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BORN HESSLE 1890. SON OF THOMAS EDWARD & MARY (BENNETT) WRAY ABOVE ADDRESS. A REGULAR SOLDIER IN 1911 CENSUS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. NB: PTE. FRANK WRAY, 1025, EYR - 7 FOSTER BLDGS, NORTH STREET

Born Malton, 1895. Lived in Withernsea. Enlisted Hull. Son of Henry and Emily Wray, of 12 Railway Crescent, Withernsea. Employed as a Clerk, in an Oil Mill at this address (1911 Census) Served as a Sergeant, in the 4th East Yorkshire. Killed in action, on 17th June 1916, aged 21. Unmarried. His army effects were left to his father, He […]

SS Tummel, built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Goole in 1912 and owned at the time of her loss by E. P. Hutchinson, Hull, was a British steamer of 531 tons. On February 24th, 1916, Tummel, on a voyage from Grimsby to Tréport with a cargo of coal, was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-5 (Ulrich Mohrbutter), 7 m […]

BORN HULL 1898. SECOND SON OF JOHN THOMAS & FANNY WRAY AT AT 59 BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY SHARED 62 BRIDLINGTON STREET WITH THE JOHNSON FAMILY AND THERE WERE 13 PEOPLE LIVING THERE (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AS A GROCER'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 3027 EYR. SERVED WITH THE 8TH BORDER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THOMAS WRAY (1863-1946) & CLARISSA CURTIS (1858-1929), OF 235, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A CARPENTER. ONE OF SIX SONS. HE WORKED AS A PLUMBER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/12/1915. KILLED IN ACTION ON 26/07/1917, AGED 29. COMM […]

BORN HULL 1887. HULL POST OFFICE WORKER FOR 18 YEARS. HIS WIFE SARAH ELIZABETH WRAY LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE JOINED THE 146TH HULL BATTERY IN OCTOBER 1915. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AFTER RETURNING FROM HOME LEAVE A WEEK BEFORE.HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 2ND DECEMBER 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *

BORN HULL 1867. SON OF EDWARD WARD WRAY (1827-1887) & HANNAH SMITH. MARRIED IN 1886, AGED 18. HIS WIFE ELLEN CRAWFORD, LIVED 11 RICHARDS TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A ROAD FOREMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 37.5 - 39.5 INCH CHEST, 164 LBS WEIGHT, CHURCH OF E […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF THOMAS WREATHALL & MATILDA DRY, 87 OXFORD STREET. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE RESIDED AT 13 CROWN TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. (HDM ADDRESS, 11/05/1915). HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION, KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFRANTRY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND HAD ONLY BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR A FORTNIGHT, BEFORE HE WAS KILLED […]

BORN WINESTEAD 01/10/1897. ONLY SON OF CLEMENT CHARLES WREATHALL (1861-1944) & ANNIE SCOTT (1870-1890), OF BEVERLEY PARK, BEVERLEY. SON OF A FARMER. EDUCATED AT  HULL'S HYMERS COLLEGE. SERVED IN THE 82ND SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE. STRUCK A TREE AND CRASHED, AT TOURCONING, FRANCE, ON 15/11/1918, AGED 21. HE LEFT £160 IN HIS WILL TO […]

BORN HULL 1891. LIVED YORK. ENLISTED WARWICK. SON OF THOMAS & FAITH WREGHITT ABOVE ADDRESS (1901 CENSUS). HE MOVED TO 1 PARADISE STREET, COVENTRY TO BECOME A MOTOR DRIVER. ENLISTED WARWICK. EX 4436 WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 18/10/1916, AGED 25

BORN BERMONDSEY 04/11/1887. SON OF JOHN WELBOURNE WRIDE (1853-1891) AND ALICE MAUD JOHNSON (1858-1892), OF 14 EAST STREET, HULL (1891 CENSUS).  MARRIED TO ADA TAYLOR & THREE CHILDREN AT, 3 LENDAL TERRACE, DURHAM STREET, HULL. (PENSION ADDRESS). WORKED AS A TRAM DRIVER FOR FIVE YEARS, ON THE HOLDERNESS ROAD, TRAM CARS. DESCRIBED AS […]

BORN HULL 07/06/1889. SON OF ROBERT WILLIAM WRIDE AND ADA HUNT, OF 11 DENE STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD AND 50 PAISLEY STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS, 01/09/1917). SON OF A CARPENTER. BEFORE GOING TO CANADA HE WORKED IN THE PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT AT THE HULL DAILY MAIL AND HULL TIMES. HE HAD ALSO SERVED 7 YEARS IN THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT TERRITORIAL […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF RICHARD & ANN JANE. SERVED FOR OVER 18 YEARS WITH THE MILITARY FORCES. KILLED IN ACTION. LEFT WIFE MRS ELIZABETH WRIGGLESWORTH ABOVE ADDRESS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 3RD MAY 1918. *

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF GEORGE & EMILY. WIFE KATE LILLIAN. 1918 ABSENT VOTERS. NB: LEONARD & FRANK WRIGGLESWORTH - 15 HOLMES STREET

BORN HULL 1893. STEP SON OF JOSEPH TANNY & ANNIE WRIGGLESWORTH, OF 9 SCARBOROUGH STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED LOWESTOFT. SERVED IN THE 1ST SUFFOLK REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/05/1915, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON YPRES MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HE LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO HIS BROTHER, FRANK, HIS SISTERS […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN HENRY & MARY WRIGGLESWORTH. SINGLE MAN. NER MESSENGER. HIS FATHER WAS A NER GUARD AND WELL KNOWN IN DAIRYCOATES AREA OF HULL. JOHN HAD ALREADY DONE FOUR YEARS IN THE TERRITORIALS AND WAS A GOOD SHOT. HE WAS SECRETARY OF THE NEWINGTON PARISH FOOTBALL CLUB AND MEMBER OF THE NER CRICKET TEAM AND RIFLE CLUB. H […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT (1861-1948)& SARAH PRINCE (1866-1950), OF 143 KING STREET, COTIINGHAM. SON OF A WHEELWRIGHT, HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WAS UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 167 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST, WORKED AS A VAN MAN HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/11/1914. SERVED WITH […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM & ADA WRIGHT, OF 5 LOUISA TERRACE, FINSBURY ST., FOUNTAIN ROAD AND 5 WEST VIEW, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. PRIVATE ERNEST WRIGHT 13022. Born in December 1900, Ernest was the youngest of five children and only son of George and Ada Wright of 5 Louisa's Terrace, Finsbury Street, Fountain Road, Hull. A […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JAMES WRIGHT (1847-1905)AND EMMA WRIGHT (1857-1918), OF 97 NEWLAND AVENUE AND 62, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. PRIOR TO ENLISTING, HE WAS A BARMAN FOR TEN YEARS AT THE CRITERION PUB, HESSLE ROAD, HULL AND ALSO WORKED AS A MOTOR DRIVER. UNMARRIED. LIVED AT 62 P […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF HENRY GRASBY WRIGHT (1854-1904) & KATE BRADBURY WRIGHT (1859-1926), OF 66 BRIDLINGTON STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WAS ONE OF THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 5 WATERHOUSE LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS), WHERE THEY RAN A TOBACCONIST BUSINESS. HE M […]