BORN COTTINGHAM 1887. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT, OF 66 PULMAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION 26/10/1917, AGED 30. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SHARED EVENLY BETWEEN WILLIAM DALBY, MARY E DALBY AND EVERLYN DALBY. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL TO THE MIS […]
1st Engineer
BORN HESSLE 1874. MARRIED AT ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD, ON 20/04/1897. HIS WIFE ELIZA PADDISON (1875-1960) LIVED AT 8 SUBWAY STREET, HULL. SON OF GEORGE SELLERS (1842-1903) & ELIZABETH WRIGHT. A MARINE ENGINEER. LOST AT SEA, ON 09/05/1917, AGED 43. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. The fishing vessel, W […]
143 KINGS STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
07/11/1917
Aged
20
BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT (1861-1948)& SARAH PRINCE (1866-1950), OF 143 KING STREET, COTIINGHAM. SON OF A WHEELWRIGHT, HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WAS UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 167 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST, WORKED AS A VAN MAN HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/11/1914. SERVED WITH […]
1st Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1893. SECOND SON OF MARIA HITCHIN (1865-) & HENRY FISHER WRIGHT (1865-1954), OF 43, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 16, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, EDNA. STANLEY WAS EMPLOYED AS A FITTER'S APPRENTICE (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HUL […]
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF MARY ELLEN MOODY & THOMAS WRIGHT, OF 27 DALTRY STREET, HULL.(1911 CENSUS). HUSBAND OF SUSANNA DAWSON (1863-1950), AT 9 LILLY GROVE, REGENT STREET, HULL. A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COAL TEAMER FOR TEN YEARS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARRAS, ON 23/04/19 […]
14 SOMERSET TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/09/1918
Aged
18
Born Grimsby 1900. Son of John William Wrightham (1868-1947) and Jane Eliza Balch (1868-1941), of 14 Somerset Terrace, Gillette Street, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a Cooper. He had four brothers and one sister. Enlisted Hull. Served with the 5th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action, on 12/09/1918, aged 18. He is […]
BORN BRIDLINGTON 1877. SON OF JOHN WROOT (1848-1934) & JANE ANN DANBY (1853-1894), OF 6. BEEHIVE COTTAGE, BRIDLINGTON. HE MARRIED FLORENCE ADA ROGERS, IN 1901. HE HAD WORKED AS A RAILWAY SHUNTER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS SINCE APRIL, 1910, IN WEST HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS, WITH […]
Private
3, TEMPERENCE BUILDINGS SWANN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
08/07/1916
Aged
37
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF MARY ELIZABETH WYATT (1861-1930) OF 55, GIBSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 296, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (ARMY RECORS ADDRESS). HIS FATHER UNKNOWN. HIS MOTHER HAD MARRIED THREE TIMES. HE HAD THREE HALF BROTHERS AND TWO HALF SISTERS. HE MARRIED, SARAH ANN EDWARDS (born 13/7/1879-1929), AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, HUL […]
Acting Corporal
86, Belvoir Street, Hull
Died on
22/02/1954
Aged
70
Frederick Wyer was born in Hull, on 5th January 1884. His father, was Frederick Wyer (1858-1926), born in Norfolk and his mother, Lucy Weldon (1858-1884) was born in Cambridgeshire. His father was a fish merchant and later a warehouseman for a shipping merchant. Fred had one brother Albert Wyer (1886-1972). Frederick Wyer (Junior) […]
2, JOHNSON'S PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
18/05/1917
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1/4/1886. SON OF CHARLES & ANNA WYSTHOFF OF NORWAY AND HULL. HIS WIFE FLORENCE SIMPSON WYSTHOFF (BORN 1/3/1886) LIVED AT 2, JOHNSON'S PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, CHARLES WILLIAM AND FLORENCE MARY. HE WAS LOST AT SEA ON THE TRAWLER LUCKNOW WHICH WAS MINED 2 MILES FROM PORTSMOUT […]
20 ARGYLE TERRACE, ARGYLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
04/08/1918
Aged
19
BORN PATRINGTON 1899. SON OF ALFRED (1872-1961) & JULIA YARDLEY (1872-1951) of 20 ARGYLE TERRACE, ARGYLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF TWO SONS. HIS FATHER WAS A RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/08/1918, AGED 19. HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE WILSON LI […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE WILLIAM YARROW 30510. Born in March 1899, George was the fourth of five children to William and Emma Yarrow of 28 Pulman Street, Hull. A Cleaner when he came of age, William enlisted in Beverley on 21st May 1917 and from there I will hand you over to the written testimony of a very brave man. Brace […]
Second Hand
52, Goulton Street, Hull
Died on
10/01/1920
Aged
50
Born Hull, 24 Dec 1870. Married at Hull, in 1896. Husband of Eliza Finn (born 2/3/1869), at 52, Goulton Street, Hull (War Pension address) Served in the Royal Naval Reserve, on the Trawler. HMT "War Lord". Died of bronchitis, on 10/01/1920, aged 50.
