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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 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 1891. HE WAS A THIRD HAND, LOST AT SEA ON A HULL TRAWLER. HE LEFT A WIDOW GERTRUDE WATSON AND AN INFANT CHILD AT 11 LIZZIES GROVE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD AND HAD BEEN SAILING OUT OF HULL ON TRAWLERS, SINCE HIS YOUTH. HE IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR. THERE IS NO CWGC OR SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. […]

BORN HULL 1884. YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN KEY WATSON, A FARMER & FRANCES EMMA KEY (JACKSON). EMPLOYED BY MESSRS MAYFIELD, STEPNEY PAPER MILLS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 33. BURIED IN GERMANY. HE IS LISTED ON THE WALMSLEY STREET ROH PUBLISHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 16TH OCTOBER 1917. ALSO FEATURED IN THE HDM 26/02/18 &a […]

BORN NEWLANDS, HULL 1900. SECOND SON OF BOYNTON WATSON (1872-1930) & BERTHA WRIGHT (1879-1934), OF 23, WAINFLEET AVENUE, COTTINGHAM, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. ENLISTED BEVERELY. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EYR. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR THREE MONTHS. KILLED ON THE SOMME, 25/07/1916, AGED 16. COMMEMORATED ON THE […]

Born 1891. Son of Stephen Watson (1858-1931) and Margaret Ann Ellis (1862-1935), of "The Haven," Patrington, Hull (CWGC Address). Son of a farmer. He worked as a horseman. He had one brother and two sisters. Served in Coldstream Guards, No. 4 Coy. 1st Bn. He died of wounds, on 22/07/1917, aged 26, at No:4 Casualty Clearing Stataion. Bur […]

BORN HULL 1984. SON OF ABRAHAM & MARY JANE WATSON, OF 19, FIELD STREET, HULL & 115 , ABBEY STREET, HULL. (ADDRESS FROM CANADIAN WAR RECORDS.) HE WAS A RESERVIST AND HAD SERVED FOUR YEARS WITH THE HUSSRS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTCIE AT MESSRS, ROSE, DOWNS AND THOMPSONS. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1911 AND ENLISTED THERE. S […]

BORN HULL 29/10/1893. SON OF THE MARTHA SARAH ANN BLOOM (1854-1940) & FREDERICK WATSON (1853-1914), AT 4, ELSIE GROVE, FLINTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRSS). HE HAD TWO BRORS AND SIX SISTER. HIS FATHER WAS A COAL TEAMER AT THE ALBERT DOCKS IN HULL. SYDNEY WAS EDUCATED AT SCARBOROUGH STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL. WORKED AS A CRANE DRIVER AT ALB […]

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 HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD WATSON & ESTHER (ARCHER). A FISHERMAN. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 13/12/1913. HIS WIFE, EDITH (SPAVEN) WATSON & SON ENOCH, LIVED AT 158 , BEAN STREET, HULL. HE WAS A THIRD HAND ON THE FISHING VESSEL 'ST LAWRENCE, WHICH WAS SUNK ON 03/10/1914. ENOCH WATSON DROWNED, AGED 23. On September 30th, 1914 […]

William Jordan Rice Watson is commemorated on the St John The Baptist Church Memorial, Newington, Hull. Records suggest that he served during the 1914-18 War, but dis not die until 1951? Born Hull 30 June 1873. Son of Jordan Rice Watson (1849-1873) and Emily Watson 91851-1883). Baptised at St James Church, Hull, 13 Jul 1873. Raised ay s […]

BORN HUNMANBY, YORKSHIRE, 1886. SON OF THOMAS AND MARY ELIZA WATSON, OF HUNMANBY AND BRIDLINGTON. SON OF A GAS WORKS LABOURER. SECOND OF FOUR SONS. HE BOARDED AT 58 RUGBY STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/04/1917, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WER […]

BORN ALYSHAM, NORFOLK, 1890. SON OF ELIJAH JOHN WATSON (1865-1896) AND MARIA WATSON (1868-1947), OF MUSTARD HURN, MARKHAM, GREAT YARMOUTH. HIS GRANDMOTHER LIVED AT 7 , WILBERFORCE STREET, HULL. HE SERVED AS THIRD HAND ON THE  STEAM TRAWLER "INDUSTRIA". DROWNED 21/03/1917, AGED 26. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN HULL'S LOST TRAWLERMEN RECORDS AND […]