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BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE THOMAS & GERTRUDE WOODBRIDGE AT 53 RODNEY STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND MARY ELLEN'S TERRACE. HE WAS THE ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SON OF A CABINET AND CHAIR MAKER. HE WORKED ON HULL'S CENTRAL DRY DOCK AND WAS MEMBER OF THE R.A.O.B. HIS WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH (ROWE) AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, LIVED AT TH […]

BORN HUNMANBY, YORKSHIRE, 1889. SON OF HENRY & EMILY WWODCOCK, OF 'SUNBURY' HUNMANBY, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRES IN 1915, WHERE HE WAS SHELLED IN THE OPEN FOR FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS. HE WAS GASSED AND A BULLET PASSED THROUGH HIS CAP. HE SAID THE GERMAN ARTILLERY WAS VERY GOOD AND COULD HIT ANYTHING. THEY HAD […]

BORN STOCKTON, DURHAM, 1886. SON OF AGNES WOODCOCK. HIS WIFE KATE & TWO SONS, LIVED AT 4 NORTON GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1 CLOVELLY AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL. A HOUSE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 4/16826, 61ST TRAINING BATTALION. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUND […]

BORN LIVERSEDGE, YORKSHIRE, 1894. SON OF PERCY BROOKE WOODCOCK & MARY ANN WOODCOCK, OF 5, BARMSTON STREET, HULL, 1, BREWERY HOUSE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES) AND 99, NEWCOMEN STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO DONALD, GERTRUDE AND CLARICE. A STOCK CLERK. HE LIVED IN HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 36.5 INCH […]

BORN NORWICH 1876. ONLY SON OF ZACHARIA WOODCRAFT (1848-1899) & ELIZA ANN BARKER (1847-1941), OF 4, 'THE HAVEN', GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, EMILY AND ELLEN. THE FAMILY HAD BEEN LIVING IN HULL SINCE 1881. HE WORKED AT THE RECKITTS STARCH WORKS, FOR 26 YEARS AND LIVED AT 26, THOMAS STREET, HULL, WIT […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM& ANNIE WOODFIELD. ARMY ADDRESS -26 ARUNDLE STREET. NO CWGC RECORD OF DEATH. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE FREDERICK WILLIAM WOODIFIELD 33117. Born 1898, the eldest of three children and only son of John and Annie Woodifield of 34 Kent Street, Holderness Road, Hull. Frederick was a Box Cutter by trad […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOSEPH TOMLINSON & ALICE WOODHALL, HULL. (1901 CENSUS). EDUCATED IN HULL. HE RESIDED IN MANCHESTER. ENLISTED IN HULL. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARRAS, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. Arras Battle, April 1917 - The 1/4th East Yorkshires did not go into the line un […]

BORN HULL 29/01/1881. SON OF GEORGE WOODHEAD (1854-1927) & ANNIE WHITFIELD (1856-1943), OF 2 HOLBORN TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL. HE WENT TO SEA ON 10/05/1900, AGED 19. WORKED AS A FITTER AT ARGYLL MILLS, HULL. DESCRIBED AS DARK HAIR, HAZEL EYES, SALLOW COMPLEXION, THREE SCARS ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD AND TATTOOS ON FOREARM. SERVE […]

BORN PETERBOROUGH, NORTHAMPTON, 23/04/1876. SON OF SARAH MALLOWS AND JAMES WOODHOUSE (1834-1918). A TRAWLERMAN. HUSBAND OF MARY WOODHOUSE, LIVED AT 10 MARYS TERRACE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL AND 6 FILEY PARADE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED AS A TRIMMER, ON THE TRAWLER, "MACKENZIE", WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. FOUND DRO […]

BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS EDWIN WOODMANCEY (1868-1928) & GERTRUDE MARIA WOODMANCEY (1869-1940), OF THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A FISH DOCK LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS. LOST WHEN THE 'KESTREL' SANK IN A COLLISION WITH THE GRIMSBY TRAWLER 'HYDRA', ON 21/02/1915, AGED 22. SEVEN LIVES WERE LOST. HIS DEATH AND […]

Born Tickton, 1889. Son of John and Jane Eley Woodmancey. A Farm Cattleman. He enlisted at Driffield. Formerly 1093, Army Service Corps. Transferred to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 2/4th Battalion (Territorial Force). Killed in action on 26/10/1917, aged 28. His army effects were left to his mother, Jane. He is commemorated o […]

BORN HORNSEA, 1876. SON OF JOHN AND ELEANOR ANN WOODMANSEY, OF HULL. SON OF A JOINER. EMPLOYED AS A TIME SERVED BRIDGE CARPENTER. HE MARRIED, MARGARET MARY MOFFAT, FROM 28 REDBOURNE STREET, HULL, ON 02/06/1898. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN. HE LIVED AT 14 PRETORIA STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 8 TORRINGTON VILLAS, FRANKLIN STREET, HULL. HE EM […]

BORN HULL 1899. FOURTH SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WOODMANSEY (1860-1937) & ELIZABETH WOODMANSEY (1866-1953), OF 6, WELLINGTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS.) THE FIFTH OF SIX CHILDREN. AT THE AGE OF TWELVE, HE WON A SCHOLARSHIP FROM SALTHOUSE LAND SCHOOL TO ATTEND HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LEICESTER STREET, FOR FOUR YEARS. HE WORKED IN THE OFFI […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1896. SON OF TOM WOODMANSEY & ISABELLA ADA CHAPMAN, OF 36 LUKES STREET, HULL. AND 35 DAY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS. BROTHER TO JOHN, HARRY AND DORA. A HORSEMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 06/12/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION […]

BORN SOUTH HEIGHAM, NORWICH 1884. SON OF JOHN SAMUEL WOODROW (1846-1923) & FRANCES (KILLIGREW) WOODROW, AT 5 COZENS ROAD, THORPE, NORWICH (1911 CENSUS) AND 9 ST GEORGES AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A MACHINE PAINTER. SERVED 8 YEARS IN THE ARMY, WITH THE NORFOLK REGIMENT AND 4 YEAR […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. SGT ERNEST WILLIAM WOODS 12/1297. Born 26th April 1880, Ernest was the youngest of two sons to Thomas and Matilda Woods of 18 St James Square, Hull. A Brush maker by trade. On 07th July 1910, he married Annie Jeanette Gospel (1888-1966) at the St Barnabas Church, Hull. The couple moved to 1 Humber Road, North […]

HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ANLABY WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, WILSON STREET, ANLABY.

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY WOODS AND MARY ANN WOODS. A CRANE DRIVER FOR THE HULL AND BARNSLEY RAILWAYS. HE JOINED THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 18/05/1908. SERVED IN THE RESERVES. MARRIED LOUISA MAUD (NEAL), IN HULL, IN 1914. HE WASS RECALLED FOR SERVICE ON 05/08/1914. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REG […]

BORN HULL 08/01/1885. SON OF EDWARD WOODS (1850-1916) & MARY ANN WOODS, (1848-1938), OF 66, SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL. SON A BAKER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. STEPHEN WORKED AS A CARPENTER & JOINER IN HULL, LIVING AT 5, RICHMOND TERRACE, SCULCAOTES LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED ALICE MARY OWST, IN HULL, IN 19 […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1890. SON OF JOHN EDWARD WOODTHORPE AND ISABELLA DAVIS. A LABOURER. ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ISABELLA. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE B […]