Sims
Archbald & Fred Sims both served with the Northumberland Fusiliers. They died in France within weeks of each other in early 1917. They were the sons of Elizabeth Sims, at 2 Belle Vue Terrace, Alexandra Street, Hull.
Our Losses
Over, 7,500 Hull men died in the First World War. Over 1,200 of these were sailors working with the fishing fleet, or serving with the Merchantile Marine, the Royal Navy and the Royal Navy Reserve. They carried out vital war work, bringing in supplies, transporting troops and minesweeping the seas
There were nearly another 1,500 men who were born in Hull, but who lived elsewhere. They died fighting for Australia, Canada, New Zealand and America. There are many others, who enlisted in Hull or who were associated with the City, but are not usually remembered on Hull war memorials. As Hull had four large hospitals and was the port of entry for repatriated prisoner of wars, servicemen from all over the world are buried in Hull. The Kingston Upon Hull Memorial aims to remember all those with a Hull connection who died in the First World War.
There are over a hundred families on the Hull Memorial that lost two or more of their family. Sometimes fathers, sons and brothers were lost on the same day. Some families lost three sons, other Hull families lost four sons, including all their children in the First World War. At least one in six Hull families lost a direct relative. Many others would lose close friends, work colleagues or others known to them. Each death was irreplaceable and an individual tragedy for someone.
Unfortunately, not all deaths were recorded in official casualty figures, particularly if soldiers died of sickness, accidents or were discharged home with wounds, of illness. By 1924 the Ministry of Pensions reported that there were 20,000 war wounded living in Hull. Although they survived the war, they are rarely recorded on war memorials. What follows here are snippets of some of those people who died, whose deaths were reported in the local newspapers.
Blanchard
Pte, Percy Walter Blanchard, died with the East Yorkshires, in France on 17/06/1916, aged 23. He was the son of John and Margaret Blanchard at 5 City Grove, Harrow Street. His brother, L/Cpl, Ernest Edward Blanchard, was killed with the East Yorkshires on the 20/04/1917, aged 26. He lived with his wife Ellen (nee Cook) … Read more
Binge
Sapper, Walter Binge, East Riding Engineers, died at Ypres on 23/5/16, aged 23. He was husband of Hilda at 3 Coronation Avenue, Rustenberg Street. Her brother John Wrigglesworth was gassed in the war. Pte, Harmen Binge, of the East Yorkshire Regiment, died six months later, on 3/1/17. He was also aged 23 and is buried at Meaulte. … Read more
Anderson
Pte, Edward Arthur Anderson, Durham Light Infantry, killed 10/9/18, and Pte, John Rodman Anderson, Machine Gun Corps, killed 10/11/16. Both were 18 years old and died in France. They were the sons of Edward and Mary Ann Anderson, 19 Tomlinson Street, Newington. They are both commemorated on the memorial inside St Mathews Church, Boulevard.
Levitt and Lloyd
THREE LEVITT BROTHERS. SONS OF HENRY & BETSY LEVITT, OF BURSTWICK AND 59 LEE STREET,HULL. PTE, ATHUR LEVITT, ENLISTED BEVERLEY, JOINING THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/10/1914, AGED 20, AT NO: 8 FIELD HOSPITAL, ERQUINGHEM. HIS OLDER BROTHER, GUNNER, WILLIAM LEVITT, RGA, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED … Read more
Wilson
Boatswain, Francis C Wilson, drowned in the North sea, when the ‘Gitano’ struck a mine on 26/2/17. His brother Paul, CEF, had died of heart failure, in January 1917, at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Another Brother, John Wilson, died on the ‘San Gregorio’, in November, 1917. Their Grandsons, Sgt, Ernest Barnby, 4th EYR, was killed in action on … Read more
Pearson
Samuel and Charlotte Pearson lost three sons. Private, Sam Pearson, died with the 1st East Yorkshires, on 16/6/17. He was 33 years old and left a widow at 44 Great Union Street, Hull. His Brother John died serving the Canadian Engineers and is buried at Halifax, Nova Scotia. L/Cpl Charles Pearson, of the Dragoon Guards, … Read more
Hunt
Cpl, Herbert William Hunt, 27777, RFA 50TH Bde., ‘C’ BTY, killed on the Somme, 5/11/16, aged 27. Sgt, Harry Hunt, MM, 755036, RFA 317TH Bde., ‘D’ BTY, died 30/12/17, aged 32. Pte., Albert Edward Hunt, 1265, 10th EYR, killed at Ypres, 29/9/18, aged 31. The three sons of John and Annie Hunt, at 10 Grange Terrace, Grange Street, … Read more
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Francis, John and Paul Wilson
Boatswain, Francis C Wilson, drowned in the North sea, when the ‘Gitano’ struck a mine on 26/2/17. His brother Paul, CEF, had died of heart failure, in January 1917, at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Another Brother, John Wilson, died on the ‘San Gregorio’, in November, 1917. Their Grandsons, Sgt, Ernest Barnby, 4th EYR, was killed in action on … Read more
