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BORN HULL 1884. HULL PAL. SON OF HENRY & EMILY (COATES) & BROTHERS WILL, FRANK & ALFRED ABOVE ADDRESS. HDM 8/6/16 & 24/5/17. WIFE JENNIE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL GEORGE FREDERICK BURNHAM 12/216. Born in 1884, George was the second of six children and eldest son of Henry and Emily Burnham of Osborne Street, Hull. A […]

BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD BURNHAM & MARY ANN STAINFORTH OF 83 SWANN STREET, HULL ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. A FORMER RULLYMAN FOR THE NORTHEASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED AT NEWCASTLE. SERVED IN THE 12TH/13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED RESCUING A WOUNDED COMRADE, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 31. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR […]

Born Duffield, Derbyshire,1889. Son of Richard Henry and Sarah Ann Burniston, of 3, Bessemer Terrace Lorne Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 12, Plimsol Terrace, Chapman Street, Hull (War pension address). He had an elder brother, John and two sisters. The family ran a shoe business. He was a Boot Repairer. He enlisted in Hull. Formerly, P […]

BORN HULL 14/01/1885. HULL PAL. SON OF ROBERT & MARTHA (HUNN) BURNS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. MARRIED SEPTEMBER 1906. WIFE NAOMI AMELIA (HAIRSINE) & FIVE CHILDREN. HE HAD SERVED WITH THE EYR FOR 6 YEARS BEFORE THE WAR. WORKED AS A LABOURER AND RULLEYMAN. ENLISTED BEVERLEY 1/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL. 136 LBS, 35 INCH […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THOMAS & MARIA BURNS, OF 37 ALDBRO STREET, SYKES STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/03/1915, AGED 25. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON  09/10/1916. HE LEFT BROTHER THOMAS BURN. HE IS RECORDE […]

BORN BECCLES, SUFFOLK, 1883. ALIAS "COPERMAN". SON OF FREDERICK COPEMAN (1847-1890) AND FRANCES ALICE LEADER (1851-1926), OF SUFFOLK AND NORFORK. A FISHERMAN. HE LIVED BRADFORD & HULL. HE HAD AN TWO BROTHERS, JESSE AND JOHN AND FIVE SISTERS. HE MARRIED SARAH MARIA JILLINGS (1883-1979) AT WANGFORD, SUFFOLK, IN 1906 AGED 27. THEIR SON, […]

BORN SUTTON ON HULL 1897. SON OF MICHAEL BURNS (1864-1945) & CATHERINE (KATE) SHERIDAN (1868-1934) OF 14, GEORGES PLACE, FINKLE STREET, MYTON GATE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THE FAMILY LIVED AT 16, ANN'S PLACE CHAPMAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF 12 CHILDREN, MANY OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. WORKED AS A BOIL […]

BORN HULL 26/02/1897. SON OF JOHN BURNS ABOVE. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT, UK. HMS Natal, British, Warrior class Armoured Cruiser, blew up and sank at her moorings in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland. Over 400 lives lost. The cause was speculated about at the time and there were conspiracy theories; sabotage was feared […]

Son of William Henry and Ann Burns of 10, Norman St.. Failsworth, Manchester. Buried Hull Hedon Road Cemetery. CWGC records.

Born Beverley, 1895. Son of William and Sarah Burr, of 15, Wood Lane, Beverley, Yorks. His father was a groom in the Beverley racing stables. He worked as a farm servant and stable boy. Enlisted at Hull, December 1914. Served with the East Riding Yeomanry. Later 1/4th & 8th E.Yorks, 6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in acti […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF CHARLES EDWARD BURR (1846-1919) AND NAOMI ELLEN BLANCHARD (1850- ) HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1904. HIS WIFE MIRRIAM (ROGERSON) & CHILDREN JAMES, FRANK, GEORGE AND MIRRIAM, LIVING NO 6 AND 15, GEORGE TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVA […]

Born Bridlington, 1896. Son of Thomas and Jane Burrell, of 2, Well Lane Bridlington, East Yorkshire (war pension address). Son of a Gardener. He was a Nurseryman, at this address (1911 Census). He enlisted in Hull. Served as a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery, "A" Bty. 251st Bde. Killed in action, on 21/04/1917, aged 21. Buried at Wa […]

Born at Swan Creek, Warwick, Queensland, 1895. Son of James Burrell and Lucy Elizabeth Vernon, of Anduramba, Queensland. Worked as a Farmer. Served in the Militia for 12 months when he enlisted at Warwick, Queensland, on 20/08/1914. His army records describe his as 5 foot 10 inches tall, 140 lbs weight, 32-35 inch chest size, blue eyes. […]

BORN HUNSLET, LEEDS, 1877. SON OF THOMAS BURRILL (1856-1914) & EMMA BURRILL (1851-1930), OF 7 LUTHER TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. MARRIED AT GRIMSBY REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 16/11/1907. HUSBAND OF MAUD ETHEL SISSONS (1885-1959) & CHILDREN LIVED AT 24 JACKSON'S ROAD, SCUNTHORPE. A FORMER CLERK, FOR MS DUNHAM'S, HULL. HE WAS WORKI […]

The Salvation Army was active in Cottingham in 1915. Many of them fought in the war and survived. The only member of the Salvation Army Band to lose his life in the war was Robert Bursell, when he was sixteen, though he looks younger. Robert Ernest Bursell (born 1899) was the son of Frederick, a labourer with Cottingham Urban District Co […]

BORN BOSTON, LINCS, 26/05/1869. SON OF GEORGE ROBERT & HANNAH BURSNALL. MARRIED SCULCOATES. HULL, 1895. CATHERINE ELIZABETH FIELDING WHO DIED IN 1896. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER ISOBEL. HIS SECOND WIFE ELIZABETH CLAPHAM AND SON JAMES LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. FRANCIS BURSNALL SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICA WAR. HE WAS A REGULAR ROYAL NAVY STO […]

BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM GUY BURSTALL & RUTH SKINNER, OF COTTINGHAM AND WEST GARTH, DRIFFIELD. EDUCATED AT  HYMERS COLLEGE, HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE ON THE 6TH JULY 1917. HE SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS ATTACHED TO THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ST QUENTIN, ON 24/ […]

BORN 1890 REIGHTON. SON OF JOHN & JANE. WIFE EVA BURT ABOVE. EX NER JOINER. HDM 12/12/16 & 29/6/17. NB: A/B ROBERT BURT - 14 MYRTLE AVE, WELLSTEAD ST.

BORN HULL 29/6/1882. WIFE LILY M BURTENSHAW & 4 CHILDREN ABOVE. SON OF HENRY & CLARA KERRISON.

BORN SKIRLAUGH 1878. EMPLOYED AS A BUTCHER. HE MARRIED AT GAINSBOROUGH, IN 1901. LIVED WITH WIFE, EDITH HELEN BINGHAM (1879-1965) AND THEIR SON FRANK BURTON, AT 281 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HIS MOTHER LIVED AT 13 GROVESNOR STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS AT 22ND LONDON CASUALTY CL […]