Turton, Lewis Cuthbert

BORN GOOLE. YOUNGEST SON OF THOMAS COATES & BETSEY TURTON, GOOLE. BROTHER DR. EDWARD TURTON ABOVE, ADDRESS WHO WAS A MAJOR IN THE RAMC. FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY THE LONDON AND JOINT STOCK BANK, GOOLE. HE LEFT FOR NEW ZEALAND TO BECOME A FARMER. HE ENLISTED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR AND WAS ONE OF THE … Read more

Simpson, Frank James

BORN HULL 1883. PARENTS HELEN & LATE HARRY SIMPSON, LIVED IN AUCKLAND, NZ. ADDRESS NOT FOUND ON CENSUS RECORDS.

Fletcher, William

BORN NAFFERTON, 1892. SON OF FRANK AND HARRIET FLETCHER, 102 WEST PARADE HULL AND WATERWORKS STREET, HULL. A FORMER BUTCHER (1911 CENSUS) EX SHEEP FARMER IN RUAWARO, NEW ZEALAND SINCE 1912. HE ENLISTED IN NEW ZEALAND. SERVED WITH THE AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 08/08/1915, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHUNUK BAIR (NEW … Read more

Cussons, Thomas Richard

Born Beverley 08/07/1885. Son of John Thomas Cussons (1846-1929) and Annie Elizabeth Bettison (1858-1951). Served as Private Thomas Richard Cussons, 1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He left £84 in his will to his father, John. In 1911 Thomas was employed as a tanner. He was also a member of the 5th Battalion … Read more