Reckitts WW1 Memorial

The Memorial fountain, located in front of the Reckitt & Sons Office (now Reckitt Benkiser), Dansom Lane, Hull. (No public access)
Reckitt’s Memorial Fountain to the Fallen of the Great War, unveiled on 3rd November 1921.

Reckitt’s was an International company, based in Hull. It expanded at the outbreak of the WW1 by buying two German companies based in England – Rawlin’s & Son and the Global Metal Polish Company. They employed 4,761 in 1915, which rose 5,609 in 1917. Being Quakers, Reckitt’s was pacifist by nature and its factories, produced non combative war goods, such as Dettol cleaning materials, gas masks, and petrol cans.

The Reckitt magazine of September 1914, reporting on the outbreak of the Great War, said: “Every one of us can help. The call to arms is urgent and our male employees are responding nobly.” A total of 113 Army and Navy reserves, Territorials and Ambulance men immediately joined the fight. When war broke out, 113 Army and Navy reserves, Territorials and Ambulance Men attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps joined the colours. A special Works Company was formed, attached to the 4th Batt. East Yorks. Regiment. Many Reckitt staff voluntarily enlisted following an appeal from Lord Kitchener.

The Reckitt’s Directors decided to supplement the service pay of married men, making up the difference between the Army pay and wages earned at work every week after the men went to the front.

The Dansom Lane Social Hall in Hull was offered to the Voluntary Aid Detachment and became a hospital and many soldiers were quartered in the Hull Reckitt Boys’ Gymnasium.

The Reckitt’s factory hospital, received its’ first patients on the 9th December 1914. The Reckitt’s Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital, was staffed by members of the Reckitt Nursing Division, with James Reckitt appointed as acting commandant.  It was Hull’s third hospital, with 45 beds, organised and financed by Mr and Mrs P Reckitt. They had a weekly average of 35 patients during the war. Thirty Two unmarried women worked at the Reckitt’s hospital and served at Air raid Stations. Ten of these were awarded St John Ambulance war Badges. Five additional women served for Air raid duty only. Another four women were accepted for active service as nurses.

This VAD run hospital opened on the 9th December 1914 and closed in January 1919. In the 4 years and 3 months that it was open, the Reckitt’s hospital treated 2,910 patients. Colonel Tatham from the Humber Garrison Medical Service wrote; “the patients who have been there, greatly appreciate the care and kindness bestowed upon them. Many of them have told me, that they were so looked after and received so many little extras and kindnesses, that Reckitts’ was the hospital that men wished to get into if they could.” Sir James Reckitt also billeted a large number of soldiers in their grounds and offered to house a large number of Belgian refugees.

In 1914, Reckitt’s Social Hall was converted to a Military Hospital, staffed by members of its own Nursing Division.

During the war, Reckitt’s provided servicemen with extra pay and gifts.  Food parcels were sent every 6-7 weeks and Prisoners of War were adopted. Employees voluntarily contributed £885 to these parcels and packed them in their own time. Employees also contributed £581 to the Lord Mayor of Hull Fund, for Blinded Soldiers, sailors and civilians. A girls Working party was established which during the war made 3,772 sandbags, 1,240 socks, 370 scarves, 200 shirts, 87 belts, 424 mittons, 138 gloves, and 59 helmets. Ninety Six Reckitt’s men exempted from military service due to age volunteered as Special Constables and responded to 49 Air raid calls and eight air raid attacks on Hull. Another sixty three employees enlisted in local voluntary regiments and trained in their own evenings and weekends.

Reckitt’s Hospital staff  above, treated 2,910 patients during WW1. Another Hospital was founded in France, with 207 beds and treated 2,400 French casualties

Reckitt’s spent £66,510 on topping up army pay, £8,421 on gifts, £1466 on Christmas parcels, £269 on Prisoner of War parcels and created a Peace Memorial Fund of £10,000 to assist employees and others who had suffered in the war. Reckitt’s also donated another £106,730 to various war Charities. The Company published photographs of many employees serving in ww1 in the staff magazine.

