Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF HARRY SIMPSON. TURNER. & MARY E. TURNER, OF 64, ARGYLE STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK AT RECKITT’S CANISTER WORKS. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, ON 13/11/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 35 INCH CHEST, 129 LBS WEIGHT. SERVED WITH THE 12TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. HE DIED OF WOUND,S … Read more
BORN GOOLE, 1885. SON OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH PEARSON, OF GOOLE. HIS WIFE FLORENCE JANE PEARSON (BORN 13 NOV 1885), LIVED AT 41, PARK ROAD, HULL & 18, VICTORIA STREET, GOOLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE ENLISTED AT LEEDS. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 302914, 12TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/10/1917, AGED 32. HE IS … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM LEON GAMBETTA LOVEDAY (1850-1915) AND JENNY BAINES (1856-), OF 13 BEECH GROVE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL. HE HAD ONE SISTER, LAURA, WHO LIVED AT 7 BALMORAL AVENUE, LANSDOWNE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE MARRIED HIS NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOUR, IN HULL, ON 08/08/1914 WHEN WAR BEGAN. HIS WIFE KATE JARVIS (1889-1959) … Read more
BORN HULL 1900. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF ROBERT & ANNIE HESSEY ABOVE.
BORN BEVERLEY, ON 19/06/1880. SON OF THOMAS GAMBLE (1854-1929) & ANNIE ELIZABETH POUGHER (1855-1932), OF 135, GLASGOW STREET, HULL. BOTH SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. HE MARRIED, SARAH JANE HODGSON (1882-1949), AT SCULCOATES REGISTRY OFFICE, HULL, ON 24/09/1904. HIS WIFE, SARAH & SIX CHILDREN, LIVED AT 6, LUTHER TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. THOMAS WAS … Read more
BORN HULL 17/06/1897. SON OF SHADRACH COLEMAN (1859-1905) & MARY JANE CAULDWELL (1859-1923) AT 3, FOUNTAIN TERRACE, HEDON ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHER OF JOHN EDWARD COLEMAN AND MARRIED SISTERS, ANNIE BARLOW, AND MARY JANE ARUNDEL. HE WAS RAISED IN THE SPRINGBANK ORPHANAGE, FROM AUGUST 1906, LEAVING IN 1911. AN APPRENTICE PRINTER, FOR MR TESSEYMAN, … Read more
