Our database below is continuously being updated with information relating to Hull’s soldiers.
If you have anything you would like to share with us regarding these soldiers, please use the form within their record.
JOHN WILLIAM ALEXANDER
Kingston upon Hull HU2 9AP
England
BORN YORK 18/08/1880. SON OF JAMES ALEXANDER (1851-1918) AND ELLEN (NELLIE) CARTWRIGHT (1861-1961), OF 24 GREY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 5 SPYVEE GROVE, CLIFTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. WORKED AS A REGISTERED SEAMAN AND GENERAL LABOURER. MARRIED AT ST AUGUSTINE'S, HULL, IN 1914. WIFE ELSIE MAY RUDDIFORTH AND DAUGHTER KATHLEEN BORN IN 1915.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL SIEGE ARTILLERY, 90TH SIEGE BATTERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT POPERINGE, ON 24/01/1918, AGED 37. HE IS BURIED AT DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON CLIFTON SCHOOL ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 30/01/1918. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND YOUNG CHILD.
NB: HIS BROTHER HENRY ALEXANDER, SERVED WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE AND LIVED AT 52 WRIGHT STREET.
HIS BROTHER, BOMBARDIER, JAMES, (JIM) ALEXANDER, 151758, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, LIVED AT 32 GRAFTON STREET, HULL, WITH HIS WIFE, ELSIE AND DAUGHTER, KATHLEEN AND DIED OF PNEUMONIA, ON 05/12/1918, AGED 32.
BOTH BROTHERS ARE RECORDED IN THE ST PAUL CHURCH BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE 1914-1918 (133 NAMES). THE BOOK CAN BE VIEWED AT THE HULL HISTORY CENTRE Ref No: L DL SP/1).
Vleteren 8640
Vlaanderen
Do you have any information to share?
We always welcome users to share information about soldiers in our database. If you notice any errors or have anything additional to add, please use our form below.
