Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery East Riding 2nd

Born 1979. Son of Robert William Batty (1855-1933) and Jane Filby (1856-1927), of 42 Parrott Street, Hull. He had one brother, Walter. Was a Certificated Assistant Schoolmaster. described as 5 foot, 6 inches tall, 37-39 inch chest, Church of England religion. He married, Lillian Winningham (1882-1962), on 20 May 1899, at the Hull Regis […]

John was born in Walkington in 1881, he was the son of Thomas Storey Blades of Walkington and Sarah Elizabeth of Nafferton, he had an elder sister Mary Elizabeth who earned her living as a dressmaker, also living with the family in 1911 was Harold Legard, a tailor who had been born in Burton Agnes. At the time of the census in 1911 J […]

Born Hull 1873. A car washer, for the Hull Corporation Tramways Department. He had served in the Hull Rifles and enlisted in the East Riding RGA on 30/06/1908. Married on 04/02/1893. Lived with his wife, Betsy Ann and three children, at 17 Oakland Villas, Marshall Street, Newland Avenue, Hull (War Pension & Army address). Served as […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF HENRY (HARRY) CLARK & ANN CLARK. A DOCK LABOURER. HUSBAND OF MARY (JOHNSON), AT 14 SUSANNAH'S TERRACE, LEE SMITH STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE 1ST EAST RIDING, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED OF HEART DISEASE AND DROPSEY, ON 09/03/1918, AGED 28. BURIED AT HULL'S H […]

BORN HULL 1886. SCULCOATES. SON OF THE LATE FRED KIRMAN (1856-1915) & JANE ELIZABETH BOGG (1865-1903), OF HULL. MARRIED AT HULL SCULCOATES, ON 23/08/1910. HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER, LIVING AT 8, SYDEHAM TERACE, SEATON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HIS WIFE ALICE AMELIA KIRMAN, ALSO LIVED AT 17 COBDEN COTTAGE, WESTMORELA […]

Born Hull 1884. Son of the late William and Jane Thrustle, of 33, Model Dwellings, Midland Street, Hull. A Town Postman. Described as 5 foot, 9 inches tall, 39-41 inch chest.He had three sisters who lived at home and one elder brother, Joseph Thrustle, who lived at 12 Brunswick avenue, Hull. Enlisted 25/10/1915. Served as Gunner, 382293 […]

BORN BARTON ON HUMBER 1894. SON OF WILLIAM GIBSON TROWILL (1859-1941) & ROSE EMMA WOOD (1864-1936), OF 4, GREAT UNION STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 14. ENDYKE LANE, HULL. SON OF A FURNITURE BROKER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER. HE WORKED AS AN IRON MONGER. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 20/04/1915. HE SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROY […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF HENRY WARVILL (1847-1917) AND EMMA PULLEN (1844-1902). MARRIED, AT HULL, IN  1910 - HIS WIFE ETHEL ACKROYD (1892 - ) & TWO CHILDREN, LIVED AT 117, CHILTERN STREET, HULL, 64, SUBWAY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL AND LATER 33, LIME STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A COUNCIL LABOURER. HE WORKED  FOR THE HULL CORP […]