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BORN HULL 1889. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM AND LYDIA WEBSTER, OF 1 ALEXANDRA TERRACE, LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. HIS WIFE LIILIAN MAY WEBSTER & 4 CHILDREN LIVED AT 128, BALFOUR STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO WAR HE WORKED AS A FISH & FRUIT SELLER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED M […]

Born Burton Agnes, Driffield, Yorkshire, on 27/09/1893. Son of George and Mary Jane Webster, at North Lodge, Wilberforce, York. A Blacksmiths son working at North Burton, Hunmanby, East Yorkshire (1911 Census) Served as a Private, with the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Portsmouth Bn. R.N. Divison. Killed at Gallipoli, on 06/05/1915, ag […]

BORN HULL, J1893. SON OF JOHN AND ANNIE WEBSTER, OF 8 SARAH ANN TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED EMILY ROBINSON, AT HULL, IN 1915. HIS WIFE ETHEL EMILY WEBSTER & 3 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 16 ANNIE TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL & 2 VICTORIA AVENUE, ST MARK STREET, HULL (War Pension address). EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILLER. ENLISTE […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF OCTAVIUS WEBSTER (1862-1931) & MARY EMILY SHAW (1869-1906), OF 14 ROSE TERRACE, ALFRED STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND A SISTER, ETHEL SMITH. A CASUAL LABOURER, WORKING IN PONTERFRACT. HE JOINED THE REGULAR ARMY THERE, ON 03/03/1911. DESCRIBED IN HIS ARMY RECORDS, AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, […]

BORN HULL 1879. JAMES SERVED AS WEBSTER, BUT 'KELLY' WAS HIS TRUE FAMILY NAME. HIS WIFE, FLORENCE KELLY & TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT 14 NEWPORT TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1317, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 3RD MACHINE GUN COMPANY.  DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 27/05/1916, AGED 37. NEWS O […]

BORN HEDON 1888. MARRIED AT PATRINGTON, IN 1913. HUSBAND OF OCTAVIA WALGATE HARNESS, OF BUSH FARM, OTTRINGHAM, HULL, SON OF ATHELSTAN WEBSTER (1855-1912) & JANE HUME WEBSTER (1855-1914), OF ELSTERWICK. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER, WITH THE ROYAL ENGINEERS AND 25TH DIVIDIONAL SIGNAL COMPANY. KILLE […]

BORN EASTRINGTON 1898. SON OF ALBERT WEBSTER (1864-1916) & LYDIA BOYNTON (1867-1926). LIVED IN COTTINGHAM (1901 CENSUS), EASTRINGHAM (1911 CENSUS) & BEVERLEY. HIS FATHER WAS A POLICE CONSTABLE, WHO ALSO DIED IN 1916. HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, GEORGE AND THREE SISTERS, ELIZABETH, LILIAN AND ELEANOR. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN FRANC […]

Born Welwick, East Yorkshire, on 27/03/1893. Son of John Thomas Webster (1858-1924) and Elizabeth Dobson, of Hull Road, Easington. Son of a shepherd. He had two sisters, Agnes and Edith and one brother, Allen Webster. He worked as a Farm Hand. He enlisted in West Hull. Posted to France, on 24/08/1915. Served as Gunner John Alfred Webste […]

BORN MYTON, HULL, 1862. SON OF ALFRED WEBSTER (1831-1910) & MARY ANN BROWN (1840-1905). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, GEORGE (1860-1941). HE MARRIED AT SHEFFIELD, IN 1903, AGED 41. HIS WIFE, ALICE ELLIS (1863-1931), LIVED AT 106 ABBEY VIEW ROAD, WOODSEATS, SHEFFIELD. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. A FORMER SOLDIER, INSURANCE COLLECTOR AND JOINER. H […]

