Dexter, Alfred Keyte

Born Loughborough, Leicestershire, 17 Aug 1895.  Only Son of Annie Keyte (1860-1941), of 107, Loyd Road., Northampton, and the late Fred Dexter (1860-1908). His mother moved to 7, Harrison’s Rooms, Municipal Hospital, Fountain Road, Hull (war Pension address). He had five sisters, two of which died at birth. He worked as a Clerk in a Brewery … Read more

Webster, William Shaftesbury

BORN ST HELENS, LANCASHIRE, 1888. LIVED HULL. SON OF GEORGE WEBSTER (1847-1915) AND MARTHA McCARROLL (1851-1933), OF GREENFIELD ROAD, ST HELENS, LANCASHIRE. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WAS A SHOP ASSISTANT, LIVING AT 344 BOULEVARD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE MARRIED LILIAN MAUD KING, AT HULL, IN 1913. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE … Read more

Sykes, John

BORN HULL 1874. SON OF MICHAEL & ELLEN SYKES, OF 8, WITHAM, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS 8 MAY 1918). LIVED CLAPTON. ENLISTED HACKNEY. SERVED WITH THE 1/6TH LONDON REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/08/1918. AGED 44. BURIED AT H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. Name John Sykes Birth Place Hull, 1874 Residence Upper Clapton … Read more

Marks, Harry

BORN HULL 1899. LIVED BRIXTON HILL, LONDON. ELDEST CHILD OF JACOB MARKS (1877-1937) & LEAH WILLIAMS (1879-1956), OF 49, COLONIAL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 14 WALKER STREET, HULL (FATHER’S ARMY ADDRESS) AND 23, CLIFTON TERRACE, DAY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A CABINET MAKER. HIS FATHER WAS FROM RUSSIA AND NATURALISED BRITISH. HIS … Read more