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BORN GREAT EASTON, LEICESTERSHIRE 1878. SON OF CHARLES & ROSANNA WARD, OF RUTLAND. HUSBAND OF CAROLINE (COX) WARD OF BROOKLANDS LODGE, COTTINGHAM AND 5, PROVIDENCE PLACE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/06/ […]

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 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 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 1882. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. DIED OF PNEUMONIA. BROTHER FRED 50 WASSAND STREET ALSO SERVED IN FRANCE. ON ST MATHEWS CHURCH ROH. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE FRANK WARD 11/428. Born in 1892, Frank was the second of four children to Mary Ward of 50 Wassand Street, Hull. His father had died when he was a child and his mother had t […]

SERVED AS "WARD", REAL NAME WAS "WRIGHT". BORN HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED ON 30/09/1915. HIS WAR PENSION, WAS LEFT TO HIS MOTHER MRS SELINA WRIGHT, GUARDIAN OF HIS MOTHERLESS CHILD, LIVING AT 25 BRADSHAW STREET, LEYLAND, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS)

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

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 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 BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF GEORGE AND EMMA WARDELL, OF 7 ROBERTS AVENUE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL. HIS TWIN BROTHER WAS LEONARD WARDELL. HE BOARDED WITH WALTER RICHARDSON AND MAY ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, AND HIS GRANDPARENTS, AT 52 , NAYLORS ROW, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A FORMER BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4919, […]

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 […]

BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST CHILD OF WALTER & CATHERINE WARDELL, LIVING AT 11 ARTHURS TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORD AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE YOUNGER BROTHERS, THOMAS, JOSEPH AND ROBERT, AND A SISTER CATHERINE. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 18/05/1916. ARRIVED FRANCE, 29/12/1916. POS […]