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BORN HULL 1872. REAL SURNAME WAS 'WOOD'. HE SERVED AS 'ADAMS'. HE SERVED IN MERCHANT NAVY. BURIED AT ETAPLES, FRANCE. AGED 46. HIS WIFE EMMA WOOD, LIVED AT 4 JOHNSON BUILDINGS, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THIS IS HIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE LEFT £1,591 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW. SS Huntsmoor, built by Flensburger Schiffbau Ges., Fle […]

Harry Blanshard Wood was born on the 21st of June 1882 at Pocklington, North Yorkshire, and joined the Scots Guards on the 3rd of February 1903. After the outbreak of WW1, in August 1914, Harry Wood was recalled from the Army Reserve and from October 1914 served with the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. In the Autumn of 1915, Harry took p […]

BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST CHILD OF FRANK & ALICE WOODALL, OF 24 UPPER UNION STREET, HULL AND 9 WILLIAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A COMMISSION AGENT. HE WAS BROTHER TO JOHN SEYMOUR WOODALL, AND THREE SISTERS, ANNIE, BERTHA, AND DORIS, WHO ALL LIVED AT 9 WILLIAM STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. THIS WAS HIS A […]

BORN CASTLEFORD 15/09/1899. SON OF JOHN RHODES & REBECCA WOODHALL, OF 16 SACKVILLE TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED, ON 07/05/1917. MOBILIZED ON 15/08/1917. TRAINED AT RUGELEY CAMP. TRANSFERRED TO THE 22ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY ON 15/03/1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/04/1918, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE L […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH (FRY). A BESPOKE TAILOR. HE LIVED IN BIRMINGHAM, BRADFORD, AND ROTHERHAM. HE MARRIED, JENNIE ETHEL WOMERSLEY, ON 04/12/1907, AT SHIPLEY. HE ENLISTED IN LEICESTER. SERVED WITH THE 1ST KINGS OWN ROYAL LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED AT THE 14TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, WIMEREAUX, ON 12/04/1917, AGED 39. HE LEF […]

BORN HESSLE 1895. SON OF GEORGE ROBERT & SARAH MARTHA WOODALL. ENLISTED IN HULL PALS. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED ON 08/08/1918, AGED 23. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "DEATH DIVIDES STILL MEMORY CLINGS" Hull Pals Memorial Post. CPL WILLIAM HENRY WOODALL 13/295. Born in Hessle, Yorkshire in 1895 William was the eldest of five children to George […]

PRIVATE AMBROSE NEWTON WOODALL 12/238. Born in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire in 1887. Ambrose was the second of three children and eldest son of Ambrose Parker Woodall and Emily Ann Petler (formerly Woodall). His father died when young Ambrose was just seven and his mother remarried. The family lived at 30 Lee Street, Hull and this CWGC […]

BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE THOMAS & GERTRUDE WOODBRIDGE AT 53 RODNEY STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND MARY ELLEN'S TERRACE. HE WAS THE ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SON OF A CABINET AND CHAIR MAKER. HE WORKED ON HULL'S CENTRAL DRY DOCK AND WAS MEMBER OF THE R.A.O.B. HIS WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH (ROWE) AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, LIVED AT TH […]

BORN HUNMANBY, YORKSHIRE, 1889. SON OF HENRY & EMILY WWODCOCK, OF 'SUNBURY' HUNMANBY, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRES IN 1915, WHERE HE WAS SHELLED IN THE OPEN FOR FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS. HE WAS GASSED AND A BULLET PASSED THROUGH HIS CAP. HE SAID THE GERMAN ARTILLERY WAS VERY GOOD AND COULD HIT ANYTHING. THEY HAD […]

BORN STOCKTON, DURHAM, 1886. SON OF AGNES WOODCOCK. HIS WIFE KATE & TWO SONS, LIVED AT 4 NORTON GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1 CLOVELLY AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL. A HOUSE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 4/16826, 61ST TRAINING BATTALION. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUND […]

