Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ROGNA CHARLOTTE KASPARA RASMUSSEN (1871-1916) & THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM PEGG. HIS MOTHER WAS NORWEGIAN. SON OF A SOLICTOR’S CLEK. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. GEORGE WAS LOST AT SEA, ON 24/03/1916, AGED 18. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD. HULL … Read more
BORN HULL 1873. SON OF ELIZABETH & LATE WILLIAM FLAY. LOST AT SEA ON 24/03/1916, AGED 42. HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2. SS Treverbyn, built by J. Readhead & Sons, Ltd., So. Shields in 1910 and owned … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM FREDERICK DICKINSON & EMILY MARY DICKINSON, 26 ST. MATTHEW STREET AND AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. ONE OF SEVEN SONS. KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Trewyn, built by J. Readhead & Sons, So. Shields in 1903 and owned at the time of her … Read more
BORN HULL 1900. SECOND SON OF HARRY & MARY DARLEY. LOST AT SEA DUE TO ENEMY ACTION EITHER A SUBMARINE OR MINE. HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD. LISTED IN HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HIS NAME IS ON THE TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL ROLL OF HONOUR. HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL, NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. … Read more
HULL MEMORIALS. FAMILY GRAVE HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. ONLY JOHN BRILEY FOUND TO HAVE DIED IN HULL 1917. NO CENSUS RECORDS FOUND. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Treverbyn, built by J. Readhead & Sons, Ltd., So. Shields in 1910 and owned at the time of her loss by Hain SS. … Read more
