Machine Gun Corps Infantry 63rd Company – Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914

Battams, William George

Born Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, 1897. Son of Edmund John Edward Battams (1871-1926) and Mary Ann Robinson (1876-1956), of Dringhoe, Church Lane, Beeford, Driffield. He had six brothers and five sisters. Farm Servant for Farmer Henry Ullyott at Lane End Farm, Gembling, Driffield (1911 Census). He enlisted in Hull. Formerly 4278, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to … Read more

Wood, Herbert

BORN DRAX, YORKSHIRE, 01/11/1894. SON OF HERBERT WILLIAM WOOD (1862-1947) & AGNES WOODALL, AT 10, ASH GROVE, TUNIS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION AND CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY LABOURER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 25/11/1915, AGED 21. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, … Read more