BORN LIVERSEDGE, YORKSHIRE, 1894. SON OF PERCY BROOKE WOODCOCK & MARY ANN WOODCOCK, OF 5, BARMSTON STREET, HULL, 1, BREWERY HOUSE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES) AND 99, NEWCOMEN STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO DONALD, GERTRUDE AND CLARICE. A STOCK CLERK. HE LIVED IN HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 36.5 INCH […]

BORN NORWICH 1876. ONLY SON OF ZACHARIA WOODCRAFT (1848-1899) & ELIZA ANN BARKER (1847-1941), OF 4, 'THE HAVEN', GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, EMILY AND ELLEN. THE FAMILY HAD BEEN LIVING IN HULL SINCE 1881. HE WORKED AT THE RECKITTS STARCH WORKS, FOR 26 YEARS AND LIVED AT 26, THOMAS STREET, HULL, WIT […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM& ANNIE WOODFIELD. ARMY ADDRESS -26 ARUNDLE STREET. NO CWGC RECORD OF DEATH. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE FREDERICK WILLIAM WOODIFIELD 33117. Born 1898, the eldest of three children and only son of John and Annie Woodifield of 34 Kent Street, Holderness Road, Hull. Frederick was a Box Cutter by trad […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOSEPH TOMLINSON & ALICE WOODHALL, HULL. (1901 CENSUS). EDUCATED IN HULL. HE RESIDED IN MANCHESTER. ENLISTED IN HULL. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARRAS, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. Arras Battle, April 1917 - The 1/4th East Yorkshires did not go into the line un […]

BORN HULL 29/01/1881. SON OF GEORGE WOODHEAD (1854-1927) & ANNIE WHITFIELD (1856-1943), OF 2 HOLBORN TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL. HE WENT TO SEA ON 10/05/1900, AGED 19. WORKED AS A FITTER AT ARGYLL MILLS, HULL. DESCRIBED AS DARK HAIR, HAZEL EYES, SALLOW COMPLEXION, THREE SCARS ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD AND TATTOOS ON FOREARM. SERVE […]

BORN PETERBOROUGH, NORTHAMPTON, 23/04/1876. SON OF SARAH MALLOWS AND JAMES WOODHOUSE (1834-1918). A TRAWLERMAN. HUSBAND OF MARY WOODHOUSE, LIVED AT 10 MARYS TERRACE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL AND 6 FILEY PARADE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED AS A TRIMMER, ON THE TRAWLER, "MACKENZIE", WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. FOUND DRO […]

Born Tickton, 1889. Son of John and Jane Eley Woodmancey. A Farm Cattleman. He enlisted at Driffield. Formerly 1093, Army Service Corps. Transferred to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 2/4th Battalion (Territorial Force). Killed in action on 26/10/1917, aged 28. His army effects were left to his mother, Jane. He is commemorated o […]

BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS EDWIN WOODMANCEY (1868-1928) & GERTRUDE MARIA WOODMANCEY (1869-1940), OF THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A FISH DOCK LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS. LOST WHEN THE 'KESTREL' SANK IN A COLLISION WITH THE GRIMSBY TRAWLER 'HYDRA', ON 21/02/1915, AGED 22. SEVEN LIVES WERE LOST. HIS DEATH AND […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1896. SON OF TOM WOODMANSEY & ISABELLA ADA CHAPMAN, OF 36 LUKES STREET, HULL. AND 35 DAY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS. BROTHER TO JOHN, HARRY AND DORA. A HORSEMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 06/12/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION […]

BORN HORNSEA, 1876. SON OF JOHN AND ELEANOR ANN WOODMANSEY, OF HULL. SON OF A JOINER. EMPLOYED AS A TIME SERVED BRIDGE CARPENTER. HE MARRIED, MARGARET MARY MOFFAT, FROM 28 REDBOURNE STREET, HULL, ON 02/06/1898. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN. HE LIVED AT 14 PRETORIA STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 8 TORRINGTON VILLAS, FRANKLIN STREET, HULL. HE EM […]