Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF EMMANUEL SULTAN (1865-1928) & ROSE COHEN (1868-1914), OF 16 , GREAT PASSAGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A SHOP KEEPER. HE HAD A BROTHER, ABRAHAM, AND THREE SISTERS, REBECCA, MINNIE AND ETTY. A DRAPER BY TRADE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/12/1915, AGED 20 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS. HIS … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. BROTHER OF JOHN SPENCER, OF 20 SANDY LANE, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN BURY, ALNCASHIRE. EX. PRIVATE, 23778, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/10/1917, AGED 34. BURIED AT DRANOUTRE MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MARGARET JAGGER. Name Harry Spencer … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN SAYER (1859-1912) & HANNAH FISHER (1854-1924), OF 7, ABERDEEN TERRACE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 46, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. A GROCER’S ASSISTANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 38 INC CHEST, 141 LBS WEIGHT, … Read more
BORN SALTEND, YORKS, 1896. SON OF LOUISA McDONALD of 136 MERSEY STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESSS) AND AVONDALE, HEDON, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS HOME ADDRESS WAS 136 MERSEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLEY, PRIVATE, 22406, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 90TH MACHINE GUN CORP. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/07/1916, AGED … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. THIRD SON OF HERBERT LEGGOTT & ESTHER CHARLOTTE ADAMS – 7 NORWOOD TERRACE, NORWOOD ST & THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. WORKED FOR THE NER ENLISTED HULL, ON 11/12/1915. EX 32/286, THE NER RAILWAY PALS. ARRIVED FRANCE, ON 18/06/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED ON THE SOMME, 10/07/1916, AGED … Read more
