Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SURVIVING SON OF EDWIN QUIBELL (1869-1938) & SOPHIE ELIZABETH SPRING (1872-1960). SISTERS ELEANOR & JOAN QUIBELL. HIS FATHER STARTED QUIBELL’S. A MAJOR BUILDING CONTRACTOR, ON BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE WAS AN OLD HYMERIAN. PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR THE COLLEGE AND LATER OF THE CRANBROOK FOOTBALL CLUB, A SPRIGHTLY NEWLAND ORGANISATION WHO ALL … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ROBERT AND HANNAH WATSON, OF 40 CLIFTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. COMMISSIONED INTO THE 10TH MIDDLESEX (TERRITORIAL) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION 01/10/1917, AGED 20. HE LEFT £193 IN HIS WILL TO JOHN WATSON, QUANTITY SURVEYOR. COMMEMORATED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM AND FAMILY GRAVE, AT ST … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. ST BARNABAS. LIVED ST JOHNS COLLEGE, BATTERSEA, LONDON. SON OF ARTHUR EDWARD & MELINA GRIMWOOD, 90 HESSLE ROAD AND 47 BACHELER STREET, HULL. (1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS). HE WAS AN ONLY CHILD, A STUDENT TEACHER AND UNMARRIED. ENLISTED AS NO: 1394, 10TH MIDDLESEX REGIMENT AT BATTERSEA. ON 1/11/1912. SERVED IN INDIA BETWEEN … Read more
