras) was a British offensive on the Western Front during the First World War.

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Battle of Passchendaele

The Third Battle of Ypres (Dritte Flandernschlacht; Troisième Bataille des Flandres; Derde Slag om Ieper), also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire.

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Battle of the Ancre

The Battle of the Ancre was fought by the British Fifth Army (Lieutenant-General Hubert Gough), against the German 1st Army (General Fritz von Below).

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Battle of the Lys (1918)

The Battle of the Lys, also known as the Fourth Battle of Ypres, was fought from 7 to 29 April 1918 and was part of the German spring offensive in Flanders during the First World War.

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Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme (Bataille de la Somme; Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire.

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Battle of Vimy Ridge

The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, during the First World War.

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Beaumont-Hamel

Beaumont-Hamel is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Beverley

Beverley is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Billet

A billet is a living-quarters to which a soldier is assigned to sleep.

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Blyth, Northumberland

Blyth is a port and seaside town as well as a civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England.

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Bradford

Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Army First World War reserve brigades

The article lists British Army reserve brigades in World War I. At the start of the war volunteers in the vast majority of cases joined their local infantry regiment's reserve battalion.

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British Expeditionary Force (World War I)

The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the six divisions the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War.

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British Indian Army

The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, was the main military force of the British Indian Empire until 1947.

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Cadre (military)

A cadre is the complement of commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers of a military unit responsible for training the rest of the unit.

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Calais

Calais (traditionally) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture.

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Canadian Corps

The Canadian Corps was a World War I corps formed from the Canadian Expeditionary Force in September 1915 after the arrival of the 2nd Canadian Division in France.

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Capture of Oppy Wood

The Capture of Oppy Wood was an engagement on the Western Front during the First World War on 28 June 1917.

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Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme

Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme, CB, DSO, (24 January 1875 – 15 August 1924), was a British peer, and one of the heirs to the Thomas Wilson Sons & Co., a Hull-based shipping company that built a near-monopoly over affordable travel packages from Scandinavia and the Baltic.

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City of London

The City of London, also known as the City, is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the ancient centre, and constitutes, along with Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London and one of the leading financial centres of the world.

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City of London Imperial Volunteers

The City of London Imperial Volunteers (CIV) was a British corps of volunteers during the Second Boer War.

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Claro Barracks

Claro Barracks is a British Army installation in Ripon, North Yorkshire.

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Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire

Cottingham is a large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Courcelles-le-Comte

Courcelles-le-Comte (Courchelle-Comte) is a commune in the department of Pas-de-Calais, France.

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Daniel Burges

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Burges, VC, DSO (1 July 1873 – 24 October 1946) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Deûlémont

Deûlémont (from Deulemonde) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Demobilization

Demobilization or demobilisation (see spelling differences) is the process of standing down a nation's armed forces from combat-ready status.

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Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful command and leadership during active operations, typically in actual combat.

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Doncaster

Doncaster is a city in South Yorkshire, England.

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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army.

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Duke of Wellington's Regiment

The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division.

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Earl Roberts

Earl Roberts, of Kandahar in Afghanistan and Pretoria in the Transvaal Colony and of the City of Waterford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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East Lancashire Regiment

The East Lancashire Regiment was, from 1881 to 1958, a line infantry regiment of the British Army.

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East Yorkshire Regiment

The East Yorkshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1685 as Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot and later renamed the 15th Regiment of Foot. Hull Pals and East Yorkshire Regiment are military units and formations in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby

Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, (4 April 1865 – 4 February 1948), styled Mr Edward Stanley until 1886, then The Hon Edward Stanley and then Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat and racehorse owner.

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El Qantara, Egypt

El Qantara (the bridge) is a northeastern Egyptian city on both sides of the Suez Canal, in the Egyptian governorate of Ismailia, northeast of Cairo and south of Port Said.

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England cricket team

The England men's cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket.

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Ervillers

Ervillers is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Estaires

Estaires (Stegers) is a commune in the Nord department of the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

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Field marshal (United Kingdom)

Field marshal (FM) has been the highest rank in the British Army since 1736.

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Fifth Battle of Ypres

The Fifth Battle of Ypres, also called the Advance in Flanders and the Battle of the Peaks of Flanders (Bataille des Crêtes de Flandres) is an informal name used to identify a series of World War I battles in northern France and southern Belgium (Flanders) from late September to October 1918.

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First day on the Somme

The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the beginning of the Battle of Albert the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the 141 days of the Battle of the Somme in the First World War.

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Folkestone

Folkestone is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England.

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Fovant

Fovant is a village and civil parish in southwest Wiltshire, England, lying about west of Salisbury on the A30 Salisbury-Shaftesbury road, on the south side of the Nadder valley.

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German spring offensive

The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning on 21 March 1918.

