Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN ABERDEEN 1893. SON OF GEORGE AND ELLEN WRIGHT. HIS FATHER WAS A FISHERMAN. HIS MOTHER, ELLEN, WAS BORN IN HULL AND LIVED AT 60, MARMADUKE STREET, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY AS A MARINE FIREMAN. HE MARRIED EMILY FRANCES SPINK (1896-1981), FROM 6 EDGAR STREET, HULL, AT ST BARNABAS CHURCH, HESSLE ROAD, … Read more
BORN GREAT YARMOUTH 1889. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM (1863-1929) & ALICE HANNAH SOWTER (1860-1951). A MARINE ENGINEER. MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1913. HIS WIFE ELSIE M. HARRISON (1893-1968) & SON HEZEKIAH, LIVED AT 7, SALISBURY AVENUE, SELBY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED AS CHIEF ENGINEER, ON THE HULL TRAWLER ‘CELIA’. PRESUMED DROWNED 08/01/1915, AGED … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF GEORGE & MARGARET JANE (BOWMAN) RYLETT. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS AT THIS ADDRESS. MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY. HE LEFT A BROTHER IN THE 3RD EYR AND ONE SISTER. HE WAS LOST AT SEA WITH SKIPPER, LONGTHORN, FROM NEARBY SELBY STREET. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH … Read more
BORN GRIMSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1873. SON OF ISAAC AND SARAH OTTLEY. A TRAWLERMAN. HUSBAND OF SARAH JANE NORTON, AT 7 PROVIDENCE TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HIS BROTHER IN LAW LIVED AT 11 ELLIS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET. SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. LOST ON THE TRAWLER “CELIA”. HE IS RECORDED IN HULL’S LOST TRAWLERMAN RECORDS. DROWNED ON … Read more
BORN YARMOUTH 1895. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES MITCHELL (1866-1937) AND MARY ANN JANE MITCHELL (1865-1929). OF 65, HARROW STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1914. HIS WIFE LIVED AT FLORENCE AVENUE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL AND MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED AS A MERCHANT SEAMAN OF THE TRAWLER “CELIA”. COMMEMRATED ON FAMILY … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOHN HARLAND LONGTHORN (1864-1911) AND ANNIE ELIZABETH HALL (1865-1950). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. SKIPPER OF THE HULL TRAWLER ‘CELIA’. HE LODGED WITH MRS CAIN AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED. HIS FATHER HAD DIED THREE YEARS BEFORE AND HE WAS THE MAIN SUPPORT FOR … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. MOTHER ABOVE, HULL. LISTED ON MARY ELLENS TERRACE ROH, ST PAULS STREET AS LOST. NO NAVAL RECORDS FOUND. On January 8th, 1915, the British trawler CELIA went missing in the North Sea. She was not heard of ever since and was probably sunk by enemy action. 9 crew lost their lives. CREW … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF RICHARD THOMAS KINGDOM (1854-1930) & PRISCILLA HEWITT PAGE (1858-1934), OF 2 CLUMBER AVENUE, FLINTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY, ON THE TRAWLER “CELIA”. DROWNED 08/01/1915, AGED 24. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PTE, CHARLES HERBERT KINGDOM, 10TH EYR, WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 22/07/1916, AGED 22. … Read more
BORN HULL 1872. SON OF JANE THRUSSELL (1844-1885) AND HORATIO HALDENBY (1839-1906), OF HULL. HE MARRIED AT NEWCASTLE, ON 12/10/1895. HIS WIFE, MARY ANN DOUGLAS (1872-1936), LIVED AT 7 CLAREMONT VILLAS, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS SISTER LIVED AT 13 LIZZIE’S AVENUE, RHODES STREET, HULL. SERVED AS A COOK IN THE MERCHANT MARINE. LOST … Read more
