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BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JOHN WILSON (1836-1887) AND SARAH ANN WILSON. HE MARRIED MARGARET BLAKE, AT HULL IN 1907. HIS WIFE MARGARET, LIVED 17 NORFOLK STREET (1911 CENSUS). AND STEPNEY LANE, HULL. HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT 3RD CANADIAN HOSPITAL, ETAPLES, ON 2 […]

BORN HULL 1876. ELDEST SON OF JOHN AND MARGARET WILSON, OF HULL. A DOCK LABOURER (1911 CENSUS) AND LATER A RECKITT'S EMPLOYEE. HE MARRIED MARY ANN DACK, AT HULL, ON 21/05/1898. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE,  14786, IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS WOUNDED TWICE.  TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 397145, TO THE 942ND LABOUR COPRS. […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF RICHARD ALBERT & MARY ANN WILSON.  ELDEST OF THREE SONS. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, ELEANOR AND DORIS. HE WORKED AS A FISH LABOURER WITH HIS FATHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, TROOPER, 202878, AYRSHIRE YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND ROYAL SCOTS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 14/10/1918. AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE […]

BORN DEVON PORT 1895. SON OF ADA BLANCHE & THE LATE JOHN RICHARD WILSON. WIFE ELIZABETH EMMA MATILDA WILSON, AT THIS ADDRESS.. Built as the AMBER for Kingston Steam Trawlers, Hull; Registion No H598; Yard No 189; Launch Date: 05/03/1898; Officially given up as lost on 26/01/1920, after leaving the port of Hull, in heavy gales, on New […]

BORN MIDDLESBROUGH 1879. ENLISTED IN THE 'HULL PALS'. EX 279 11TH EYR. HE MARRIED ZILLAH BAIRSTOW AT HULL IN JULY 1896. PRIOR TO WAR, HE WORKED FOR THE HULL LABOUR EXCHANGE FOR THREE YEARS. BEFORE HIS APPOINTMENT BY THE BOARD OF TRADE, HE ACTED FOR ELEVEN YEARS, AS ASSISTANT SCHOOLMASTER, ON THE TRAINING SHIP 'SOUTHAMPTON', WHICH WAS MOO […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF MR & MRS WILSON, OF 22 JARVIS STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 28/01/1906. HIS WIFE FLORENCE KATE (WHITAKER) & 2 DAUGHTERS LIVED AT  1 BELMONT AVENUE, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL, & 16 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A BOILER MAKER. HE ENSLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF JAMES & ELIZABETH WILSON 31 STRAWBERRY STREET. HIS WIFE MARY ELLEN WILSON NEXT DOOR AT NO 29. LOST ON THE FISHING VESSEL 'ST LAWRENCE, 03/10/1914, AGED 31. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, GEORGE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY AND DIED OF INFLUENZA ON 17/11/1918. HDM 23/11/1919. On September 30th, 1914, the British steel trawler […]

BORN HULL 06/12/1895. SON OF HORATIO & MARY ELIZABETH WILSON, AT 75 BRIGHT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. (NAVAL RECORDS.ADDRESS). A COAL HEAVER AND LABOURER. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY ON 02/07/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL, BROWN HAIR, BLUE EYES, SCAR ON RIGHT EYEBROW. SERVED ON HMS 'BRITANNIA' HE DIED ON WOUNDS IN GIBRALTA, ON […]

BORN BEVERLEY 19/12/1889. YOUNGEST SON OF GEORGE AND SARAH JANE WILSON, OF WOOD LANE, BEVERLEY. STEP SON OF LANCE CORPORAL, SHERE, OF 11 WELLINGTON LANE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL  HE WAS FORMER STEWARD ON THE STEAM SHIP "ARRO". HE ENLISTED IN FEBRUARY 1916. JOINING THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE BOARDED WITH HIS BROTHERS WILLIAM AND GEO […]

BORN SUTTON 18/7/1874. WIFE ELIZABETH WILSON ABOVE. FATHER 13 CHARLES SQ, WILCOLMLEE & 10 ERNEST VILLA, CROWLE ST. ON WILMINGTON ROH. NAVAL RECORDS.

