Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HESSLE, 1893. SON OF MINNIE BENNETT OF HULL AND HESSLE. GRANDSON OF AGNES BENNETT. HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER. HUSBAND OF BEATRICE (BORN 31/10/1896), AT 62, JACKSON STREET, HESSLE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED AT DEVONPORT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 27/01/1915. SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT & TRANSFERRED TO THE 6TH DORSETHIRE … Read more
Born Bedale, Yorkshire, 25th August 1898. Son of George Edward Hunter (1856-1916) and Alice Ann Airey, of Hunton, Bedale, Yorkshire (war Pension address). Son of a Road Contractor. He had three brothers and five sisters. He enlisted in Hull. Formerly 205645, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the 6th Dorset Regiment. Killed in action, on 24/08/1918, … Read more
Born Beverley, 1895. Son of William and Sarah Burr, of 15, Wood Lane, Beverley, Yorks. His father was a groom in the Beverley racing stables. He worked as a farm servant and stable boy. Enlisted at Hull, December 1914. Served with the East Riding Yeomanry. Later 1/4th & 8th E.Yorks, 6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed … Read more
BORN WORKINGTON, CUMBERLAND 1898. YOUNGEST SON OF GEORGE JEFFERSON (1851-1934) & ELIZABETH McDOWELL (1858-1933), OF 6, NERO TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF AN IRON WORKER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1455, 13TH EYR. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED AS CORPORAL TO THE 6TH DORSET … Read more
BORN LEEDS, 17/08/1893. SON OF FRED HAINSWORTH (1866-1935)AND ETHEL COWLING (1869-1951), OF 22 GREENHOW AVENUE, BURLEY, LEEDS. HE HAD TWO SISTERS ELSIE AND LAURA, AND ONE BROTHER, FRED, WHO DIED AGED 6. ARTHUR WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE LETTER COMPOSITOR (1911 CENSUS). MARRIED AT ST MATHIAS, BURLEY, LEEDS ON 27/11/1915. HUSBAND OF ALICIA JUBB (1894-1971), OF … Read more
BORN HULL 15/05/1890. SON OF FRED GIBSON (1865-1943) & CLARA ELSOM (1865-1939), OF 107 LINNAEUS STREET, HULL (1918 ABSENT VOTERS) AND 25, DUESBURY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE SISTER, MADGE. HE WORKED AS A MERCANTILE APPRENTICE FROM 107 LINNAEUS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS PARTNER WAS HILDA LETITIA INGRAM AND THEY HAD … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOSEPH BARON AND SARAH ANN JACKSON, OF 18, MAY AVENUE, BEDFORD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION DDRESS). HE WAS MARRIED TO GERTRUDE BARON & FATHER TO CYRIL & WILLIAM. THEY LIVED AT 16, YORK TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND 1, HOWARD STREET, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWP … Read more
