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Born Rosedale Abbey, Pickering, North Yorkshire, on 22/06/1873. Son of Tom Bailey (1845-1826) and Sarah Watson; Husband of Mary Jane (Thorp) Watson, of  34 Market Place, Beverley and later 19, Avondale Terrace, Shirebrook, Mansfield. Educated at Middlesbrough. A former labourer. He joined the army at Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1895, aged […]

Born Hull, 1900. Son of Harry Watson (1853-1912) and Friederika Anna Maria Portz (1855–1915). He resided at, 4, Poplar Terrace, Bean Street, Hull (War Pension address). Served as Private, 75293, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died pf Tuberculosis, on 18/01/1922, aged 22.

BORN SCARBOROUGH, 1881. SON OF WILLIAM WATSON & EMILY BRAITHWAITE, 2 HERBERT'S TERRACE, WASSAND STREET AND 14 THORNE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (1918 ABSENT VOTERS AND CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE R […]

BORN HULL 1891. LIVED GLASGOW. ENLISTED AYR. SON OF HENRY WILSON WATSON (1855-1929) & MARGARET RAMSEY GLEN, OF 3 FREDERICK TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). BOTH PARENTS CAME FROM SCOTLAND. HIS FATHER WAS A HAIRDRESSER IN HULL. THE FAMILY LATER LIVED AT AT ASHTON UNDER LYME AND BLYTHSWOOD,  GLASGOW. HE ENLISTED IN AYR. […]

BORN SOUTH CAVE 1896. SON OF ROBERT AND CHARLOTTE WATSON, OF 21 PARK VIEW, MELWOOD GROVE, HULL. SON OF A GAS COMPANY WORKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE WORKED WITH HIS BROTHERS AS OIL CAKE MANUFACTURERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 26/10/1915, AGED 19. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4711, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS ("C" SPE […]

BORN HULL, 1896. SON OF ESTHER JANE WATSON, OF 47 SOMERSET STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY. RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE BALFOUR STREET MEMORIAL (HDM 06/10/1916). ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. DIED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLE […]

BORN KIRKBY SEXTON, YORKS 1888. SON OF THOMAS WATSON (1851-1926) & ELIZABETH PARKER (1859-1910). HE MARRIED, ON  05/11/1907. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE DANIEL (1898-1960). ENLISTED FERRYHILL, DURHAM. SERVED IN THE 1/7TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (HULL RAILWAY PALS). LISTED AS HULL CASUALTY. HIS ARMY PENSION WAS LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, FLORENCE […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ROBERT WILLIAM WATSON (1862-1926) & CHARLOTTE PRICE (1863-1955), OF 21, PARK VIEW, MELWOOD GROVE, HULL AND 6, BROOKSIDE VILLAS, GRANGE STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. SON OF AN OIL MILLER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/08/1918, AGED 20 […]

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 HEDON 1881. SON OF THE LATE JAMES WATSON (1848-1909) AND MARGARET YETTS RUTHERFORD (1855-1920), of HOLYROOD HOUSE, HEDON, HULL. SON OF A SOLICITOR OF MESSRS, WATSON, CARRICK & SONS, PARLIAMENT STREET, HULL. HE BELONGED TO A FAMILY WELL KNOWN IN HULL AND HOLDERNESS. HE WAS EDUCATED AND TRAINED FOR A MILITARY CAREER AND HAD SEEN S […]

BORN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. ENLISTED ENDINBURGH. WIFE MARY. LIVED AT 29 WEST PARADE, SPRING BANK, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS)ACCORDING TO SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 9TH ROYAL SCOTS. DIED OF WOUNDS AT NO:41 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 31/03/1918. HIS AMRY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY. BURIED AT NAM […]

BORN ST LUCIA, WEST INDIES 1884. SON OF MARY ELIZABETH & GEORGE AUGUSTUS WATTLEY. WIFE FLOENCE EMMA LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. The British trawler Andromache was on her way back from the fishing grounds of Iceland, when on April 14th 1917, she was stopped west of the Shetlands by the German submarine U-78 (Otto Dröscher). The master was […]

BORN 1888. SON OF FLORENCE WATTON, 11 HOWE STREET, OFF JENNINGS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). The steam Trawler, Halcyon, was built by Cochrane & Cooper, Ltd., Beverley in 1898 and owned at the time of her loss by J. Leyman Jr. was a British trawler of 190 tons. On February 19th, 1917, Halcyon was sunk by a mine from the German submar […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF MRS SARAH ANN WATTS, OF 13, BLENHEIM TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL. A SINGLE MAN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, GEORGE, AND THREE MARRIED SISTERS. HE WORKED FOR MR ROBSON, HAY MERCHANT, HESSLE ROAD, HULL,  AS A STRAW AND HAY TRUSSER. HE  BOARDED AT 12, ALFRED TERRACE, VAUXHALL GRIVE HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS ARMY ADDRESS […]

BORN 1892. THIRD SON OF JOHN WATTS 'DEONIA' HOUSE, OF HULL AND BRIDLINGTON. SON OF AN OIL BROKER. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WAS A PARTNER, IN HIS FATHER'S BUSINESS IN HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WHEN WAR BEGAN. WENT TO FRANCE IN APRIL 1916, AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT. PROMOTED TO STAFF CAPTAIN IN THE 92ND B […]

BORN HULL 20/03/1885. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM & MARY WATTS AT THIS CWGC NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. LOST AT SEA, ON 03/10/1914, AGED 20. On September 30th, 1914, the British steel trawler ST. LAWRENCE departed Iceland for Hull with fish and went missing with all on board. She was not heard of ever since. Believed to have struck a mine; PEO […]

BORN ALDERSHOT, 1875, INTO AN ARMY FAMILY. ONE OF FOUNTEEN CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH ALSO JOINED THE FORCES. HE MOVED FROM ALDERSHOT TO BEVERLEY VIA SHEFFIELD. HE MARRIED ROSA BUTTERS, IN BEVERLEY, IN 1903 AND HAD TWO CHILDREN, CHARLES AND WILFRED. HE HAD SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT FROM 1891-1908 AND THEN WORKED IN A LOCA […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM ROBERT WATTS & MARGARET ISABELLA COOOPLAND (1876-1903), OF 127, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 10 HERBERTS TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL. SON OF A DOCK TUG MAN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, LILY. HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 5 YEARS OLD. HIS FATHER RE-MARRIED AND ROBERT WAS RAISED BY HIS […]

BORN WATERLOO, LIVERPOOL, 08/02/1896. ONLY SON OF ROBERT WATTS & KATE SMITH, OF NEWLAND PARK, HULL. ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN CROSBY & PARKGATE, CHESHIRE. A PROMISING SOPRANO SINGER. HE WORKED FOR A SHIP OWNER IN CARDIFF AND WAS WORKING FOR THE ADMIRALTY IN AUGUST 1914. GAZETTED AS 2ND LIEUTENANT TO THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 15 […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF MRS CHARLOTTE ANN (WALKER) & THE LATE ROBERT WILSON WATTS, OF 14 TADMAN STREET, HULL AND 1 CROMWELL TERRACE, WEST PARADE, SPRING BANK, HULL . ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. WAS AN ENGINEER EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, MAJOR OF WILMINGTON AND AN EX HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH "D" COMP […]