BORN HULL 22/10/1895. SON OF WALTER HARE (1868-1949) & LOUISA EASTWOOD (1871-1960), AT 26, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMIGRATED TO BRIGHTON, ONTARIO, CANADA IN 1911. WORKED AS A FARMER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 34-37 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, PRESBYTERIAN RELIGION. ENLISTED […]
Born at Chatham, New Brunswick, 25/07/1883. Son of Thomas Keating (1841-1902) and Catherine Flanagan(1840-1928), of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada. A Farmer's son. Single man, unmarried. He worked as a Land Agent. He enlisted at Calgary, Canada, on 11/01/1915. Described as 5 foot, 7.5 inches tall, Chest 35-38 inches, Roman Catholic Reli […]
25, MARMADUKE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
11/04/1917
Aged
24
I am grateful to Jackie Carlton who identified this Hull casualty and provided the following information on Weds 08/04/2015. George Robert Mowforth was born 12th July 1890 Hull to parents Robert Woods Mowforth (1866-1895)and Louisa Holdsworth (1868-1936). (His attestation papers give his birth as 12th October 1892. In 1891 (aged 7 mont […]
154 , HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
10/08/1918
Aged
42
FORMERLY OF TORONTO, CANADA. SON OF JOSEPH SPEIGHT ABOVE. WIFE EMMA 9HOPWOOD) SPEIGHT, 30 HALTEMPRICE STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE.
BORN EDINGBUGH 09/10/1889. ONLY SON OF THE LATE JOHN STRACHAN (1850-1904), & ISABELLA HOLLOWAY (FORMERLY STRACHAN), OF 21 NEWTON STREET, BOULEVARD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN CANADA. ARRIVED IN ENGLAND WITH THE 2ND CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. POSTED TO FRANCE, WITH THE COLUMBIA MOUNTED RIFLES. HE WAS KILLED ON THE SOMME, NEAR […]
