Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF SELLERS WILLIAM SPECK & MARTHA PENDRELL JEFFRIES SPECK, OF 170 CHILTERN STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE MARRIED IN HULL IN 1900. KILLED BY MINE, ON THE STEAM TUG ‘BUNTY’, 21/10/1917, AGED 49. HIS WIDOW MARY ELIZABETH (LEWIS) SPECK LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS, WITH THEIR SIX CHILDREN. COMMEMORATED ON … Read more
BORN CROWLE 1891. HUSBAND OF MAUD E. CARTLEDGE OF 20 MAPLE STREET, HULL). HIS BROTHER HARRY MARRIED MAUD’S SISTER NORA CARTLEDGE. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL The steam tug BUNTY was on passage from Hull to Rosyth when she struck a mine, laid by the German submerine UC-49, at midnight, and … Read more
BORN BRIXHAM, DEVON 1860 . SON OF SILVANUS EALES AND KEIZA SMITH. WIFE FRANCIS ELLIS RYMER, OF 511 ANLABY ROAD, HULL, . HUMBER PILOT AND MASTER OF THE TUG BOAT ‘BUNTY’ WHICH STRUCK A MINE ON 21/10/1917. HE LEFT £12,568 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, FRANCES AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. THE COUPLE’S ONLY CHILD, … Read more
