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BORN HARPHAM, EAST RIDING IN 1891. SON OF FREDERICK WILLIAM AND ANNIE ULLYOTT, FARMERS IN HARPHAM, DRIFFIELD. EX HULL SOLICITOR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (CYCLISTS). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/08/1918, AGED 27. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HE LEFT £426 IN HIS WILL TO […]

Born Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, 26/09/1881. Son of William Jeremiah Uncles (1855-1911) and Sarah Hannah Uncles (858-936), of "IvyDene", 55 Wood Lane, Beverley, Yorkshire (CWGC address). One of four sons and a daughter. an Accountant's Clerk. He served as Company Sergeant Major, 3595. Promoted to Second Lieutenant, in the 4th King's Own Y […]

BORN SUFFOLK 1870. SON OF ALBERT AND MARY UNDERWOOD. A FISHERMAN. MARRIED EMILY FIDDY, AT GREAT YARMOUTH, ON 24/12/1893. HIS WIFE EMILY LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. On December 14th, 1919, the British trawler ISLE OF MAN went missing in the North Sea with all on board. She was not heard of ever since. CREW LOST ON ISLE OF MAN (H826), missing […]

BORN HULL 27/02/1884. SON OF SAMUEL UNDERWOOD (1860-1892) & STEPSON OF ELIZABETH TAYLOR, OF GRIMSBY. A LABOURER. HE LIVED IN GRIMSBY. HE MARRIED EVA RUSHBY, AT ST PAULS CHURCH, GRIMSBY, ON 25/10/1911. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, ELIZABETH AND EVA. HE ENLISTED IN LINCOLN. SERVED WITH THE 1ST LINCOLN REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 25/08/ […]

BORN HULL 29/05/1890. SON OF JOHN & EMILY ELIZABETH UNDERWOOD. HE MARRIED MARGARET MABEL HESSELL (1890-1983), IN HULL, ON 08/08/1914. THEY LIVED AT 16, COTTON TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL & 28a BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). BEFORE ENLISTING IN 1914 HE WAS A SHIP YARD LABOURER AND WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF CHARLES & ELIZABETH, OF 10 GRINDELL STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL. SON OF A LIGHTERMAN. HIS SISTER MARY LIVERSEDGE, LIVED AT 7 AVONDALE, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN WALLSEND-ON-TYNE. SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT NO:41 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 11/04/1917 […]

Born Clay Cross, Derbyshire, 1884. Son of John Henry and Mary Unwin, of Clay Cross, Chesterfield; husband of Lilian Unwin, of 85, Monmouth St., Sheffield (CWGC records). He worked as  a Railway Porter. Enlisted at Nottingham. Formerly 16765, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the 2nd Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment. […]

BORN HULL 17/2/1876. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY UPFOLD (1850-1908), A ROYAL MARINE COLOUR SERGEANT & HIS WIFE MARIA DURHAM (B. 1859) , ST PAUL'S STREET, HULL. WILLIAM WAS AN ONLY CHILD AND THE FAMILY MOVED FREQUENTLY AS PART OF HIS FATHER'S ROYAL MARINE DUTIES. THEY WERE LIVING IN GILLINGHAM,KENT (1891), HULL (1891), STANLEY, YORKS (1901) […]

Born Aberdeen., 1886. Son of Mary Urquhart and the late John Urquhart; husband of Annie Urquhart (nee Stephen), of 9, Braeheads, Fraserburgh. Served in the Mercantile Marine, on the Steam Drifter "Barley Rig" (Buckie). Died on 27/08/1914, aged 28. Buried at Hull Western Cemetery.

