Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name Henry Symons Birth Place Devonport Residence Plymouth Death Date 22 Sep 1918 Death Place THILLOY ROAD CEMETERY, BEAULENCOURT, FRANCEPlymouth Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Cameronian (Scottish Rifles) Battalion 1st Battalion Regimental Number 203215 Type of Casualty Died of wounds Theatre of War Western European Theatre
Name Donald Munro Birth Place Newcastle, Northumberland, 1881 Residence Liverpool, Lancashire Death Date 3 Sep 1916 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull, Yorkshire – 25 July 1900 Rank Sergeant Regiment Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Battalion 1st Battalion Regimental Number S/11779 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France … Read more
Born Hull, 1888. Son of Charles and Freda Nicklas, of 18 Wilde Street, Hull. His father was born in Kinslow, Germany and was a local butcher (1911 Census). He had two brothers and five sisters. Employed as a Baker. His sister, lived at 14, Brentwood Villas, Marshall street, Hull (war pension address). Married at Sculcoates, … Read more
Born Loughborough, Leicestershire, 1898. Eldest Son of Alfred and Mary Jane Atkin, of 59, Campbell Street, Hull (War Pension address). He had two brothers and two sisters. Enlisted at Beverley. Served in the 1st Cameronian (Scottish Rifles). Killed in action, on 21/09/1918, aged 19. Buried in France. His army effects were left to his mother, … Read more
BORN HULL 23/03/1898. ONLY SON OF JOHN HILLS & ANN ELIZABETH HILLS, OF 154 HAVELOCK STREET, HULL (1910), 106 DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 230 ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD SEVEN SISTERS. HE WAS SENT TO THE REFORM SCHOOL, AT WETHERBY, ON THE 15/07/1910, FOR “HABITUALLY WANDERING”. HE LEFT HOME … Read more
BORN HULL 07/09/1883. SON OF WILLIAM BALL (1861-1945) ELLEN LEADHAM ROACH (1863-1938), OF 5 HARRY TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A FISH DOCK LABOURER. HIS BROTHER LIVED AT 90, NEWSTED STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE, ESTHER (BORN 14/12/1895) AND DAUGHTER, HETTY (BORN 26/9/1916), LIVED AT 9 CLAREMONT AVENUE, … Read more
BORN HULL APRIL, 1873. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES ATKINSON & HANNAH MARY CLAPPISON. ONE OF 12 CHILDREN. MARRIED SCULCOATES, HULL, 1896. WIFE MARGARET BENNINGTON, DIED IN 1919. THEY HAD TWO SONS, CHARLES & HORACE, WHO EMIGRATED TO CANADA AND BOTH SERVED WITH THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, AND A DAUGHTER, IRIS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, … Read more