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Gloucestershire Regiment

The Gloucestershire Regiment, commonly referred to as the Glosters, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 until 1994.

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Grenade

A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher.

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Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt

Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt was a German field fortification, west of the village of Beaumont Hamel on the Somme.

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Hazebrouck

Hazebrouck (Hazebroek,, Oazebroeke) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France.

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Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson

General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, (20 February 1864 – 28 March 1925), known as Sir Henry Rawlinson, 2nd Baronet between 1895 and 1919, was a senior British Army officer in the First World War who commanded the Fourth Army of the British Expeditionary Force at the battles of the Somme (1916) and Amiens (1918) as well as the breaking of the Hindenburg Line (1918).

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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.

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Hindenburg Line

The Hindenburg Line (German: Siegfriedstellung, Siegfried Position) was a German defensive position built during the winter of 1916–1917 on the Western Front in France during the First World War.

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HMNB Devonport

His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth) and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy.

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Hornsea

Hornsea is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Hull City Council

Hull City Council, or Kingston upon Hull City Council, is the local authority for the city of Kingston upon Hull (generally known as Hull) in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Hull City Hall

Hull City Hall is a civic building located in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Hundred Days Offensive

The Hundred Days Offensive (8 August to 11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Ipswich

Ipswich is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England.

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Jack Harrison (VC)

John Harrison (12 November 1890 – 3 May 1917) was a professional rugby league footballer who played for Hull FC (Heritage № 216).

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James Edward Edmonds

Brigadier-General Sir James Edward Edmonds (25 December 1861 – 2 August 1956) was an officer of the Royal Engineers in the late-Victorian era British Army who worked in the Intelligence Division, took part in the creation of the forerunner of MI5 and promoted several spy scares, which failed to impress Richard Haldane, the Secretary of State for War (1905–1912).

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John Cunningham (VC 1916)

Private John Cunningham VC (28 June 1897 – 21 February 1941) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army.

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Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Kitchener's Army

The New Army, often referred to as Kitchener's Army or, disparagingly, as Kitchener's Mob, was an (initially) all-volunteer portion of the British Army formed in the United Kingdom from 1914 onwards following the outbreak of hostilities in the First World War in late July 1914.

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Leeds Pals

The Leeds Pals were a First World War Pals battalion of Kitchener's Army raised in the West Yorkshire city of Leeds. Hull Pals and Leeds Pals are pals battalions.

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Lichfield

Lichfield is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England.

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Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)

Lieutenant (Lt) is a junior officer rank in the British Army and Royal Marines.

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Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)

Lieutenant colonel (Lt Col), is a rank in the British Army and Royal Marines which is also used in many Commonwealth countries.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant for the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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Lys (river)

The Lys or Leie is a river in France and Belgium, and a left-bank tributary of the Scheldt.

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Macedonian front

The Macedonian front, also known as the Salonica front (after Thessaloniki), was a military theatre of World War I formed as a result of an attempt by the Allied Powers to aid Serbia, in the autumn of 1915, against the combined attack of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria.

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Major (United Kingdom)

Major (Maj) is a military rank which is used by both the British Army and Royal Marines.

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Manchester Regiment

The Manchester Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1958.

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Mappleton

Mappleton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Marseille

Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

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Martin Farndale

General Sir Martin Baker Farndale, (6 January 1929 – 10 May 2000) was a British Army officer who reached high office in the 1980s.

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Méteren

Méteren (from Flemish; Meteren in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Merris

Merris is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

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Militia (United Kingdom)

The British Militia was the principal military reserve force of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Minenwerfer

Minenwerfer ("mine launcher" or "mine thrower") is the German name for a class of short range mine shell launching mortars used extensively during the First World War by the Imperial German Army.

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Monchy-Breton

Monchy-Breton is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Motor Machine Gun Service

The Motor Machine Gun Service (MMGS) was a unit of the British Army in the First World War, consisting of batteries of motorcycle/sidecar combinations carrying Vickers machine guns.

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Mouscron

Mouscron (Dutch and Moeskroen,; Picard and Walloon: Moucron) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropolitan area.

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No man's land

No man's land is waste or unowned land or an uninhabited or desolate area that may be under dispute between parties who leave it unoccupied out of fear or uncertainty.

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North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)

The North Eastern Railway (NER) was an English railway company.

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Northern England

Northern England, or the North of England, is a region that forms the northern part of England and mainly corresponds to the historic counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire.

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Oppy, Pas-de-Calais

Oppy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Ousethorpe

Ousethorpe is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Millington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Pals battalion

The pals battalions of World War I were specially constituted battalions of the British Army comprising men who enlisted together in local recruiting drives, with the promise that they would be able to serve alongside their friends, neighbours and colleagues, rather than being arbitrarily allocated to battalions. Hull Pals and pals battalion are pals battalions.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

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Pearson Park

Pearson Park, originally known as the People's Park is a park in the west of Kingston upon Hull, England.

