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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 Hull, 1898. Son of Sarah Webster Downs of 76, Egton Street, Hull (War Pension address). Resided at 113 North Gate, Cottingham. Enlisted at Hull, on 14/03/1917. Served as Private, R/445828, Royal Army Service Corp. Served in Egypt from 03/04/1918 to 30/07/1918. Discharged on 19 Dec 1919. Died on 27/05/1922, aged 24.

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 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 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 HULL 1893. A HULL PAL. ELDEST SON OF RICHARD WEBSTER (1865-1945) & FLORENCE LEANOR HAYWARD (1872-1943), OF 80 CLOUGH ROAD, HULL AND 36 HAWORTH STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. FOR SERVERAL YEARS HE WAS PART OF THE CLERICAL STAFF, AT THE PREMIER OIL EXTRACTING MILLS LTD, STONEFERRY, HULL. HE […]

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 HULL 26/06/1893. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM WEBSTER (1854-1941) & EVELINE ROSE PEARSON (1862-1922), OF 113, WESTBOURNE AVNEUE, HULL. HIS MOTHER WAS THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF ZACHARIAH CHARLES PEARSON. HIS FATHER WORKED ON THE CLERICAL STAFF ROSE DOWNS AND THOMPSON, A LOCAL SEED CRUSHING COMPANY. HE WAS ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. ARTHUR […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF CHARLES ALFRED WEBSTER (1862-1943) & MARY HERD (1861-1939), OF 422 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE HAD A YOUNGER, BROTHER, STANLEY AND OLDER SISTER GERTRUDE, WHO BOTH LIVED AT HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS. BORN HULL 1893. HE WORKED FOR HIS FATHER'S PLUMBER BUSINESS, AT THORNTON LODGE, HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE WAS WELL KNOWN […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF THOMAS WEBSTER (1852-1926) & MARY ANN PEGDEN (1854-1930), OF 19 , LISTER STREET, HULL.. HE MARRIED MITTIAM GRACE MUSSON, AT HULL, IN 1905. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS. EMPLOYED AS A MARINE ENGINEER. HE LIVED AT 134 CLUMBER STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 1ST EAST […]

BORN HULL, 02/11/1889. SECOND SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM WEBSTER (1854-1941) & EVELINE ROSE PEARSON (1862-1922), OF 113. WESTBOURNE AVNEUE, HULL. HIS MOTHER WAS THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF ZACHARIAH CHARLES PEARSON, THE HULL PHILANTHROPIST. HIS FATHER WORKED FOR ROSE DOWNS AND THOMPSONS, THE HULL SEED CRUSHING COMPANY. HE WAS ONE OF ELEVEN […]

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 1896. YOUNGEST SON OF WILLIAM WEBSTER & CHARLOTTE WEBSTER (1860-1924), AT 26 PEASE STREET, HULL AND 36 PEARSON STREET, PROSPECT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WAS A FORMER WHEELER STREET SCHOLAR AND A CLEANER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HULL & DISTR […]

BORN HULL 04/11/1898. SON OF ALFRED WEBSTER (1871-1936) & FRANCES ELEANOR FOSTER (1868-1940), OF 4 WHARRAM STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER AT THE BRITISH OIL AND CAKE MILLS, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, 134 LBS WEIGHT. ENLISTED BEVERLEY, ON 03/06/1916. FORMERLY, […]

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 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 […]