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BORN HULL 18/12/1883. SON OF GEORGE & MELINDA ANN WARD, OF 605, SPRING BANK, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A COOK ON THE TRAWLER 'SCOT'. DURING THE WAR HE SERVED IN THE ROAYLA NAVAL RESERVE THE 'KING EMPEROR' WAS INVOLVED WITH MINE SWEEPING WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE SWEDISH STEAMER 'KATAGAR'. OF THE CREW OF SIXTEEN, ONLY SIX WE […]

Born Little Weighton, 1887. Son of William Ward (1842-1921) and Betsy Woodmancey (1842-1921), of Little Weighton. Worked as a Horseman, on a farm in Walkington, Beverley (1911 Census). H married Clara Starkey, at Beverley, in 1916. He enlisted Beverley. Formerly 41531, Royal Inniskilling, Fusiliers. Transferred to the 1st Princess Victo […]

BORN HULL 1892. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX 29765 EYR. CLERK. ADDRESS FROM ARMY RECORDS.

Born South Shields, 1888. Second son of William and Elizabeth Ward, of 7, Guisborough Street, Sunderland. He lived with his sister, Mrs Wallace, at 348 Anlaby Road, Hull and 26 Plane Street, Hull.  Before the war he worked for the Hull Radiator Company. He enlisted Hull. Served with the 10th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action, o […]

BORN HULL 1872. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED BRADFORD. WIFE ANNIE WARD & 10 CHILDREN. SHIP PAINTER. 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS.

BORN HULL 10/1/1890. GEORGE & MELINDA ANN WARD AT 605 SPRING BANK WEST. HE WIFE LIVED AT GLASGOW STREET, HULL, AND 12 HENRIETTA ST, SOMERS ROAD, PORTSMOUTH. (NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS). DIED AT HASLAR HOSPITAL, PORTSMOUTH, ON 21/09/1914, AGED 24. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 25/08/1915. BURIED: Portsea Burial Ground, St M […]

BORN HULL 1861. WIFE SUSANNAH (GORDON) LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. SS Huntsmoor, built by Flensburger Schiffbau Ges., Flensburg in 1901 and operated at the time of her loss by The Shipping Controller (Jenkins Bros.), London, was a British steamer of 4957 tons. On February 20th, 1918, Huntsmoor, on a voyage from Havre to Southampton, was sunk […]

JOHN WILKIN WARD WAS A DECK HANDON THE STEAM SHIP "INDUSTRIA". HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/05/1918. HE WAS BROTHER TO EDWARD, ARTHUR, HARRY & FLORRIE. HE LEFT A DEPENDENT MOTHER, MARTHA WARD AT 131 WATERSIDE ROAD, BARTON ON HUMBER. (PENSION ADDRESS). THERE ARE NO CWGC RECORDS OF THIS DEATH. THE REST OF THE CR […]

BORN BOSTON, LINCS., 1889. ONLY SON OF EDWARD AND MARY ANN WARD. HE HAD SIX SISTERS. SKIPPER OF THE STEAM SHIP 'DIPLOMAT' TORPEDOED ON 15/02/1915. LOST WITH ALL HANDS, INCLUDING MATE, HERBERT GARDINER, FROM RIPON STREET, EAST HULL. AGED 25. HE LEFT A WIDOW, ALICE MAUD HORNBY. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES ON 27/02 […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1882. WIFE EDITH WARD ABOVE. DEATH REPORTED IN HDM 15/02/1918. On February 15th, 1915, the British cargo ship MEMBLAND, built in 1900 by William Gray & Co., Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss by Macbeth & Co., West Harlepool, left Hull for Tyne in ballast, and went missing. She was not heard of ever since. 25 p […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JOHN R. WARD (DOCK LABOURER), OF 6 EBENEEZER'S TERRACE, LEE SMITH STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE WAS MARRIED AND LIVED AT 12 BUCKINGHAM CRESCENT, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE 2ND HULL PAL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/06/1916, AGED 33. HE LEFT A WIDOW, FLORENCE,  AND TWO CHILDREN. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WA […]

BORN ST. JOHNS TOWN, DUBLIN 1892. SON OF CHARLES & ELIZABETH WARD, OF HULL. ENLISTED AT Clonmel, County Tipperary. A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER. SERVED IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, WITH THE 2ND BATTALION, ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT. WOUNDED ON 22/12/1917.  AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. DIED ON 27/09/1918. BURIED AT  BUCQUO […]

BORN 1898. SON OF ROBERT AND MAUD MARY WARD. SON OF A POLICEMAN. HE LIVED WITH TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER AT THIS ADDRESS. WORKED AS A CLERK. ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 02/10/1915. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 114 LBS WEIGHT, AND 33.5 INCH CHEST SIZE. SERVED IN THE RIVER SICK CONVOY UNIT IN MESOPOTANIA. […]

BORN HULL 1873. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WARD AND MARGARET ENGLAND. MARRIED FRANCES AND LIVED WITH DAUGHTER, ALICE, AT 5 ST STEPHEN'S SQUARE, HULL. BOARDED AT ABOVE ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS) HIS OCCUPATION WAS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 43. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL T […]

BORN HULL 1891. LIVED HULL.  SON OF CHARLES & ELIZA WARD. ENLISTED CARLISLE. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 9501, 2ND EAST LANCS REGOMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/05/1915, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED AT THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS LEFT TO BROTHER, CHARLES WARD - NORTH STREET HULL.

BORN HULL 29/7/1878. SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH WARD, HULL. WIFE ELIZABETH M B WARD ABOVE ADDRESS. DIED OF SICKNESS. DETAILS FROM THE CANADIAN VIRTUAL MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED AT CALGARY UNION CEMETERY, ALBERTA, CANADA.

BORN HULL 1884. ELDEST SON OF WALTER H & CHARLOTTE WARD. EX DOCK LABOURER AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. A MARRIED MAN. LIVING AT 6 RINKART VILLAS, BALFOUR STREET, HULL WITH WIFE, CLARA ANN WARD. (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED ON THE 27/05/1918, DURING THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE. DIE […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ARTHUR JOHN & CLARINDA WARDELL, OF 226 BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. THIRD OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 203495, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/08/1918, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, CLARINDA. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL. NB […]

Born Beverley 28/07/1897. Son of James B Wardell (1866-1917) and Hannah Mary Railton (Lived at 5 George Street, Beverley, East Yorkshire (1901 Census) and 45 Mill Lane, Beverley (1911 Census). Educated at the Spencer Council School. He enlisted on 25/03/1915 aged 17. Was employed as an Orderly Room Clerk for 15 months on account of his […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF MARY JANE WARDELL, OF 13 WALKER STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE CLARA AYLIFFE, (FORMERLY WARDELL), LIVED AT 12 RAIKE STREET, CHURCH STREET, IN DRYPOOL, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A CHAIN LAD FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. L […]