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BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JAMES & LAVINIA WATSON, OF 16 SOVEREIGN PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL . MARRIED TO ANNIE WITH FOUR CHILDREN. EX RECKITTS WORKER AT THE MORLEY STREET PLANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST SIZE, GOOD VISION, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 22/05/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAS […]

Born 1891. Son of Stephen Watson (1858-1931) and Margaret Ann Ellis (1862-1935), of "The Haven," Patrington, Hull (CWGC Address). Son of a farmer. He worked as a horseman. He had one brother and two sisters. Served in Coldstream Guards, No. 4 Coy. 1st Bn. He died of wounds, on 22/07/1917, aged 26, at No:4 Casualty Clearing Stataion. Bur […]

Born Etton, Yorkshire, 1895. Only son of William and Ann Elizabeth Watson, of Etton, Beverley, Yorkshire. He had three sisters, Gertrude, Gladys and Maretta. He worked as Plough Boy On Farm, in Etton (1911 Census). He enlisted at Beverley. Served as Gunner, 141168, D Battery, 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action on 24 […]

BORN HULL 1884. YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN KEY WATSON, A FARMER & FRANCES EMMA KEY (JACKSON). EMPLOYED BY MESSRS MAYFIELD, STEPNEY PAPER MILLS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 33. BURIED IN GERMANY. HE IS LISTED ON THE WALMSLEY STREET ROH PUBLISHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 16TH OCTOBER 1917. ALSO FEATURED IN THE HDM 26/02/18 &a […]

BORN HULL 1891. HE WAS A THIRD HAND, LOST AT SEA ON A HULL TRAWLER. HE LEFT A WIDOW GERTRUDE WATSON AND AN INFANT CHILD AT 11 LIZZIES GROVE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD AND HAD BEEN SAILING OUT OF HULL ON TRAWLERS, SINCE HIS YOUTH. HE IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR. THERE IS NO CWGC OR SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. […]

BORN HULL 1984. SON OF ABRAHAM & MARY JANE WATSON, OF 19, FIELD STREET, HULL & 115 , ABBEY STREET, HULL. (ADDRESS FROM CANADIAN WAR RECORDS.) HE WAS A RESERVIST AND HAD SERVED FOUR YEARS WITH THE HUSSRS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTCIE AT MESSRS, ROSE, DOWNS AND THOMPSONS. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1911 AND ENLISTED THERE. S […]

BORN NEWLANDS, HULL 1900. SECOND SON OF BOYNTON WATSON (1872-1930) & BERTHA WRIGHT (1879-1934), OF 23, WAINFLEET AVENUE, COTTINGHAM, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. ENLISTED BEVERELY. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EYR. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR THREE MONTHS. KILLED ON THE SOMME, 25/07/1916, AGED 16. COMMEMORATED ON THE […]

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 HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD WATSON & ESTHER (ARCHER). A FISHERMAN. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 13/12/1913. HIS WIFE, EDITH (SPAVEN) WATSON & SON ENOCH, LIVED AT 158 , BEAN STREET, HULL. HE WAS A THIRD HAND ON THE FISHING VESSEL 'ST LAWRENCE, WHICH WAS SUNK ON 03/10/1914. ENOCH WATSON DROWNED, AGED 23. On September 30th, 1914 […]

BORN HULL 29/10/1893. SON OF THE MARTHA SARAH ANN BLOOM (1854-1940) & FREDERICK WATSON (1853-1914), AT 4, ELSIE GROVE, FLINTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRSS). HE HAD TWO BRORS AND SIX SISTER. HIS FATHER WAS A COAL TEAMER AT THE ALBERT DOCKS IN HULL. SYDNEY WAS EDUCATED AT SCARBOROUGH STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL. WORKED AS A CRANE DRIVER AT ALB […]

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF ROBERT LAWSON WATSON (1853-1923) & ELIZABETH WATSON - 14 BANK STREET, HULL (1881 CENSUS). HUSBAND OF J S WATSON, OF 204 HOWARD AVENUE, BENONI, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA. SERVED IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA IN 1916 , WITH THE 7TH SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY. HE DIED ON 28/06/1917, AGED 40, WHILE UNDER OPERATION ON HIS KNEE. H […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF DR. GEORGE HENRY & KATE WATSON, OF 192, HALLGATE, COTTINGHAM, HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WAS PRACTICING MEDICINE. HE SERVED AS A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. HE HAD BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR NINETEEN MONTHS. WOUNDED ON HE SOMME ON 16/09/1916 AND DIED OF WOUNDS TWO DAY […]

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 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 […]

BORN HULL 1872. SON OF ROBERT & MARY ANN WATTS - 22 WELTON TERRACE, SOUTHCOATES LANE, HULL. HIS WIFE MRS S STEPHENSON LIVED AT THIS NAVAL ADDRESS. A TRAWLER HAND. LOST AT SEA, ON 09/05/1917, AGED 45. The fishing vessel, WINDWARD HO (H 692) was a British registered steam trawler of 226grt. On the 9th May 1917, when 3 miles S from Pet […]

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 […]