Regiment: 3rd East Yorkshire Regiment

Born Salford 1872. Enlisted Manchester. Buried in Hull Western Cemetery. Plot Reference:416. 40215. His Army effects were left to his sister, Emily Morgan, of 3, Rose Cottage, Ladyburn Lane, Fallowfield, Manchester.

BORN SELBY 1856. HUSBAND OF ANNIE ATHERTON, OF 10, EMILYS TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRES. DIED IN HULL, ON 20/12/1915, AGED 59. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE  ST BARNABAS CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. THE GUARDIAN OF THEIR CHILD, WAS BETSEY WILKIN […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF CHARLES & ANNIE BAKER, OF NENE VIEW, WOODSTONE HILL, PETERBOROUGH. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 3RD EYR. DIED ACCIDENTALLY WHILST OFF DUTY, ON 20/08/1918, AGED 32. BURIED  AT HULL HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HUSBAND OF KATHLEEN LOUISE ENILY THORNEYCROFT, OF 8, SALISBURY TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL AND 8, UNION P […]

BORN HULL 1902. ELDEST SON OF ALBERT BARKER (1873-1949) & SARAH GILYEAT (1879-1962), OF CHAPMAN STREET, HULL, 12 CICERO TERRACE, SWANN STREET AND 56 , SWANN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A KEELMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED IN IRELAND, ON 11/10/ […]

Born Burn, Selby, 1897. Only son of Thomas and Tamar Battams (1861-1934), of 39, Wilbert Lane, Beverley. He had five sisters. He enlisted at Beverley. Served in the 3rd East Yorkshire Reserves. Died at Home, on 11/02/1916, aged 19. Buried at St Martins Church, Beverley. His grave inscription, reads, "Rest in Peace".

COLOUR SERGEANT, JOHN BRIGGS, OF 34 MARSHALL STREET, HULL. SERVED 23 YEARS WITH THE 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD BATTALIONS, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ELEVEN YEARS WERE SPENT IN INDIA. ALTHOUGH RETIRED. HE VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE DIED OF BRONCHITIS, ON 18/12/1914 . BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HE LEFT FIVE DAUGHTERS AND […]

BORN BURTON PIDSEA, EAST YORKS, 1894. LIVED IN HULL. PARENTS LIVED IN ROOS, OTTRINGHAM, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 3RD EYR. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 24/04/1917, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS WIFE NELLIE BROWN (BORN 15/2/1893) LIVED AT MARTON, SKIRLAUGH. THEY HAD ONE DA […]

BORN HULL 14/01/1885. HULL PAL. SON OF ROBERT & MARTHA (HUNN) BURNS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE MARRIED SEPTEMBER 1906. HIS WIFE NAOMI AMELIA HAIRSINE (BORN 15/9/1884) & FIVE CHILDREN (ALMA AMELIA, ALBERT EDWARD, SIDNEY FRANCIS, IREN AND MONA (DIED 22/6/1917). HE HAD SERVED WITH THE EYR FOR 6 YEARS BEFORE THE WAR. WORKED AS A LABO […]

BORN HULL, 1886.SON OF ROBERT THOMAS CARR (1850-1898) & REBECCA CARR, OF 4 ADA'S TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET AND 16, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER MARRIED GEORGE ARTHUR SKINNER, AT HULL IN 1904. FROM A LARGE FAMILY, WITH FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A BREWER'S LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 IN […]

BORN 1882. HIS WIFE, ANNIE ELIZABETH WATKINSON (BORN 4/12/18880) AT 33, AIRLIE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ALSO LIVED AT 11, CRYSTAL AVENUE, WHARRAM STREET, HULL (1915 ANRMY ADDRESS). HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11TH DECEMBER 1915. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 2ND JUNE 19 […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ANNIE CHAPMAN AND JOSEPH CHAPMAN, OF 13, ALASKA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE OLDER BROTHERS, ALBERT VICTOR CHAPMAN, ROLAND CHAPMAN AND ALEXANDER EDMOND CHAPMAN & SISTERS, KATE, PANSY AND ANN HE MARRIED, FANNY (CLARA) PECK (1890-1977),  IN 1913. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR DAUGHTER, PANSY, AT 6, B […]

BORN HULL 26/05/1872. SON OF JOSIAH CHAPPEL (1846-1917) & ANNIE MARTHA ALLEN (1849-1921), AT 8 ANN'S BUILDINGS, SOUTH PARADE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHERS ARTHUR AND WALTER. SISTERS KATE AND HENRIETA. MARRIED 24/01/1903. A WHITESMITH AND PLATER'S HELPER BY TRADE. HIS WIFE MARGARET MAGUIRE (1876-1966) AND 5 CHILDREN , LIVED AT, 12 GE […]

BORN WARNE, 1867. SON OF WILLIAM JENNINGS CLARIDGE. HIS FIRST WIFE WAS EVERLYN CLUBLEY (1853-1891). REMARRIED 30/06/1906. WIFE SUSANNAH JOHNSON ABOVE 1911 ADDRESS & LATER 6 WINSOR GROVE, MAIDEN ROW, LOUTH LINCS. EMPLOYED AS A GAS STOKER, FRO THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/09/1914, AS A SPECIAL RESERV […]

BORN BRIDLINGTON 1896. SON OF ALLISON CLAXTON (1865-1939) & MARY WILSON (1865-1936), OF 39, HADDON STREET, HULL, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY ENGINE CLEANER SINCE 19. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/09/1914. HIS ARMY RECORDS, DESCRIBE HI […]

BORN HULL 1882. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 55057, 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, IN HULL, ON 22/06/1918, AGED 36. (SOLDIER'S DIED RECORDS) HE MARRIED CHARLOTTE JOHNSON (1880-1955), AT HULL IN 1913. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW AND CHILD, AT 9 CALEDONIA AVENUE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)

BORN HULL 1862. SON OF ROGER COSTELLO AND CATHERINE DOYLE. HIS PARENTS WERE BORTH BORN IN IRELAND, BUT MARRIED IN HULL IN 1854. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, THOMAS AND THREE SISTERS. HUSBAND OFANNIE  AT 12, ETON TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL, (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRES. WAS AG […]

BORN 1866. DIED AGED 49. HIS ADDRESS, DEATH AND FUNERAL ARE REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 4TH SEPTEMBER 1915. THERE IS NO CWGC RECORD

Born Worcester, Worcestershire, 1879. Son of John Alfred and Sarah Davis, of Claines, Worcestershire, Married at Beverley, on 29 May 1907. Husband of Edith Jane Davies, of 6, Clinton Avenue, Manvers Street, Hull (War Pension address). Enlisted at Birmingham, on 8 Feb 1898. Served with the 1st & 3rd East Yorkshire Regiment. Posted t […]