BORN CHATHAM 16/07/1898. SON OF LT. RICHARD ALEXANDER, RE'S & LATE ANNIE URRY, OF 73 NEWSTEAD STREET, HULL, AND GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE, UK. A FORMER ENGINEER STUDENT. SERVED IN THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS AND TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED ON 27/04/1918, AGED 20. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COL […]

BORN MOLESCROFT, BEVERLEY, YORKSHIRE 1894. SON OF RICHARD GEORGE USHER (1866-1954) AND ANNIE STEELE (1870-1901), OF 4 MONA AVENUE, CAVE STREET HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE ROSINA MAY USHER AT 5 ALEXANDRA CRESCENT, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A PAINT WORKS, LABLER (1911) AND SALESMA […]

BORN KILNWICK, YORKS, 1886. SON OF GEORGE ROBERT USHER (1851-1933) & MARY ALICE HARRIMAN (1854-1929). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A GROOM IN BRANTINGHAM.  HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE MARRIED EDITH ANN SCROWSTON (1887-1961), AT HULL, IN 1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 04/11/1918, AGED 32. HI […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF CHARLES EDWARD USHER (1867-1944)& MARY USHER (1870-1906), OF 1 WILSON'S TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL.SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HEALSO WORKED ON THE DOCK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 28/02/1917. DESCRIBED AT 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST SIZE. CALLED UP ON 05/07/1917. POSTED TO THE 2/5TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KIL […]

BORN HULL 13/06/1887. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY USHER (1840-1900) AND MARGARET MOVERLEY (1845-1908). HE MARRIED, MARY ALICE ALCOCK (1889-1953), AT HULL, ON 12/08/1911. THEY HAD TWO SONS. SERVED AS AN ENGINEMAN ON THE TRAWLER "KAPHREDA". KILLED BY MINE EXPLOSION, IN THE NORTH SEA, ON 08/06/1916, AGED 29. HIS BODY WAS NOT RECOVERED AND HE IS CO […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ADA ANN LAVINIA LEE (1864-1906) & THE LATE FREDERICK THOMAS USHER (1865-1901). ELDEST OF THE SONS. A HULL POST OFFICE WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED AT NURHANS, GERMANY, ON 16/08/1918. BURIED IN FRANCE. HE LEFT £120 IN HIS WILL TO HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, CLARENCE N […]

Corporal, WILLIAM ERNEST USHER 11/241. Born in Rise, East Yorkshire in 1883 William was the youngest of three children to Thomas and Elizabeth Usher. He had a brother, William and sister, Lilian. He was a Hull Corporation Tram Driver by trade. He married Florence Jane Dickinson, on 9th June 1904 and the couple lived at 60, Folkestone St […]

Born Leven, 1891. Son of Thomas William and Anne Eliza Usher, of Leven. Son of a Farm Labourer. Worked in the Civil Service, for the Post & Telegraph (Subpostmaster Assistant). Married at Sculcoates Hull, on 19/03/1911. Husband of Gertrude Huntsman and one son, also called Charles Bernard Usher. Resided at 5 Glebe Road, Brigg, Lincol […]

Born 1884. Son of John Thomas Uttley and Mary Elizabeth Uttley, of 4 Livingstone Terrace, Symons Street, Hull (1911 Census). He had one sister Mary Emma Uttley. He worked as an Oil Miller in Hull Posted to France, on 17/3/1915. Served in the West Yorkshire Regiment. Discharged on 2 Jun 1917. Awarded the Silver War Badge. Died on 16/02/1 […]

BORN HULL 1885. MARRIED HULL 1911. WIFE LILLIAN UTTON - 8 LEONARD'S AVENUE, COURTNEY STREET. ENLISTED 4TH EYR - HULL 10.5.15, ONE WEEK BEFORE HIS DAUGHTER (WHO HE NEVER KNEW) WAS BORN. IN FEBRUARY 1917 HE WAS DRAFTED TO FRANCE WHERE HE JOINED THE 12TH EYR JUST BEFORE THE ATTACK ON OPPY WOOD. DURING THE ATTACK HE GOT INTO GERMAN FRONT LIN […]

BORN HULL 1891. HIS SURNAME IS ALSO SPELT AS VACCARI. SON OF ARTHUR WALKER VACCARE (1865-1924) & SUSAN BUTCHER (1863-1925), OF 8, HORSHAM TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN SCULCOATES REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 05/08/1915. HIS WIFE ALICE ANN BEADLE (1895-1969) AND HER DAUGHTER, GRACE BEADLE (1912-1999), LIVED AT 92 […]