Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Hull, 1891. Youngest son of James (1854-1931) and Elizabeth Jane Stainforth (1857-1927), of 4, John St., Hull; He was a student at the Church of England Training College, Swindon Road, Cheltenham (1911 Census). Worked as a Hull Teacher. He married Ann Milner McKay (1894-1968), at Sculcoates, Hull, in 1916. Husband of Ann Milner Towle … Read more
LISTED ON ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL. LOCAL TEACHER. PARENTS LIVED 4 JOHN STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE ANN MILNER (TROWLE) LIVED ST CHAD, BARROW ON HUMBER. HE ENLISTED IN THE LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. LEFT £27 TO HIS WIFE IN HIS WILL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON THE 16TH JULY 1917, WITH … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM O’KEY (1867-1937) AND EMMA O’KEY (1868-1954), OF 5 MELROSE AVENUE, WENLOCK STREET, HULL (1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A PICTURE FRAMER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 141141, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 13TH LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JANE “JENNIE” (PEARSON) & THE LATE RALPH NORTON (1855-1914), OF 74 WESTCOTT STREET, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE LIVED IN HULL, BUT ENLISTED IN BLACKBURN. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 15358, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 13TH LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/07/1917. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. LIVED LIVERPOOL. SON OF JOHN BROGDEN MARSDEN & GERALDINE LINDLEY STRAWSON, OF 72 ALBERT AVENUE, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 50 BLANKET ROW, HULL AND THEN 58 BAGOT STREET, WAVERTREE. LIVERPOOL. HIS FATHER WAS A SHIPOWNER’S CLERK. HE MOVED TO LIVERPOOL WITH HIS FAMILY. ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL. JOINED THE 13TH KING’S LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. KILLED … Read more
