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BORN HULL 1888. FOURTH  SON OF EDWARD THOMAS WILCOX (1854-1930) & THE LATE ELIZA LEE (1854-1909), OF 15, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4, MATLOCK VILLAS, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK STEVEDORE. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS MOTHER, DIED ON 28/12/1909. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE WAS 5 FOOT TALL, […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF EDWARD THOMAS WILCOX (1854-1930) & THE LATE ELIZA LEE (1854-1909) OF 15, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4, MATLOCK VILLAS, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK STEVEDORE. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WAS AN APPRENTICE MOTOR MECHANIC. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 11/12/1914. TRAINED […]

BORN BIRKENHEAD, CHESHIRE, ON 07/06/1888. SON OF WILLIAM E. AND ANNIE WILCOX. ELDEST OF THREE CHILDREN. A FORMER BANK CLERK. HE SERVED AS A CAPTAIN IN THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. HE MARRIED ELLEN McGILL, AT BIRKENHEAD, CHESHIRE, IN 1916. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, IN IRELAND ON 13/02/1919, AGED 31. HE LEFT £449 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW ELLEN, […]

BORN BEVERLEY 19/02/1892. SON OF JAMES WILD (1840-1912) & MARY SANDERS (1847-1918), OF 8 ASH TREE GROVE, HOME CHURCH LANE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING. SON OF A RETIRED COAL MERCHANT. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS AN ACCOUNTS CLERK FOR MR SCOTT, ACCOUNTANTS, HULL. FATALLY WOUNDED AT YPRES. THE 2ND LIFE GUARDS BAT […]

BORN HULL 26/06/1889. SON OF THOMAS WILDBORE (1865-1937) AND JESSIE DUNCAN (1867-1949). FROM A FISHING FAMILY. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN AND NINE BROTHERS (JAMES, HAROLD, THOMAS, RICHARD, ALBERT, ERNEST, HARRY AND SYDNEY). A FISH DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN APRIL 1909. HIS WIFE GENESTA WILSON (1889-1988) AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 12 E […]

BORN HULL 1878. ONLY SON OF JAMES WILDBORE (1845-1908) & SUSANNAH BUOY (1848-1907). HE HAD FIVE SISTERS. HE MARRIED ANNIE SEWELL (1878-1966), AT SCULCOATES REGISTRY OFFICE, HULL, ON 15/08/1908. EX MILLER'S CLERK. HIS WIFE ANNIE SEWELL, AND TWO SONS, LIVED AT 86 EDGECUMBE STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORD ADDRESS. […]

BORN MIDDLESBOROUGH 1877. ENLISTED MIDDLESBOROUGH. LIVED IN HULL. DIED 13/02/1915, AGED 38. BURIED SOUCHEZ, FRANCE

Hull Pals Memorial Post. CORPORAL, THOMAS ABBOTT WILDE, MM, 25089. Born in the summer of 1880, Thomas was the fourth of six children to William Henry Wilde (1850-1906) and Elizabeth Abbott (1852-1926), of 29 Hopwood Street, Hull (CWGC address). He had four sisters and one brother. His entry into the world was already tinged with tragedy. […]

Born Canterbury, Kent 1888. Son of Mrs Annie Rowe, of 12, Marine Parade, Hythe, Folkestone, Kent (War pension address) A regular soldier, serving  in India, with the 2nd Black Watch (1911 Census). He enlisted in Hull when war began. Served in the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd Bn. Killed in action, on 09/05/1915, aged 24, Buried at […]

Born Whitby, Yorkshire, 1895. Husband of Elsie Annie Wilding, of 5, The Square, East Morton, Bingley, Yorkshire. They had two children. A Waggoner (farm). He enlisted in Hull, in 1912. Formerly, Private,1332, Yorkshire Regiment. Posted to France, on 10th September 1915. Transferred to the 2/5th Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Reg […]

BORN HULL 01/07/1878. SON OF JAMES EXON WILEMAN & SUSANNAH COX (1840-1895). KNOWN AS "YOUNG SCAMP" ON THE HULL FISH DOCKS. HE WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE NEWLAND ORPHANAGE. HIS SISTER SUSSANAH (WILEMAN) WILKINSON LIVED AT 85 , WELLSTED STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD BEEN AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL (DSM) FOR HIS MINESWE […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF TOM DUNN WILES & FLORENCE MARY WILES, 48 PERRY STREET, HULL. SON OF A CORPORATION INSPECTOR. EMPLOYED AS A GROCERS ASSISTANT. ENLISTED HULL, ON 16/03/1918. DESCRIBED AS SIX FEET TALL, 153 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST, BROWN HAIR AND GREY EYES. JOINED THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION IN ITALY, ON 28 […]

BORN MARKET WEIGHTON, 1886. SON OF FREDERICK WILES & MARY JANE DODSON, OF CHERRY BURTON, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE WAS ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HIS WIFE, MABEL, LIVED AT NEWLAND, HULL. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A WIREMAN AND HULL POST OFFICE WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. ATTACHED TO G.H.Q. SIGNAL COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS.  KILLE […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JAMES & MARIA WILES.

BORN BEVERLEY 1883. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM & AGNES WILES, BEVERLEY. WIFE LAURA WILES ABOVE. HE HAD ONLY BEEN IN THE FRONT LINE FOR ONE WEEK BEFORE HE KILLED IN ACTION. EX HESSLE ROAD BUTCHER. HIS PHOTO APPEARS IN THE HDM ON 17/10/1916.

BORN HULL 16/11/1897. SON OF ROBERT WILES (1874-1927) & ADA CLAYTON (1877-1954), OF 5, JAMES SQUARE, HODGSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS & ARMY RECORDS) AND 1, KATES TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN H […]

Thomas Wiles, was born on the 4th of June 1895 in Holme upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire. Son of Matthew Woodall Wiles (1853-1931) and Mary Ann Wilson (1856-1931). He had two brothers and five sisters. In 1911, he still lived with his parents at Water End and was a farm labourer. Described as 5 foot, 9 inches tall, 124 lbs weight, 34-36 i […]

Private Thomas William Wiles 28858 (1878-1918) 6th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment Thomas was born Nafferton in 1876, the son of William Wiles and Sarah Ann Wiles nee Hocknell, who lived in Village Street, Bewholme. He was one of six children, George born in 1871, Mary in 1872, Fred in 1874, Catherine in 1878 and Walter in 1880. Th […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1872.  SON OF AUGUSTUS WILGEROTH (1837-1883) AND MARY JANE SULLIVAN (1842-1902). A FORMER SOLDIER. HE SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. (HDM 04/09/1916) AND IN CIVILIAN LIFE HE WORKED AS A COOK AT THE LOCAL GAS WORKS. HE ALSO HAD SERVED PREVIOUSLY AS ABLE SEAMAN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS OWEN WILGEROTH, ROYAL NAVY. HE MARRIED ESTHER ANN H […]

BORN ABERDEEN 1894. LIVED SOUTH SHIELDS, DURHAM. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. JUPITER SS was a British Merchant Cargo steamer of 2,124grt built for Hessler Shipping Co. (Jacob Hessler & Co,), West Hartlepool by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co, Greenock. In 1915 she was purchased by W. R. Bradley, Hul […]