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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, […]

BORN HULL 07/08/1861. MARRIED ALL SAINTS CHURCH, HULL CHRISTMAS DAY 1880, AGED 19. WIFE AMY ELLEN GIBBONS (1862-1928) & 7 CHILDREN LIVED ETON STREET, HULL. SON OF JOHN WORRELL (1840 -1894) & SUSAN ELIZABETH FOOT WORRELL (1842 -1898) - 154 PORTER STREET. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. Titania (H 903) FV was a British registered fishing vess […]

Born Out Newton, Yorkshire, on 20/02/1890. Son of Edward (1862-1944) and Fanny Bosman (1870-1930), of Clarke's Lane, Patrington, Hull. When Fred Bosman Worrall was born on 20 February 1890, his father, Edward, was 27 and his mother, Fanny, was 20. He had three brothers and three sisters. Employed as a Railway Porter. He enlisted on 2 […]

BORN ARMLEY, LEEDS, 03/02/1889. SON OF JAMES WORSNOP AND ELIZABETH RINGROSE, OF 15, SKIRBECK STREET, NEW WORTLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE. EMPLOYED BY THE HULL CORPORATION AS A TEACHER. FORMER HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MASTER WHERE HE TAUGHT ENGLISH AND GERMAN. HE MARRIED LOUISE POWIS (1887-1981), IN BRAMLEY, ON 12/04/1915. HIS FAMILY MOVED TO 17 BRA […]

BORN HULL 1895. FIRST SON OF JOHN WORSNOP (1867-1923) & ELIZA HARRIET BRIDGES (1866-1921, OF 14 RICHMOND TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 6 BLENKINS PLACE, WALLER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A LABOURER. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE RANK FLOUR MILL, CLARENCE STREET, HULL. HE EN […]

BORN ST JOHNS, HULL 20/03/1884. SON OF ALFRED WOYEN (1862-1919) & MARY WOYEN. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. ENLISTED IN HULL. A DRILL INSTRUCTOR, IN THE 2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS. HE RESIDED IN WINDSOR. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ST JEAN, ON 30/03/1916, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE MARIE KINSON. HE IS BURIED AT WHI […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF ALFRED WOYEN (1862-1919) & MARY WOYEN. A DOCK LABOURER & MARY WOYEN. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 20. HIS ELDER BROTHER, ALFRED WOYEN WAS A DRILL INSTRUCTOR, IN THE 2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS, WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 30/03/1916, AGED 32. […]

BORN HULL 1892. ONLY CHILD OF ALFRED & ELIZABETH WRACK, OF 18 MYRTLE GROVE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL AND 12 ROLLO AVENUE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). A SAW MILL WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/12/1915, AGED 22 YEARS AND 330 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 122 LBS WEIGHT, & 34 INCH CHEST. ARR […]

Born Malton, 1895. Lived in Withernsea. Enlisted Hull. Son of Henry and Emily Wray, of 12 Railway Crescent, Withernsea. Employed as a Clerk, in an Oil Mill at this address (1911 Census) Served as a Sergeant, in the 4th East Yorkshire. Killed in action, on 17th June 1916, aged 21. Unmarried. His army effects were left to his father, He […]

BORN HULL 1887. ONLY SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WRAY (1863-1909) AND SARAH JANE WRAY, OF 9 ABBEY CRESCENT, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. A HULL POSTEMAN AND HULL POST OFFICE WORKER FOR 18 YEARS. MARRIED AT ST MARY'S SCULCOATES, ON 18/9/1913. HIS WIFE SARAH ELIZABETH THOMPSON, LIVED AT 27, VERMONT CRESCENT, WORTHING STREET, HULL […]

BORN HULL 1867. SON OF EDWARD WARD WRAY (1827-1887) & HANNAH SMITH. MARRIED IN 1886, AGED 18. HIS WIFE ELLEN CRAWFORD, LIVED 11 RICHARDS TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A ROAD FOREMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 37.5 - 39.5 INCH CHEST, 164 LBS WEIGHT, CHURCH OF E […]

Born Hull. 1886. Son of Joseph Wray (1849-1929) and Sarah Ann Nelthorp (1861-1919) He married Emily Ann Fox (1888-1962) at Hull, in October 1907. Husband of Emily Wray, at 5, Victoria Terrace, De La Pole Avenue, Hull (War Pension address). They had eight sons and a daughter. He worked as a Bargeman Served with the 2nd East Yorkshire Re […]

BORN HESSLE 1890. SON OF THOMAS EDWARD & MARY (BENNETT) WRAY ABOVE ADDRESS. A REGULAR SOLDIER IN 1911 CENSUS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. NB: PTE. FRANK WRAY, 1025, EYR - 7 FOSTER BLDGS, NORTH STREET

Born Edinburgh, 1899. Resided at Howden. Son of Walter Richard and Annie Fulton Wray, of Hailgate, Howden, Yorks. Enlisted in Hull. Formerly, Private, 22293, East Yorkshire Regiment, and 4607, Highland Light Infantry. Transferred to the 16th The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action, on 12/04/1918, aged 19. Buried in France. […]

SS Tummel, built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Goole in 1912 and owned at the time of her loss by E. P. Hutchinson, Hull, was a British steamer of 531 tons. On February 24th, 1916, Tummel, on a voyage from Grimsby to Tréport with a cargo of coal, was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-5 (Ulrich Mohrbutter), 7 m […]

BORN HULL 1898. SECOND SON OF JOHN THOMAS & FANNY WRAY AT AT 59. BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY SHARED 62, BRIDLINGTON STREET WITH THE JOHNSON FAMILY AND THERE WERE 13 PEOPLE LIVING THERE (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AS A GROCER'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 3027 EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH BORDER REGIME […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THOMAS WRAY (1863-1946) & CLARISSA CURTIS (1858-1929), OF 235, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A CARPENTER. ONE OF SIX SONS. HE WORKED AS A PLUMBER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/12/1915. KILLED IN ACTION ON 26/07/1917, AGED 29. COMM […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF THOMAS WREATHALL & MATILDA DRY, 87 OXFORD STREET. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE RESIDED AT 13 CROWN TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. (HDM ADDRESS, 11/05/1915). HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION, KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFRANTRY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND HAD ONLY BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR A FORTNIGHT, BEFORE HE WAS KILLED […]

BORN WINESTEAD 01/10/1897. ONLY SON OF CLEMENT CHARLES WREATHALL (1861-1944) & ANNIE SCOTT (1870-1890), OF BEVERLEY PARK, BEVERLEY. SON OF A FARMER. EDUCATED AT  HULL'S HYMERS COLLEGE. SERVED IN THE 82ND SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE. STRUCK A TREE AND CRASHED, AT TOURCONING, FRANCE, ON 15/11/1918, AGED 21. HE LEFT £160 IN HIS WILL TO […]

BORN HULL 1891. LIVED YORK. ENLISTED WARWICK. SON OF THOMAS & FAITH WREGHITT ABOVE ADDRESS (1901 CENSUS). HE MOVED TO 1 PARADISE STREET, COVENTRY TO BECOME A MOTOR DRIVER. ENLISTED WARWICK. EX 4436 WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 18/10/1916, AGED 25