Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN LEEDS 1899. SON OF HENRY & ELIZABETH AGNES WOOLLARD. HE LIVED WITH SISTER MRS A. D. CARTER, IN HEDON. ENLISTED HEDON, HULL, 1898. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 20096 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/10/1917, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS GUARDIAN, JOSEPH WILLIAM HOWARD AT … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. ONLY SON OF JOSEPH SPENCER (1855-1935) & CHRISTINA JANE GORDON (1857-1946), OF 34 MARKET PLACE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. HIS ARMY RECORDS, DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 111 LBS WEIGHT, 31.5 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/11/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 22398, 14TH EAST YORKSHIRE RESERVES REGIMENT. … Read more
BORN CARLETON RODE, NORFOLK 1884. BAPTISED ON 23 MARCH 1884, DUNSTON, NORFOLK. SECOND SON OF GEORGE BUSH (1857-1927) & ELIZABETH ESTHER REBECCA BUSH (1857-1947), OF BETH’S FARM, DUNSTON, NORFOLK. SON OF AN AGRICULTURAL LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE MOVED TO HULL AND WAS POSSIBLY LIVING WITH HIS BROTHER, IN THE HULL/BEVERLEY … Read more
