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BORN HULL 1899. SON OF SARAH JANE (1871-1938) AND TENNYSON BULSON (1867-1912), OF 6, GORDON STREET, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SHE OWNED THE BUTCHER'S SHOP AT 65, PORTER STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1912. HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 38199, EYR. DIED OF […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF SARAH JANE (1871-1938) AND TENNYSON BULSON (1867-1912), OF 6, GORDON STREET, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SHE OWNED THE BUTCHER'S SHOP AT 65, PORTER STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1912. HIS FATHER WAS A BUTCHER AT 65 PORTER STREET. BEFORE […]

BORN HASTING 1882. SON OF MRS M F BUMSTEAD & STEPFATHER WILLIAM G STRETTON. CWGC ADDRESS

BORN HULL 1889. ONLY SON OF ALFRED BURDEN (1868-1933) & HARRIET ELIZABETH EDMONDS (1870-1954), OF 6 ELLENS VILLAS, HOLLAND STREET & THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A BOILER MAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. TRAINED AT WOOLWHICH. SERVED AS GUNNER, 35768, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, 55TH BRIGADE, 'C' BATTERY. HE DIED IN MESOPOTANIA, ON 21/10/1918, AGED 29. HE I […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF HENRY BURDEN AND ELLEN REED. BOTH HIS PARENTS DIED IN 1918. EMPLOYED AS A PLUMBER, GLAZIER AND GAS FITTER. HIS WIFE FLORENCE BURDEN, LIVED AT 110 ESCOURT STREET, HULL, AND THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS SAPPER, 474500, IN THE THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARRAS, ON 18/06 […]

Born Doncaster, 1897. Enlisted Sheffield. Employed as a carter in Hull. He married on Christmas Day 1915 and lived with his wife, Maud Elizabeth Burdis, at 35 Marvell Street, Hull. Served with the 4th York and Lancaster Regiment. Died of wounds, at No 1 West Riding Field Ambulance, on 21/07/1916, aged 19. He is commemorated on the Thiepv […]

BORN HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, 10/07/1886. SON OF MARY JANE (DOLLY) LINCOLN, AT 8 OAK AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS A SEAMAN, FROM, 03/12/902. DROWNED ON 11/11/1917, AGED 31, OFF THE COAST OF PALESTINE. HMS Staunch was an Acron class destroyer of the British Navy. On November 11th 1917, she was torpedoed by the German […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN WILLIAM BURDON 12/236. Born in January 1893, the fourth of five children to John and Ellen Burdon of 55 Abbey Street, Holderness Road, Hull (War Pension address). One of the original Pals, John enlisted at Hull, in the autumn of 1914 in the then fledgling 12th Battalion, and served in Egypt defending […]

Son of Samuel and Agnes Burges, of Froxfield, Woburn, Beds. Husband of Mrs May Burges, of 4 Charlotte Street, Hull. He was the Store Manager of Fabricotti's, Dock Street, Hull. Served as a Sergeant, in the 9th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action, on 22/04/1918, aged 27. His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ROSE HANNAH KENNEY (1873-1946) & THE LATE JOHN BURGESS. HIS STEP FATHER WAS WILLIAM THOMPSON. HIS MOTHER, ROSE, LIVED AT 41 STRICKLAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4011, THE 2/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF PYTHESIS, ON 3/04/1916, AGED 23. HE IS BU […]

Private Fred Burgess (1882-1915) Fred Burgess was born in Wassand, Hornsea, East Yorkshire, in 1882. Son of John and Nancy Burgess; husband of Ellen Burgess, of 42, Beaver Road., Beverley, Yorks. In April 1909 Fred married Ellen Smith at St Nicholas Church, Beverley. Fred Burgess was a private in the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regimen […]

BORN HULL 27/05/1896. SON OF ROSE HANNAH KENNEY (1873-1946) & THE LATE JOHN BURGESS. HIS STEP FATHER WAS WILLIAM THOMPSON. HIS MOTHER, ROSE, LIVED AT 41 STRICKLAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS TRIMMER IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. DIED ON 06/07/1917, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER PTE, JOHN WIL […]

Born Barton Upon Humber, 1879. Son of John and Margery Ellen Burgess. Worked as a Boot repairer and boarded at 61, Waterloo Street, Hull (1911 Census). He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 10th West Yorkshires. Died on the first day of the Somme Battle, 1st July 1916, aged 37. His army effects were left to his elder brother, John. Na […]

BORN BARTON-UPON-HUMBER 1896. SON OF JOHN AND AMEILIA BURGESS, OF 1 EASTBOURNE AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN BARTON-UPON-HUMBER. SERVED IN 'E' COMPANY, 1/5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON 13/10/1915, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON […]

BORN EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE, SCOTLAND 1893. ENLISTED HULL, MAY 1915. TRAINED IN LONDON. SON OF JOHN BURGON & MARGARET ALICE BLACK. BROTHERS WILLIAM AND JAMES BURGON. SISTER MARGARET. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1909 AND HIS FATHER REMARRIED. HIS SECOND WIFE BEING MARY GARDENER AND IN ALL HIS FATHER HAD 14 CHILDREN. JOHN JR, MOVED FROM BERWICK […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF SARAH ELIZABETH COOPER (1866-1951) & THE LATE JOSEPH THOMAS BURGOYNE (1862-1925), OF 40 PALEY ROAD, EAST BOWLING, BRADFORD. SON A RAILWAYMAN. HE HAS TWO BROTHERS, LAWRENCE AND EDWARD AND ONE SISTER, MAUD. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED AT BRADFORD. SERVED AS A CORPORAL IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGI […]

BORN HULL 1898. KNOWN AS "MICKY". SON OF JOHN BURGOYNE (1862-1933) & ADA ANN MORTON (1864-1942), AT 30, FIELD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) & 118A DIVISION ROAD, HULL. (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 24/04/1916). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE AND HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR ABOUT TEN MONTHS WHEN HE WAS KILLE […]

BORN HULL 21/01/1888. SON OF MATHEW HENRT BURKE . & SARAH ANN FROW. HE LIVED WITH UNCLE WILLIAM & ELIZABETH BLEWETT, AT 74 , WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL  (1901 CENSUS) AND 12 ESSEX STREET, HULL 91911 CENSUS). A BOAT BUILDER AND SHIP CARPENTER. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HIS BROTHER ALBERT, DIED IN CANADA ON 13/1 […]

BORN HULL 1891. FOSTER SON OF CHARLOTTE GIBLIN, OF JUNCTION TERRACE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A FORMER BLUNDELLS PAINT WORKER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 17/09/1918, AGED 27. BURIED ST SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, FRANCE

BORN HULL 24/09/1894. SON OF THOMAS BURKE (1865-1922) & CATHERINE (KATE) HORAN (1866-1943), OF 55, WEST STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 34, WEST STREET (1911 CENSUS) & 2, WORTHING STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A COAL DEALER FROM IRELAND. HE HAD SISTERS, AGNES AND KATE AND BROTHERS, EDWARD AND JOHN. HE WORK […]