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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 […]

BORN HULL 1884. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE HENRY WESTERDALE (1859-1917) AND DOVE WESTERDALE (1865-1944). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE THAD THREE BROTHERS EDWARD, JOHN (1892-1915) AND ERNEST, AND A SISTER, FLORENCE. EMPLOYED AS A HOUSE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11556, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REG […]

BORN SWEDEN 1879. LIVED AT 3 DIXON TERRACE, MYTON STREET, HULL (HDM 28/02/1916). ALSO LIVED 73 ALICIA STREET. HE WAS MARRIED BUT HAD NO CHILDREN. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 2ND MARCH 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY, PLOT 528. 50937. Dido SS was a British […]

BORN HULL 19/12/1882. SON OF ADA LUNDIE (1856-1921) and JOHN ALBERT WESTERMAN (1860-1885). HE LEFT £371 IN HIS WILL TO HIS MOTHER AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN HULL'S MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. Calypso SS was a 2,876grt British Merchant ship built in 1904 by Earle's SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull and owned by T. Wil […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1876. SON OF ARTHUR WILLIAM WESTERMAN (1852-1914) AND ELIZABETH ANN CARR (1851-1931). WIFE MARY BEATRICE WESTERMAN (1885-1925). A REGULAR SOLDIER AND ACTING COLOUR SERGEANT, IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED IN INDIA IN 1907. PROMOTED TO SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE 21ST KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, O […]

Son of Robert and Mary Western; husband of Florence Western, of 17, Barrow Lane, Hessle. Born at Burlescombe, Somerset. Buried at Hessle Cemetery. His grave inscription, reads, "A LOVING HUSBAND A FATHER DEAR A FAITHFUL FRIEND LIES SLEEPING HERE"

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF ROBERT & MAY ABOVE - 17 BARROW LANE, HESSLE. WIFE FLORENCE & SON ABOVE - 1911. HULL HEROES WEB SITE. FISH WORKER.

BORN YARMOUTH 1890. WIFE HILDA WESTGATE AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. 'SHAKESPEARE (H994) Built for Hellyer Bros. (Hellyer Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.) Hull; Yard No 548; Launch Date 31/08/1908; Vessel torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-22. The UB-22 sunk two ships on this day, the SS BOYNE CASTLE was sunk by gunfire and all the crew set adri […]

BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE WESTMORELAND (1871-1948) & ALICE CRAWFORTH (1870-1956), OF 114 ELLA STREET, HULL AND "CLARENCE HOUSE, HULL ROAD, COTTINGHAM. SON OF A COAL MERCHANT. HIS BROTHER ARTHUR, LIVED AT 3 WOODLAND VILLA, CHESTNUT AVENUE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. DIED OF INFLUENZA, AT FULFORD MILITARY HOSPITAL, YORK, […]

BORN HULL 1862. SON OF THE LATE JOSEPH & SARAH WESTOBY ABOVE. LOST AT SEA. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 03/01/1918.  COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Polo, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1913 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, […]

BORN SUTTON 1886. WIFE ELIZABETH & DAUGHTERS LIVED ABOVE. HDM 3/1/18 & 31 ESSEX STREET (CWGC). ALSO LISTED ON SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL.

BORN SHAFTON, YORKSHIRE 1897. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & ROSE HELEN WESTOBY ABOVE. NER EMPLOYEE.

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ANN WESTOBY, OF 38 , RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AN ELECTRICAL MACHINIST. HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EAST RAILWAY LINES. ENLISTED AT HULL, JOINING THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. DIED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL. HIS AR,Y EFFECTS WERE […]

BORN LONDON 1871. WIFE LORRIE HARRIET WESTON LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE WAS PRESUMED DROWNED ON 03/01/1916, AGED 45. HIS WIFE DIED ON 22/10/1918. THEIR DAUGHTER EDITH ALICE DIED 24/10/1918. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 17TH FEBRUARY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * Malabar was a 171 GRT steam trawler, completed in 19 […]

BORN GERMANY 1885. NATURALISED GERMAN. HULL POLICEMAN. JOINED THE POLICE FORCE ON 17/07/1909 AND WAS WELL KNOWN AT THE NORFOLK STREET STATION. ONLY SON OF TOM & CATHERINE WESTON - 1901 CENSUS ADDRESS. IRISH FATHER, GERMAN MOTHER. HE WAS CALLED UP AS A RESERVIST AND HAD BEEN INVALIDED HOME TWICE, ONCE WITH FROST BITE AT WITHERNSEA HOS […]

BORN EAST ARDSLEY 5/10/1897. WIFE EFFIE LIVED ABOVE ADDRESS. ONLY SON OF ERNEST & PRISCILLA WESTWOOD, BRADFORD ROAD, EAST ARDSLEY, YORKS. FORMER LABOURER. ENLISTED WAKEFIELD, YORKS. EX 20695, K.O.Y.L.I. KILLED IN ACTION ON 26/09/1916, AGED 20.

Born Pontefract, 1896. Son of John and Julianna Westwood, of 18, Faith Street, South Kirby, Wakefield, Yorkshire. he worked as a rope boy underground in the coal mines. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 2nd KOYLI. Posted to France, on 17th June 1915. Killed in action, on 05/09/1915, aged 20. Buried at Carnoy Military Cemetery, France

BORN HULL 1893. WIFE ELSIE MAY WEATHERELL & ONE CHILD - 61 BALFOUR STREET & ABOVE ADDRESS. RETURNED FROM GERMANY 5/12/18 AS POW. DISCHARGED 8/12/18. DIED AFTER HRI OPERATION. HDM 11/12/19. BUTCHERS ASSISTANT. NB: ARTHUR WETHERELL, RFA - 1 STRICKLAND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET.

BORN HULL 1868. YOUNGEST SON OF ELIZABETH AND THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM HAYLEY, OF 237 BOULEVARD, HULL. SERVED AS FIRST MATE, ON THE STEAM SHIP, 'JUPITER'. LOST AT SEA, ON 21/05/1917, AGED 49. HIS WIFE MARY WHALEY & 4 DAUGHTERS - 37 GEE STREET (1911 CENSUS) . ADDRESS DETAILS FROM SHIP CREW RECORDS. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. J […]