St John’s Roll of Honour, Newland Parish, Hull

“TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. THIS ORGAN AND OAK TABLET WITH NAMES INSCRIBED THEREON WERE GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE OF NEWLAND AND DEDICATED BY THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF YORK ON THE 11TH NOV 1920. JESUS SAID … Read more

Hull Teachers WW1 Memorial

30/05/2015 by admin These 27 Hull Teachers died in the 1914-18 War. Their names are recorded on a Memorial, Bronze Plaque, located at the Hull Guildhall. The following provides details of their full name, rank, serial number, regiment, date and place of death, their age and their last known address. Hull Teachers WW1 Memorial Plaque, Guildhall ALEXANDER, … Read more

WW1 Memorial Reckitt And Sons – Hull

Reckitt’s is a Hull based company, formed in 1842, internationally renowned for its health and cleaning products. By the time of the Great War it had already pioneered a number of scientific breakthroughs to create revolutionary cleaning products, such as Robins Starch (1899), the UK’s first liquid metal polish Brasso (1905), and the silver polish, … Read more

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

Wass

Samuel Wass, 20th Hussars, George William Wass, 2/5th West Riding Regiment, James Wass, 6th east Yorkshire Piioneers, and John Wass, 8th East Yorkshire battalion, were four Hull brothers all dead within 16 months of the war. They were the only children of Luke James Wass and his wife, Clara, at 4 Robinson Place, Princess Street, … Read more