Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN 1870. HUSBAND OF GERTRUDE ELMA CAWCUTT DENTON (FORMERLY WILLIAMS), OF 419, BEVERLEY HIGH ROAD, HULL AND LATER ORIEL HOUSE, GROSVENOR TERRACE, HORNSEA. THEY MARRIED IN MARCH 1916. HE WAS A SHIP’S MASTER AND MEMBER OF HULL’S MIVERVA MASONIC LODGE. MASTER OF THE WILSON LINE SHIP ‘TYCHO’. HE WAS LOST AT SEA ON 20/05/1917, AGED … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN JOSEPH SONNABEND (1859-1939) & MARY ANDREW (1857-1928), OF 16, MARMADUKE STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER, WAS BORN IN DANTZIG, GERMANY AND A NATURALISED BRITISH CITIZENS. EDUCATED AT HULL TRINITY SCHOOL. HE JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY, ON 29/02/1908. SERVED AS AN ABLE SEAMAN, ON THE STEAM SHIP, “TYCHO”. KILLED AT SEA … Read more
BORN HULL 1859. SON OF EDWARD AND ANN SHORT. HE MARRIED CAROLINE PRAGER, AT HULL, ON 06/03/1882. A CHIEF MARINE ENGINEER. LOST ON THE ‘TYCHO’, 20/05/1917, AGED 58. HE LEFT £275 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW AT 13, KINGS BENCH STREET, HUL (PROBATE ADDRESS). JAMES WAS A LOCAL FREEMASON AND WAS LOST ALONG WITH … Read more
BORN NORMANBY, LINCS, 1885. SON OF DAVID PETERS & ELLEN SCOTT ABOVE. SUNK OFF BEACHY HEAD. CREW DIED BOARDING RESCUE SHIP HIT BY SUB. UB 40. LISTED AS S SCOTT ON SHARP STREET ROH AS FALLEN. MERCHANT MARINE. SS Tycho, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the … Read more
BORN IRELAND, 1897. CO. MAYO. LOST AT SEA. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Tycho, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 3216 tons. On May 20th, … Read more
BORN GOXHILL 1900. SON OF ALBERT & JANE ELIZABETH HOWSON, GOXHILL, LINCS. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Tycho, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 3216 tons. On … Read more
BORN HULL 1880. SON OF JEMIMA LEILA & THE LATE JOHN GIBB, OF 23 COLTMAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY, ON 11TH APRIL 1896. SHIP’S BOSUN. LOST AT SEA ON 20/05/1917, AGED 37. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL MEMORIAL. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LONDON TOWER HILL … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF CHARLES CARMICHAEL (1850-1933) & MARY ANN CALLAN (1858-1939). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HIS SISTER, MRS LAWREY, LIVED AT 322 BOULEVARD, HULL. ENLISTED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY, ON 28/08/1916. SERVED AS SECOND OFFICER, ON THE STEAM SHIP, “TYCHO”. DROWNED AS A RESULT OF A … Read more
BORN GREENWICH, 1879. SON OF JOHN & MARY JANE BROGDEN. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Tycho, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 3216 tons. On May 20th, … Read more
BORN LEEDS 1898. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS & MAUDE ISABEL ABOVE. LEFT SISTERS & BROTHERS. HE HAD BEEN AWAY ON A FIVE MONTH VOYAGE WHEN HIS SHIP WAS TOPEDOED NEAR TO HOME. HE DIED AT SEA, AGED 18. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 31ST MAY 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. … Read more
