Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF OWEN OWERS & ANN ELIZABETH CURTIS. SON OF A COMPOSITOR. EDUCATED AT HULL’S DAY STREET SCHOOL. JOINED THE 4TH EYR, ON 02/11/1914. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS, IN MARCH 1916. WENT TO FRANCE IN JULY 1916. WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 05/04/1918, AGED 20. BURIED IN BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM BROWN (1850-1907) AND ALICE SUSAN BALCKBURN, OF 36 ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE MARRIED ESTER VICKERS (1888-1962), AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN JULY 1911. HIS WIFE ESTHER & TWO DAUGHTERS, LIVED AT 27 FRODSHAM STREET, MARFLEET, HULL … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS HOPWOOD (1862-1909) AND ANNIE HANSON (1868-1941), OF 5 PROVIDENCE ROW, CHEAPSIDE, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE MARRIED ANNIE CARLISLE (1883-1969), ON 05/05/1916. HIS WIFE, ANNIE (LATER DUNSWORTH), LIVED AT 16 ETHEL GROVE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). LATER MOVED TO 4 FREEHOLD TERRACE, … Read more