After the war 600 ex servicemen from Reckitt’s were provided tea at the Francis Reckitt Institute, on 8th January 1920. The Company Directors made a gift of £8000 to the ex servicemen. All employees who served in the war were reinstated to their former Reckitts roles, but the problem of disabled soldiers had to be dealt with. The Kingston, Morley Street and Cannister works had 86 disabled ex servicemen, (6.75% of the workforce). Employment of a lighter kind, suitable to individual cases, was found for each man.

By the Armistice 1,100 Reckitt’s employees were serving in the armed forces and 153 had lost their lives. Reckitt’s erected two Memorial tablets and an impressive war memorial in Hull.

As a tribute to those who served in the Great war, Sir James Reckitt commissioned a stunning memorial fountain, sculpted by artist William Aumonier. The Fountain had a striking central figure representing Sacrifice; the dead youth at her feet and the inverted torch emblematic of the sacrifice made by humanity in the Great War. At the corners of the fountain were Cherubs holding dolphins, from whose mouths water pours into the basin below.

The Reckitt’s Memorial was unveiled by Major-General Sir Percy S Wilkinson and dedicated by the Bishop of Hull, Dr Gurdon, on the 3rd November 1921.

Reckitt & Sons WW1 Memorial, Dansom Lane, Hull, unveiled April 1922.

A large crowd gathered outside the works of Reckitt’s, in Dansom Lane, and people took to the roofs, sat on walls and watched from the factory windows that had been thrown open to witness the ceremony. The Reckitt company magazine of November 1921, called “Ours“, reported on the ceremony, saying a procession of employees, some war disabled, appointed by their various departments and bearing wreaths, took part and that a continuous procession by the public continued until after dark. Every available space in the vicinity of the monument was occupied by employees of the firm and relatives of the fallen. There were tokens of respect from every department, from the directors to the workroom girls.

The report said of the monument: “It rises in its beauty straight from the heart of factory buildings, an inspiration and an ideal to multitudes of men and women workers whose hurrying feet shall pass it by, but who, in years unborn and now, shall fail not to catch something of its message; as also it is a dedicated shrine where our honoured dead shall be remembered.”

The Reckitt family continued to contribute to Hull’s community. This included building houses in Garden Village, the James Reckitt Library, buying the site of the Ferens Art gallery, contributing to local hospitals, universities and gifting the land which is now the East Hull park.

A total of 1,108 Reckitt employees served from its worldwide workforce in the Great War; 153 employees were killed and 50 per cent of the remainder were wounded or disabled. Reckitt’s  produced a 50 page, Remembrance, Roll of Honour 1914-1919, which listed people by name, rank, regiment, unit, department in which they worked, and the date they joined the company. In addition to Kingston Works, Canister Works and Morley Street Works there are listings for Outside Staff, London House, Bluebell House, Liverpool House, Plymouth House and Dublin House. The company was also international a century ago, so there are listings for Australian House, New Zealand House, South African House, New York House, Canadian House, Paris House and Belgium House. Members from Paris House (10 of them), Sydney Office and New Zealand Office are amongst the fallen. French and Belgian staff were among 45 recipients of gallantry awards.

Many of the men lived locally and had joined Reckitt’s as Boys. Most were ordinary ranks, Troopers, Bandsmen, Medics, Riflemen, Gunners, Drivers and Sappers. There are only Five Officers, and Three Sergeants listed. The majority (78 men) served with local East Yorkshire Regiments, including 18 men, who joined the Hull Pals. Other Yorkshire and regional regiments are also represented. Most were soldiers. There are only eight sailors listed. The majority of men (123) were killed between 1916-1918, when conscription was introduced. Their deaths range between 18-45 years, with the average age of death, 26. Twenty of the fallen were Teenagers.

The following 146 men are recorded on the Hull Reckitt War Memorial and on the Reckitt WW1 Boys Club, Roll of Honour, Hull.

