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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 Wakefield, 1895.  Son of William Henry Woodhead and Mrs. Hannah Woodhead (1858-1941), of 2, Gaskell Street, Lawfield Lane, Wakefield (CWGC address). He had two brothers and two sisters. A Milk Salesman. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 6th KOYLI. Killed in action, on 07/09/1915, aged 19. Buried in Belgium.

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 (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A MACHINE PAINTER. HE HAD ALSO SERVED 8 YEARS WITH THE NO […]

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 […]

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 OF A BAKER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. STEPHEN WORKED AS A CARPENTER & JOINER IN HULL, LIVING AT 5, RICHMOND TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED ALICE MARY OWST, IN HULL, IN […]

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, OF 6, NABURN STREET, HULL AND 7, SELBY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A PAINTER'S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE. ATTACHED TO THE 150TH TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY. KILLED AT MAMETZ, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE […]

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 […]