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BORN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX 2191 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

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. DRAPER. SON OF GEORGE & ANNIE ELIZABETHWARD, OF 6, EMERALD TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A DRAPER, AT SMITH FENT STORES, HESSLE ROAD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY SERVED AS PRIVATE, 316196, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH (QUEEN'S OWN) ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT. […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN HENRY & SARAH ANNIE WARD, 35 HAVELOCK STREET. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A WOOD SAWYER AND WELL KNOWN ON HESSLE ROAD WHERE HE WORKED. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS AT THE START OF THE WAR. DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE THIGH. HE WAS ENGAGED AND HAD HAD APPLIED FOR MARRIED LEAVE BEFORE HE WAS WOUNDED.HIS DEATH WA […]

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 1893. ONLY SON OF PHILIP HENRY WARD (1855-1927) & MARGARET ELIZABETH WARD, OF 87, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 228, PARK GROVE, HULL. HE HAD AN OLDER SISTER EDITH. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. LIKE HIS FATHER, HE WORKED AS A HOUSE DECORATOR AND PAINTER. WENT TO ST JOHN'S HALL, DURHAM UNIVERSITY AND TRA […]

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

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 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 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 […]

SON OF LATE WILLIAM WARD. HULL HEROES WEB SITE. NO CWGC OR SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS.

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 […]

BORN HULL 1885. HUSBAND OF LILLIAN RICKLES (1886-1955), OF 78 SHARP STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF WILLIAM WARD (1850-1918) AND ELIZABETH HOUGH (1853-1891), OF HULL. A PACKER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1912. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 26427, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTIO […]

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 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 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 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 […]