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BORN HEDON 1888. MARRIED AT PATRINGTON, IN 1913. HUSBAND OF OCTAVIA WALGATE HARNESS, OF BUSH FARM, OTTRINGHAM, HULL, SON OF ATHELSTAN WEBSTER (1855-1912) & JANE HUME WEBSTER (1855-1914), OF ELSTERWICK. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER, WITH THE ROYAL ENGINEERS AND 25TH DIVIDIONAL SIGNAL COMPANY. KILLE […]

BORN EASTRINGTON 1898. SON OF ALBERT WEBSTER (1864-1916) & LYDIA BOYNTON (1867-1926). LIVED IN COTTINGHAM (1901 CENSUS), EASTRINGHAM (1911 CENSUS) & BEVERLEY. HIS FATHER WAS A POLICE CONSTABLE, WHO ALSO DIED IN 1916. HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, GEORGE AND THREE SISTERS, ELIZABETH, LILIAN AND ELEANOR. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN FRANC […]

Born Welwick, East Yorkshire, on 27/03/1893. Son of John Thomas Webster (1858-1924) and Elizabeth Dobson, of Hull Road, Easington. Son of a shepherd. He had two sisters, Agnes and Edith and one brother, Allen Webster. He worked as a Farm Hand. He enlisted in West Hull. Posted to France, on 24/08/1915. Served as Gunner John Alfred Webste […]

BORN MYTON, HULL, 1862. SON OF ALFRED WEBSTER (1831-1910) & MARY ANN BROWN (1840-1905). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, GEORGE (1860-1941). HE MARRIED AT SHEFFIELD, IN 1903, AGED 41. HIS WIFE, ALICE ELLIS (1863-1931), LIVED AT 106 ABBEY VIEW ROAD, WOODSEATS, SHEFFIELD. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. A FORMER SOLDIER, INSURANCE COLLECTOR AND JOINER. H […]

Born on 10th October 1895, Leonard was the seventh of ten children to Charles (1857-1936) and Emma May Webster (1859-1941) of Cottingham, Hull. His father ran the "Tiger Inn" pub in Cottingham. He worked as a Butcher before the war and lived in Cottingham. He queued to enlist on 1st September 1914 joining the fledgling 10th Battalion E […]

BORN GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE 17/12/1884. SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD BAILEY WEBSTER (1846-1912) AND ROSE HANNA CHANCE (1856-1927). HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1897. HIS WIFE ADA MAY JOHNSON (1890-1931), LIVED AT 35 GORDON AVENUE, PERTH STREET, HULL. A SIGNALLER, LOST AT SEA, ON 20/02/1918, AGED 33. SS Huntsmoor, built by Flensburger Schiffbau Ges., Flen […]

BORN ST HELENS, LANCASHIRE, 1888. LIVED HULL. SON OF GEORGE WEBSTER (1847-1915) AND MARTHA McCARROLL (1851-1933), OF GREENFIELD ROAD, ST HELENS, LANCASHIRE. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WAS A SHOP ASSISTANT, LIVING AT 344 BOULEVARD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE MARRIED LILIAN MAUD KING, AT HULL, IN 1913. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH […]

BORN GILBERDYKE 1882. ONLY SON OF ROBERT WEDDALL (1839-1893) & ESTHER SIMPSON (1847-1928), OF BRIDLINGTON AND 269 ANLABY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HIS FATHER WHO WAS A FARMER AND DIED IN 1893, LEAVING A FORTUNE. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, HARRIET, MARY ANN AND EMILY AND THEY ALL LIVED BY PRIVATE MEANS. […]

BORN GATESHEAD, 1888. SON OF GEORGE WEDDELL & MARGARET JOHNSON WEDDELL, OF DURHAM. WIFE ELIZABETH WEDDELL, OF 2 LEE BUILDINGS, GRANGE VILLA, DURHAM. A RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE FIREMAN. HE ENLISTED AT CHESTER LE STREET, DURHAM. SERVED WITH THE 1.8TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/09/1916, AT THE BATTLE OF ANCRE, FRANCE. HIS […]

Listed on the Hull Grammar School WW1 Roll of Honour. Born Horfield, Gloucester, 1900. Enlisted Bristol. Joined the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) and posted to 1st/22nd Bn. London Regiment. Son of Edward and Kate Weeks, of 31, Ash Road., Horfield, Bristol. He was killed in action on 30/08/1918, aged 18.

Born Brixton, Surrey, 1880. Son of Henry C and Annie M L Weight. Married 1902 to Emerline Sarah Kent, 7 Buckingham Street, Marylebone West London. Worked as a Railway Clerk. Father of Miss Winifred Weight, of 6, Daleham Gardens, Hampstead, London.CWGC address. Buried in Hull Western cemetery. Grave ref: 537. 51859

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF DAVID & MARY WELBON. LISTED AS J WELBON ON CLIFTON ST SCHOOL ROH. NB: WILLIAM WELBORN - 12 PARK TERRACE, ALEXANDRA ST.

BORN BEVERLEY 1886. SON OF JAMES MATHEW & EMMA (BOWSER). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. MARRIED ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH, HULL ON 29/09/1912. WIFE EMILY BILLANY FORMERLY WELBOURN AND DAUGHTER MARY LIVED AT 29 ECCLES STREET, COTTINGHAM AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A SOLICITOR'S CLERK & RAILWAY LEDGERMAN. ENLISTED HULL 10/12/1915.SERVED IN FRANCE AS Q […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1894. SON OF JAMES MATHEW & EMMA (BOWSER), BEVERLEY. MARRIED JANE BIRD IN HULL 1912. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

BORN ETTON, YORKSHIRE 1896. SON OF HENRY AND HARRIET WELBOURN, OF WYTON, EAST RIDING. WORKED AS A FARM HAND IN WEST ELLA WITH HIS UNCLE (1911 CENSUS). MOVED TO ASHBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE. ENLISTED STOKE ON TRENT. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 2/6TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE […]

BORN HULL 1895. LIVED 7 QUEENSGATE VILLAS, BEVERLEY  (1911 CENSUS). SON OF  CHARLES & ELIZABETH WELBOURN WHO LIVED AT 25, Sandown Rd., Seaforth, Liverpool. (CWGC RECORDS). SERVED WITH THE 4TH LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. KILLED ON 25/09/1917, AGED 23. BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "HIS MEMORY IS AS DEAR TO-DAY AS IN THE H […]

BORN HULL 1889. PARENTS CHARLES & ELIZABETH WELBOURN LIVED IN LIVERPOOL. LISTED ON COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL.

BORN BROUGH 1876. LIVED HULL. MOTHER MARTHA WELBOURNE LIVED AT 11 FLORENCE AVENUE, KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS), WAS A RAILWAY PORTER. A SINGLE MAN WHO LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER AND LODGERS AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 11/12/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 17/04/1917. SERVED A […]

BORN HULL 1886.A COOPER BY TRADE. HIS WIFE, MINNIE WELBURN, LIVED AT 4, MONTROSE AVENUE, MONTROSE STREET, HULL. ENLISTED BEVERLEY.  SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/07/1916, AGED 30. COMMEMORATED AT YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, BELGIUM HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 03/05/1917.  

BORN KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK 1887.  KNOWN AS  'BERT'. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM & ANNIE BLANCHE WELBURN, OF 20, MOXON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. A FORMER SOLDIER. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 14/08/1914. SERVED AS A BOMBARDIER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED ON 06/04/1917, AGED 29. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL D […]