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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 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 […]

BORN HULL 1895. SCULCOATES. ENLISTED HULL. STEPSON OF GEORGE & ELLEN TAYLOR AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS AND 5 SUBWAY STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WORKED AS A BOILER CLEANER. HE ENLISTED IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WITH HIS FRIEND CHARLES GOODEVE, BOTH WERE DRUMMERS AND WERE KILLED TOGETHER, AT GALLI […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN WEST (1863-1910) & SARAH ELIZABETH NOZEDAR (1862–1909), OF 16 YORK STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE IN LIVED HULL. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER WHEN WAR BEGAN, SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 2ND KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITIS […]

BORN HULL 1878. CHARLES GERRARD WEST & JANE MORRISH MAUNDER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE HAD A BROTHER CHARLES AND FIVE SISTERS. MARRIED TO ALICE ANN WEST. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR SON JOHN, AT 8 PRINCES STREET, MASON STREET, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A LIMESTER AND DECORATOR. HE SERVED IN THE NAVY AND WAS LOST SEA, ON […]

BORN HULL 1893. JOSEPH CLAIR BETTS WEST. SON OF JOHN EDWARD (TED) 1857-1933 & SARAH WEST (1860-1923), OF "BURNS HOUSE" ETON STREET. HE MARRIED AT ST BARNABAS CHURCH IN 1915. HUSBAND OF  FLORENCE MAUD WADDY (1895-1983), OF 17 ETON STREET, HESLE ROAD, HULL (1918 ABSENT VOTERS). A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS CORPORAL I […]

BORN HULL 1883. PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, SON OF AMELIA & THE LATE WILLIAM ALEXANDER WEST. LIVED WOOLWICH, LONDON IN 1901 CENSUS.

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY WEST, FROM HULL & LIVING IN MOSS SIDE, MANCHESTER. HE HAD SERVED FOR 3 YEARS IN THE LANCASHIRE TERRITORIAL REGIMENT. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. WORKED AS A TRAMWAY EMPLOYEE. HE MARRIED, MISS IRENE PEARL INGHAM, ON10/10/1915, AT ST LEONARD'S, NEW SOUTH WALES. LIVED AT 80 CHANDOS STREET, SYDNEY. HE ENL […]

BORN HULL 26/12/1890. 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  9 CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, HE MARRIED, LILY DEVANEY (1891-1978), AT HULL, ON 26/12/1913. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED […]

BORN SKIRLAUGH 1894. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF MRS MARTHA ANN WEST. A FARM LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE HULL PALS. DIED ON THE SOMME, ON 14/07/1916. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER, MARTHA ANN BOWMAN. Somme - The 8th East Yorkshires spent the following weeks al […]

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 HULL 1878. SON OF GEORGE RICHARD & MARY ANN WESTCOTT, OF 29 WINDMILL STREET, GRAVESEND, KENT. HULL HE JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY IN 1899 AGED 15 AND IS LISTED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. Calypso SS was a 2,876grt British Merchantship built in 1904 by Earle's SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull and owned by T. Wilson, Sons & Co […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1899. JAMES THOMAS WESTERBY, SERVED AS 2ND LIEUTENANT, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED AT BEAUMONT HAMEL/ 5TH JUNE 1918 AGED 19 YEARS. HE IS  BURIED AT THE MILITARY CEMETERY, ETAPLES, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S HYMER COLLEGE MEMORIAL. SON OF MARTIN MICHAEL (DRY SALTER) & E J WESTERBY. HE LEF […]

BORN HULL, STONEFERRY 1892. SON OF THOMAS GROVES WESTERDALE (1865-1938) & SARAH ELLEN (1865-1963), OF 10 GARBUTT, STONEFERRY, HULL. A FORMER CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 9/22094, OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIENT. HE MARRIED ELIZA BURKITT (1893-1976) AT HULL IN 1916. HIS WIFE ELIZA WESTERDALE ABOVE. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 2 […]