Surname Rank Regiment Died Age No: Address Buried Department Joined
Anderson, George Pte 12th EYR 28/08/1916 23 87 BARNSLEY STREET, HULL Calais, France Canister 21/10/1907
Andrews, Albert Pte 1/4th EYR 15/06/1916 32 191 BALFOUR STREET, HULL Bailleul, France KW Brasso 28/01/1907
Barton, John Woodliff Pte 2nd EYR 05/05/1915 19 17 DANSOM LANE, HULL Ypres, Belgium
Baxter, Albert Pte 1/4th EYR 09/07/1915 25 54 CHESTNUT GROVE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL RE Farm, Belgium KW Brasso 22/07/1909
Baxter, Henry Gunner RFA 30/09/1918 31 136 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL Aisne, France
Beacock, Frederick Stoker RN, HMS “Black Prince” 31/05/1916 21 7 RICHARDS PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL Jutland
Beckett, George Wilson Pte 8th EYR 13/06/1916 21 214 DANSOM LANE, HULL Ridge Wood, Belgium KW Hoists 27/02/1911
Bell, William Henry Pte 8th EYR 03/05/1917 37 12 SWANN STREET, HULL Arras, France KW WB Dept 20/03/1911
Benstead, John L/Cpl 10th Tank Corps 23/10/1918 25 9 WILLIAMS TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL Calais, France Morley St Works 08/06/1914
Berridge, Alfred Pte 1/6th NFUS 01/10/1916 38 64 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL Thiepval, Somme
Binns, William Arthur Pte 8th EYR 06/11/1915 21 24 PEMBERTON STREET, HULL Bailleul, France
Borrill, Thomas Edgar Pte 2/8TH Notts & Derby 29/09/1917 19 50 BRIGHT STREET, HULL Tyne Cot, Belgium KW Electricians 21/09/1911
Bowden, John Robert Pte 1/4th EYR 24/04/1915 22 3 BERKSHIRE STREET, HULL, Ypres, Belgium KW Sawmills 13/05/1907
Bows, George William Gunner RGA 25/07/1916 36 62 SHARP STREET, HULL Hull Northern
Broadley, Thomas Pte 1/4th EYR 26/04/1915 19 22 KENT TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL Poperinge, Belgium Morley St Works 25/08/1914
Brocklesby, George Clifford L/Cpl 1st KOYLI 08/05/1915 18 1 WENLOCK TERRACE, RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL Ypres, Belgium
Broddle, Oswald Pte 13th Lincolns 22/04/1917 30 10 ROXBURGH STREET, HULL Etaples, France KW
Bryan, John William Henry Pte 11th EYR 27/03/1918 19 16 JAMES RECKITT AVENUE, HULL Arras, France
Busby, Walter Percy Pte 11th EYR 28/06/1917 32 5 JAMES RECKITT AVENUE, HULL Arras, France
Buttery, Robert L/Cpl 7th EYR 12/05/1917 31 15 BRENTWOOD VILLAS, MARSHALL STREET, HULL, Arras, France Canister 03/02/1915
Carver, Arthur Pte 1/4th EYR 24/11/1915 24 78 THOMAS STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL Ypres, Belgium KW Hoists 07/08/1908
Chambers, John William A/B RN, HMS “Ruby” 16/10/1918 34 33 JAMES RECKITT AVENUE, HULL Bari, Italy
Chapman, Edward Pte 3rd EYR 09/10/1918 24 6 BELLAMY STREET, HULL Hull Hedon Road Morley St Works 22/08/1910
Chapman, Frederick John Pte 1/4th EYR 06/08/1916 26 37 WORTHING STREET, HULL Calais, France Canister 21/07/1914
Chapman, George James Pte 2nd KOYLI 01/11/1919 33 4 ROSEDALE AVENUE, UPTON STREET, HULL Hull Hedon Road KO Room 24 01/03/1904
Charlton, George Pte 11th EYR 20/02/1918 22 20 WATERLOO STREET, HULL, Roclincourt, France Morley St Works 18/09/1914
Cheeseman, Fred Pte 2/7th Manchesters 09/10/1917 25 118 DANSOM LANE, HULL Tyne Cot, Belgium Canister 01/06/1909
Childs, William Herbert Pte 3rd EYR 02/12/1915 22 1 JAMES PLACE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL Hull Western
