Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1889. WIFE ANNIE WINCHESTER LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS SECOND HAND, ON THE STEAM TRAWLER, ‘SEBASTIAN’. LOST AT SEA ON 22/05/1915, AGED 26, WITH ALL 9 CREW. Sebastian was a 172 GRT steam trawler completed in 1906 by Mackie & Thomson for Hellyer’s Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. On May 22nd, 1915, the … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. HUSBAND OF MRS SMITH, AT 5 CLAREMONT VILLAS, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL (NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS & CWGC ADDRESS). DROWNED 22/05/1915, AGED 34. LOST WITH ALL NINE CREW. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 28/05/1918. Sebastian was a 172 GRT steam trawler completed in 1906 by Mackie & Thomson for … Read more
BORN BRADFORD, 1878. DEEP SEA FISHERMAN AND SKIPPER OF THE STEAM TRAWLER, ‘SEBASTAIN’ LOST WITH ALL HANDS, ON 22/05/1915. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON TOWER HILL, NAVAL MEMORIAL LONDON AND IN THE REGISTER OF LOST TRAWLERMAN OF HULL RECORDS. HE LEFT £255 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW ADA JACKSON AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. THEY … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF ARTHUR GILLARD (1871-1935) & ELIZABETH ANN RHIND (1867-1941), OF 34 , EDINBURGH STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A FISHERMAN. HE HAD THREE OLDER SISTERS AND TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS. SERVED AS A SHIP’S APPRENTICE. LOST WITH ALL HANDS ON 22/05/1915, AGED 16. HIS NAMES IS LISTED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, … Read more
BORN HULL 1876. SON OF WILLIAM FLAY (1828-1889) AND ELIZABETH CARMICHAEL (1833-1925), OF 11 SALISBURY CRESCENT, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. ALL THREE SONS DIED DURING WW1. HIS FAMILY LIVED AT 11 WELTON TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL (NAVY RECORDS ADDRESS). A SHIP’S BOSUN. DROWNED 22/05/1915. AGED 38. On … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM J & GRACE ELLIS. WIFE ANNIE ELLIS. SHIP’S COOK ON THE ‘SEBASTIAN’. LOST AT SEA ON 22/05/1915, WITH ALL NINE CREW. HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMAN OF HULL RECORDS. On May 22nd, 1915, the British steel trawler SEBASTIAN left Hull, and went missing. She was not … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF GEORGE COWLING & ETHEL (HARROD). LEFT SISTER FLORENCE. A TIN LABOURER. SECOND ENGINEER ON THE ‘SEBASTIAN’ LOST AT SEA ON 22/05/1915, WITH THE LOSS OF ALL NINE CREW. On May 22nd, 1915, the British steel trawler SEBASTIAN left Hull, and went missing. She was not heard of ever since. All … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM AGNES AND MARY HANNAH HUZZARD, 80 WALCOTT STREET. MARRIED HULL 1912. HIS WIFE ETHEL (LYONS) AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE WAS A TIMBER SAWYER BY TRADE BEFORE THE WAR. SERVED AT SEA. LOST WITH ALL HANDS ON THE STEAM TRAWLER ‘SEBASTIAN’, ON 22/05/1915, AGED 26. … Read more
