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BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THE LATE FREDERICK & MARGARET WALLACE, OF 4 STEPHENS TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. A SHOP ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS A COOK ON THE TRAWLER MINESWEEPER 'ONWARD', WHICH WAS BLOWN UP BY SUBMARINE U-52 (HANS WALTHER), OFF ABERDEEN. HE WAS SINGLE AND HAD BEEN RAISED IN THE SPRING BANK ORPHANAGE FROM EIGHT […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF FRANCIS & SARAH BOSTOCK WALLACE (1855-1919), OF BRADFORD AND HULL. WIFE AMY WALLACE LIVED AT 11 EASTERN TERRACE, BISHOP STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A MILLHAN IN BRADFORD (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED AT HALIFAX. SERVED WITH THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1916, AGED 21. HE IS COMMEMORTED O […]

BORN HULL 1889. A HAWKER. HE MARRIED ON 27/12/1909. HIS WIFE MILICENT FEASEY & 5 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 57 WHEELER STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE REPORTED IN HIS ARMY RECORDS THAT HIS PARENTS WERE UNKNOWN AND HE HAD NO BROTHERS OR SISTERS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 123 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST SIZE. HE ENLISTED IN HUL […]

BORN HULL, 07/09/1886. SON OF ADA ANNIE & THE LATE JOHN WALLER,OF 300A HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE SONS AND FOUR SONS WHO SERVED IN THE WAR. JOHN WALLER SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONERRS. HE TOOK PART IN THE SULVA BAY LANDINGS. HE WAS KILLED DURING THE TERRIBLE FIGHTING AT "CHOCHOLATE HILL", ON 21 […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN THOMAS WALLER (1833-1892) & JANE ANN WALLER (1866-1945). HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR MANY YEARS BY MR W. NICHOLSON, IRONMONGERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, IN SEPTEMBER, 1914. SERVED AS A FITTER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. ABROAD FOR 15 MONTHS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. KILLED ON 27/05/1918, AGED 2 […]

Born Hull 1889. Son James Uriah Wallis (1849-1936) and Kate Carmichael, of 84 Rosemead Street, Newbridge Road, Hull. Like his father, he was employed as an Iron Moulder. He married Eliza M. Deyes, at Hull in 1914. They had two sons and lived at 78, Danson Lane, Hull (War pension address). Described as 5 foot, 10 inches tall, brown hair […]

BORN WARWICKSHIRE 1887. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY ELIZABETH WALLIS. WIFE EDITH MARY WALLIS ABOVE. NAVAL RECORDS. MARINE STOKER.

BORN HULL 19/11/1891. SON OF EDWARD & ELLEN ESTER WALLIS - 7 HILDA'S GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE. BROTHER WILLIAM AND SISTER ELLEN. WORKED AS A BUTCHER. LIVED ABOVE ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. EX 5480, YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH TANK CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION 14/04/1918, AGED 26.

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF CHARLES WALLIS, ABERDEEN. REGISTERED WITH AUNTIE ELIZABETH HASTIE IN SCARBOROUGH AT 1901 CENSUS. Cruiser, built by Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen in 1898 and owned at the time of her loss by T. Devlin Jr., Granton, was a British trawler of 146 tons. On May 2nd, 1915, Cruiser was sunk by gunfire by the Germ […]

BORN ELLERBY, HULL 1884. HUSBAND OF  ELIZA ANN ABOVE & OF 69, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). STEAM TRAIN DRIVER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS AND DIED ON 4/03/1917, AGED 33.  HE IS BURIED AT BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, "EVER IN THOUGHT" HIS ARMY EFFECTS WE […]

BORN HOWDEN, 1884. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF JAMES ARTHUR & ANN (MOONEY). DIED OF WOUNDS. AKA WALLACE IN SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. HE IS BURIED AT POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "HE WAS KILLED FOR LOVE OF US"

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF GEORGE FREDERICK & MARY ANN WALLIS AT 61 ENGLISH STREET, HULL. CWGC ADDRESS. EMPLOYED AT MESSRS HILLS, AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. ENLISTED IN FEBRUARY 1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 28/09/1916, AGED 20. HIS DEATH IS REPORTED IN THE HDM, ON 09/10/1916. HE IS BURIED AT DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEME […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF MARY & WILLIAM WARDELL WALLIS. HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS AT THIS ADDRESS AS AN ARMY INVALID PENSIONER. HE RE-ENLISTED ON 14/10/1914. DISCHARGED 1/07/1918. DIED AT HOME ON 8/02/1919. HE IS BURIED IN A CWGC GRAVE AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.

Born Portsmouth, Hampshire, on 19 Mar 1890. Son of Charles Walls, of The Albert Club, 19, Somerset Street, Hessle Road, Hull (war Pension address). he joined the Royal Navy, on 14 Jul 1908. Accidentally drowned on 8 Oct 1917. He fell into the Dunkirk basin after a night out drinking.

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JAMES & ELLEN E WALLS. LIVED CROSBY, LINCS.

BORN HULL 1883. SECOND SON OF GEORGE ROBERT & ANNIE ELIZABETH WALMSLEY, OF 6 PORTOBELLO STREET, HULL. LIVED ELLOUGHTON, NEAR BROUGH. WORKED AS A GARDENER. A ROMAN CATHOLIC. HE MARRIED PAULINA BAKES, AT HUMBLETON, ON 28/09/1904. ENLISTED HULL, ON 26/02/1917. SERVED FORMERLEY AS 221852 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/5th SO […]

THIS CASUALTY WAS REPORTED TO HAVE COME FROM HULL. HE APPEARS IN THE CWGC RECORDS, BUT THERE ARE NO SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. HE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BORN AT TODMORDEN, 26/08/1878. SON OF CHARLES WALMSLEY AND MARY JANE CLAY. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH AT SCULCOATES, HULL, ON 15/10/1901. THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN, ALL UNDER 16, AND LIVED AT 19 SAL […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM BENJAMIN & MARGARET MILES WALPOLE. PTE. VALENTINE WALPOLE, 7TH EYR SERVED AT SAME ADDRESS. PRINTERS APPRENTICE.

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ALFRED B & ELIZABETH WALSH, OF, 75, LOWGATE, HULL, & 47, PARK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, MRS BARROW, AT 6, CARISBROOK AVENUE, MONTROSE STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS AN APPRENTICE MARKET GARDENER AT MRS HOWELLS, PRESTON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 16TH NORTHUM […]

BORN HULL 18/12/1885. SON OF ANTHONY WALSH (1843-1912) AND CATHERINE WALSH (1844-1926). SON OF A BRICKLAYER. BOTH HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN IRELAND. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN AND THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 14, NEWTON COURT ALDBORO STREET IN 1881; 3, SCOTTS PLACE, SCOTT STREET IN 1901; 4, WOODBINE TERRACE, RODNEY STREET […]