Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF MARK & THE LATE ANNIE WILSON, AT 13 NELLIES TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS). DECK HAND. DROWNED ON 15/11/1915, AGED 25. HIS TRAWLER WAS MINED OFF SPURN POINT AND LOST WITH ALL HANDS. HE WAS ONE OF THREE WILSON SONS LOST IN THE WAR. HE LEFT SISTERS, MARY … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM & ANNIE ROBINSON ABOVE. CWGC, & MERCHANT NAVY ADDRESS. HIS FATHER WAS A TRAWLER SKIPPER AND HUMBER PILOT. SERVED AS THIRD HAND, ON ‘EDWARD B CARGILL’,. THE TRAWLER WAS MINED OFF SPURN POINT ON 18/11/1915, WITH THE LOSS OF ALL HANDS. HE WAS AGED 21. HIS DEATH IS REPORTED … Read more
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF GEORGE PETHERBRIDGE (1856-1934) & JANE GASCOIGNE NICHOLSON (1857-1897), AT 13 SOMERSET STREET, HULL (CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER DIED IN CHILDBIRTH AND HIS FATHER REMARRIED. HE MARRIED IN 1911, AGED 26. WIFE FLORENCE WARD (1884-1929) AND SON LESLIE BORN IN 1914, LIVED AT 7 , SOMERSET STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. … Read more
BORN HALL SANDS, DEVON 1863. WIFE AMELIA & SON JOHN HENRY LYNN OF 322 SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL. SHIPS SKIPPER OF THE ‘EDWARD B CARGILL’ DROWNED ON 15/11/1915, AGED 52, WHEN THE TRAWLER STRUCK A MINE OFF SPURN POINT. ALL HANDS LOST. LISTED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL RECORDS. HE LEFT £239 IN HIS WILL … Read more
BORN YARMOUTH 1892. SON OF SARAH ANN MILLS EASTICK & THE LATE CHRISTOPHER HARBOARD (1854-1915), OF 24 TYNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HIS MOTHER SARAH LOST FOUR SONS AND HER HUSBAND IN WW1. HIS WIFE MAUD MARY (THACKER) LIVED 4, TRENT AVENUE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL. HE SERVED AS A SPARE HAND. DROWNED 15/11/1915, AGED 23. … Read more
BORN WAKEFIELD 1886. HUSBAND OF ANNIE ELIZABETH HALL, AT 10, ALISON TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL; 15 OXFORD TERRACE, PORTER STREET, HULL & 55, ST LIKES STREET, HULL. THEY HAD ONE SON, DAVID. A FISHERMAN. SERVED AS SECOND ENGINNER. DROWNED 15/11/1918, AGED 29. Built as the EDWARD B. CARGILL for Cargill Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull; … Read more
BORN HULL 12/03/1894. SON OF RICHARD FIRTH & HARRIET DUNN, OF 2, NEWINGTON STREET, HULL. A COAL TRIMMER. SERVED ON THE HULL STEAM TRAWLER. DROWNED 15/11/1915, AGED 21. NOTE: RICHARD & GEORGE FIRTH LIVED AT 2 NEWINGTON STREET; Built as the EDWARD B. CARGILL for Cargill Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull; Yard No 206; Date … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ALEXANDER DONNISON (1860-1934) & EMILY SMITH. HE MARRIED ETHEL STEWART, AT HULL, IN 1908, AGED 21.HIS WIFE ETHEL & DAUGHTER EMILY DONNISON, LIVED AT 46, RUGBY STREET, HULL. DROWNED ON 15/11/1915, AGED 29. REMEMBERED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMAN OF HULL RECORDS. Built as the EDWARD B. CARGILL for Cargill Steam … Read more
BORN WISBECH 1863. WIFE MARIA CROSS LIVED HERE. SON OF HARRIET CROSS – 6 FLINTON GROVE, FLINTON STREET, HULL. SERVED AS SHIP’S COOK, ON THE ‘EDWARD B CARGILL’. MINED OFF SPURN POINT WITH THE LOSS OF ALL CREW. HE DROWNED ON 15/11/1918, AGED 52. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 18/12/1915, WITH … Read more
BORN HESSLE 1868. WIFE MRS BEACH ABOVE ADDRESS. CHIEF ENGINEER OF TRAWLERS. DROWNED ON 15.11/1915, AGED 47. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES ON 11/12/1915 AND THE HDM 18/11/1919. Built as the EDWARD B. CARGILL for Cargill Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull; Yard No 206; Date of completion: 23/08/1898; 10 knots; In Jan … Read more
