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BORN GOOLE 1882. SON OF RICHARD WILKINSON AND CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH PEASE (1858-1909), OF 4 ALBERT STREET, GOOLE. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, AND FOUR SISTERS. A HULL DOCKER. AND WAREHOUSE FOREMAN OF MESSRS, AIRE & CALDER, DRYPOOL HE MARRIED SARAH ELLEN O'BRIEN, AT GOOLE, ON 05/12/1903, AGED 21. SARAH ELLEN (AKA NELLIE SMITH) WILKINSON, LIV […]

Born Hull 1882. Son of John Wilkinson (1842-1903) and Harriet Easter Lee (1841-1899), of Hull. he had four brothers and six sisters. He enlisted in Windsor, London on 15/03/1900.  A time expired Coldstream Guardsman. Served 12 years, including in the South African Campaign. Worked as an Oil Mill Labourer. Married Gertrude Naylor (188 […]

BORN SEATON, HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM WILKINSON (1862-1930) & JANE KEITH (1867-1931), OF SEATON, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHER AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT BUTCHER, FOR HENRY CLAYTON, IN HORNSEA. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/11/1916, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARM […]

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY WILKINSON (1853-1896) AND MARY ANN ELSEY (1854-1925), AT AT 9 SOUTH VIEW, ST GEORGE'S ROAD, HULL AND 115 WALTON STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. 115 WALTON STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE AGNES JANE & TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT 1 HODGE STREET, DRYPOOL AND 66 , WHEELER STREET, HULL (WAR PEN […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JANE BUXTON (1871-1946) AND DAVID GEORGE WILKINSON (1872-1938), OF COURTNEY STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER. MARRIED ROSE HANNAH READ (1890-1964) AT WADDINGTON, LINCOLN, IN 1910. HE WORKED AS A STEEL GRINDER, IN SHEFFIELD (1911 CENSUS). THEN LIVED IN NEW BOLINBROKE, LINCS. HE ENLISTED AT LUTON, BED […]

BORN SUTTON 30/09/1898. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WILKINSON (1862-1949) & JESSIE SHEPPARD (1867-1948), OF SUMMERJAY'S COTTAGE, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL AND "ASHDENE", SUTTON, INGS.  SON OF A MARKET GARDENER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN AND THREE SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. EDUCATED AT MERSEY STREET SCHOOL. HE WORKED WITH HIS WITH HIS FATHER AS A MARKET […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF JOSEPH & HANNAH MARGARET WILKS, OF 70, BALFOUR STREET, HULL; 4, FLETCHER TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL; 2 TRENT AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL AND 70, WALCOTT STREET, HULL,(WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). A SHOP ENGINE BLACKSMITH. RESIDING WITH HIS SISTER, AT 7 KIMBERLEY GROVE, FLINTON STREET, HESSLE ROAD (1911 CENSUS) […]

BORN HULL 1879. SON OF HENRY AND ANNA WILLEY. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH FRANCIS DENMAN, AT HULL IN 1898. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH FRANCIS, LIVED AT 23 , BROMLEY STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS), FOUNTAIN ROAD. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER, MABEL AND SON HARRY. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BILL POSTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVE […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE WILLIAM WILLEY 11/1222. Born in September 1893, George was the only child of William Richard Willey and Sarah Willey. His father died when George was just a toddler so George and Sarah lived with his Grandad at 2 Bilsby Terrace, Durham Street, Hull. A Clerk before the war, George enlisted on 12th […]

Born Liversedge, Bradford. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Willey, of Bridgend, Glamorgan; husband of Ellen Willey, of Bryn Crier House, Pencoed, Bridgend. Enlisted Hull. Served in the 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action, on 18/10/1914, aged 31.

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JAMES RICHARDSON & ELIZA WILLFORD,  OF 421 ANLABY ROAD & 102 WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL. 1918 ABSENT VOTERS. ACCOUNTANTS CLERK. HE ENLISTED HULL. EX PRIVATE, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/10/1916, AGED 35. HE IS BURIED AT GUARDS' CEMETE […]

BORN HULL 1885. ENLISTED SHEFFIELD. LIVED ATTERCLIFFE. DIED OF WOUNDS. SON OF GEORGE & SARAH WILLFORD.

BORN SIERRA LEONE 1895. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH AND TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. The UMBA was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, Germany. She was a schooner rigged screw steamer with a gross tonnage of 1501t, and measured 88.39m x 12.5m x 5.8m. She was equipped with a triple […]

BORN CARDIFF 1874. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR.COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Montebello, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1911 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 4324 tons. On June 21st, 1918, Montebello, on a […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS RICHARD WILLIAMS (1864-1930) & RACHAEL WILLIAMS (1864-1924), OF 87, ST GEORGES ROAD (1911 CENSUS) AND 17, GRANVILLE GARDENS, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, AND 34 INCH CHEST. STUDIED AT HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE , LIVING […]

BORN MANCHESTER, 1876. FOURTH SON OF MR T.P WILLIAMS, INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS. HIS FATHER WAS HEADMASTER OF THE WHEELER STREET SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN OFFICE WORKER. HUSBAND OF ADA ETHEL GRANT, LIVED AT 3 MILTON TERRACE, SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 5, ETON TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION A […]

BORN PENDLEBURY, LANCS, 1901. SON OF THE LATE BENJAMIN & MARTHA WILLIAMS, AT BOLTON ROAD SALFORD, MANCHESTER. LISTED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. COMMEMORATED TOWERE HILL MEMORIAL, . The Umba was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, Germany. She was a schooner rigged, screw […]

BORN SOUTHAMPTON 1886. WIFE HANNAH CURTIS LIVED ABOVE. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. Romeo was a 1,730grt defensively-armed British merchant steamer. On the 3 March 1918 when 7 miles South from Mull of Galloway she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by a submarine. 29 lives lost, including Master. They included from Hull: ANDERSON, HERBERT […]

BORN HULL 1868. HUSBAND OF  JOHANNA WILLIAMS, OF 17 CORNWALLIS STREET, LIVERPOOL. NAVAL RECORDS. SERVED AS A COOK IN THE MERCHAN NAVY. DIED ON 05/03/1918, AGED 61. HE LEFT £143 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY IN MILITARY GRAVE.

BORN CUDWORTH, YORKSHIRE 1885. SON OF SAMUEL WALTER WILLIAMS (1851-1899) & MARGARET JANE OLIVER (1846-1921). HIS FATHER WAS FROM CORNWALL. HIS MOTHER FROM SOUTHAMPTON. HE WAS ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. WORKED AS A HULL FISHERMAN. LOST AT SEA, ON 07/02/1917, AGED 32. HIS WIFE ETHEL MARY WILLIAMS, LIVED AT 2 PRINCES AVENUE, WEST DOCK STREET, […]