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BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HANSON BYCROFT (1855-1916) & ELIZABETH ROSS (1857-1943), OF 16 ROSAMUND STREET & 22 CHILTERN STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A CLERK AT BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKS AND HAD BEEN WITH THE COMPANY SINCE THE AGE OF 14. (HDM 09/11/1917). HIS FATHER WAS A RAILWAY FISH CHECKER. HE WAS BROTHER TO HARRY, SYDNEY AND FLORENCE. […]

BORN SUDBURY, SUFFOLK 1897. ENLISTED SUDBURY. DIED OF WOUNDS & BURIED IN HULL..

BORN NEWLAND, HULL 1894. AN ADOPTED. SINGLE MAN. HE LIVED AT 1 QUEENS COTTAGE, QUEENS ROAD, HULL WITH AUNT SARA ANN BYLES,  (1911 CENSUS) & LATER IN WITHERNSEA. HE ENLISTED AT WITHERNSEA. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON  29/08/1915, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO ANOTHER AUNT,MISS GERTRUDE […]

BORN DUNDALK, IRELAND 1856. LIVED AT 5 EVIS TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET,, HULL (HDM 28/02/1916). DROWNED ON 26/02/1916, WHEN THE 'DIDO' STRUCK A MINE. LISTED IN HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 1ST MARCH 1916. * Dido SS was a British Merchant steamer of 4,769grt. On the 26th Fe […]

BORN HULL 7/04/1892. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM JACKSON BYRON (1857-1896) AND EMILY ATKINSON (1861-1950), OF 22, EVANS SQUARE, WALTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, ELIZABETH AND MARION BYRON. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BAKER, FOR MR CHANEY, BAKERS, WALTON STREET AND ALSO MR TEANBY, SOUTHCOTHES LANE, HULL. […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF SOLOMAN BYWOOD (1868-1948) & SARAH ANN BYWOOD, AT 71 MACAULEY STREET, LEEDS. SHOE APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED IN THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. TAKEN PRISONER. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, IN GERMANY, ON 12TH AUGUST 1915, AGED 23. BURIED BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY, BRANDENBURG, GERMANY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE L […]

Born Staffordshire, 1895. Husband of Elsie May Caddy, of 3, Hind's Yard, Keldgate, Beverley. Served in the newly formed Royal Air Force. Died on 01/12/1920, aged 20. Buried in Beverley. His Grave inscription, reads, "GOD'S WILL BE DONE IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE FROM HIS SORROWING WIFE AND SON"

BORN HULL 1884. THIRD SON OF GEORGE & FANNY, OF 17 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL & THIS 2 ROLAND TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, (HULL PALS), AS PRIVATE, 11/1312 EYR. TRANSFERRED AS 373182, TO THE AUSTRAL […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF GEORGE CADE & FANNY RILEY, OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE WAS A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER SERVING WITH 2ND LEICESTER REGIMENT, WHEN WAR BEGAN. MARRIED TO LUCY SMALLEY, WITH A YOUNG SON, ALSO CALLED WALTER. HE WAS SENT TO FRANCE, ON 12/10/1914, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, AT LOOS, ON 25/09/1915, AGE […]

BORN SIERRA LEONE 1895. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Hidalgo, built by Northumberland shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Newcastle in 1908 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman Wilson Line Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 4271 tons. On August 28th, 1917, Hidalgo, on a voyage from Manchester to Arkhangelsk with ge […]

BORN 03/10/1879 AT BRENTFORD, MIDDLESEX. SON OF JAMES CAIN (1849-1922) AND SARAH ANN HARRIERT PORTER (1852-1932). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. IN 1901 HE WAS WORKING AS A MARKET GARDNER IN JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS AND ALSO LIVING NEXT DOOR TO HIS FUTURE WIFE, AMY LYDIA GALLIENNE (1881-1962). HE MARRIED IN GUERNSEY IN 1905. THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDRE […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS AND HARRIET CAIN, OF GREAT UNION STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ALSO WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER AND LIVING AT 5 BOURNE STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS.) ENLISTED HULL. JOINED THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL PALS). DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 04/11/1918, AGED 27. BURIED IN FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS W […]

Born Goole, 1886. Son of Joseph Caine (1849-1919) and Bridgett Caine (1857-1927). Lived at 5 Harcourt Street, Hull (1911 Census). Worked as a coal trimmer. Described as 5 foot, 4.5 inches tall, 138 lbs weight, 35-37 inch chest, blue eyes, dark brown hair, Tattoos on both arms. He married Ellen Veronica MANGAN (1884–1939, at Hull Registr […]

BORN ARBROATH 1867. SON OF DAVID & JESSIE ELIZA CAIRD. HE MARRIED IN 1901, AT BRIDLINGTON. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH MARGARET (CROWE), OF 41, WILBERT LANE, BEVERLEY. HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Salmo, built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee in 1900 and owned at the time of her loss […]

BORN RETFORD, NOTTS, 1896. SON OF JOHN SMITH CALAM (1854-1908) AND ANNIE CLARKE (1857-1908). ONE OF 4 BROTHERS. THEY BOARDED WITH THE YOUNG FAMILY AT 23 LISTER STREET, HULL. HE SERVED AS A SECOND OFFICER, AT SEA. RECEIVED HIS SHIP MASTER'S CERTIFICATE, ON 05/07/1916. TAKEN BY SUBMARINE & WHEN IT SUBMERGED WAS ALLOWED TO WASH OFF &am […]

BORN OWSTON FERRY, LINCOLN. ONE OF 4 BROTHERS. DIED OF WOUNDS AT GALLIPOLI, ON 25/08/1915, AGED 30. HIS BROTHER FRED DROWNED DURING ENEMY ACTION. HIS DEATH IS REPORTED IN THEHDM 27/08/1917 & 01/09/1917, AND IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 18/09/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * . I am grateful to Pete Bradshaw who sent the following information on […]

BORN GREECE 1888. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL.

BORN 1888 GOVAN, SCOTLAND. SON OF EBENEEZER CALDERWOOD (1855-1909) AND ELIZABETH COCHRANE. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER IN HULL. MARRIED MARY ELIZABETH PREST (1887-1965), AT HULL, IN APRIL 1915. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR DAUGHTER JANET, BORN 13/11/1915, AT 10, PENZANCE GARDENS, CORNWALL STREET, HULL, AND 1, EMMAS TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HUL […]

BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF WALTER CALDWELL (1861-1928) & MARTHA SHEARDOWN (1869-1947), OF 6 THOMAS PLACE, SCOTT STREET, HULL AND 3 ALDBORO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, MARRION AND ELIZABETH. EMPLOYED AS A COOPER, FOR MESSRS. GA JACKSON & SONS, AT 20 CLEVELAND STREET. HIS ARMY ENLISTMENT ADDRESS WAS 6 T […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF FREDERICK CHARLES CALEY & HANNAH CLARKSON, AT 13 CLIFTON TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL AND 9 WANSLEY TERRACE, CLIFTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) . EDUCATED AT CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 18. COMMEMORATE […]