Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1890 SON FRANCIS (FRANK) SMITH (1849-1932) & RACHEL BLANEY (1849-1907), OF 98,ARGYLL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD SIX SISTERS AND FOUR BROTHERS. A HOUSE PAINTER. HE MARRIED AT ST JUDES CHURCH, HULL, ON 20/12/1914, AGED 24. HUSBAND OF ETHEL JEWITT, OF 56, ST MATTHEWS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 47, CARRINGTON STREET, … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF GEORGE & SARAH ELIZABETH GREAVES ABOVE 1911 CENSUS & 129 ORWELL STREET, GRIMSBY. HIS FATHER WORKED IN THE FISH TRADE. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 404493, LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 25TH MACHINE GUN COMPANY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/05/1918, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF EDWARD & MARY ANN ANDERSON, OF 19, TOMLINSON STREET, SELBY STREET, NEWINGTON, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SECOND OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE HAD AN OLDER SISTER JENNIE, AND YOUNGER BROTHERS, EDWARD AND DOUGLAS. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED, UNDERAGE, IN HULL, ON 06/10/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 122 … Read more