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Pillbox (military)

A pillbox is a type of blockhouse, or concrete dug-in guard-post, often camouflaged, normally equipped with loopholes through which defenders can fire weapons.

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Ploegsteert

Ploegsteert (Ploster) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

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Ploegsteert Wood

Ploegsteert Wood was a sector of the Western Front in Flanders in World War I, part of the Ypres Salient.

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Pommier

Pommier (literally meaning "apple tree") is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Port of Hull

The Port of Hull is a port at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary in Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Port Said

Port Said (Bōrsaʿīd) is a city that lies in northeast Egypt extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, straddling the west bank of the northern mouth of the Suez Canal.

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Portuguese Expeditionary Corps

The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (CEP, Portuguese: Corpo Expedicionário Português) was the main military force from Portugal that fought in the Western Front, during World War I. Portuguese neutrality ended in 1916 after the Portuguese seizure of German merchant ships resulted in the German Empire declaring war on Portugal.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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QF 18-pounder gun

The Ordnance QF 18-pounder,British military traditionally denoted smaller ordnance by the weight of its standard projectile, in this case approximately or simply 18-pounder gun, was the standard British Empire field gun of the First World War-era.

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Reckitt and Sons

Reckitt and Sons was a leading British manufacturer of household products, notably starch, black lead, laundry blue, and household polish, and based in Kingston upon Hull.

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Ripon

Ripon is a cathedral city and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

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Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is the engineering arm of the British Army.

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Royal Field Artillery

The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry.

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Royal Fusiliers

The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years.

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Royal Garrison Artillery

The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA).

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Royal Norfolk Regiment

The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959.

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Saint-Léger, Pas-de-Calais

Saint-Léger is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Saint-Omer

Saint-Omer (Sint-Omaars; Picard: Saint-Onmé) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France.

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Salisbury Plain

Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in southern England covering.

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Scheldt

The Scheldt (Escaut; Schelde) is a river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea.

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Seaton Delaval

Seaton Delaval is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Seaton Valley, in Northumberland, England, with a population of 4,371.

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Second Battle of Ypres

During the First World War, the Second Battle of Ypres was fought from for control of the tactically important high ground to the east and south of the Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium.

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Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog,, 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.

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Second lieutenant

Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.

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Secretary of State for War

The secretary of state for war, commonly called the war secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, which existed from 1794 to 1801 and from 1854 to 1964.

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Serre-lès-Puisieux

Serre-lès-Puisieux is a village in the commune of Puisieux in the Pas-de-Calais department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Sheffield City Battalion

The Sheffield City Battalion was a 'Pals battalion' formed as part of 'Kitchener's Army' during World War I. Raised by local initiative in the City of Sheffield, it became the 12th (Service) Battalion of the local York and Lancaster Regiment ('12th Y&L'). Hull Pals and Sheffield City Battalion are military units and formations established in 1914 and pals battalions.

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Somme (river)

The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern France.

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South Dalton

South Dalton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dalton Holme, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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South Lancashire Regiment

The South Lancashire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958.

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Southampton

Southampton is a port city in Hampshire, England.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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Stanley Jackson (cricketer)

Sir Francis Stanley Jackson Jackson's obituary in the 1948 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

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Stokes mortar

The Stokes mortar was a British trench mortar designed by Sir Wilfred Stokes KBE that was issued to the British and U.S. armies, as well as the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, during the latter half of the First World War.

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Suez Canal

The Suez Canal (قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).

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Suffolk

Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Territorial Force

The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army, created in 1908 to augment British land forces without resorting to conscription.

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Tiegem

Tiegem (also, Tieghem) is a village in the municipality of Anzegem, near Oudenaarde, West Flanders, Belgium.

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Tourcoing

Tourcoing (Toerkonje; Terkoeje; Tourco) is a city in northern France on the Belgian border.

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Tournai

Tournai or Tournay (Doornik; Tornai; Tornè; Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium.

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Ulrome

Ulrome is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Victoria Barracks, Beverley

Victoria Barracks was a military installation in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.

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Vieux-Berquin

Vieux-Berquin (Oud-Berkijn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Volunteer Officers' Decoration

The Volunteer Officers' Decoration, post-nominal letters VD, was instituted in 1892 as an award for long and meritorious service by officers of the United Kingdom's Volunteer Force.

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War Office

The War Office has referred to several British government organisations in history, all relating to the army.

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Warneton, Belgium

Warneton (Waasten; Varnetån/Warneuton) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

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Welbeck Abbey

Welbeck Abbey is an English mansion situated in the village of Welbeck, which is within the civil parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire.

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Wenlock Barracks

Wenlock Barracks is a military installation on Anlaby Road in Kingston upon Hull, England.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.

