Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1893. MOTHER LIVED AT WALCOTT STREET, HULL AND THEN GRIMSBY. HULL TRAWLERMAN ADDRESS. HIS FATHER FRED AND BROTHER FRED SIDNEY NEWTON SERVED ON MINESWEEPERS. THEY ARE PHOTOGRAPHED TOGETHER IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/05/1917. The Grimsby steam trawler MERCIA (GY1212) left her home port for the North Sea fishing grounds and was … Read more
BORN HULL 1864. SON OF WILLIAM AND JANE BEALE, OF HULL. COMMEMORATED ON HULL’S HESSLE ROAD, NAVAL MEMORIAL. The Grimsby steam trawler MERCIA (GY1212) left her home port for the North Sea fishing grounds and was not heard of again. On 20/03/1915 posted missing:- Lost all hands. In the previous month sister-ship BERNICIA (GY1215) was … Read more
