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BORN HULL 1893. JOSEPH CLAIR BETTS WEST. SON OF JOHN EDWARD (TED) 1857-1933 & SARAH WEST (1860-1923), OF "BURNS HOUSE" ETON STREET. HE MARRIED AT ST BARNABAS CHURCH IN 1915. HUSBAND OF  FLORENCE MAUD WADDY (1895-1983), OF 17 ETON STREET, HESLE ROAD, HULL (1918 ABSENT VOTERS). A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS CORPORAL I […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN ROBERT WEST (1863-1910) & SARAH ELIZABETH WEST (1862-1909), OF 20 YORK STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HIS SISTER, MRS EMMA MARTIN, LIVED AT NOS 3 & 15 BRIGHTON TERRACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. DECRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 12 […]

BORN READING, 1887. SON OF DAVID WEST (1853-1891) & EMILY BUNCE (183-1927), OF 26 CONNAUGHT ROAD, READING. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND A SISTER.  A PRINTER MACHINE MINDER IN READING (1911 CENSUS). SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS STATE THAT HE RESIDED IN HULL. HE ENLISTED IN READING. SERVED WITH THE 2ND ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT (1911 CENSUS).  P […]

Born Fulstow, Lincolnshire, 1891. Son of Espin West (1845-1908) and Mary Dobson, of Fulstow, Lincolnshire. He had a brother Henry Francis West and sisters, Margaret Lucy Broughton and Elsie Ellen Tanner. He lived in Burstwick, working as a horseman on a farm and labourer. Described as 5 foot, 4 inches tall, chest size 37-38 inches, 13 […]

BORN HULL 1883. PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, SON OF AMELIA & THE LATE WILLIAM ALEXANDER WEST. LIVED WOOLWICH, LONDON IN 1901 CENSUS.

Born Etton, East Yorkshire, 1878. Second son of Charles and Elizabeth West, of Etton, Beverley, Yorkshire. Second of seven children. Employed as a Farm labourer, at Hay Wold, North Dalton (1911 Census) Enlisted Driffield. Served with the 4th Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales' Own). Died of wounds, as a Prisoner of war, on […]

BORN HULL 1894.  SON OF HENRY WEST (1844-1911) & SARAH DOUGLAS (1855-1930), OF 6, KING'S CROSS TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL. SON OF A NER RAILWAY LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A BRICKLAYERS LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AT SANDERSON'S PAINT WORKS, ENGLISH STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. DIED […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY WEST, FROM HULL & LIVING IN MOSS SIDE, MANCHESTER. HE HAD SERVED FOR 3 YEARS IN THE LANCASHIRE TERRITORIAL REGIMENT. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. WORKED AS A TRAMWAY EMPLOYEE. HE MARRIED, MISS IRENE PEARL INGHAM, ON10/10/1915, AT ST LEONARD'S, NEW SOUTH WALES. LIVED AT 80 CHANDOS STREET, SYDNEY. HE ENL […]

BORN HULL 11/09/1898. SON OF CHARLES HENRY WEST (1861-1909) AND MRS DRUSILLA ANNE O'DELL (1861-1941), OF 8 HAROLDS TERRACE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL (NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS). A TRIMMER, ON THE TRAWLER "CHRYSOLITE". DIED OF LOBAR PNEUMONIA, AT HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY, ON 29/12/1916, AGED 19. HE LEFT TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HIS NAME […]

BORN HULL 26/12/1890. SON OF THOMAS WEST (1865-1920) & CHARLOTTE EMILY TINDLE (1864-1937), OF 1 CUTHBERT STREET, GREAT UNION STREET, HULL. (1901 CENSUS) AND 18 SEWARD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).  ONE OF  9 CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, HE MARRIED, LILY DEVANEY (1891-1978), AT HULL, ON 26/12/1913. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED […]

BORN HULL 1885. A HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER. SON OF GEORGE THOMAS WEST (1844-1931) & ANN ELIZABETH GIBSON (1852-1929), OF 19 MIDDLETON STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS AN INSURANCE AGENT AND COLLECTOR. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HIS BROTHER, CLEMENT WAS A CLEGYMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 12935, KING'S […]

BORN SKIRLAUGH 1894. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF MRS MARTHA ANN WEST. A FARM LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE HULL PALS. DIED ON THE SOMME, ON 14/07/1916. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER, MARTHA ANN BOWMAN. Somme - The 8th East Yorkshires spent the following weeks al […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF THOMAS WEST (1865-1920) & CHARLOTTE EMILY TINDLE (1864-1937), OF 1, CUTHBERT STREET, GREAT UNION STREET, HULL. (1901 CENSUS) AND 18, SEWARD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF THREE BROTHERS LOST IN THE WAR. LIKE HIS FATHER GEORGE WAS A BRICKLAYER BY TRADE. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE, MATILDA BARWICK (1888-1962) AN […]

BORN MARKET WEIGHTON, 1893. SON OF JOHN WEST (1865-1918) & LOUISA JACKETTS (1868-1966), OF 62 BALFOUR STREET, HULL AND 11, SOUTHCOATES LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, JOHN PENROSE WEST (1890-1915) WHO DIED IN HULL, ON 27/10/1915, AGED 25 AND THREE SISTERS, LOUISA, AMELIA AND EDITH, LIVING AT GRANVILLE HOUSE […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF GEORGE RICHARD & MARY ANN WESTCOTT, OF 29 WINDMILL STREET, GRAVESEND, KENT. HULL HE JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY IN 1899 AGED 15 AND IS LISTED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. Calypso SS was a 2,876grt British Merchantship built in 1904 by Earle's SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull and owned by T. Wilson, Sons & Co […]

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 […]