Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN BEVERLEY 1895. SON OF MARGARET (HANSON) & LATE THOMAS WILSON, OF 9 ROSEDALE AVENUE, SOUTHCOATES LANE, HULL. LIVED EVERTON. ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL. SERVED WITH THE LIVERPOOL SCOTTISH. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/01/1917, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENINGATE MEMORIAL. HIS BROTHER SERGEANT, GEORGE WILSON, ROYAL TANK CORPS, FORMERLY, TROOPER, 8505 18TH HUSSARS, ENLISTED … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. LIVED BLACKPOOL. ENLISTED LANCASTER. SERVED WITH THE 2ND/10TH LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/05/1917, AGED 28. BURIED IN FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, MRS JUNE HELENA MASKILL, AGED 59, AT 39 KESWICK ROAD, BLACKPOOL.
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN CLOSE (1846-1928) AND FANNY WATSON (1849-1932), OF 60 FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL, OF 33 ST LEONARDS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND GRIMSHAW LANE, PATRINGTON. HE WAS A BROKER’S CLERK. LIVED IN HULL AND AT 32 PELHAM GROVE, LIVERPOOL, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL, ON 10/11/1914, AGED 23 YEARS … Read more
Born Durham, 4/08/1886. Son of James and Alice Benton, of 222, Albert Avenue, Hull and 52, Londesborough Street, Hull (War Pension address). Husband of Jane Elizabeth Benton, of 15, Leander Rd., Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire. Enlisted Liverpool. Served with the 10th Liverpool Scottish Regiment. Killed in Action on the 30th November 1917, aged 31.
