Lance Sergeant
Thorngumbold, East Yorkshire, UK
Died on
06/11/1917
Aged
25
Born Ryhehill, 13/01/1892. Son of Herbert Cressey (1875-1938) and Mrs Elizabeth Ann (Betsy Ann) Cressey, of Salford, Near Manchester. He emigrated on 28 Jun 1912 • Quebec, Canada, where he worked as a farmer. He enlisted at Calgary. Described as 5 foot, 5.5 inches tall, 36-38 inch chest, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair., […]
Died on
09/08/1918
Aged
22
Born Hull 27/01/1896. Son of the Reverend, James William Penrose (1867-1942) and Mrs. Charlotte Ledran (1874-1951), of 5 Mowbray Terrace, Simmons Street, Hull and "The Parsonage", Oil Springs, Ontario. When Pvt James Ledran Penrose was born in 1896 in Hull, Yorkshire, his father, James, was 29 and his mother, Charlotte, was 22. He ha […]
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF GEORGE EDWARD WILLIAMSON AND ELIZA ANNAGAN,BEXHILL, ERITH, KENT. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN INCLUDING FOUR SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY CANVASSER. HE WORKED IN DURHAM. HE MARRIED HELEN W WILLIAMSON AND THEY HAD A YOUNG DAUGHTER, MAUD, LIVING AT 635 ANLABY ROAD. (CANADIAN WAR RECORD ADDRESS). ENLISTED IN THE CEF. KILLED […]
