Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
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 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
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
