Regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI), 1st Battalion

BORN BATLEY 1895. SON OF THOMAS BODDY & SARAH PULLEN, OF 2 BARLEY CORN YARD, TOWN STREET, ARMLEY, LEEDS. HE WORKED AS A FACTORY OPERATIVE IN WARHOUSES. HE MARRIED IN HULL IN 1911. ENLISTED IN THE 1ST KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION AT LOOS, ON 04/10/1915, AGED 20. HIS NAME WAS RECORDED IN ST BARNABAS BOOK. OF REM […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF CHARLES VALENTINE BROCKLESBY (1858-1912) & SARAH ANN AYSCOUGH (1871-1943), OF 1 WENLOCK TERRACE, RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL, AND "DAIRY FARM" DANSOM LANE, HULL. A FORMER RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 31/08/1914 AT THE AGE OF 17, REPORTING THAT HE WAS A BUTCHER, AGED 23. HE WAS DISCHARGE AFTER 61 DAYS AS […]

BORN LEEDS 1877. ENLISTED LEEDS. BROTHER OF THOMAS BURKE, OF 38 , SPENCER STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED WITH THE 1ST KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/05/1915, AGED 37. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIS GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, ANNIE RYDER AT 6 […]

Born Antrim, Co. Antrim, 1880. Son of Thady Duffy, of Faulighter, Killkelly, County Mayo. He resided in Hull. A casual Labourer. Living at 35, Spyvee Street, Hull (1911 Census). He enlisted in Hull. Posted to France, on 10th June 1915. Served with the 1st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds, on 17/08/1915, aged 35. Buri […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1894. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM & ELIZABETH GLEADHILL, OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF SIX SONS, FIVE OF WHICH SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING THE WAR. A MILK MAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/10/1918, AGED 24. HE IS BURIED AT GUIZANCOURT FARM CEMETERY, GOUY. […]

BORN SICKLE WOOD, NORFOLK, 1877. AN ORPHAN. HE HAD NO PARENTS OR SIBLINGS. HE MARRIED CAROLINE TERESA HEAD AT HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 16/03/1915. HIS WIFE CAROLINE LIVED AT 25, GRIMSBY LANE, MARKET PLACE, LINCOLNSHIRE (ARMY ADDRESS), WITH THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS CHILDREN WERE BORN IN SUTTON, IMMINGHAM, GRIMSBY AND HULL WHICH SUGGESTS […]

BORN HULL 07/12/1889. SCULCOATES. SON OF EDWARD HONOUR & SARAH ELIZABETH TINSLEY, OF 64 GIBSON STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD A BROTHER SERVING IN THE ARMY AND ANOTHER, IN THE NAVY. HIS MOTHER DIED AND HIS FATHER REMARRIED MARY ANN HINDMARCH. IN 1911 THE FAMILY ARE LIVING IN DURHAM AND HENRY IS WORKING AS A COAL MINER. […]

Born Glasgow, Scotland 1879. Son of Maitlan Hutchison and Ann Aitken. Married 29/08/1916 at St Stephen's church, Hull. Husband of Charlotte Anna Colley (formerly Hutchison), of 12, Booth St., Hull. Their only child David was born in 1917. Enlsited Hull. Served in Gallipoli. Died at Home on 19/12/1917 aged 39. Buried in Hull Western cemet […]

BORN HULL 1889. ST STEPHENS. SON OF ANDERS CONRAD JEDERIN (1852-1923) & ALICE (WALKER) JEDERIN (1860-1903) - 4 GILBERT STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN STOCKHOLME, SWEDEN AND WORKED AS A MERCHANT SEAMAN AND AT HULL DOCKS. ANDREW JEDERIN WAS A FORMER TRINITY HOUSE LAD AND WA […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1887. SON OF FRANK FITZROY LAMBERT AND EMILY AUGUSTA HARRISON. HIS FATHER WAS A DIRECTOR OF THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY AND WAS A LEADING PLAYER IN HULL'S COMMERCIAL LIFE. KENNETH LAMBERT WAS EDUCATED AT RUGBY SCHOOL, WARWICKSHIRE. HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE SERVED EIGHT YEARS WITH THE KOYLI, INCLUDING HONG KONG AND […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM OFFEN & HARRIET OFFEN, 24 LUCY'S PLACE, PORTER STREET. HE WAS SINGLE AND LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED SIX YEARS IN CHINA WITH THE 1ST KOYLI, BASED IN HONG KONG. HE CAME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS IN 1914, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS. HE RETURNED TO THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILL […]

Born Barnsley, 1899. Son of Willoughby and Eliza Hannah Simpson, of Spring Gardens, Mapplewell, Barnsley. Son of a Coal Miner. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds, on 10/06/1915, aged 16. Buried in at Wormhoudt, France, which contains 20 CWGC graves. His army effects were left to […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS VOAKES (1847-1911) & ANN VOAKES (1848-1903), OF 38, MARMADUKE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE WAS A RADIATOR WORKER, WORKING FOR HULL'S IDEAL STANDARD. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHERS AT 32 PERTH STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL. HE MARRIED MINNIE CARRINGTON, AT HULL, IN 1912. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS AND […]

SERVED AS "WARD", REAL NAME WAS "WRIGHT". BORN HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED ON 30/09/1915. HIS WAR PENSION, WAS LEFT TO HIS MOTHER MRS SELINA WRIGHT, GUARDIAN OF HIS MOTHERLESS CHILD, LIVING AT 25 BRADSHAW STREET, LEYLAND, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS)

Born Doncaster. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action, on 24/05/1915. Commemorated on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium. He did not leave his army effects to anyone and sadly there is nothing more known about him.

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF THOMAS WREATHALL & MATILDA DRY, 87 OXFORD STREET. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE RESIDED AT 13 CROWN TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. (HDM ADDRESS, 11/05/1915). HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION, KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFRANTRY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND HAD ONLY BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR A FORTNIGHT, BEFORE HE WAS KILLED […]