BORN HULL 1887. LIVED & ENLISTED NEWCASTLE. SON OF STEPHEN & JANE ALLAN. WIFE ROSINA, BYKER, NEWCASTLE. SOLDIERS DIED & CWGC RECORDS. HE IS BURIED AT FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GARVE READS, "AT REST".
BORN BURTON PIDSEA 1889. SON OF HENRY AND ROSE ANDREWS, OF PATRINGTON. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN, INCLUDING FOUR SETS OF TWINS. EMPLOYED AS A HORSEMAN AT HUMBLETON HALL, NEAR HULL. ALSO WORKED AS A RULLYMAN, FOR MESSRS HAYES, ALFRED STREET, HULL (GENERAL CARTERS). HE MARRIED JANE ALICE HURD, AT HULL IN 1914 AND LIVED ON HESSLE ROAD, HULL F […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS AND SARAH BLACKIE, OF 6 FLORENCE PLACE, GIBSON STREET AND 35 CENTRAL STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). AN EX JOSEPH RANK FLOUR EMPLOYEE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/11/1916, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE, AT GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAUL […]
BORN HULL 1879. (ALIAS 'ASHTON') SON OF CHARLES ASHTON & CATHERINE KELLY (1862-1906). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN, ALL WITH THE SURNAME OF ASHTON. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, IN 1896. HIS WIFE SARAH ANN PULLON (SWEET) & THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED LEEDS (1911 CENSUS) AND THEN AT 24 , HODGSON STREET, HULL (WAR PEN […]