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BORN 1869. SON OF ROBERT & ARABELLA WISE - 2 SAXON VILLAS, EASTBOURNE STREET. HIS BROTHER ARTHUR DIED ON SAME SHIP WHEN IT WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE. WALTER'S WIFE EMILY LIVED ABOVE. THE TWO BROTHER'S PHOTOGRAPHS APPEAR IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL 24TH JUNE 1915. * Argyll (H 923) or Argyle (both names used), built by Mackie & Tho […]

Born Hull 1883. Sone of Charles H. Wiseman and Ann J. Murray. married at Hull in 1908. Husband of Gertrude Amelia Lewick Craft (1883-1927), of 6, Warwick Street Hull and 16, Wilfred's Avenue, Wyke Street, Hull (war Pension address). They had three sons, Walter, Charles and George. A Mariner. Described as 5 foot, 8 inches tall, 39-41 in […]

BORN KILLINGHOLME, 14.6.1881. WIFE MARY ALICE WISEMAN & 5 CHILDREN ABOVE. SON OF ROBERT & EMMA, SOUTH KILLINGHOLME. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.

BORN GRIMSBY 17/08/1897. SON OF FRED & ELLEN WISHER & 4 SIBBLINGS, 29 CHRISTOPHER STREET & ALICIA STREET OFF CHARLES STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A PAINTER AND LABOURER. SINGLE MAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 114 LBS, 34.5 INCH CHEST. CALL UP FOR SERVICE ON 3/05/1917. SENT TO FRANCE FOR A MONTH ON 10/09/1917. RETURNED TO EDGEBASTON HO […]

Born Stocksbridge, Yorkshire, England, 1882. Son of Henry Withers (1856-1935) and Elizabeth Jackson (1857-1910). He had five sisters and seven brothers. Married at Cahir, Tipperary, Ireland, on 12th May 1907. Husband of Teressa Hunt (1878-1936), at 2, Spring Grove, Anlaby Road, Hull (War Pension address). They had three children. A Pro […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN PHILIP WITHERS & CLEMENTIA HARROW WITHERS, OF 8 , WYKE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). DOCK TROLLEY DRIVER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 20/05/1915, AT RUE DE L'EPINETTE, AGED 20. BURIED: Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Departement du Pas-de-C […]

BORN HULL 1883. KNOWN AS "TOT". SON OF JOHN PHILIP WITHERS AND CLEMENTINA HARROW, AT 8, WYKE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE LIVED WITH AUNT AT 14 OLIVE TERRACE, HOTHAM STREET, HULL. HE HAD BEEN A REGULAR SOLDIER AND SERVED IN INDIA FOR EIGHT YEARS. A RESERVIST FOR FOUR YEARS. HE WORKED AS A SHIP YARD LABOURER AND WAS WELL KNOWN […]

Born South Cave, East Yorkshire, 1899. Son of James Sarah Ann Withill, of Church Hill, South Cave, East Yorkshire (War Pension address) He enlisted in Hull. Formerly 82042, T.R. Battalion. Transferred to the 1/5th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds, on 23/06/1918, aged 19. buried in France. His grave, reads HE NOBLY AN […]

Born Usworth Springwell, Durham, 1897. Son of James henry Witts and Sarah Ellen Witts. He had one brother, Fred. Worked as a rope lad in the coal mines. He was 5 foot, 6.5 inches tall, 148 lbs weight, 37-39.5 inch chest, brown eyes, brown hair. He married at Cardiff on 8/2/1915. Husband of Beatrice Alice Muir, of 18, Holme Street, Hull […]

BORN HULL 04/04/1871. SON OF LUDWIG FREIDERICH (LOUIS) WITT AND EMMA LAMB. HIS FATHER WAS A SHIP STEWARD, FROM GERMANY, HIS MOTHER, WAS BORN IN HULL. HUSBAND OF GEORGINA DEBNAM WITTY (1876-1925), OF 76 CLARE STREET, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, ON 15/05/1890. LOST AT SEA, ON 24/01/1918, AGED 47 […]

