Regiment: 1/5th East Yorkshire Regiment

Born Hull, 1888. Son of William Maker Bridger and Mary Ann Bridger at 3, Zion Terrace, Bean Street, Hull (1911 Census); 4, Regent Street, Hull (Army address) and 47, Sandringham Street, Hull (War Pension address). He was a Compositor of "Very Good" Character, 5 foot, 6 inches tall, 36-38 inch chest, blue eyes, dark brown hair, Church Of […]

Born Hull, 1888. Son Alfred Hawkes and Priscilla Symonds (1859-1938). He had one brother, Arthur and four sisters, Emily, Nora, Elsie and Doris Husband of Lucy Hall Hawkes (1886-1953), of 3 Frank's Terrace, Finsbury Street, Hull  (Army address). They had one son, William Harold Hawkes (1909-1981). Employed as a labourer, in the Enginee […]

Born Hull 1895. Son of Dryson Heaton (1865-1929) and Eliza Atkin (1866-1955), of 18, Poplar Street, Hull (War pension address). he had three brothers and three sisters. A Fish & Fruiterer's Errand Boy. Served as Private, 874, 1/5th East Yorkshire Cyclists. Died of Meningitis, at Colchester, on 01/06/1916, aged 21. His army effects w […]

Born Hull 1900. Son of Walter Robinson and Elizabeth B. Clifton, of 65, Gillett Street Hessle Road (1911 Census) and 11, Havelock Street, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a Shipwright. He had five sisters and two brothers. Served in Iraq, as a Private in the East Yorkshire Regiment. Died on 02/07/1924, aged 24.

BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF MARGARET & LATE GEORGE WILLIAM TURNER, OF 20, WILFRED TERRACE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 65, EDINBURGH STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ELDEST OF THREE BROTHERS. HE WORKED FOR RECKITT'S WORKER AND THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER WITH HIS BROTHER JAMES WHO JOINED HIM AT TH […]