Born on 10th October 1895, Leonard was the seventh of ten children to Charles (1857-1936) and Emma May Webster (1859-1941) of Cottingham, Hull. His father ran the "Tiger Inn" pub in Cottingham. He worked as a Butcher before the war and lived in Cottingham. He queued to enlist on 1st September 1914 joining the fledgling 10th Battalion E […]

BORN GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE 17/12/1884. SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD BAILEY WEBSTER (1846-1912) AND ROSE HANNA CHANCE (1856-1927). HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1897. HIS WIFE ADA MAY JOHNSON (1890-1931), LIVED AT 35 GORDON AVENUE, PERTH STREET, HULL. A SIGNALLER, LOST AT SEA, ON 20/02/1918, AGED 33. SS Huntsmoor, built by Flensburger Schiffbau Ges., Flen […]

BORN ST HELENS, LANCASHIRE, 1888. LIVED HULL. SON OF GEORGE WEBSTER (1847-1915) AND MARTHA McCARROLL (1851-1933), OF GREENFIELD ROAD, ST HELENS, LANCASHIRE. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WAS A SHOP ASSISTANT, LIVING AT 344 BOULEVARD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE MARRIED LILIAN MAUD KING, AT HULL, IN 1913. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH […]

BORN GILBERDYKE 1882. ONLY SON OF ROBERT WEDDALL (1839-1893) & ESTHER SIMPSON (1847-1928), OF BRIDLINGTON AND 269 ANLABY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HIS FATHER WHO WAS A FARMER AND DIED IN 1893, LEAVING A FORTUNE. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, HARRIET, MARY ANN AND EMILY AND THEY ALL LIVED BY PRIVATE MEANS. […]

BORN GATESHEAD, 1888. SON OF GEORGE WEDDELL & MARGARET JOHNSON WEDDELL, OF DURHAM. WIFE ELIZABETH WEDDELL, OF 2 LEE BUILDINGS, GRANGE VILLA, DURHAM. A RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE FIREMAN. HE ENLISTED AT CHESTER LE STREET, DURHAM. SERVED WITH THE 1.8TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/09/1916, AT THE BATTLE OF ANCRE, FRANCE. HIS […]

Listed on the Hull Grammar School WW1 Roll of Honour. Born Horfield, Gloucester, 1900. Enlisted Bristol. Joined the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) and posted to 1st/22nd Bn. London Regiment. Son of Edward and Kate Weeks, of 31, Ash Road., Horfield, Bristol. He was killed in action on 30/08/1918, aged 18.

Born Brixton, Surrey, 1880. Son of Henry C and Annie M L Weight. Married 1902 to Emerline Sarah Kent, 7 Buckingham Street, Marylebone West London. Worked as a Railway Clerk. Father of Miss Winifred Weight, of 6, Daleham Gardens, Hampstead, London.CWGC address. Buried in Hull Western cemetery. Grave ref: 537. 51859

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF DAVID & MARY WELBON. LISTED AS J WELBON ON CLIFTON ST SCHOOL ROH. NB: WILLIAM WELBORN - 12 PARK TERRACE, ALEXANDRA ST.

BORN BEVERLEY 1886. SON OF JAMES MATHEW & EMMA (BOWSER). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. MARRIED ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH, HULL ON 29/09/1912. WIFE EMILY BILLANY FORMERLY WELBOURN AND DAUGHTER MARY LIVED AT 29 ECCLES STREET, COTTINGHAM AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A SOLICITOR'S CLERK & RAILWAY LEDGERMAN. ENLISTED HULL 10/12/1915.SERVED IN FRANCE AS Q […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1894. SON OF JAMES MATHEW & EMMA (BOWSER), BEVERLEY. MARRIED JANE BIRD IN HULL 1912. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

BORN ETTON, YORKSHIRE 1896. SON OF HENRY AND HARRIET WELBOURN, OF WYTON, EAST RIDING. WORKED AS A FARM HAND IN WEST ELLA WITH HIS UNCLE (1911 CENSUS). MOVED TO ASHBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE. ENLISTED STOKE ON TRENT. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 2/6TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE […]