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Born Thorngumbold, East Yorkshire, 1892. Son of Alfred Brown (1855-1946) and Ann Grange (1856-1928), of Far Barn, Paull, East Yorkshire. Son of a Farm Hand. He had three brothers and two sisters. He worked as a Farm Hand, on Boress Hill Paull (1911 Census). He enlisted in Beverley. Served as Private. William Brown, 33702, in the 2nd Y […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THOMAS & BELLA KENNEDY, OF 8 PLEASANT TERRACE, REDBOURNE STREET, HULL. SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP AS A PATTERN MAKER AT THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKS, SPRINGHEAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH THE ROYAL FUSILIERS. REPORTED WOUNDED, MISSING AND THEN KILLED ON 22/08/1918, AGD 23. HIS […]

Private, 27082, James Brown, Labour Corps, died on 22/11/1918. (HDM 23/11/1919), Son of James and Emma, of 97 Wassand Street, Hull (War Pension Address). A former dock labourer. Formerly served as Private, 34863, 7th Lincolnshire Regiment. James (Jim) Brown, reported as died of influenza, in France, on 22/11/1918, aged 36. His death and […]

Alfred John Briscol, served on HM Fleet "Messenger Hillingholme". He was killed in action, on 20/04/1916, in the North Sea. He was aged 34 and the first from the village of south Newbald to die in the war. He was married in Hull in 1911 and was well know in the merchant Navy community sailing many times from Hull. He was a member of the […]

Born Aldbrough, 1899. Son of Sarah Ann Pearce, of Elm Tree Row, Front Street, Aldbrough. Enlisted Beverley. Killed in action, on 27/03/1918, aged 19. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial to the Missing and the Aldbrough Village Memorial.

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF CORNELIUS GEORGE FOSTER AND MARY ANN FOSTER, 6 ELMTREE AVENUE, WESTMORELAND STREET AND ABOVE ADDRESS. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 18/09/1918. LISTED AS 'FORSTER' ON SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS, AND AS 'FOSTER' IN CWGC RECORDS. HIS ARY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER MARY ANN.

Born Seaham Harbour, Durham, 1881. Son of John and Annie Petrie; husband of Eveline Petrie, of 509, Anlaby Road Hull. He was educated at a private school. Worked as representative  S. Mordan and Co, Ltd and was well known amongst Jewellers, in Hull, London and throughout the Country. He married Everlina Johnson, at Sculcoates, Hull, in […]

BORN ROOS, 1898. ONLY SON OF ARTHUR AND POLENA NALTON, OF 10 WORTLEY STREET, BRUMBY, SCUNTHORPE (CWGC ADDRESS).  SON OF A POLICE CONSTABLE, IN LOCKINGTON, BEVERLEY. HE LIVED IN LOCKINGTON, BEVERLEY. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 203RD MOUNTED MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/04/191 […]

Born Hull, 14/12/1899. Son of Francis Thompson (1876-1949) and Annie Eliza (Minnie) Butters (1878-1956), of 84 Welbeck Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 53 Staniforth Place, Hessle Road, Hull (Pension Ledger Address). Son of a Fish Dealer. He had three brothers and two sisters. He enlisted at Hull in 1916, aged 17. served as Private, No 57 […]

Born Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, 11/04/1882. Son of Arthur Tripp (1860-1936) and Frances Sarah Gibson (1873-1954). He had four brothers and seven sisters. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy. Served during the war, in the Royal Naval Reserve, on HMS Colleen. He married Emily Peacock (1894-), at Hull in 1915. They had one son Henr […]

Born Brandesburton, 1887. Son of Henry Whitelock Metcalf, and Clara Elizabeth Metcalf, of Brandesburton, Hull. Educated at Hymer's College, Hull. Worked as a Chemist's Assistant, in Barnsley, Yorkshire. Enlisted Luton, Bedfordshire. Served as Acting Sergeant, in the 1/4th Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action at Loos, on 13/10/1915, […]

Born Hull, 28/05/1897. Son of Arthur and Lilian Shaw, of 25, Discount Court, St James Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 10, Arthur Terrace, Wassand Street, Hull (War Pension Address). He had one brother and four sisters. He enlisted at Leeds. Served in the 18th Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment. Killed in action, on 03/05/191 […]

Eldest Son of W & H Cooper, of 99 Craven Street, Hull. Second Engineer, HMT "Lady Ismay". Previous to joining the Admiralty, he was employed at the fitting shops, of Grimsby. He is pictured in the Hull Daily Mail, on 17/02/1916. *

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE FRANK SHAW 11/1089. Born in October 1893, Frank was the son of John and Eliza Shaw of 15 Carlton Street, Hessle Road, Hull. He enlisted at Hull City Hall in 1915 and joined the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 'The Tradesmen', 2nd Hull Pals. A veteran of Egypt and the Somme, Frank was killed in act […]

BORN SCARBOROUGH 08/09/1886. LIVED IN HULL. THIRD SON OF THOMAS ADAM INGLIS (1847-1912) & EMMA WARD (1851-1928), OF SCARBOROUGH AND 145, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER, BOARDING AT 4, NEWTON'S COURT, ALDBRO STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. S […]

Born Lockington, Beverley, 1895. Son of Harriet Hayton, of Lund, Beverley. Employed as a Horseman on Farm Enlisted Driffield. Served as a Driver, Army Service Corps, 120th Coy. Died in Greece, on 12/04/1918, aged 22.

Borm Brandesburton, 1886. Son of John James and Hannah Shipley. Resided a Hull. Worked as a Waggoner on Sutton Farm. Enlisted Beverley. Formerly 2641, Yorkshire Regiment, Posted to the 4Th Bn. Royal Fusiliers. Served as Private, 229074, 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers). Killed in action, on 19/09/1918, aged 32. His army […]

Born Barton, Lincolnshire, 1865. Skipper, Henry Bust, was Captain, of the salvage steamer "Salvo N0:1", which turned turtle in a gale, off Peterhead, Scotland, on 06/02/1915. He drowned with his son and four other crew. He left a grown up family at 8 Wilfred's Terrace, Nornabell Street, Hull. His son was not married and aged 23. Their de […]

Born Hickling, Norfolk 1893. Son of Frederick George and Sarah Wright, of Albert Dock, Hull (CWGC Address). Living at 16 Londesborough Street, Hull (1911 census). His father was from Norfolk and worked as a bridge foreman. AS PER SOLDIER'S DIED IN THE GREAT WAR RECORDS - HE ENLISTED IN NORWICH. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 18002, NORFOLK REGIMENT […]