BORN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 11/04/1893. SON OF ROBERT WILSON & LUCY BODEN, AT 17 WALLIKER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).. JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY ON 18/03/1909. SERVED AS LEADING SEAMAN, ON HMS "EXCELLENT". ARRIVED NEWFOUNDLAND 26/12/1915. DIED 23/10/1917 AT THE STAR AND GARTER HOSPITAL, PETERSHAM, RICHMOND, SURREY, AGED 24. BURIED IN HULL […]

BORN HULL 1883. A HORSE RULLEYMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2.5 INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCH CHEST. MARRIED MARGARET HARDWICK, ON 22/11/1915. HIS WIFE, MARGARET WILSON & FOUR SONS (WILLIAM, HERBERT, PERCY AND STANLEY), LIVED AT 6 WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION RECORDS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915. MOBILIZED ON 05/ […]

BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM WILSON & HANNAH SOPHIA BROUGH (1857-1915), OF 19 SPITTLE STREET, LIME STREET, HULL. SON OF AN OIL MILLER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 3301, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH BORDER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 37 […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL WALTER WILSON 12/189. Born in 1887, Walter was one of seven children to William Wilson (1843-1889) and Jane Ann Wilson, of 6 Waltham Terrace, Walker Street, Hull (War Pension address). He had three brothers and three sisters. A Blacksmith's Striker by trade. Described as 5 foot, 6 inches tall, 137 lbs wei […]

BORN HULL. HUSBAND OF BEATRICE AT 5 MYRTLE VILLAS, HULL ROAD, HULL. (HDM 31/08/1917 ADDRESS). ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED. COMMEMORATED ON THE PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL. Traveller, built by Smith Brothers, Grimsby in 1880 and owned at the time of her loss by M. Dahl, Vaag, Suderø, was a Danish fishing smack of 76 tons. On May 24th, 1917, Travell […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF WILLIAM & ANNIE WILSON (LAUNDRESS), OF 30 NEWTON STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE, LILLY WILSON, LIVED AT 33, ROSAMOND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 7, DURBAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A TIMBER YARD, DEAL CARRIER. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED ON 27/03/1918, AGED 31. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROL […]

BORN HULL 1874. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 31 ROSAMOND STREET AND 9 WINDSOR TERRACE, HARROW STREET, HULL (CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS). WILLIAM HENRY WILSON WAS A SHIP'S BOSUN, HE DROWNED ON 09/05/1917, AGED 43. HIS SHIP WAS MINED OFF PETERHEAD. EIGHT LIVES WERE LOST, INCLUDING THE SKIPPER. http://www.buchandivers.com/windward-ho.html The fishing vesse […]

BORN REDCAR 1880. SON OF WILLIAM WILSON, OF WILLIAM STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE HANNAH MARY WILSON LIVED AT 22 HANSON STREET, REDCAR. HE ENLISTED IN REDCAR. SEVED AS A WHEELER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AT THE 10TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 19/03/1916, AGED 36. HE LEFT A WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WEN […]

BORN HULL 1889. WIFE ANNIE WINCHESTER LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS SECOND HAND, ON THE STEAM TRAWLER, 'SEBASTIAN'. LOST AT SEA ON 22/05/1915, AGED 26, WITH ALL 9 CREW. Sebastian was a 172 GRT steam trawler completed in 1906 by Mackie & Thomson for Hellyer's Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. On May 22nd, 1915, the 'SEBASTIAN' left Hull, and wen […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JAMES WINDAS (1865-1925) AND MARY HARDWICK (1860-1935), OF 1 VANCOUVER CRESCENT, ALEXANDRA ROAD. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A LABOURER. HE MARRIED TABITHA ANN LOFT, AT ST STEPHENS CHURCH, HULL, ON 26/12/1914. THEY LIVED AT 7 ELIS AVENUE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, […]