Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name John Taylor Birth Place West Hartlepool, Durham, England Residence West Hartlepool, Durham, England Death Date 16 Oct 1914 Death Place Home – Killed on railway Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line Battalion 7th (Queens Own) Hussars Regimental Number 15477 Type of Casualty Died – Killed on … Read more
Born Pocklington, 1890. Son of Harriet Ann Hayton (1865-1935), at 12, Beaver Road, Beverley (1911 census). Resided with Jessie Gray, at 112, Minster, Moorgate, Beverley (war Pension address) A professional soldier (1911 Census). He enlisted at Beverley. Served with the 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars. Killed in action, on 08 February 1916, aged 26. Buried … Read more
Born Howden, Yorkshire, 1892. Son of Jon Frederick Harrison (1858-1927) and Fanny Harrison (1860-1939), of Howden and 44, Midway Grove, Gipsyville, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a rural police constable and later farmer with a small holding. He had two brothers and two sisters, Charlotte and Dora L. Served as Reginald Harrison, 17524, 5th … Read more
Born Clerkenwell, London, 18 Dec 1898. Son of Mrs Amy Nichols Tasker, of 2, Forbury Villas, Olivers Road, Clacton on Sea and 4, Salisbury Crescent, Newland Avenue, Hull (War Pension address). Described as 5 foot, 6 inches tall, 136 lbs weight, 36-38 inch chest, brown eyes, brown hair, Church of England religion. He enlisted at … Read more
Born Hull, 3 May 1888. Baptised at St James Church, on 23 May 1888. Son of George Robert Hancock (1856–1913) and Harriet Hancock of 2, Prince of Wales terrace, Staniforth Place, Hull (War Pension address). Served in the 10th Hussars. Died in April 1922, aged 34.
Born Hull, 4 Jun 1886. Baptism, 23 Jun 1886 St John’s, Hull. He was a professional soldier serving in the 10th Hussars, Cavalry (1911 Census). Married on 8th January 1919. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Bechell, of 4, Napier Terrace, Norfolk Street, Hull (War Pension Address). They had a daughter, Ellen and one son, Francis Bernard. … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. LIVED MANCHESTER. ENLISTED LEEDS. HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY TROOPER. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1917. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CAROLINE. Name Arthur White Birth Place Hull Residence Husband of Caroline (born 1/12/1884), at 6 Augustus Street, Brooks Bar, Manchester Death Date 12 Oct 1917 Death … Read more
BORN HULL, 1898. SON OF FREDERICK AND ALICE CLARA LANGHORNE, OF 15 WAXHOLME ROAD, WITHERNSEA, HULL. SON OF A HUMBER MERCHANT CLERK. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. ENLISTED WITHERNSEA. SERVED AS A TROOPER, IN THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/10/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS OTHER … Read more
