Regiment: Cameronians Scottish Rifles 2nd Battalion

Born Hull, 02/09/1897. Son of Lily Cresswell, of 4, Church terrace, St Paul Street, Hull (War pension address). He had one brother, Sidney Warwick Cresswell (1899-1933). Enlisted at Hull. Served with the 2nd Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Killed in action, on 28/11/1917, aged 20. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. His army […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY DANBY & (CAROLINE) ELLEN DANBY (1872-1953), OF 7, MALVERN TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 203265, 2ND CAMERONIAN (SCOTTISH RIFLES). DIED AT PUCKHEIM, GERMANY, ON 12/06/1918, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED AT NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KA […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN W. MITCHELL (1860-1931) AND VIOLETTA MITCHELL (1861-1900), OF SOUTH SHIELDS, DURHAM. HE HAD AN ELDER BROTHER, JOHN LIONEL MITCHELL AND FIVE SISTERS. HIS FATHER WAS A SHIP'S DRAUGHTSMAN, BORN IN SCOTLAND. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN MIDDLEBOROUGH AND DIED IN 1900, AGED 39, WHEN CECIL WAS 3 YEARS OLD. CECIL WAS EDUC […]

Born Hull, 1899. Son of Clara Targett, of 117, Blenheim Street, Princes Avenue, Hull (War Pension address). He enlisted in Hull. Formerly 2935, E. York. Regiment. Transferred to the 2nd Cameronian (Scottish Rifles). Killed in action, on 25/03/1918, aged 19. Buried in France. his army effects were left to his mother, Clara, who moved to […]