Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF ROBERT NICHOLSON (18441893) AND CHARLOTTE NICHOLSON (1852-1934), OF 73 PORTLAND STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HUSBAND OF ROSA DOWNES, OF 40, DAY STREET, HULL. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, LUCY MAY, GEORGE AND ELSIE, BORN BETWEEN 1906-1910.. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13046, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. AWARDED THE … Read more
BORN HATFIELD, YORKSHIRE 1882. SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH THOMPSON, OF HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL’S HYMERS COLLEGE. MARRIED ETHEL WILSON AND LIVED WITH HER FAMILY IN RUSHOLME, MANCHESTER. EMPLOYED AS A HOSIER. HE ENLISTED IN MANCHESTER. SERVED WITH THE 7TH KING’S OWN SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/05/1917, AGED 35. HIS NAME IS … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. MISPELT ON MEMORIAL. ONLY SON OF GEORGE LITTLEDIKE (1853-1929) & MARY ELIZABETH GIBBS (1863-1921), OF 15, PORTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 17, FENCHURCH STREET, HULL. (WAR PENSION & HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 01/09/1919). HE WAS EMPLOYED BY HIS FATHER, A CONFECTIONER, AT HULL MARKET HALL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, DECEMBER 1914. … Read more
Born Hull. Lance Corporal, John Christal, 20898, 7th King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Lived Whitechurch, Salop. He married there in 1915. Enlisted Shrewsbury. Formerly, 2840 Shropshire Yeomanry. He transferred to the 7th Battalion. Killed-in-Action in the trenches, East of Canal de La Lawe, on 22nd April 1918. His army effects were left to his widow Alice … Read more
BORN HULL 1879. THIRD SON OF THOMAS & ROSE BUTTON. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO ELDER SISTERS, ROSE AND ANNE. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN 1903. HUSBAND OF NELLIE S (ACEY) BUTTON OF 196, WHEELER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). AND 31, NEWINGTON STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SHE REMARRIED IN 1921. … Read more
