Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 22/03/1881. SON OF LATE JOSEPH ALFRED WOOD (1850-1912) & HELEN MARION HARRISON (1859-1914), AT 8, MIDDLETON VILLAS, CLYDE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS. JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE, ON 24/06/1896, AGED 15. A SAILOR AND FISHERMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, HAZEL EYES, TATTOOED LEFT … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN & RIKA STEVENSON (POLSON), HULL. LOST AT SEA ON 13/11/1915, AGED 26. On November 26th, 1915, the British cargo ship SHIPCOTE, left Archangel for Le Havre with a cargo of grain in bags, and went missing. She was not heard of ever since. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?203377
BORN COPENHAGEN 1876. HUSBAND OF FANNY RAPS, AT 6 SALISBURY TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. SERVED AS A FIREMAN AND TRIMMER, ON THE CARGO SHIP, “SHIPCOTE”. LOST AT SEA ON 15/11/1915, AGED 39. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVY MEMORIAL, LONDON. HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS LOST AT SEA, ON THE NORNABELL … Read more
BORN GOTHENBERG, SWEDEN 9/07/1886. SON OF OLAF EDWARD & IDA CHARLOTTE OLSSON. MARRIED 1909. WIFE SARAH ROSE SKIPWORTH LIVED AT THIS NAVAL ADDRESS. HIS BROTHER ERIC OLLSON WAS LOST AT SEA IN 1917. HIS FATHER IN LAW, GEORGE SKIPWORTH WAS LOST AT SEA ON THE S/S ‘DIDO’ IN 1916. HIS BROTHER IN LAW, PTE, JOHN … Read more
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF SAMUEL NEWBURY (1849-1929) & LATE ELIZABETH ANN COLLINSON (1850-1921) OF 41 HADDON STREET, HULL. SON OF A FISHERMAN AND FISH DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF ELEVEN SIBLINGS, HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. FOUR SONS WERE LOST IN THE WAR. HE WORKED AS A TRAWLER, TRIMMER. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF ALFRED GOULD & ELIZABETH J. BRADSTREET, OF 1 LAUREL GROVE, PARK ROAD, HULL. LOST AT SEA ON 13/11/1915, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. On November 26th, 1915, the British cargo ship SHIPCOTE, left Archangel for Le Havre with a cargo of grain in bags, and … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. YOUNGEST SON OF EDWARD CONNOR & MARGARET BAKER AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1891 AND HIS MOTHER AND SISTER ALICE BOTH DIED IN 1916. SERVED AS A SHIP’S FIREMAN. THE CARGO SHIP ‘SHIPCOTE’, WHIVH LEFT ARCHANGEL, RUSSIA, FOR LE HAVRE, CARRYING BAGS OF GRAIN. IT WAS LOST AT SEA ON … Read more