3 CLAIRBROOK AVENUE, ETON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
28/09/1918
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1899. ENLISTED ABERDEEN. LIVED ABERDEEN. SON OF ELIZA YATES AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 148600, LABOUR CORPS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH ROYAL FUSILIERS. BURIED AT MOEUVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, FRANCE.
Able Seaman
BORN HULL 23/06/1897. SON OF JOSEPH AND TERESSA YEADON, OF 43 , CROWLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION, CWGC & NAVAL ADDRESS). ABLE SEAMAN. HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 18/04/1914. DIED AT ZEEBRUGGE, ON 23/04/1918, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED IN KENT AT DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "HE SLEEPS WITH BRITISH HEROES IN […]
13, SOMERSET AVENUE, WITHERNSEA STREET, HULL
Died on
02/03/1917
Aged
33
BORN BRADFORD 1884. SON OF BENJAMIN YEADON (1856-1908) & SELINA DEAKIN (1857-1927), OF 27 RYDALE STREET, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE AND 13, SOMERSET AVENUE, WITHERNSEA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHERS THOMAS, JOSEPH & SISTER ETHEL. WORKED AS WOOD CUTTER. REDIED IN BRADFORD FOR 20 YEARS. ENLISTED AT BRADFORD. SERVED AS […]
BORN BRADFORD 1885. SON OF BENJAMIN YEADON (1856-1908) & SELINA DEAKIN (1857-1927), OF 27 RYDALE STREET, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE AND 13, SOMERSET AVENUE, WITHERNSEA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHERS THOMAS, HARRY & SISTER ETHEL. A STABLEMAN (1911 CENSUS) AND RAILWAY PLATE LAYER. HE LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN BRADFORD. […]
12, WILLIAM TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
16/08/1917
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN HENRY YEAMAN (1858-1925) & ELIZABETH GREEN (1858-1917), OF 117, DANSOM LANE, HULL, 12, WILLIAM TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL AND LATER 63 LIME STREET, THE GROVES, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). ONE OF 14 CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. A TEENAGER. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 23701, KOYLI, BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO […]
Private
, NORTH SHIELDS, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/03/1918
Aged
34
BORN CHIRTON, NORTHUMBERLAND 1884. SON OF JAMES AND MARTHA ANN YEAMAN, 31 PRINCE STREET, CHIRTON. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1915. MARRIED IN 1916. WIFE ELIZABETH (ARCHBOLD) YEAMAN DECEASED. LEFT DAUGHTER ALICE (1918 - 2005). ENLISTED 6/08/1915. EX. 70805, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DISCHARGED 6/05/1916. TRANSFERRED TO ROYAL DEFENCE CORPS. BURIED HU […]
15 BOXWOOD AVENUE, LEE SMITH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
08/06/1916
Aged
35
BORN TIPPERARY 1881. SON OF WILLIAM YEOMAN (1852-1912) AND MARGARET McCARDLE (1853-1890), OF 5 PRINCES ROAD, DOCK STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN GOOLE. A FORMER ARTILLERYMAN AND WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER. HIS MOTHER WAS FROM DUNDALK, LOUTH, IRELAND. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, JOSEPH AND CHARLES AND ONE SISTER, ANNIE WHITFIELD, WHO LIVED IN […]
