Regiment: 3rd East Yorkshire Regiment

BORN WEST BROMWICH, STAFFS, 1889. SON OF THOMAS AND HANNAH PARTRIDGE, OF 166 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL. A CLERK ENGINEER, FOR THE NORTHEASTERN RAILWAYS. RESIDED DARLINGTON. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 165 LBS, 39.5 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES AND DARK BROWN HAIR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/09/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERR […]

BORN DERBY 1891. SON OF GEORGE READER, OF 78 BENNETT STREET, LONG ETON, DERBYSHIRE (CWGC ADDRESS). A HULL TEACHER. HE ENLISTED AT BRISTOL. SERVED IN THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT HULL'S ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL, ON 18/10/1915, AGED 23. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 23/10/1 […]

Born Hull 1902. Only Son of Walter Reed (1876-1910) and Annie Simpson (1875-1913), of 102 Durham St Hull (1911 Census). He had two younger sisters, Gladys and Nellie. He served with the 3rd east Yorkshire regiment. Died of Influenza, on 09/03/1919, aged 17. Buried at Hull Hedon Road Cemetery. His army effects were left to his uncle, Geo […]

Born, Hull, 1858. A General Labour and time expired soldier in the Durham Artillery. He married, Bridget Spilman, at St Stephens, Hull, on 11 Dec 1886. Described as 5 foot, 7.5 inches tall, 160 lbs weight, 38-40 inch chest, blue eyes, grey hair. They one daughter, Mary born in 1880. They lived at 23 Marlborough Terrace, Norfolk Street, […]

BORN HULL 1891. ON OF JOSIAH SMITH (1854-1932) & ELIZA ELLEN AUSTIN (1860-1932), OF 75 STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A WATERMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 141 LBS WEIGHT, 36-38 INCH CHEST. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 03/08/1918. HIS WIFE BEATRICE BOLDRA WARD HAIRSINE, […]

BORN HULL 1885. SECOND SON OF HENRY SMITH & MARY ELIZABETH HOLMES., AT 11, MASON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF THREE SONS. HE WAS A SHIPPING LABOURER LIVING AT 18 RODNEY STREET, HULL, IN THE 1911 CENSUS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 29/08/1914. KILLED IN A RAILWAY ACCIDENT, BEVERLEY, AGED 29. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS ARMY […]

BORN HORNSEA 1867. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY SMITH. HE MARRIED IN HORNSEA, ON 26/12/1904. HIS WIFE, MARY ELLEN (RUSSELL) SMITH, AND THREE CHILDREN, LIVED AT T12 AIGBURTH AVENUE, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL. A FORMER SOLIDER, HE HAD RETIRED WITH LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS, AND GRATUITY. HE THEN WORKED AS RAILWAY CHECKER. HE ENLISTED I […]

BORN CAMBRIDGE 1886. LIVED MALTON. FARM LABOURER AND RAILWAY PLATER. ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS AT ST JOHNS VAD HOSPITAL, COTTINGHAM. BURIED IN HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY. LEFT £47 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW JESSIE HERRIOT SQUIRES.

BORN SUTTON, HULL 1886. A BLACKSMITHS STRIKER. RESIDED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER, BETSEY MUMBY AT 35 DAY STREET, HULL HE ENLISTED INTO THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY ON 06/02/1907. SERVED IN INDIA FOR SIX YEARS (1911 CENSUS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 132 LBS WEIGHT, 36-39 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIRHE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVE […]

BORN HULL 13/071885. ONLY SON OF THE LATE HERBERT HENRY STEVENSON & MARY BARKER, AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE HAD THREE SISTERS. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1898. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1914. A FITTER'S LABOURER. HE WORKED FOR AT THE HULL CORPORATION TRAMWAY DEPOT, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRES. H […]

BORN WASSAND, YORKSHIRE, 16/03/1860. ELDEST SON OF THE LATE HENRY STRICKLAND-CONSTABLE (1821-1909) & CORNELIA CHARLOTTE ANNE DUMARESQ (1837-1911). EDUCATED AT ETON. COMMISSIONED TO THE HORSE GUARDS, IN 1880. PROMOTED CAPTAIN, IN 1884, MAJOR IN 1911, AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN 1913. HE MARRIED MARGARET ELIZABETH PAKENHAM (1873-1961) […]

Born Rosedale Abbey, Pickering, North Yorkshire, on 22/06/1873. Son of Tom Bailey (1845-1826) and Sarah Watson; Husband of Mary Jane (Thorp) Watson, of  34 Market Place, Beverley and later 19, Avondale Terrace, Shirebrook, Mansfield. Educated at Middlesbrough. A former labourer. He joined the army at Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1895, aged […]

BORN HULL 1893. AKA 'TOMMIE'. SON OF ROBERT WILLIAM EDWARD WOODWARD (1848-1918) & MARIA WOODWARD, OF 1 SYLVESTER GROVE, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A SUGAR BOILER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRES IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED AND PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN THE 3RD EYR. […]