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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 […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1887. SON OF JOHN EDWARD WOODTHORPE AND ISABELLA DAVIS. TANNER'S LABOURER. MARRIED 1910. HUSBAND OF FLORRIE GAMSBY, 2 CLIFFORD COTTAGES, WALKERGATE, BEVERLEY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 17/07/1916, AGED 29. HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM AT LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL RO […]

BORN HULL 1893. AKA 'TOMMIE'. SON OF ROBERT WILLIAM EDWARD WOODWARD (1848-1918) & MARIA WOODWARD, OF 1 SYLVESTER GROVE, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A SUGAR BOILER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRES IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED AND PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN THE 3RD EYR. […]

BORN HESSLE, HULL 1897. SON OF HENRY WOODWARD (1860-1927) & FRANCES KATE GODWIN (1861-1927), OF 31 MASON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). BROTHERS HENRY, CHARLES, WILLIAM AND PERCY WOODWARD AND SISTER, KITTY, OF 31 MASON STREET. WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY AND COMPOSITOR IN A PRINTING WORKS. ENLISTED HULL, 04/12/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE 02/07/ […]

BORN NEWINGTON, HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM & ELLEN MAUD WOODWARD, 6 NABURN STREET, HULL AND 7, SELBY STREET, HULL. A PAINTER'S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE, TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY. KILLED AT MAMETZ, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO BOTH PARENTS AND HIS COUSIN, ETHEL […]

BORN BARTON ON HUMBER, 1891. SON OF HENRY WOODWARD (1860-1927) & FRANCES KATE GOODWIN (1861-1927), AT 31 MASON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WMPLOYED AS A PACKER IN THE LOCAL LEAD WORKS, MESSERS, HARGREAVES, OF GIPSYVILLE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INF […]

BORN HULL 1888. HE MARRIED ANNIE PARKINSON IN HULL IN 1909. EMPLOYED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HIS WIFE ANNIE AND 4 CHILDREN LIVED AT 12 NORTH EASTERN COTTAGES, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND LOWER UNION STREET HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EYR. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/07/1915, AGED 28. HIS DEATH AND LOWER UNION S […]

BORN LOCKINGTON 1875. SON OF ROBERT & JANE WOOLL. LIVED BEVERLEY. LIEUTENANT AND QUARTER MASTER OF THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS HAD RISEN THROUGH THE RANKS. ENLISTED AT 17 YEARS OLD IN THE IST BATTALION AND RETIRED AFTER 21 YEARS SERVICE. HE POSSESSED THE NILE EXPEDITION MEDAL 1898. SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEDALS 1899- 1902, THE MOHAN EXPE […]

BORN LEEDS 1899. SON OF HENRY & ELIZABETH AGNES WOOLLARD. LIVED WITH SISTER MRS A. D. CARTER, IN HEDON. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 20096 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/10/1917, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS GUARDIAN, JOSEPH WILLIAM HOWARD AT THIS PENSION LEDGE […]

BORN HULL 1877. A HULL HAIRDRESSER. WELL KNOWN IN THE DRYPOOL AREA. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL PALS), IN 1914. MARRIED WIFE KATIE ANNIE (WALLIS), AT HULL, IN 1915. LIVED AT 4 HOLDERNESS AVENUE, HYDE PARK, LEEDS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 24/11/1916, AGED 39. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HI […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF FRANCIS WOOLLOCK & EMILY (SCOTT). MARRIED 13/06/1908. FIRST WIFE, FRANCES HYLAND, DIED 1914. REMARRIED 1917. SECOND WIFE, LETTICE AMELIA HAMPTON LIVED AT 89 , WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL,. HE WORKED IN ROCHDALE AND OLDHAM. ENLISTED IN ROCHDALE, JOINING THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS ON 01/09/1914. HE SERVED IN EGYPT. WO […]

BORN HODDESDON, HERTS. 1877. WIFE SARAH WOOLMER LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. FISHERMAN. On 27/05/1915 the Hull steam trawler SOUTHWARD HO (H456) was lost with all hands due to enemy action 88 miles E.x N. of Spurn Head. Also reported as Missing, lost all hands. Vessel built in 1899 by Doig & Broadley. PEOPLE ON BOARD FISHING VESSEL 'S […]

PRIVATE, ALBERT DALE WOOMBLE, 12/1103. Born IN Hull, 1896, Albert was the eldest son of James Woomble (1872-1949) and Meady Thompson (1876-1945), of 11 Lockwood Street, Hull. Son of a Blacksmith striker, he had five brothers and three sisters. Albert was a Hull brewery labourer, who enlisted in the Hull Pals, on 6th November 1914. His […]

BORN HULL 26/09/1893. SON OF WILLIAM AND CAROLINE WORALL, OF 7, LEO TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, (CWGC & NAVAL ADDRESS). SON OF A RETIRED POLICEMAN. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MERCHANT CLERK, LIVING AT 110 WATERLOO STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED IN THE DRAKE BATTALION, ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION. DIED ON THE 02/01/1918, AGED 25. BURIE […]

BORN HULL 1889. ENLISTED ST PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX. KIA. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS F WORKMAN & ROSINA ANNIE WORKMAN - 10 PRIORY STREET, & 1 BAYMAN PLACE, CAMDEN. EX CAR MAN.

BORN HULL 20/3/1876. SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD & ANNIE ELIZABETH WORMALD. MARRIED 4/02/1901. HIS WIFE ELLEN ANN HIGGS AND FOUR CHILDREN LIVED AT 48 ALICIA STREET AND AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS LABOURER AT A PAINT FACTORY BEFORE THE WAR. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX 26619, EYR. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT SHEFFIELD. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS WID […]

BORN HULL 02/07/1896. SON OF HENRY (HARRY) WORNER (1861-1923) AND SUSANNAH DODSWORTH (1861-1904). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. THE LARGE FAMILY LIVED AT 221, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS) & 2, YORK STREET, HULL. A FORMER LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 10/05/1915. SERVED AS AN ABLE SEAMAN, IN THE ROYAL NAVY DIVISION, […]