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BORN HULL 1881. HULL PAL LISTED ON THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY ROH. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN HOSPITAL. LEFT A WIDOW AND CHILD. (HDM 26/5/16) Edwin was the eldest of four children to Edwin and Rebecca Whitfield. He married on 7th February 1903 and he and his wife, Rebecca, lived at 11 Porter Place, Hull with their only child, a daughter, and ye […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF HARRY PARKER & MARY J WHITFIELD, OF 4, GEORGES TERRACE, TADMAN STREET, HULL. EX INSURANCE AGENT FOR LIVERPOOL LIFE ASSURANCE. HIS WIFE KATE WHITFIELD LIVED AT 76 ETON STREET, HULL AND LATER "HALTON" HOUSE, PEARSON PARK, HULL. HE HAD TRANSFERRED FROM THE EYR (CYCLISTS) AND DIED OR WOUNDS, RECEIVED ON 14TH APRIL […]

BORN WEST DERBY, LIVERPOOL, 1886. SON OF ROBERT AND ALICE E.WHITFIELD, AT 35 VAUXHALL ROAD, LIVERPOOL. A BUTCHER SHOP MANAGER. SERVED AS CHIEF STEWARD, IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. DIED AT SEA ON THE 30/04/1918, AGED 31. PROBATE ADDRESS. LEFT £170 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER. The UMBA was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF HENRY & ANNIE WHITFIELD. STEVEDORE LABOURER. BOARDED AT 155 WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/07/1901, AGED 18. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 125 LBS WEIGHT 32.5 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR. EX 8083, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, SOLDIER BEFORE THE WAR. SERVED FOR 7 YEARS IN THE REGU […]

BORN HULL 23/06/1894. SON OF ALBERT ERNEST WHITING (1873-1926) AND MARY ANN "POLLY" CUNNINGHAM (1874-1936), OF 37, HAVELOCK STREET, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE MARRIED AT ST JAMES CHURCH, HULL, IN 1917. HUBAND OF ROSE CHORLTON (1899-1984), OF 261, BOULEVARD, HULL. (NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS). AN ASSISTANT BAKER (1911 CENSUS). HE THEN WO […]

BORN HULL 1874. WIFE KATE WHITING LIVED 126 PLANE STREET. HE IS LISTED ON THE LOCKWOOD STREET MEMORIAL. SON OF JOHN WHITING, TRNITY HOUSE, POSTERNGATE. DEATH REPORTED IN HDM 29/7/18 & 30/7/18. NOTE: ALBERT WHITING, SEAMAN - 135 NEWSTEAD STREET & ARTHUR WHITING -104 NEWSTEAD STREET, & WHITING'S AT 4 DERWENT AVENUE, ETON STRE […]

Born York, 1891. Son of Charles and Alice Whittaker, of Bubwith, Selby, Yorkshire Married on 29 Aug 1916, at Holme upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire. Husband of Hilda at the Blacksmith Arms Hotel, York (War Pension address). A Grocer Assistant. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st 6th Battalion (Territorial), Northumberland Fusiliers. […]

BORN HULL 31/10/1890. ELDEST SON OF FREDERICK WHITTAKER (1858-1916) & GEORGINA TAYLOR (1862-1939). ONE OF TEN SURVIVING CHILDREN, OF 35, BANNISTER BUILDINGS, NAYLORS ROW, HULL (1901 ADDRESS) AND 58, CROWL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) HE MARRIED MARGARET FAIRBANK (1893-1968), AT HULL IN 1914. HUSBAND OF MARGARET (LATER COATES), OF 7, W […]

BORN HULL 27/03/1895. WIFE GERTRUDE WHITTAKER. NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. COMMEMORATED AT CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT. The eighth HMS VANGUARD of the British Royal Navy was a St Vincent class battleship, an enhancement of the ´dreadnought´ design built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. She was launched in April 1909, commissioned into the R […]

Born Hull, 1882. Grandson of Margaret Hopper. Married at St Luke's, Hull, on 20 Jan 1907. His wife Fanny lived at 10, Courtney Street, Hull (Army address) and 1, George Terrace, Kent Street, Holderness Road, Hull(war pension address). They had one son Leonard born on 12/1/1913 and daughter, Alice Maud He was a Postman. Described as 5 f […]

BORN BEVERLEY, 1892. SON OF WILLIAM AND FANNY TAYLOR WHITTAKER, OF 233 GROVEHILL ROAD, BEVERLEY. HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVED AT 20 RAIWAY STREET, BEVERLEY. EMPLOYED AS A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO 847TH LABOUR CORPS. KILLED 12/07/1918. AGED 26. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON BEVER […]

BORN HULL 1874. WIFE JESSIE ABOVE. SON OF WILLIAM & EMMA WHITE, HULL.CWGC ADDRESS. BURIED HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY.

BORN HULL 26/08/1890. KNOWN AS STANLEY. SON OF THOMAS HENRY WHITTINGHAM (1846-1921) & LOUISE CHARLOTTE FOSTER (1845-1924), OF DAVENPORT AVENUE, HESSLE. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HIS BROTHERS, JOHN & ALBAN, BOTH SERVING IN THE ROYAL NAVY, LIVED AT 59, WRIGHT STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL HYMERS COLLEGE. HE WORKED […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF ELI JOHN & M WHITTINGHAM. LISTED ON THE WENLOCK BARRACKS ROH. ERRAND BOY

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JAMES WHITTLE (1861-1937) & SARAH ANN DRESSER (1863-1927) WHITTLE, OF 54, ROSMEAD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A FORMER SOLDIER AND MAURICE WAS ONE OF FIVE SONS SERVING. (ONE IN THE 4TH EYR, TWO SONS IN THE ROYAL ENGINEER'S, AND THE OTHER LATER DISCHARGED TO WORK IN MUNITIONS). THEY ARE […]

Born Hull 1876. Son of William Whittle & Kate (Blakey), of 24 Williamson Street, Hedon Road and 23 Pelham Street, Hull. Husband of Eliza Whittle, at 2, Sydney Grove & at 5, Edward Terrace, Holmes Street, Fountain Road, Hull (War Pension address). A Labourer, by trade. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 3rd East Yorkshire Labo […]

BORN HULL 1889. ELDEST SON OF WALTER AND MARY WHITTLETON, OF 62 , HAVELOCK STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) & 39 SCARBOROUGH STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS WHO ALL LIVED ON HESSLE ROAD. A SINGLE MAN. EMPLOYED AS A TANNER'S LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH C […]

BORN LOCKINGTON, YORKSHIRE, 1881. SON OF LOT WHITTON (1848-1926 )AND JANE WHITTON, OF 37 BROOK STREET, DRIFFIELD. HE HAD A HALF BROTHER ALBERT AND TWO SISTERS, MABLE AND DORA. HE MARRIED ALICE JANE ASHWELL (1878-1929), AT ST MATTHEWS CHIRCH HULL, ON 06/12/1902. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN AT, 4 ST GEORGES AVENUE, REDBOURNE STRE […]

BORN HULL 1890. YOUNGEST SON OF FRANK WHITTON (1857-1932) & ANNIE BARBER (1857-1935), AT 2, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, 98, DIVISON ROAD, HULL AND 8, CAMPBELL TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A FISH PACKER, AT HULL DOCKS. HE WAS A MANAGER OF A WHOLESALE FISH BUSINESS, IN SWANSEA. […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF JOHN & MARY ANN WHITTY, NEWARK, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE & ABOVE ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS. IS BURIED AT LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY, MORBECQUE, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "HE DIED THAT THOSE HE LOVED MIGHT LIVE". Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE THOMAS ARTHUR WHITTY […]