Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Webmaster 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
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
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
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
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
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
Serre was one of the last attacks of the fateful Somme campaign, and while history has rightly remembered the 1st July as being a horror story of monstrous proportions, little has been made of the Hull Pals attack at Serre. The overall British plan was to attack over a reasonably compact front, with XIII Corps … Read more
Here are 10 facts that tell the story of World War One at sea. Although primarily a land-war, there were significant skirmishes at sea. 1. The Battle of Heligoland Bight (August 1914) was the first naval battle of WW1 The British fleet ambushed and sunk three German light cruisers and one destroyer. 2. In 1914 SM U-9 (a German … Read more
‘HMT ARGYLL H923’ sunk 15th June 1915 On the 15th June 1915, the Hull vessel, was torpedoed by the submarine UC-11, off the Harwich coast. All seven Hull fishermen were lost: * ALDAN Albert (46), 4 St Andrews Street, Hull. Chief Engineer * BOWLES Fred (35), 6 Rugby Terace, Rugby Street, Hull. Deckhand * COWLAM Jack (29), 3 … Read more
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