Claxton, Henry Pte 1/6th Notts & Derby 15/11/1917 39 4 ROSEDALE AVENUE, UPTON STREET, HULL Poperinge, Belgium KW Packing 20/10/1891
Clayton MM, Robert William Rifleman 2/8th Post Office Rifles 30/10/1917 32 169 ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL Tyne Cot, Belgium
Cobb, Henry (Harry) Pte 1/5th Border Reg. 30/09/1916 19 8 CAMBRIDGE TERRACE, CAMBRIDGE STREET, HULL Thiepval, Somme KW Exports 06/02/1911
Cobby, Walter Harold L/Cpl 7th EYR 03/11/1916 31 105 SPRING BANK WEST, HULL Hull Northern
Cockerline, Ernest H. Pte 5th WYR 11/10/1918 30 1 HARRY’S TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL Ypres, Belgium Canister 18/04/1916
Cook, Albert Pte 1st EYR 22/02/1917 28 37 BROOK STREET, HULL Loos, France Canister 08/12/1914
Cooper, Clifford Pte 1/4th EYR 16/08/1918 23 74 BRIGHT STREET, HULL Etaples, France KW Box Shop 12/10/1909
Costello, Mark Pte 1/4th EYR 02/06/1918 19 12 NAPOLEON AVENUE, KENT STREET, HULL Germany KW Sawmills 08/11/1912
Coupland, Fred Batholemew Pte RAMC 17/10/1917 29 85 CRAVEN STREET, HULL St Julian, Belgium Canister 07/09/1914
Cousins, Joseph Ernest Pte 7th Liverpool Reg. 28/06/1916 19 30 CORONATION DRIVE, CROSBY, LIVERPOOL Wailly, France Shinio Branch 22/05/1913
Cowl, Douglas Richard 2nd Lieut. 1/4th EYR 23/04/1917 32 194 ELDON GROVE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL Arras, France
Cronk, Thomas William Pte 1/4th EYR 24/11/1915 24 18 VINE TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL Festubert, France Canister 02/06/1913
Cropper, William Ernest Pte 1st EYR 28/05/1917 30 8 DERWENT AVENUE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL Ficheux, France KW Exports 24/03/1902
Dalton, Percival Pte 1/4th EYR 25/04/1915 19 24 JESMOND GARDENS, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL Ypres, Belgium Canister 14/03/1910
Dalton, Thomas Edward Pte 1/4th EYR 06/05/1915 22 238 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL Bailleul, France KW Fitters 11/03/1907
Darling, Charles Sapper 1st ERY 09/05/1916 23 67 CRAVEN STREET, HULL Bailleul, France
Dawson, Wilfred Gunner RFA 22/08/1918 33 33 LEE STREET, HULL Villers Bretonneux KW Hoists 01/09/1914
Dean, Alfred Stoker RN, HMS “Invincible” 31/05/1916 21 104 DURHAM STREET, HULL Jutland
Dobson, James Gunner RGA 346th 14/11/1917 38 66 LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL Zuydcoote, France KO Clerk 14/05/1900
Dodsworth, Alfred Gunner RGA 28/10/1918 27 14 CORAL GROVE, GRANGE STREET, HULL Hull Northern KW Brasso 02/05/1907
Downs, Ernest L/Cpl 2/7th Manchesters 21/03/1918 29 8 FLORENCE GROVE, LORRAINE STREET, HULL Aisne, France Canister 01/11/1908
Downs, Herbert Pte 7th EYR 21/09/1918 31 8 FLORENCE GROVE, LORRAINE STREET, HULL Asseviliers, France KW Brasso 01/09/1909
Ellyard, Charles Sydney Pte 1/4th EYR 06/08/1915 24 187 HESSLE ROAD, HULL Ploegsteert, Belgium Representative 03/02/1913
Elsom, Robert L/Cpl Royal Scots 22/03/1918 19 13 STAFFORD STREET, HULL Bailleul, France Canister 01/07/1914
Ely, George Sapper RE’s 04/07/1917 23 6 PEMBERTON STREET, HULL Canada Farm, Belgium KW Motor Driver 05/07/1909
Emerson, Herbert Pte 1/4th EYR 10/09/1916 22 9 KINGSTON PLACE, WITHAM, HULL, Bazentine, France KW Room 47 02/11/1908
Farrow, Arthur Pte 1st EYR 09/04/1917 26 7 CRESCENT AVENUE, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL Calais, France Morley St Works 19/09/1914
