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BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF JAMES VERNEY & ADA SARAH HEPWORTH, OF 12, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 17, BOTANIC TERRACE, CONVENT LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS. A PAINTER BY TRADE. WORKED FOR J W BAILEY, 3, BAKER STREET, HULL, FOR SIX YEARS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 121 LBS WEIGHT, 34-3 […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ANN MARIA LARTER (1860-1946) & ARTHUR EDWARD WOODS VERTICAN (1859-1937), OF 89 , KENT STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 47, CHURCH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & "EVERSLEIGH", SUTTON ON HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, BERNARD AND HARTLEY AND THREE SISTERS, ELSIE, CLARICE AND IVY. HE WAS A HOLY TRINITY CHOIR BOY AND D […]

Born November 12, 1870, Hull, Yorkshire. Husband of Margaret Vicary, of Peachland, British Columbia. A Fruit grower. He had served in the New Zealand Mounted rifles for three years. Described as 5 foot, 7 inches tall, 36-39 inch chest, grey eyes, dark hair turning grey, Church of England religion. Enlisted on October 21, 1915, at Verno […]

Born at Loughborough, 1890. Second son of Charles William Vick (1860-1931) and Agnes Mabel David (1861-1942), of 175, Chevening Road., Brondesbury, Brent, London. Son of a Baptist Minister. Fourth of five children. Worked as Tourist Officer Clerk and living with parents at 50 Fordwych Road, Cricklewood, Hampstead N W (1911 Census). He […]

BORN HULL 12/02/1887. SON OF MR RUBEN YEOMAN VICKERS (1851-1924) & ANNIE JANE HOLLIS (1857-1903) AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A RAILWAY CLERK. BROTHER TO HAROLD, WINIFRED, VIVIAN AND BASIL. HE LIVED AT 208 STOCKWELL ROAD, CLAPHAM, LONDON. WORKED AS AN ACCOUNTANT'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. JOINED THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. SERVED […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF EMMA VICKERS, OF 92 ROBERT STREET, GRIMSBY. A FORMER SOLDIER. HE HAD SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WARS. HE ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY. SERVED AS CORPORAL, 2078, 5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 01/03/1915. KILLED AT LOOS, ON 13/10/1915, AGED 37. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, EMMA, BROTHERS, WILL […]

BORN SWINTON, NOTTS 1888. SON OF HENRY VICKERS (1850-1914) AND HARRIET RADFORD (1849-1921), OF DAME AGNES STREET, NOTTINGHAM. HIS MOTHER LIVED AT 130 SEVERN STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED NOTTINGHAM. HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, HAVING SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY FOR 12 YEARS ABROAD, INCLUDING CHINA AND […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS VINER (1855-1938) AND MARY ANN TODD (1853-1929), AT 243, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD AN ELDER SISTER, ELIZABETH AND YOUNGER BROTHER, JOHN. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BOTTLER AND GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED, IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 03/05/1916. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIR […]

BORN HULL 30/07/1881. SON OF GEORGE (1854-1926) & EUNICE VINER (1857-1919), OF 4 COLUMBINE TERRACE, VICTOR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. ENLISTED IN THE 3RD EYR ON 14/09/1900 AND SERVED AS A TERRITORIAL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 141 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF HARRY VINSON (ROYAL NAVY) & MARY (VAUGHAN). DROWNED ON 26/02/1916, AGED 22. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.  See HDM 26/02/1916 for full crew. 26 drowned, 3 survived, 8 bodies washed ashore. Dido SS was a British Merchant steamer of 4, […]

Born Hull 1884. Son of George Vinton (1863-1946) and Caroline Hargrave (1864-1937). Son of a coal trimmer at the Patrington and Manchester coal basins. His siblings, were George, Eva, Charles, Caroline, Emily and Selina. The family left Hull and moved to Cadishead, Lancashire, around 1901. He worked as a labourer at CWS Soap works, befor […]

BORN HULL AUGUST 1893. THIRD SON OF JOSEPH VIVIAN (1864-1928) & CLARA SMITH (1865-1932), OF 95, WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL. SON OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AND COMPANY SECRETARY OF THE RED CROSS FISHING FLEET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT BROTHERS. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WORKED AS A SALESMAN FOR MESSRS, PICKERING & HALDANE, AT […]

BORN HULL 1896. HULL PAL. DOW. SON OF JOHN GEORGE & JANE ELIZABETH VOAKES ABOVE & ANLABY PARK. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR J BUSH JEWELLERS. HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED ON THE 19TH JULY BUT WAS RETURNED TO HIS REGIMENT. HE WAS WOUNDED SEVERLEY IN THE STOMACH AND DIED IN HOSPITAL, AGED 19. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS VOAKES (1847-1911) & ANN VOAKES (1848-1903), OF 38, MARMADUKE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE WAS A RADIATOR WORKER, WORKING FOR HULL'S IDEAL STANDARD. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHERS AT 32 PERTH STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL. HE MARRIED MINNIE CARRINGTON, AT HULL, IN 1912. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS AND […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM VOASE AMD ANNIE VOASE, OF 93 WESTBOURNE AVENUE, GATESHEAD (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE LIVED IN GATEHEAD. WORKED AS A BOOTMAKER. HE ENLISTED IN NEWCASTLE. SERVED IN THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/07/1916, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HIS WAR PENS […]

BORN HULL 01/04/1899. SON OF PTE, GEORGE WILLIAM VOKES, NFUS, & MRS ADA BROWN, OF 7, MASON TERRACE, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL. EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTICE PRINTER TO MESSRS. HARLAND, MANOR STREET, HULL. SINGLE MAN. HE ENLISTED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 02/04/1917. SERVED IN FRANCE, FROM 31/03/1918. CAPTURED ON 22/03/1918. DIED […]

BORN LIVERPOOL 06/11/1895. SON OF THOMAS HARRY VOLLER & EMMA VOLLER, OF 18 , ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A WARDEN AT HULL PRISON. EDUCATED IN SHEFFIELD HE WORKED AS A CLERK FOR LLOYDS BANK (SHEFFIELD BRANCH). ALSO RESIDED IN IPSWHICH, SUFFOLK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 15/12/1915. SERVED IN THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. P […]

BORN ST HELENS, LANCASHIRE, 1875. SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH VOSE, OF MILLBROOKE LANE, ECCLESTON, ST HELENS. HE MARRIED ELEANOR DIXON, AT NEWCASTLE, ON 31/07/1897. HIS WIFE ELEANOR VOSE LIVED AT 6 HUDSON STREET, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL. THEY HAD DAUGHTER, ELEANOR, AND TWO SONS, WILLIAM AND JOHN. HE WORKED IN CONFECTIONERY, AS A SUGAR BOI […]

PRIVATE FRANCIS KISH GUY VOWLES 12/1487. Born in December 1898, Francis was the eldest of ten children to Francis Vowles (1871-1961) and Mary Ann Guy (1873-1962), of Long House Farm, Barrow Gurney, Somerset. It appears he must have relocated to Hull sometime between the 1911 Census and his lying about his age in order to enlist in 1915. […]

BORN ANTWERP, BELGIUM, ON 18/07/1884. ARMY INTERPRETER. SON OF MRS SONLEY, OF 116, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN SEPTEMBER, 1917. HIS WIFE KATE OMBLER SONLEY, ALSO LIVED AT 116 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. HE SERVED AS SERGEANT, WITH THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS AND ACTED AS INTERPRETER. REPORTED AS DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AT […]