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BORN HULL 20/03/1895. SON OF ALEXANDER HUTCHINSON WATERS (1859-1900) AND MRS KATE KINGSTON, OF 51 HEDON ROAD, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A SAWMILL LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 148 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, . ENLISTED HULL, ON 30/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS IN EGYPT […]

BORN HULL 1881. NEWLANDS. SON OF JOHN WATERS & HANNAH HEPWORTH (1856-1920), OF DRAX. HE HAD SEVEN SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. HE MARRIED AT GARFORH ON 21/11/1908. HUSBAND OF MARY WAITE, AT HAWKSHAW COTTAGE, GARFORTH.  THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN, GEORGE, LILIAN, ANNIE & ALICE. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CARTER. HE ENLISTED AT GOOLE. SERVED […]

BORN ALDERSHOT 05/06/1860. SON OF JAMES B & ANN MOWETT. MARRIED MARTHA ANSELL, AT ST LUKES, HULL, ON 29/10/1879. 14 CHILDREN - SONS FRANK NORMAN & GEORGE ROBERT WATERS ALL SERVED IN THE WAR. SHIP FOUNDERED. HE LEFT £359 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, MARTHA AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. NO CWGC RECORDS OF DEATH

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF EDWARD STEPHENSON & ANNIE ELIZABETH WATERS, OF 39 , EXCHANGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). CORN MERCHANY CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 255TH ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED IN FRANCE, ON 15/09/1918, AGED 24. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL'S, EXCHANGE STREET ROH. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JAMES CHARLES WATERSON & JANE ANN WATERSON ABOVE. WAS AN APPRENTICE MARINE ENGINEER. HE ENLISTED IN THE RFA IN MARCH 1914 AND WAS SENT TO FRANCE IN JANUARY 1915. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT LOOS, ON 25/09/1915, AGED 19. HIS BROTHER GUNNER, F. WATERSON WAS A HULL POLICE MAN AND STATIONED AT PARLIAMENT STREET. THE […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF GEORGE WATKIN & MARY ELIZABETH ETHERINGTON, OF 12 PITT STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1915. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN APRIL 1913. HIS WIFE ELSIE (BLACKBOURNE) & DAUGHTER PHYLLIS - 13 ROSEBERY STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A […]

BORN HULL 11/12/1895. SON OF CHARLES ROBERT & RACHEL ANN WATKIN, OF 37 WALCOTT STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT CONSTABLE STREET BOARD SCHOOL. WAS A BOILER SCALER.. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 07/11/1914. TRANSFERRED TOTHE 7TH EYR. SERVED WITH BEF IN FRANCE, AS A SIGNALER FOR ROYAL ENGINEERS. PROMOTED TO LANCE CORPORAL. WOUNDED ON 10TH AP […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ROBERT (1854-1924) & ANN WATKINSON (1855-1941) OF 11, FIELD STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. (HDM 08/08/1917). SON OF A CLERK AND TIMEKEPPER AT THE LOCAL OIL SEED MILL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, WILLIAM AND ONE SISTER, BEATRICE. EMPLOYED AS A RATE COLLECTOR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/06/1916. SERVE […]

BORN HULL DEC 1875. SON OF ROBERT & ELIZABETH WATKINSON 1881 MARRIED SEPT 1897 HULL - WIFE MARGARET ANN (FALL) LIVED IN SWANSEA. Khartoum, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull in 1899 and owned at the time of her loss by Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British fishing vessel of 303 tons. On March 26th, 1916, […]

BORN FILEY 1891. LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED AT HULL. SON OF ANN ELIZA WATKINSON. HE LIVED WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS AND UNCLE AT 31 QUEENS STREET, FILEY, WHERE HE WORKED AS A FAMILY BOOT DEALER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE,  8799 ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH WEST SURREY REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/08/1917, AG […]

BORN HULL 1885. SECOND SON OF THE LATE MR GEORGE LAING AND JULIA KATE WATMOUGH, 404 HESSLE ROAD. EMPLOYED AS A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER AND SALESMAN. MARRIED LILY ROBINSON IN 1910. HIS WIFE LILY WATMOUGH LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. FORMERLY 4503, Northumberland Fus. and 151002 R.H.A and R.F.A. HE WAS K […]

BORN HIBALDSTOWE, LINCS 1892. SON OF THOMAS WATMOUGH (1853-1939) & EMMA RABY (1854-1927), OF 38 WELESLEY STREET, HULL . ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE MARRIED ELSIE MARY ANSTEE ON 24/07/1913. HIS WIFE ELSIE MARY LIVED AT 9 , WASHINGTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) & LATER MOVED TO RICHMOND, SURREY. HE STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LON […]

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF ROBERT LAWSON WATSON (1853-1923) & ELIZABETH WATSON - 14 BANK STREET, HULL (1881 CENSUS). HUSBAND OF J S WATSON, OF 204 HOWARD AVENUE, BENONI, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA. SERVED IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA IN 1916 , WITH THE 7TH SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY. HE DIED ON 28/06/1917, AGED 40, WHILE UNDER OPERATION ON HIS KNEE. H […]

Born Etton, Yorkshire, 1895. Only son of William and Ann Elizabeth Watson, of Etton, Beverley, Yorkshire. He had three sisters, Gertrude, Gladys and Maretta. He worked as Plough Boy On Farm, in Etton (1911 Census). He enlisted at Beverley. Served as Gunner, 141168, D Battery, 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action on 24 […]

BORN ANDERSTON, GLASGOW 1889. SON OF MRS CURTIS OF 13 EGTON VILLAS, ST MARKS STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS A GAS FITTER FOR THE EAST HULL GAS COMPANY. HE LIVED AT 25 TORRINGTON STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN 1914, JOINING THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. T […]

Albert (Alf) Watson , 11/979, East Yorkshire Regiment, was reported as died of wounds in the Hull Daily Mail on 11/07/1918, with his photograph.* He formerly worked for the Hull & Barnsley railways. He had served in Egypt and France. Already been previously wounded on 31/08/1916, 31/03/1918, 02/05/1918. He lived at 5 Maple Street, Q […]

BORN HULL 14/01/1883.  SON OF THE LATE JOHN HENRY & ELIZABETH WATSON, OF 58, WITTY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HIS WIFE MARGARET ANN WATSON LIVED AT 84, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL. HE FORMERLY WORKED FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN STEAM FISHING COMPANY. HE WAS KILLED BY A MINE EXPLOSION, ON THE TRAWLER 'OTHELLO II', WITH SEVEN OTHER CREW, WHE […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS WATSON & JEMIMA TOMLINSON, OF 7 ARTHUR TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE MARRIED IN 1913, AGED 16. WIFE ELSIE REBECCA (SENIOR). A FORMER BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1915, AGED 18. COMMEMORAT […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF HARRY WATSON (1853-1912) & RACHEL PORTZ (1856-1915), OF 50 RUSSELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN HULL AND WORKED AS A PAINT FACORY LABOURER. ARTHUR WORKED AS A PAINT MIXER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED […]

BORN HULL 1888.  SON OF EMILY WATSON (1852-1916) AND THOMAS JAMES WATSON (1845-1912), OF 5, SELBEy STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). SON OF A CARPENTER. HE HAD FOUR ELDER BROTHERS, CHARLES, HERBERT, GEORGE AND ALBERT, A YOUNGER BROTHER, WALTER AND SISTER, ISABELL PORTER. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER HERBERT AND WIDOWED MOTHER, AT 191, SOMERSET S […]