Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF HERBERT EDWARD LEASON (1860-1921) & ELIZABETH WALLIS (1858-1941), OF 30, LINK AVENUE, URMSTON, LANCASHIRE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A COACH BUILDING BLACKSMITH. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. HE WAS EMPLOYED IN A COTTON WAREHOUSE. ENLISTED MANCHESTER. EX 4490 MANCHESTER REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH LOYAL LANCS REGIMENT, … Read more
BORN HULL 09/03/1899. SECOND SON OF FRANK KYNMAN (1871-1927) & MARY MARIA LANGTON (1867-1923), OF 49 , MARMADUKE STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. BEFORE ENLISTING, HE WAS APPRENTICED TO MR ELLIOT, TINNER, CONSTABLE STREET, HULL. HE WAS ALSO IN THE WEST HULL EXCELSIOR SILVER BAND. HE WAS THE GREAT GRANDSON, OF … Read more
BORN WRAWBY, LINCOLNSHIRE, 22/10/1899. SON OF WILLIAM AND CHARLOTTE CLIFF, OF 6 HAMPTON TERRACE, SEATON STREET, HULL,. ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN, INCLUDING TWIN SISTERS, ROSE AND VIOLET. EDUCATED AT FOUNTAIN ROAD BOARD SCHOOL. HE WORKED AS A GROCER FOR THE HULL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, AT WATERLOO STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 25/10/1917, AGED 18. … Read more
