Regiment: 1/5th East Yorkshire Regiment

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 […]

BORN ESSEX, 1889. SON OF MAJOR, WILLIAM SNOWBALL WALKER (1/5TH EYR) & EDITH SARAH WALKER ,OF 34 WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL. HE  DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/01/1916, AGED 26. HE IS LISTED ON THE HULL TECH COLLEGE ROLL OF HONOUR, PARK STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 4TH FEBRUARY 1916. * HIS B […]