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Winchester rifle

Winchester rifle is a comprehensive term describing a series of lever action repeating rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.

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Winterbourne, Wiltshire

Winterbourne is a civil parish in south east Wiltshire, England, about northeast of Salisbury.

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Wire obstacle

In the military science of fortification, wire obstacles are defensive obstacles made from barbed wire, barbed tape or concertina wire.

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XIX Corps (United Kingdom)

The British XIX Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I.

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XV Corps (United Kingdom)

XV Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I.

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Y Ravine Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel

Y Ravine Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I situated on the grounds of Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park near the French town of Beaumont-Hamel.

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire is an area of Northern England which was historically a county.

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11th (Northern) Division

The 11th (Northern) Division, was an infantry division of the British Army during the First World War, raised from men who had volunteered for Lord Kitchener's New Armies. Hull Pals and 11th (Northern) Division are military units and formations established in 1914.

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17th (Northern) Division

The 17th (Northern) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, a Kitchener's Army formation raised during the Great War. Hull Pals and 17th (Northern) Division are military units and formations established in 1914.

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1st Hull Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

The 1st Hull Heavy Battery was a unit of the British Army in World War I recruited from Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Hull Pals and 1st Hull Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery are military units and formations established in 1914, military units and formations in Kingston upon Hull and military units and formations in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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207th (2nd East Midland) Brigade

The 207th (2nd East Midland) Brigade was a formation of the British Army during World War I. It was raised as a 2nd-Line duplicate of the 162nd (East Midland) Brigade of the Territorial Force and formed part of the 69th (2nd East Anglian) Division.

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217th Brigade (United Kingdom)

217th Brigade was a Home Service formation of the British Army during the First and the Second World Wars.

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252nd Tunnelling Company

The 252nd Tunnelling Company was one of the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers created by the British Army during World War I. The tunnelling units were occupied in offensive and defensive mining involving the placing and maintaining of mines under enemy lines, as well as other underground work such as the construction of deep dugouts for troop accommodation, the digging of subways, saps (a narrow trench dug to approach enemy trenches), cable trenches and underground chambers for signals and medical services.

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31st Division (United Kingdom)

The 31st Division was an infantry division of the British Army.

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36th (Ulster) Division

The 36th (Ulster) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of Lord Kitchener's New Army, formed in September 1914. Hull Pals and 36th (Ulster) Division are military units and formations established in 1914.

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37th Division (United Kingdom)

The 37th Division was an infantry division of the British Army, raised during the First World War.

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3rd (United Kingdom) Division

The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, also known as The Iron Division, is a regular army division of the British Army.

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42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division

The 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army.

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5th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

The 5th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (5th Bn KOYLI), was a unit of Britain's Territorial Force formed in 1908 from Volunteer units originally raised in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1860.

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62nd (2nd West Riding) Division

The 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division was an infantry division of the British Army that saw active service on the Western Front during the First World War. Hull Pals and 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division are military units and formations established in 1914.

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69th (2nd East Anglian) Division

The 2nd East Anglian Division was a 2nd Line Territorial Force division of the British Army in World War I. The division was formed as a duplicate of the 54th (East Anglian) Division in November 1914. Hull Pals and 69th (2nd East Anglian) Division are military units and formations established in 1914.

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72nd Division (United Kingdom)

72nd Division was a short-lived infantry division of the British Army during World War I. It served in the Home Defence forces and never went overseas.

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92nd Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 92nd Brigade (92 Bde) was an infantry formation of the British Army during World War I. It was raised as part of 'Kitchener's Army' and was assigned to the 31st Division. Hull Pals and 92nd Brigade (United Kingdom) are east Yorkshire Regiment, military units and formations in Kingston upon Hull and military units and formations in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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93rd Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 93rd Brigade was an infantry formation of the British Army during World War I. It was raised as part of 'Kitchener's Army' and was assigned to the 31st Division. Hull Pals and 93rd Brigade (United Kingdom) are military units and formations established in 1914.

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94th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 94th Brigade was an infantry formation of the British Army during World War I. It was raised as part of 'Kitchener's Army' and was assigned to the 31st Division. Hull Pals and 94th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) are military units and formations established in 1914.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_Pals

Also known as 10th (1st Hull) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, 'Hull Commercials', 10th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (1st Hull), 10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull Commercials), 11th (2nd Hull) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, 'Hull Tradesmen', 11th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (2nd Hull), 11th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull Tradesmen), 12th (3rd Hull) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, 'Hull Sportsmen', 12th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (3rd Hull), 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull Sportsmen), 13th (4th Hull) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, 'T'others', 13th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (4th Hull), 13th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment ('T'others'), 14th (Reserve) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, 14th (Reserve) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull), 15th (Reserve) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, 246th (Infantry) Battalion, Training Reserve, 51st (Graduated) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 51st (Service) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 90th Training Reserve Battalion.

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