Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF LUKE JAMES WASS (1868-1922) & CLARA LOFT (1865-1944), OF 4, ROBINSON COURT, PRINCESS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF FOUR SONS WHO DIED IN THE WAR. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE JOINED THE ARMY ON 13/08/1913, AGED 19 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. HE ENLISTED IN THE … Read more
BORN ST JAMES, HULL 1892. SON OF FRANCES & ELIZABETH PEARSON, OF REETON, SCARBOROUGH. A PORTER. HE JOINED THE ARMY ON 5TH JANUARY 1911. ENLISTED SCARBOROUGH. SERVED WITH THE 20TH HUSSARS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/08/1914. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 20/11/1914, AGED 22, AT CLYTTE, BELGIUM. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF MR JOHN LILL (1859-1917) & MRS RACHEL ANN BLACKLEY (1866-1959), OF 35, PARROTT STREET, SELBY STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN FOOTBALL CIRCLES HAVING PLAYED FOR RECKITT’S RUGBY TEAM AND CENTRAL HULL. HE WORKED A LONG TIME FOR GARDEN … Read more
BORN, PARIS, FRANCE, ON 19/08/1891. ONLY SON OF JOSEPH KEIGHTLEY (1859-1913) & ANN MARIE LEROYER LAVAL (1858-), OF 57, RODNEY STREET, HULL. HIS MOTHER WAS FRENCH. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, ANN JOSEPHINE, YVONNE AND JEANNE. EDUCATED IN FRANCE AND AT HULL’S PRYME STREET ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL. HE WAS A HAIR DRESSER AND UMBRELLA MAKER. HE … Read more
BORN HULL. LIVED MIDDLESBOROUGH. ENLISTED MIDDLESBOROUGH. SON OF ROBERT & ADA GRAINGER, MIDDLESBOROUGH, ABOVE. KILLED IN ACTION.