BORN ANLABY, HULL, 1896. SON OF RICHARD MARTIN WITTY (1856-1938) & RACHEL WILSON WITTY, of NETTLETON, CAISTOR, LINCS. A FARM WORKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/08/1918, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, RACHEL. BURI […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ROBERT WILLIAM & EMMA WITTY ABOVE. HE TRAINED IN SHEFFIELD (1911 CENSUS) AND WAS A HULL SCHOOL TEACHER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, ROBERT WITTY, LIVING AT 51 PEEL STREET, HULL AND ONE SISTER, EMMA COLLINS, LIVING AT 7 SPIVEY GROVE, CLIFTON STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 01/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST Y […]

BORN HULL 1893. LIVED BEVERLEY. SON OF ROBERT WITTY (1859-1922) & ELIZABETH USHER (1867-1905), OF 11 CRYSTAL AVENUE, WHARRAM STREET, HULL. (1901 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. DIED AT GALLIPOLI. OM 22/08/1915, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, G […]

Born Goole, Yorkshire, 1898. Son of George Woffinden (1864-1948) and Mary Ann Elizabeth Charlton (1864-1934) of,  St Mark Place Bucther Row Beverley (1911 Census), Clark's Yard, Wilbert Lane, Beverley, 13 Waltham Terrace, Mill Lane, Beverley (army address) and 4. Nelson Square, New George Street, Hull (War Pension Address). Son of a Gard […]

Born Goole, Yorkshire, 1896. Son of George Woffinden (1864-1948) and Mary Ann Elizabeth Charlton (1864-1934) of,  St Mark Place Bucther Row Beverley (1911 Census), Clark's Yard, Wilbert Lane, Beverley, 13 Waltham Terrace, Mill Lane, Beverley (army address) and 4. Nelson Square, New George Street, Hull (War Pension Address). Son of a Gard […]

HENRY WOGDEN 12/112 was born Newington, Hull April 1879. Son of  Henry and Jane Wogden (1837-1923), of 11, Isabella Terrace, Lorne Street, Hull (1911 Census); 18, Rodney Street, Hull (Army records address) and 8, Alexandra Crescent, Alexandra Road, Hull (War Pension address). His father had been a Juvenile criminal, sentenced to 3 months […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF SAMUEL (1840-1917) & MARTHA WOLFE (1859-1937). SON OF A SHIP YARD LABOURER. BROTHER TO SAMUEL WOLFE AND SISTERS MARTHA AND MARY JANE. HE WAS A RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE TRAINING BATTALION. DIED OF HEART FAILURE, AT BEDLINGTON, UK, ON 23/03/1916, AGED 20. A SINGLE MAN. […]

BORN HULL 05/11/1888.SON OF HENRY AND SARAH ANN WOLFE, AT 15 GLASGOW STREET, HULL & 14, BRUNSWICK TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED, LILLY JULIA WHITE, IN HULL AND LIVED AT 58, CHILTERN STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 25/09/1917). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, AT THE CENTRAL DRY DOCK AND WAS A WELL KN […]

BORN MICHIGAN, USA, 1894. SON OF MARGARET WOLFUNBERG, USA. HE WORKED AS A HORSEMAN, ON THE HULL STEAM SHIP, "ETONIAN". LOST AT SEA, ON 23/03/1918, AGED 24. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR RECORDS. ETONIAN SS was a 6,515 grt defensively-armed British Merchant […]

BORN SCULCOATES,HULL 1890. SON OF WILLIAM & HARRIET WOLLAS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM). SHOT BY A SNIPER. LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE HERBERT WOLLAS MM 12/1526. Born in 1890, George was the youngest of 15 children to William and Harriet Wollas of 250 Northgate, Cottingham. A W […]