Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN THUMGUMBALD, EAST YORKSHIRE, 1896. SON OF ARTHUR & MARY WIGBY, OF 217 HALLGATE, COTTINGHAM. A FORMER GROCER’S ASSISTANT. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, WILLIAM CUSSONS & SONS, AT WITHERNSEA. SERVED HIS APPRENERSHIP IN COTTINGHAM. RESIDED WITH HIS PARENTS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 285 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AND PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN … Read more
BORN GOXHILL MARSH, LINCS, 1896. SON OF MR GEORGE HENRY MARRITT (1867-1941) & ELIZA MARRITT (1869-1944). AN ERRAND BOY (1911 CESNUS) AND LATER EMPLOYED BY WARREN SHIPBUILDERS, NEW HOLLAND, LINCS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN OCTOBER 1914. SERVED WITH 92ND COMPANY, MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/01/1917, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED AT … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ROBERT SOUTHWICK JENNISON & SARAH ANN COWLEY, OF 10 ADA’S TERRACE, SUTTON STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL & ALDBOROUGH. HE LIVED AT 83 COLTMAN STREET WITH HIS PARENTS AND MARRIED SISTER (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AS A FISH SALESMAN AND STEWARD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/09/1914, AGED 20 YEARS AND 10 … Read more
