Regiment: King's Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

Last Name
Address
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31, NEWINGTON STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/09/1918
       
Aged
39
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. HE ENLIS […]
SALOP, WHITECHURCH, SHROPSHIRE, WEST MIDLANDS, UK
       
       
Died on
22/04/1918
       
Aged
28
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 […]
17, FENCHURCH STREET, STEPNEY LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
02/09/1918
       
Aged
20
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 HUL […]
44 , GOODWIN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
02/09/1918
       
Aged
39
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF ROBERT NICHOLSON (18441893) AND CHARLOTTE NICHOLSON (1852-1934), OF 73 PORTLAND STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13046, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 36590, 7TH SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON […]
RUSHOLME, MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
01/05/1917
       
Aged
35
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. […]