NEWTEST

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 at Settrington, Malton, Yorks. Son of William Smith; husband of Florence Smith, of I, Claremont Avenue, Scarborough St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Reported as died of wounds, on 31/10/1917, aged 29. Served in the 49th Battery, 40th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He left a widow and three children. Son of Mrs Smith - 66 Manchester Street, […]

Born Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1896. Son of Martina Long, of 4 Parkend Street, Belfast. A Tram Conductor. Enlisted Hull.  Lived at 13 Ventnor Street, Newland, Avenue,  Hull (army Records Address). Served with the Hull Pals, in Egypt and France. Killed in action, at Serre, on 13/11/1916, aged 22.

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. *

CB Ward, Royal Navy, is listed on Hull's Clifton Street School Memorial. His details are unknown and I would be grateful for any any information, to help identify him?

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 HULL 1888. SON OF WILLIAM AND HANNAH TINDLE, OF 30 BISHOP LANE, HULL. SECOND OF FIVE SONS. A WAREHOUSEMAN. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 21/08/1917, AGED 29. BURIED AT DIVISIONAL COLLECTING POST CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, BELGIUM. HIS ELDEST BROTHER, JOHN TINDLE, SERVED IN THE […]

Captain Miles Radcliffe 2nd Bn. Border Regiment, 2nd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers 12th December 1914, aged 31. Special Memorial 2. Son of Henry Miles and Eva Bertha Radcliffe; husband of Dorothy Kathleen Radcliffe, of "The Laurels" Hull Road., York. KEMMEL CHURCHYARD, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. His Grave reads, "PEACE PERFECT PEACE"

Born North Kelsey, Lincolnshire, 1880. Son of Joh and Louis Charles. He was a builder, Resided with his widowed father at 34 Wyndham Street, Hull (1911 Census).He enlisted inHull. Served with the 4th East Yorkshires. Killed at the Somme, on 10/09/1916, aged 35. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing. He is recorded a […]

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 (1911 census). 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 address […]

Born Goxhill, Lincolnshire, 1891. Son of Henry and Alice Ann Bust, of Hull. Drowned with his father, Henry Bust, on the Hull salvage steamer, "Salvo No:1", which upturned, in a gale at Peterhead, on 06/02/1915. He was unmarried and aged 23. He left £166 in his will to his mother, Alice and this Probate address.

Born Hull 25/05/1898. Son of Oswald Malcolm Ellis (1871-1940) and Edith Josephine Smith (1873-1935). Lived 27 Denzil Avenue, Southampton. Eldest of two sons. GUY ELLIS was studying for his Intermediate Civil Service exam when, on 29th September 1915, he joined the London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) at Dukes Road W.C. at the age of sev […]

Born Hull 1893. Son of Robert and Charlotte Carrington, of 7 Sovereign Place William Street, Hull. A Baker. He served as Driver in the 251st Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action, by a shell, on 16/09/1916. He left his unmarried wife, Emma Ayer at 41 South Boulevard, Hull (Pension Ledger Address). She later moved to 613 Spring Bank Wes […]

Killed in action on 17/11/1915. He left a widow and ten children, at Eliza terrace, walker Street, Hull. His death was reported in the Hull daily Mail, with his photograph in the Hull Daily Mail. His death is not listed in CWGC Records

Lance Bombardier MASTERS, FRANK Service Number 765532 Died 22/08/1918 Aged 29 "B" Bty., 223rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery Son of Harriett Masters, of Long Riston, Holderness, Hull and the late Matthew Masters; Husband of the late Annie Masters. He is buried at Serre Cemetery no: 2, Somme, France His grave inscription, reads, "G […]

BORN ROOS, 1898. SON OF ARTHUR AND POLENA NALTON, OF 10 WORTLEY STREET, BRUMBY, SCUNTHORPE (CWGC ADDRESS). 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 17/04/1917, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. BURIE […]

Served with the Royal Naval reserve, on the HMT "Speeton". Lost at sea on 31/12/1915. His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 12/01/1916, with his photograph

Private, STEPHENSON, ARTHUR, Service Number 44770, Died 20/09/1917, 10th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. His name is recorded on the Leven, Roll of Honour, St Peter's Church, Leven, East Yorkshire

Born Glasgow, 1867. Husband of Emma McLean and 5 children at 9 Spring Terrace Waterloo Street Hull (1911 Census) and 7 Herbert's Avenue, Balfour Street, Hull (Pension Address). A former Hull Dock Labourer. He served in the Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Trawler "Jay." . Lost at sea through enemy action, on 11/08/1917, aged 50.

Service Number 19484 Died 13/06/1918 Aged 44 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment Husband of Mary Stephenson, of East Street, Leven. Buried at Strauma Military Cemeterym Greece. His Grave inscription reads, "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" His name is recorded on the Leven Roll of Honour, St Peter's Church, Leven, East Yorkshire.