Foster, Leslie Cecil Pte 2/8th Notts & Derby 07/04/1917 19 86 VILLAGE ROAD, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL Aisne, France KO Clerk 03/03/1913
Gall, Henry Pte 1/4th EYR 20/04/1918 18 92 DE GREY STREET, HULL Lindenhoek, Belgium Canister 11/12/1911
Gaskill, William A/B Royal Naval Reserve 01/05/1917 43 3 ASH BROOK, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL Sea
Goodfellow, Herbert Frederick Pte 12th EYR 13/11/1916 29 3 YORK TERRACE, BEDFORD STREET, HULL Serre, France Morley St Works 27/08/1914
Gray, Edwin Pte 15th WYR 03/05/1917 30 10 COUPLAND STREET, BEETON HILL, LEEDS Arras, France Canister 13/10/1914
Hardy, MM, Walter Charles Pte 6th EYR 17/07/1917 25 20 PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL Archiet, France Canister 21/10/1912
Harris, James Alfred Pte 10th EYR 24/03/1918 24 7 HANNAH’S TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL Arras, France KW Packing 05/02/1907
Hartley, Charles Sgt 7th Lincolns 27/07/1918 25 17 DERWENT AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL. Harponville, Somme Morley St Works 22/11/1906
Harvey, John James Pte Machine Gun Corps 01/04/1918 23 18 JAMES RECKITT AVENUE, HULL Hanguard, Somme Canister 19/09/1909
Hill, Richard Arthur Pte 2/5th Border Reg 01/10/1916 20 2 CICERO TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL Thiepval, Somme KW Packing 04/01/1912
Hogg, George Edward Pte 11th EYR 13/10/1916 23 5 PRISON BUNGALOWS, HEDON ROAD, HULL Colincamps, Somme KW Lead 08/06/1911
Holland, Herbert henry Pte R West Surrey Regiment 27/10/1918 21 37 FREEHOLD STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL Hull Western
Hopper, Richard Pte 9th Scots Rifles 20/09/1917 29 15 RICHARDS TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL Ypres, Belgium KW Packing 08/01/1902
Hotchkin, Ernest Pte 12th EYR 13/11/1916 28 2 CROFTON AVENUE, EGTON STREET, HULL Thiepval, Somme KW Hoists 18/09/1902
Hotchkin, Fred Pte 12th EYR 13/11/1916 22 7 SOPHIAS TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL Thiepval, Somme
Housley, John Pte 1/4th EYR 10/04/1918 30 33 VICTOR STREET, HULL Steenwerck, France KW Packing 08/11/1901
Hudson, Robert William Pte 2/5th Scots Rifles 19/03/1919 33 31 JAMES RECKITT AVENUE, HULL Hull Hedon Road Morley St Works 13/08/1914
Hunter, Leonard Andrew Gunner RFA 24/08/1918 20 9 ROSEDALE AVENUE, UPTON STREET, HULL Calais, France
Hunter, Samuel Pte 7th EYR 12/05/1917 26 187 MERSEY STREET, HULL Arras, France Canister 02/09/1914
Hutchinson, Ivan 1st Lieut. 1/5th EYR 22/04/1918 21 563 ANLABY ROAD, HULL Calais, France KO Clerk 01/09/1913
Jackson, Edward Pte 1st EYR 04/11/1918 36 2 OXFORD STREET, HULL Romeries, France
Jarrett, Henry Pte 10th WYR 23/04/1917 22 22 KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL Arras, France Canister 06/12/1909
Jubb, Charles Pte 15th DLI 31/05/1918 18 2 UNION SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL Soisssons, Somme Canister 19/09/1912
Leak, George A. Pte 1/4th EYR 15/09/1916 22 2 WORKINGTON AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL Thiepval, Somme KW Lead 18/12/1911
Lees MM, Harold Bernard Bandsman 2nd Royal Welsh Fus 20/07/1916 26 2 COLONIAL STREET, HULL Thiepval, Somme Canister 20/05/1914
Lill, Jack Trooper 20th Hussars 26/06/1915 23 35 PARROT STREET, HULL Egypt Canister 26/02/1912
Lockham, James Ernest Pte 7th EYR 23/04/1917 27 15 VINE TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL Arras, France Canister 01/04/1916
