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BORN LIVERPOOL 09/01/1883. SON OF WILLIAM ROBINSON ACKERS AND ELIZABETH COLLINS. ONE OF TWELVE CHILDREN. HE WORKED IN HULL AS A COACH PAINTER AND BOARDED AT 3 SHAKESPEARE STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED WALLSEND ON TYNE. SERVED IN THE 9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE ON 22/3/1918, AGED 35. […]

BORN HALIFAX 1885. RESIDED IN HULL BEFORE THE WAR. EMPLOYED BY NOLAN'S HOUSE FURNISHERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, WHEN WAR BEGAN SON OF HARRY & DOROTHY ACKROYD, OF HALIFAX. HE WORKED AND ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 22088, THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT ST LUKES HOSPITAL,  ON 01/08/1916, AGED 30. HIS DEA […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF ALFRED CHEETHAM BLYTH ACUM & ADA ACUM ABOVE. LOST WITH 8 SHIPMATES IN THE NORTH SEA. On 30/04/1917, the Hull steam trawler. 'INDUSTRIA' was captured by a U-boat and sunk by time bombs in the North Sea. Position of loss also reported as NE of Humber, 30/04/1917 (?) Also, reported by U Boat.net as sunk 25/03/1917 […]

Born Kimberworth, Rotherham, 12/09/1889. Son of James Rawson Adams of Koolong, Mildura, Victoria, Australia and Sarah Elizabeth Colbeck, of the Vicarage, Burstwick, Hull (CWGC address). Educated at St Margaret's grammar School, Mildura, Australia. Employed as a fruit grower with his father. described as 5 foot, 8 inches tall, 36 inch che […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF JAMES BARKER ADAMS (1862-1933) & SARAH ELIZA VARAH LAMBERT (1864-1942), OF 91, ROSAMOND STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1908 HUSBAND OF MARY ANN ROBSON (1885-1957). THEY LIVED WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, AT 70 ESSEX STREET, GIPSYVILLE, HULL & 91, ROSAMOND STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A RAILWAY BRAKESMAN. HE E […]

BORN LONDON 1897. SON OF ADA ADAMS ABOVE & SIX CHILDREN. LATER MOVED TO 16 WEST DOCK AVENUE. HIS BROTHER GEORGE ADAMS ALSO SERVED ON MINE SWEEPERS AND HIS FATHER WAS CAPTAIN OF ONE. LOST WITH 8 SHIPMATES, AGED 19. RECORDED IN HULL TRAWLERMAN RECORDS.HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 9TH NOVEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOT […]

BORN LINCOLN 1895. SON OF JAMES JOHN ADAMS & ELIZABETH ADAMS. EMPLOYED AS MINERAL WATER BOTTLER. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 03/09/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 09/11/1915, AGED 20. HE HAD SERVED FOR 1 YEAR AND 68 DAYS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 35 INCH CHEST, 129 LBS WEIGHT, DARK HA […]

BORN DERBY 1884. LIVED HULL. SON OF THOMAS & ALICE ADAMS & 6 CHILDREN ABOVE ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). DIED OF BRAIN FEVER. SINGLE MAN. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. A PRINTER BY TRADE. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY, AGED 30. Hul Pals Memorial Post: Thomas was born in Derby in 1884, the eldest son of Thomas and Alice Adams of 10 Greek Street, Hull. A Fi […]

BORN HULL 1880. SON OF MATILDA EMMA TOMLINSON (1854-1928) & THE LATE JOSEPH ADAMSON (1848-1894), OF 4, EXMOUTH STREET, HULL. (HDM 27/05/1918). ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS, JOSEPH, GEORGE AND JOHN ADAMSON. HE WORKED AS A SHIP PAINTER. HE MARRIED MARGARET BINKS, AT HULL, IN JULY 1914. THEY LIVED AT 40, LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). […]

BORN BEVERLEY APRIL 1896. SON OF FREDERICK WILLIAM ADAMSON & EMILY TAYLOR, OF 9 MALVERN TERRACE, NEW HOLLAND, LINCS. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. AN APPRENTICE BLACKSMITH. HE ENLISTED t BARTON. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1707, 1/5th LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. FELL AT HOHENZOLLERN REDOUBT ON THE 13/10/1915, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL. H […]

BORN HULL 1895. ALSO KNOWN AS 'TEDDY'. ONLY SON OF EDWARD & EMILY ADAMSON ABOVE. Born in 1895, William was the third of five children to Edward and Emily Adamson of 45 Leonard Street, Beverley Road, Hull. Known as "Teddy", to his friends, he worked as a Tailor prior to the outbreak of war but signed up to fight for King and Country […]

Born Market Bosworth, Leicester, 1876. Son of Mrs. Hannah Adcock, of 40, Chaple Street, Barwell, Leicester. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. GRAVE REF: 537. 51858

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ELIZABETH ADDEY, OF 46 FIED STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND LATER 35 MORRILL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE AND WAS COMMISSIONED ELEVEN MONTHS AGO. IN JANUARY 1917 HE WAS WOUNDED AND HAD TRENCH FEVER. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS MASTER PAINTER AND HIS FATHER WAS WELL KNOWN […]

BORN DUDLEY, WORCESTERSHIRE, 26/07/1875. SON OF JOHN THOMAS ADDISON (1855-1940) & HANNAH MARIA ANDREWS (1857-1899). HE MARRIED IN HULL ON 02/03/1901. HUSBAND OF MARGARET ANN FOSTER (1879-1966) & SEVEN CHILDREN. THEY LIVED AT THIS WAR PENSION ADDRESS. HE WAS A LABOURER, LIGHTERMAN AND TIME EXPIRED SOLDIER WHO HAD SERVED WITH THE […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ANNIE NIXON & JOHN WILLIAM ADDY, OF 42 QUEENSGATE STREET, HULL. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER, SKIPPER, JOHN WILLIAM (JACK) ADDY, HAD BEEN LOST ON THE TRAWLER 'DYNAMO' ON 25/12/1910. (HDM 15/01/1919). TOM ADDY, SERVED ON THE STEAM SHIP "CORNELIEN". HE WAS DROWNED AT SEA ON THE 14/01/1916, AGED 22. HE LEFT £ […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. CAPTAIN JAMES CARLTON ADDY MC. Born 1890 in Hemsworth, Yorkshire James was the second of three children to James and Mary Addy of 'Carlton', Holbeck Hill, Scarborough. Living in Hull when war broke out at 'Almora' House, Beverley Road, James enlisted in the 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment and served in Egy […]