Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers (NFUS)

BORN BARROW ON HUMBER, 1892. SON OF JOHN BILTON (1843-1912) & JANE ANN PARKIN (1852-1925), OF BARROW ON HUMBER. SON OF A BUILDER. HE WAS A BRICKLAYER'S APPRENTICE. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. MARRIED IN NEWCASTLE 1917. WIFE MARY S. SEATREE (BORN 28/4/1885). SHE LIVED AT 75 PANMURE ST, NEWCASTLE AND STONEHOUSE, LORDS LANE […]

Born Doncaster 1889. Son of William Nelson Hodgson (1866–1941) and Mary Elizabeth Norton (1867-1907), of 6 Ferry Avenue Stoneferry, Hull (1911 Census). He had two brothers and four sisters. Worked as a Rully Man. Married Alice Swift, at Hull, in July 1916. Husband of Alice, at 45, Tunis Street, Hull (War Pension address). They had two c […]

Born Sheffield, 1873. Son of Thomas Linley, of Sheffield.  He joined the army on 30 Sept 1895. He married to Mary Edith Daley, at Canterbury, 31 Oct 1896. They had five children. He worked as Grocer in Civilian Life. Served with the 19th Lancers, the 1st East Yorkshire Regiment and Northumberland Fusiliers as a Colour Sergeant. He enlist […]

BORN HULL, 1898. SON OF JAMES AND BRIDGET LYONS, OF 4 PARK PLAVE, MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND LATER 2 FISHER BUILDINGS, HIGH STREET, HULL (1919). THEY HAD FOUR SONS. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1913. HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, WAS UNABLE TO WORK AND MOVED TO 171 WINCOLMLEE, HULL. HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 16422, WITH THE 2ND NORTHUMBERLAND […]

Born Hull, 1900. Son of Harry Watson (1853-1912) and Friederika Anna Maria Portz (1855–1915). He resided at, 4, Poplar Terrace, Bean Street, Hull (War Pension address). Served as Private, 75293, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died pf Tuberculosis, on 18/01/1922, aged 22.

Born Hull, 1893. Son of James & Mary Ann Welburn, of 15, Benjamin's Terrace, Dalton Street, Hull and 14, Lake Street, Hull. A Soldier with the 3rd EYR (1911 census). Transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers. Discharged and Died on 04/01/1926, aged 33. Name Fred. Welburn Born Hull, 1893. Son of James & Mary Ann Welburn R […]