Longley, Walter Pte 1/5th Border Reg. 01/10/1916 39 7 THE GROVE, LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL Dernancourt, Somme KW Sawmills 18/03/1907
Mace, Herbert Pte 1/4th EYR 27/03/1918 20 6 LENDAL TERRACE, DURHAM STREET, HULL Pozieres, Somme Morley St Works 05/10/1914
Magson, Walter Pte 9th WYR 31/07/1918 20 8 WORKINGTON AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL Marne, France KW Sawmills 20/09/1912
Mansell, George Henry Sgt 13th EYR 02/10/1920 40 222 BARNSLEY STREET, HULL Hull Hedon Road KW Packing 20/02/1910
Markham, Joseph Rifleman 7th WYR 09/10/1917 25 7 COLERIDGE STREET, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL Tyne Cot, Belgium KW Bricklayers 21/08/1905
McCloud, John William Gunner RFA 330th 20/10/1917 32 5 ELM AVENUE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL Tyne Cot, Belgium KW Lead 03/10/1913
McPherson, William Arthur L/Cpl 10th EYR 05/06/1916 26 35 MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL Abbeville, France KO Clerk 02/11/1903
Miller, Frank Lonsdale Pte 1/4th EYR 13/10/1915 22 28 LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL Chapelle-D’Armentieres, France KW Hoists 08/05/1908
Miller, Sydney Pte RMLI 22/08/1918 39 Unknown Vis-En- Artois, France Clerk 17/05/1909
Millington, Raymond Pte  Army Service Corps 01/09/1917 26 64 BARMSTON STREET, HULL Mendinghem, Belgium Representative 15/09/1913
Murray, Walter Stanley Pte 1/4th EYR 11/06/1915 37 93 ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL Ypres, Belgium KO Clerk 04/04/1900
Nasby, Valentine Percy Pte 1/4th EYR 17/06/1916 21 2 LORNE TERRACE, LORNE STREET, HULL Bailleul, France Canister 19/06/1911
Neal, Herbert Pte 1/4th EYR 08/11/1916 24 12 ST PAULS AVENUE, CHURCH STREET, HULL Bazentine, France KW Brasso 28/02/1907
Nix MM, Charles John Sgt 11th EYR 29/09/1918 29 16 ALASKA STREET, HULL Hainut, Belgium Canister 21/10/1907
Nozedar, Edward Henry Pte 11th Suffolks 20/10/1918 19 37 SWANN STREET, HULL Spiere, Belgium Canister 26/02/1917
Parker, Gerald Pitts Driver RFA 28/03/1918 27 101 ROSMEAD STREET, HULL Calais, France KW Lead 27/02/1911
Pearson, Edwin Pte 11th EYR 15/07/1917 38 6 SYDNEY TERRACE, SIDMOUTH STREET, HULL, Aubigny, France KW Starch 21/8/1899
Peterson, George Benjamin 2nd Lieut. 1/4th EYR 31/03/1918 22 42 BEECH AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL Ribemont, Somme KO Clerk 16/08/1909
Pitcairn, Henry Pte 12th NFUS 16/06/1917 34 13 RENSBURG STREET, HULL Arras, France Canister 12/01/1915
Raper, Fred Pte 11th EYR 25/03/1918 21 7 MELROSE CRESCENT, GREEK STREET, HULL Arras, France Morley St Works 14/08/1914
Richardson, Fred Pte Labour Corps 13/12/1918 32 7 APPLEYARDS BUILDINGS, OSBORNE STREET, HULL Hull Hedon Road
Robinson, Percival Bewman 2nd Lieut. 2nd KOYLI 01/07/1916 23 135 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL Thiepval, Somme KW Starch
Robinson, Walter Pte RAMC 27/10/1916 21 46 KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL Bazentine, France KW Sawmills 16/01/1898
Rogers, William Driver RFA 14/07/1916 22 9 CEDAR GROVE, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL Mametz, Somme Canister 27/02/1908
Rudd, Joseph Driver RFA 15/11/1918 30 60 WHEELER STREET, HULL Foston on Wolds, Yorkshire
Rylett, William Pte 1/4th EYR 14/07/1916 20 37 JAMES RECKITT AVENUE, HULL Ypres, Belgium Canister 19/02/1912
