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BORN HULL 06/07/1899. SON OF TIMOTHY WELSH (1873-1927) & MARY McNULTY (1874- ), OF 12, WILLIAMS TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1, BELLE VUE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCKSIDE LABOURER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, JOHN AND ONE SISTER, MARGARET. HIS PARENTS HAD MARRIED AT ST CHARLES BORR […]

BORN HULL 1897. ENLISTED HULL. DIED. EX 4936 EYR. SON OF TIMOTHY WELSH ABOVE. ARMY RECORD ADDRESS. DOCK LABOURER

BORN HULL 1887. LIVED GOOLE. KILLED IN ACTION. REGULAR SOLDIER. BURIED AT VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE

BORN SWINEFLEET 1883. SON OF RICHARD WALSH (1852-1930) & KATE DEMPSEY (1857-1924), OF 3 ALPHA AVENUE, GLASS HOUSE ROW, STONEFERRY, HULL & 3, ALPHA AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 3 […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN WELTON (1857-1941) & ALICE BLANCHARD, OF, 163, WOODCOCK STREET (1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE WAS SON OF A RAILWAY ENGINE DRIVER. EMPLOYED AS A 'CORN MAN' AND FARM WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 2ND DECEMBER 1917, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS […]

BORN HULL 1894. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM WEYMESS (1856-1917) & FANNY MARIA LONG (1859-1934), OF 78, ENGLISH STREET, HULL. SON OF A SCOTTISH, SEA CAPTAIN. THE FOURTH OF FIVE CHILDREN. ELDER SISTERS, JANE AND EDITH WHO LIVED AT 78 ENGLISH STREET. OLDER BROTHER, WILLIAM WHO WORKED IN SCUNTHORPE. YOUNGER BROTHER STANLEY, WHO LIVED AT 2 HALL […]

BORN HULL 1895. THIRD SON OF WILLIAM WEYMESS (1856-1917) & FANNY MARIA LONG (1859-1934), of 78 ENGLISH STREET, HULL. SON OF A SCOTTISH, SEA CAPTAIN, FROM DUNDEE.. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE NAVIGATIONAL SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A FRUIT BROKER'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY ON 08/09/1914, AT THE OUTBR […]

BORN DUNDEE, SCOTLAND 1856. HE JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY, ON 27/08/1875 AS AN APPRENTICE. RECEIVED HIS MASTER'S CERTIFICATE, ON 17/11/1888. WAS CAPTAIN OF THE CARGO SHIP "NIMROD". DIED OF SICKNESS, ON 18/12/1917, AGED 62. BURIED AT LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE, FRANCE. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON HULL'S TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL. HE M […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF THOMAS WEST (1865-1920) & CHARLOTTE EMILY TINDLE (1864-1937), OF 1, CUTHBERT STREET, GREAT UNION STREET, HULL. (1901 CENSUS) AND 18, SEWARD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF THREE BROTHERS LOST IN THE WAR. LIKE HIS FATHER GEORGE WAS A BRICKLAYER BY TRADE. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE, MATILDA BARWICK (1888-1962) AN […]

Born Fulstow, Lincolnshire, 1891. Son of Espin West (1845-1908) and Mary Dobson, of Fulstow, Lincolnshire. He had a brother Henry Francis West and sisters, Margaret Lucy Broughton and Elsie Ellen Tanner. He lived in Burstwick, working as a horseman on a farm and labourer. Described as 5 foot, 4 inches tall, chest size 37-38 inches, 13 […]

Born Etton, East Yorkshire, 1878. Second son of Charles and Elizabeth West, of Etton, Beverley, Yorkshire. Second of seven children. Employed as a Farm labourer, at Hay Wold, North Dalton (1911 Census) Enlisted Driffield. Served with the 4th Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales' Own). Died of wounds, as a Prisoner of war, on […]

BORN MARKET WEIGHTON, 1893. SON OF JOHN WEST (1865-1918) & LOUISA JACKETTS (1868-1966), OF 62 BALFOUR STREET, HULL AND 11, SOUTHCOATES LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, JOHN PENROSE WEST (1890-1915) WHO DIED IN HULL, ON 27/10/1915, AGED 25 AND THREE SISTERS, LOUISA, AMELIA AND EDITH, LIVING AT GRANVILLE HOUSE […]

BORN NEW ZEALAND 31/12/1891. WIFE OF MRS ANNIE WEST AT 73, EDGAR STREET (CWGC ADDRESS). THIS WAS HIS ADDRESS FROM THE HULL DAILY MAIL, NAVAL RECORDS & 1918 VOTERS. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 12/11/1918, AGED 27. BURIED HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY, AGED 27. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WALKER STREET MEMORIAL […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF FREDERICK & MARY A WEST, OF 25, STANLEY STREET, HULL AND 71 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR HIS FATHER'S UNDERTAKER BUSINESS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN THE 10TH EYR, ON 02/09/1914, AGED 26. HE JOINED THE HULL COMMERCIALS AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR AND SERVED WITH THE 10TH […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF HARRY WEST (1856-1920) & PHOEBE SARAH LEONARD (1862-1943), OF 1 CUTHBERT AVENUE, AIRLIE STREET, HULL. LIVED OSGODBY, LINCS. MARRIED MILDRED CLARK (1896-1989), LINCOLN REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 1ST JANUARY, 1913. HE ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY. SERVED WITH THE 10TH LINCOLNSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE […]

Name: Henry West Rank: Coy Sergeant Major Regiment Yorkshire Regiment Birth Date: 19 Sep 1878 Birth Place: Thornton, near Lincoln Educated Skirlaugh school Marriage Date: 1 Dec 1908 Marriage Place: Skirlaugh Enlistment Date: 28 Sep 1914 Served for 7.5 years and in the Boer War Death Date: 8 May 1918 Death Place: Ridgewood, Ypres Fathe […]

Born Hull 1882.  Third son of George Walton West (1853-1928) and Alice Ann Kennington (1855-1936), of 73 Brunswick Avenue. Hull. His father was a sewer foreman, for the Council's Works Department. He had four brothers and two sisters.  A City Engineer's Bricklayer, working in West Hull. He enlisted in Hull. Served as a Sergeant, with the […]

BORN HULL 1880. LIVED 32 TEMPLETON ROAD, TOTTENHAM. EX 21924 MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. EX COACHMAN. DIED EGYPT. ARMY EFFECTS SENT TO LILY NEVILL.

BORN HULL 1886. ELDEST SON OF HENRY WEST (1844-1911) & SARAH DOUGLAS (1855-1930), OF 6, KING'S CROSS TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL. SON OF A (NER) RAILWAY LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE JOINED THE ARTILLERY 14 YEARS AGO AND HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR OVER TWO YEARS. AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF WAR, HE WAS TRAINING RECRUITS […]

BORN HUNSLET 1873. SON OF THOMAS & SARAH ANN WEST, HUNSLET, LEEDS, YORKSHIRE. NARRIED, HULL 1910. A FISHERMAN. DROWNED AGED 46. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL RECORDS. S/S 'DURBAN', A steam trawler, built for the Humber Steam Fishing & Ice Co., Hull (H378). In December 1914 vessel Rqd by the Royal Navy as an au […]