Sunley, William

BORN FLAMBOROUGH 1883. SON OF RICHARD & JANE SUNLEY, OF FLAMBOROUGH. HUSBAND OF MARY MARIA (ROBSON) SUNLEY, AT THIS ADDRESS. THEY HAD THREE SONS, WILLIAM, HAROLD AND ARTHUR. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A DRAYMAN. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 201720, IN THE 1/4 TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 11/08/1917. HIS ARMY … Read more

Steele, Mathew James

BORN HULL 27/04/1892. SON OF THOMAS STEELE AND MARY ELIZABETH OUTRAM, AT 16 CHARLOTTE STREET, HULL. SON OF A CAB DRIVER. EDUCATED AT WARNE STREET, COUNCIL SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS AN ASSISTANT STEWARD AT THE HULL AND BARNSLEY RAILWAY HEAD OFFICE, HULL. HE MARRIED KATHLEEN MOORHEAD, ON 01/03/1913, AT ST STEPHENS CHURCH, HULL. THEY LIVED AT … Read more

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Sonley, Thomas William

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM & MARTHA CROSS – 3 DURHAM AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD. ENLISTED 26/05/1916. WENT TO FRANCE 18/09/1916. TAKEN PRISONER. DIED OF INFLUENZA 11/12/1918, AGED 19. LEFT BROTHERS ERNEST, WILLIAM & JOHN, & SISTERS, DORA & MAUD. ARMY RECORD ADDRESS. I am grateful to Ralph Ayre who added this casualty on … Read more

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Robinson, Harry Ernest

BORN HULL OCTOBER, 1886. THIRD SON OF ROBERT & ANNIE ROBINSON, OF 21 NORWOOD STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED BY A SNIPER, ON 26/05/1915, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS WIFE ELLISON WHO LIVED AT 92 FREEHOLD STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 05/06/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. HE … Read more

Frank, Alfred

BORN KNOTTINGLEY, WEST YORKS, 1864. SON OF SARAH WEST ARNOLD & THE LATE EDWARD FRANK. WIDOW ALICE LOUISA ALEXANDER AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 219, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL. WORKED AS A SEAMAN SINCE 15/10/1877. PRESUMED DROWNED ON 5/06/1917. HE LEFT £616 TO HIS WIDOW AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON TRINITY HOUSE … Read more

Blackmore, John

BORN HULL 1894. A HULL PAL. SON OF JOHN & ADA BLACKMORE. ENGAGED TO ANNIE WILLIAMSON AT TIME OF DEATH. HIS NAME IS ONE OF 46 EMPLOYEES LISTED  ON HULL’S “IDEAL BOILERS AND RADIATOR WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR”, NATIONAL AVENUE, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 27/08/1915. * Hull Pals Memorial Post. … Read more

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Rumble

John Rumble, was skipper of the fishing vessel “Jersey”, lost at sea, on 5th November 1915, aged 27. His brother, Lance Corporal, Watson Burnham Rumble, 6th East Yorkshire Pioneers was killed at Gallipoli, on 9th August 1915, aged 20. Another brother, James Henry Rumble was a deckhand in the Royal Naval Reserve, and died in Hull on 19th … Read more