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BORN HULL 1893. SON OF SAMUEL STOCKS (1852-1925) & MARTHA HEMPSALL (1857-1935), OF RAILWAY INN, THORPE ON HILL, LINCOLNSHIRE. SON OF AN INNKEEPER. HE WORKED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN LINCOLN. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11741, 8TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 13/10/1915, AGED 22. UNMARRIED HE LEFT SIBLINGS, EDITH MARY AN […]

BORN HULL 1897. FOURTH SON OF CAPTAIN, FREDERICK CHARLES STOCKS (1852-1918) & RACHEL ANN JOHNSON (1859-1912), OF 87 COLTMAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SON OF A SHIP'S PILOT. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1912. HIS FATHER DIED ON 15/07/1918. A FORMER OFFICE WORKER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 22746, 2ND YORK AND […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ROBERT WILLIAM STOCKTON (1849-1920) & ANN RENSHAW HAWKSWORTH (1851-1931). SON OF AN IRON MOULDER'S LABOURER. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A BOILER SCALER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 26/08/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13944, 16TH PRINCE OF WALES OWN (WEST YORKSHIRE) REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN […]

BORN HULL 07/10/1891. SON OF MARY CLAPPISON (1857-1934) & WILLIAM STOCKTON (1855-1904), OF 107, HAVELOCK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 35, TYNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. EMPLOYED AS A MARINE TRIMMER. LOST AT SEA ON THE TRAWLER, "COTSMUIR", 22/02/1917, AGED 26. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF WILLIAM & ALICE STOKES. BROTHER JOHN HENRY FOUGHT FOR CANADIANS & WAS KIA 6/6/16.HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS 16/6/16

BORN HULL, 18/02/1894. SON OF FREDERICK WILLIAM STOKES (1862-1903) AND ROSA KEEBLE ( 1865-1947). HIS MOTHER MARRIED, WILLIAM OSTLER, AND MOVED TO 11 SHADY ROW, MELTHAM, HUDDERSFIELD (PENSION ADDRESS). THE FAMILY WORKED IN THE LOCAL SILK MILL AS PICKERS. JACK STOKES, WORKED AS A SILK DRESSER. HE LIVED IN MELTHAM. ENLISTED HUDDERSFIELD. SE […]

BORN HULL 02/02/1889. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY STOKES (1859-1943) & ALICE ELIZABETH ROBINSON (1865-), OF 4 SABINA AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TEN SISTERS. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA. WORKING AS A CAR CLEANER, AND LIVING WITH HIS SISTER AT MRS M.E. LANDEN, AT 24, SMITHFIELD AVENUE. HE ENLISTED AT […]

BORN GRIMSBY 1882. SON OF THOMAS STOKES (1848-1903) AND LUCY SMITH (1846-1914). HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1908. HIS WIFE, ADA WADE (1877-1941), LIVED, OF  3 GEORGES YARD, HIGH STREET, HULL (1911 ADDRESS) AND 26 , CHAPEL LANE, HULL, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITHTHE 1/4TH EYR. KILLE […]

BORN BIRMINGHAM 1876. WIFE MARTHA STOKES. JOINED RECKITTS 0N 5/2/08. HIS SHIP HIT A MINE IN THE CHANNEL. PHOTO. HULL GARDENER SOCIETY. FIREMAN. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT, UK. HMS Derwent, built by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Ltd., Newcastle in 1903 and owned at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a Briti […]

Born Headingley, Leeds, 1896. Son of Thomas Stokes (1843-1921) and Louisa Brace (1866-1941), of 13, Alliance Avenue, Hull (War Pension Address). He enlisted in Leeds. Served as Private, with the 1/5th, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), in Egypt and France. Killed in action, on 01/07/1916, aged 19. His army effects were le […]

Born Kinsley, Yorkshire, England, 1896. Son of Annie E. Stollard (1870-1937), of Wellingborough House, Carr Lane, Havercroft, Wakefield, and the late Reuben Stollard (1865-1913). His mother moved to 21, Edward's Place, Commercial road, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a Miner. He had two brothers and two sisters. He worked with his two […]

BORN HULL 31/05/1896. ELDEST SON OF HERBERT EDWARD STONE AND FANNY STONE, OF 4, FLORENCE GROVE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS) AND 8, FERN GROVE, CAVE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HMS GURKA SERVED AS APART OF THE DOVER PATROL. SHE WAS SUNK BY A MINE IN 1917 WITH THE LOSS OFF 74 CREW. THERE WERE […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF MORRIS & HENRIETTA STONE, AT 704 , HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 73 TRAFFORD ROAD, SALFORD, MANCHESTER (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS PARENTS WERE HEWISH, FROM OSTROLENKA, POLAND. SON OF A TAILOR AND OUT FITTER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTICE ENGINE FITTER (1911 CENSUS). SERVED […]

FORMERLY IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE (TRAWLER SECTION) AND CALLED UP AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE WAS DISCHARGED THROUGH ILL HEALTH. HE WAS LOST ON THE STEAM SHIP, "HAWK", WHICH COLLIDED IN THE HUMBER. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND FAMILY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 27/04/1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *

BORN WITHERNSEA 1894. ONLY SON OF HENRY & ANN STONEHOUSE, OF 7 LEE STREET, HULL (HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) & LATER 35 WOODHOUSE ROAD, MANSFIELD, NOTTS. BROTHER TO KATE EDWARDS AND GLADYS STONEHOUSE. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A COMMERCIAL CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE "HULL COMMERCIALS", 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT […]

BORN 1882. SON OF ROBERT STONEHOUSE AND ELIZABETH FLINT OF 9 , MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL & 'WESTMONT', NEWLAND PARK, HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. COMMISSIONED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE 11TH LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS, ON 28/04/1917, AGED 34. HE DIVIDED £889 IN HIS […]

Born Hull 1890. Son of Frederick Stones (1853-1932) & Caroline Longthorne (1854-1922), of 49 St Andrews, Street, Hull. Son of a fish hawker. one of eleven children He married in 1914. Husband to Lily Christtmas, at this naval address. A Trawler Engineer. Lost at sea, on 09/05/1917, aged 27. His brother, Private, James Henry Stones, […]

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF FREDERICK STONES (1852-1932) & CAROLINE LONGTHORNE (1854-1922), OF 49, ST ANDREWS STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. SON OF A FISH SALESMAN. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE COURTNEY (1881-1949), IN HULL, IN 1902. WORKED AS A BOX WOOD SAWYER. HE LIVED AT 10, FERN AVENUE, EASTBOURNE STREET, 18, TRENT AVENUE, EASTBOURNE ST […]

Born Hull, 1897. Son of Mrs. E. and Mr. Fred. Stones, of 22, Horsefair Green, Thorne, Doncaster. Served as a Gunner in the "D" Bty. 266th Bde Royal Field Artillery. Died on 15/10/1917, aged 21. Buried at Cement House cemetery, Belgium. His grave inscription reads, "ASLEEP IN JESUS TILL WE MEET AGAIN"

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF WILLIAM AND EMMA STONES, OF 22 PEEL STREET, HULL . GRANDSON OF WILLIAM AND HANNAH DAWS, OF 4 LANDSDOWNE STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO ARTHUR AND ELSIE. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, FOR MESSRS, JOHN GOOD & SONS, VICTORIA DOCK, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND AS A BICYCLE MAKER. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 18/07/1884. HUSBAND TO […]