Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name Arthur Hammond Birth Place Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, 1886. Son of Betsy Hammond, of 67 Westbourne Street, Hessle Road, Hull Residence Birmingham and (Hull Dock Labourer – 1911 Census) Death Date 25 Mar 1918 Death Place Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line Battalion 18th … Read more
HULL’S FIRST WAR CASUALTY. BORN HULL, ON 16/11/1884. FOURTH SON OF GEORGE MILEHAM (1855-1932) & MARY ANN CAVE (1860-1896), OF 7 , MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE WAS EDUCATED AT CONSTABLE STREET SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS OF A SUPERIOR, HIGH STANDARD, FOR READING, WRITING AND MATHS. … Read more
BORN HULL, 05/11/1895. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1895. SON OF JAMES OWEN (1851-1931) & CATHERINE WOOD, LIVING AT 403, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF AN OIL MILL PRESSMAN. BROTHER TO ALICE, CATHERINE, SARAH ANN AND MARGARET, AND A YOUNGER BROTHER, GEORGE WILLIAM WOOD. HE WAS A FLOUR MILL LABOURER. … Read more
BORN SKIPSEA 1897. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED HORNSEA. SON OF HARRY AND SARAH JANE WARKUP, BRIDLINGTON ROAD, SKIPSEA. KILLED IN ACTION. STABLE BOY. Name Herbert Warkup Birth Place Skipsea, Seaton, Yorkshire Residence Hull Death Date 22 Mar 1918 Death Place Poziers Memorial, Somme, France Enlistment Place Hornsea Rank Lance Corporal Regiment Household Cavalry and Cavalry of … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1893. THIRD SON OF RICHARD SMITH AND MARY SUCH, OF CHERRY BURTON, NEAR BEVERLEY. HE RESIDED AT CHERRY BURTON, WORKING AS A HORSEMAN AT VICARAGE FARM, LUND WOLD. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 18TH QUEEN MARY’S OWN HUSSARS. HE WENT TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 15/08/1914. WAS WOUNDED … Read more
BORN HULL 1877 SON OF JAMES MARPLE (1855-1903) & ELIZABETH MARPLE (1855-1918), OF 14 JOSHUA AVENUE, MADELEY STREET, HULL. BROTHERS JOHN AND JAMES. EMPLOYED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN 1904. HIS WIFE MINNIE BEATRICE (HOWARD) & THREE DAUGHTERS, LIVED AT 2 ELDORADO AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS & CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED … Read more
BORN KINGS LYNN 1892. HE LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/06/1917, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS GRANDMOTHER, MRS SUSAN ANN SEAMAN (1843-1924), AT 19, WALTERS TERRACE, WALTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON … Read more