Sanderson, Thomas Pte 1/6th NFUS 15/09/1916 25 66 LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL Thiepval, Somme Canister 11/09/1915
Saul, George Henry Gunner RGA 545TH 10/10/1918 26 4 POPLAR GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL Etaples, France Morley St Works 25/01/1915
Scott, Frank Joseph Pte 1/4th EYR 04/08/1916 21 23 ESTCOURT STREET, HULL Bailleul, France KW Room 35 24/05/1909
Scott, Robert Pte 1/4th EYR 25/04/1915 27 11 ANNIE TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL Ypres, Belgium Canister 11/12/1912
Sedman, Herbert Pte 7th EYR 13/04/1917 38 5 THE GROVE, LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL Arras, France KW Starch 07/12/1898
Sellers, Herbert Pte 1/4th EYR 19/09/1916 19 23 PENNINGTON STREET, HULL St Sever, France KW Sawmills 14/02/1911
Seymour, William Herbert Pte 1st EYR 22/02/1917 31 66 BEECH AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL Cambrin, France
Sharman, George Anthony Pte 1st Gordon Highlanders 01/04/1916 32 160 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL Ypres, Belgium Canister 21/10/1907
Sharp, Edward Pte Machine Gun Corps 28/06/1918 26 155 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL Aval Wood, France KW Lead 20/10/1910
Shepherd, Albert Edward Pte 1/4th EYR 30/10/1918 27 10 PRIMROSE AVENUE, UPTON STREET, HULL Soisssons, Somme Canister 06/11/1912
Shields, Leonard Pte 13th EYR 18/11/1916 21 7 ST. HILDA”S TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, HULL Serre, France KW Sawmills 17/02/1911
Simpson, John Pte 15th DLI 29/05/1918 18 1 SPRING COTTAGES, GOODWIN STREET, HULL Wimille, France KW Box Shop 06/07/1914
Smales, Benjamin Pte 1st EYR 01/07/1916 19 15 HOWE STREET, ST MARKS STREET, HULL Thiepval, Somme KW Starch 15/12/1910
Snow, Samuel Pte 1st EYR 01/07/1916 34 90 SPYVEE STREET, HULL Thiepval, Somme KW Starch 26/07/1900
Spires, George Pte 1st Coldstream Guards 22/12/1914 22 21 PENNINGTON STREET, HULL Le Touret, France KW Fitters 26/04/1907
Stokes, William James Stoker RNR, HMS “Derwent” 02/05/1917 41 3 ASH BROOK, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL Sea Canister 05/02/1908
Sugden, Thomas Pte 13th EYR 16/01/1917 33 16 MAY TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL Cambrai, France
Taylor, Robert Pte 1/4th EYR 10/09/1916 21 MERSEY STREET, HULL Bazentine, France Canister 26/05/1913
Taylor, Thomas Samuel Pte 2nd South Wales Borderers 16/05/1917 25 1 BLENHEIM TERRACE, WORSLEY STREET, HULL Arras, France Morley St Works 26/01/1916
Taylor, William Eli Stoker Royal Naval Reserve 07/05/1915 35 22 LIME TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL Gallipoli KW Fitters 16/10/1908
Thackery, Herbert Edward Pte 1/4th EYR 28/11/1916 20 58 BRIGHT STREET, HULL Becourt, Somme KW Hoists 01/12/1910
Thurloe, George Pte 11th EYR 28/06/1918 22 116 YORK STREET, HULL Aval Wood, France Morley St Works 09/06/1913
Trowell, George William Pte 1/4th EYR 23/04/1917 27 81 LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL Arras, France KW Sawmills 06/11/1903
Trowell, John Robert Pte 1/4th NFUS 15/09/1916 30 81 LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL Adanac, Somme KW Packing 04/02/1904
Tune, Charles Walter 2nd Lieut. 13th EYR 23/11/1917 22 “WESTLANDS”, HESSLE. Cambrai, France KO Clerk 29/03/1910
