Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN CUDWORTH, YORKSHIRE 1885. SON OF SAMUEL WALTER WILLIAMS (1851-1899) & MARGARET JANE OLIVER (1846-1921). HIS FATHER WAS FROM CORNWALL. HIS MOTHER FROM SOUTHAMPTON. HE WAS ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. WORKED AS A HULL FISHERMAN. LOST AT SEA, ON 07/02/1917, AGED 32. HIS WIFE ETHEL MARY WILLIAMS, LIVED AT 2 PRINCES AVENUE, WEST DOCK STREET, … Read more
BORN YARMOUTH 1890. WIFE HILDA WESTGATE AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ‘SHAKESPEARE (H994) Built for Hellyer Bros. (Hellyer Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.) Hull; Yard No 548; Launch Date 31/08/1908; Vessel torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-22. The UB-22 sunk two ships on this day, the SS BOYNE CASTLE was sunk by gunfire and all … Read more
BORN HORNSEA 1892. SON OF JENNIE & THE LATE RALPH NORTON. WIFE ELLEN (O’CONNELL) LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. ‘SHAKESPEARE (H994) Built for Hellyer Bros. (Hellyer Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.) Hull; Yard No 548; Launch Date 31/08/1908; Vessel torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-22. The UB-22 sunk two ships on this day, the SS … Read more
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF THOMAS & ELLEN LEES, AT 6 NELSON’S SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). AN EX GREEN GROCER. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. LOST AT SEA, ON 07/02/1917, AGED 39. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 2ND MARCH 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * The “Shakespeare” … Read more
BORN RAMSGATE, KENT, 1891. SON JOSEPH JOHN LEE (1865-1914) AND ANN HARRIET JANE STUPPLES (1864-1916), OF 33, NAYLORS ROW, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND A SISTER. MARRIED AT HULL, OCT 1914. HUSBAND OF MAUD ALLEN (1889-1958), AT 95, ST PAULS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, MINNIE … Read more
BORN SUFFOLK 1887. SON OF HARRY & AMY LAWRENCE. MARRIED HULL 1913. WIFE MARY ELIZABETH LEE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL RECORDS. NO CWGC. The Steam Trawler ‘Shakespeare’ was built for Hellyer Bros. (Hellyer Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.) Hull; Yard No 548; Launch Date 31/08/1908; Vessel … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. HUSBAND OF LILIAN AT 4, CALTHORPE GARDENS, NEWINGTON STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. LOST TRAWLERMAN OF HULL RECORDS. ‘SHAKESPEARE (H994) Built for Hellyer Bros. (Hellyer Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.) Hull; Yard No 548; Launch Date 31/08/1908; Vessel torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-22. The UB-22 sunk two ships on this day, … Read more
BORN BRADFORD 1877. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE HARRISON, AT 13 , FLINTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). LOST AT SEA, ON 07/02/1917, AGED 40. HE LEFT £261 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIFE AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. The Steam Trawler ,’SHAKESPEARE’ (H994); Built for Hellyer Bros. (Hellyer Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.) Hull; Yard No 548; Launch Date … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JAMES FARNSWORTH & MARY ADA (LINDO). GRANDFATHER ARTHUR LIVED AT 204 BEAN STREET. FISHERMAN. MARRIED 1915. HIS WIFE MARY ANN (GRABY) LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE WAS LOST AT SEA, ON THE STEAM TRAWLER ‘SHAKESPEARE’, 7TH FEBRUARY 1917, AGED 28. ‘SHAKESPEARE (H994) Built for Hellyer Bros. (Hellyer Steam Fishing … Read more
