Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1872. REAL SURNAME WAS ‘WOOD’. HE SERVED AS ‘ADAMS’. HE SERVED IN MERCHANT NAVY. BURIED AT ETAPLES, FRANCE. AGED 46. HIS WIFE EMMA WOOD, LIVED AT 4 JOHNSON BUILDINGS, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THIS IS HIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE LEFT £1,591 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW. SS Huntsmoor, built by Flensburger … Read more
BORN GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE 17/12/1884. SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD BAILEY WEBSTER (1846-1912) AND ROSE HANNA CHANCE (1856-1927). HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1897. HIS WIFE ADA MAY JOHNSON (1890-1931), LIVED AT 35 GORDON AVENUE, PERTH STREET, HULL. A SIGNALLER, LOST AT SEA, ON 20/02/1918, AGED 33. SS Huntsmoor, built by Flensburger Schiffbau Ges., Flensburg in 1901 … Read more
BORN HULL 1861. WIFE SUSANNAH (GORDON) LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. SS Huntsmoor, built by Flensburger Schiffbau Ges., Flensburg in 1901 and operated at the time of her loss by The Shipping Controller (Jenkins Bros.), London, was a British steamer of 4957 tons. On February 20th, 1918, Huntsmoor, on a voyage from Havre to Southampton, was … Read more
JOHN AUGUSTUS COLLINS (26), Boatswain, SS Huntsmoor, Mercantile Marine, †20/02/1918, Son of Robert William Collins; husband of Edith May Collins (nee Pearce), of 13, Aberystwith St., Cardiff. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial. SS Huntsmoor, built by Flensburger Schiffbau Ges., Flensburg in 1901 and operated at the time of her loss by The Shipping Controller … Read more