Turner, Albert Pte 12th DLI 07/06/1917 20 64 ARGYLE STREET, HULL Ypres, Belgium Canister 07/07/1911
Turner, Robert Pte 1/4th EYR 23/04/1917 32 10 EPPING TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL Arras, France Canister 14/10/1900
Upfold, William Henry Stoker RN, HMS “Hawke” 15/10/1914 38 6 TORQUAY VILLAS, ROSMEAD STREET, HULL Sea KW Fitters 24/07/1911
Veal, Arthur Jubb Pte 1/4th EYR 03/10/1918 20 81 CLARENDON STREET, HULL Bermuda Canister 14/05/1913
Walton, Maurice Pte 1st EYR 25/04/1918 19 5 ALBANY STREET, SPRINGBANK, HULL, Tyne Cot, Belgium KO Clerk 27/07/1914
Watson, John William Pte 1st EYR 11/07/1917 39 3 MYRTLE GROVE, LORRAINE STREET HULL Calais, France Morley St Works 12/08/1909
Wells, Albert Pte 8th Y & Lancs 02/12/1916 32 13 RIPPON TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL, Ypres, Belgium Paper Stores 12/07/1911
Wharam, William Pte 1/4th EYR 03/05/1915 19 40 PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL Ypres, Belgium Canister 17/08/1915
Wilson, Richard Pte Labour Corps 27/04/1918 42 1 ST ANDREWS AVENUE, ST MARKS STREET, HULL St Sever, France Morley St Works 24/09/1914
Wolfe, Harry Edmund Pte 2/4th EYR 23/03/1916 20 12 WOOLARTON TERRACE, DANSOM LANE, HULL Hull Hedon Road Canister 25/01/1911
Woodcraft, William Herbert Pte Army Service Corps 02/06/1918 42 26 THOMAS STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL Hull Hedon Road KW Packing 11/1/1890
Woodmancey, Sydney Pte 1st EYR 27/10/1917 19 6 WELLINGTON STREET, HULL Tyne Cot, Belgium KO Clerk 02/06/1914
Wright, Robert Arthur Pte 18th Lancs. Fusiliers 26/03/1918 35 87 CLIFTON STREET, HULL Pozieres, Somme KW Bricklayers 02/11/1914
Private, George Anderson, 12th EYR
Stoker 1st Class, Frederick Beacock, HMS Black Prince, lost at Jutland, 31/05/1916, aged 22
Pte, George Wilson Beckett, 8th EYR
Lance Corporal, Thomas Edgar Borrill, Notts and Derby Regiment
Pte, John Robert Bowden, 1/4th EYR
Pte, Harry Cobb, 1/5th Border Regiment
Pte. Albert Cook, 1st EYR
2nd Lieutenant, (John) Douglas COWL, 1/4th EYR
Pte, Henry Claxton, Sherwood Foresters
Gunner, Wilfred Dawson, RFA
Private, George Charlton, 11th EYR
Private, Herbert Emerson, 1/4th EYR
Pte, Leslie Cecil Foster, Sherwood Foresters.
Pte, Fred Goodfellow, 12th EYR
Pte, Samuel Hunter, 7th EYR
Private, Ernest HOTCHKIN, 12th EYR.
Private, Fred Hotchkin, 12th EYR.
Sgt, Charles Hartley, 7th Lincolns
Lieutenant, Ivan Hutchinson, 5th EYR
Pte, Henry Jarrett, 10th WYR
Trooper, Jack Lill, 20th Hussars.
Pte, James Ernest Lockham, 7th EYR
Rifleman, Joseph Markham (1883-1917), 7th West Yorks
Pte, Valentine Percy Nasby, 1/4th EYR
Private, Edward Henry Nozedar, 12th Suffolk Regiment.
Pte, Walter Stanley Murray, 1/4th EYR
Pte, Herbert Mace, 1/4th EYR
Sgt, Charles John Nix, MM, 11th EYR
2nd, Lieut, George Benjamin Peterson, 1/4th EYR
Pte, William Rylett, 1/4th EYR
Pte, George Anthony Sharman, 1st Gordon Highlanders
Pte, Edward Sharp, Machine Gun Corps
Pte, Herbert Sedman, 7th EYR
Pte, William Herbert Seymour, 1st EYR
2nd, Lieut, Charles Walter Tune, 13th EYR
Pte, Albert Turner, 12th DLI
Pte, Herbert Thackery, 4th EYR
Stoker, William Eli Taylor, Royal Navy Voluntary Reserve
Pte, Leonard Shields, 13th EYR
Veal A J Pte 203706 4th East Yorkshire Regiment
Pte, Maurice Walton, 1st EYR
Pte, Robert Arthur Wright, 18th Lancashire Fusiliers
Gunner, George Henry Saul, RGA,,
Pte. George A. Leak, 4th EYR