Regiment: Royal Air Force

Born Beverley, 1901. Son of Thomas Armstrong (1863-1944) and Ellen Gray (1865-1915), of 63 Holme Church Lane Beverley (1911 Census) and 101, Grovehill Rd., Beverley. Served in the Roayl Air Force. Died on 20/05/1921, aged 19. Buried at St Nicholas Cemetery, Beverley. His grave inscription, reads, "LOVED AND REMEMBERED ALWAYS"

BORN HULL 1898. ONLY CHILD OF JOHN BINNINGTON (1861-1933) & FANNY WILKINSON (1863-),  AT 49 , NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF AN ENGINEER. HE SERVED AS AN AIR MECHANIC, 2ND CLASS, DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS, ON 12/08/1919, AGED 21. BURIED AT HULL'S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.

Born Staffordshire, 1895. Husband of Elsie May Caddy, of 3, Hind's Yard, Keldgate, Beverley. Served in the newly formed Royal Air Force. Died on 01/12/1920, aged 20. Buried in Beverley. His Grave inscription, reads, "GOD'S WILL BE DONE IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE FROM HIS SORROWING WIFE AND SON"

BORN HULL 18/08/1898. ELDEST SON OF ETHEL MAUD DAVIS & LATE ANDREW CONLON, OF 3 PORTER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD A BROTHER CALLED THOMAS AND TWO SISTERS ELIZABETH AND MARGARET. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1915. HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY ON 20/09/1916.TRANSFERRED LATER AS AN AIR MECHANIC IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. HE DIED ON THE 31/10/192 […]

BORN YORK 06/12/1867. SON OF THOMAS FRED COX (1842-1916) & ELEANOR ROBSON (1839-1881). HE MARRIED LAURA (JACKSON) IN 1901. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR 5 CHILDREN AT THIS ADDRESS. SHIPPING CLERK. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. DIED ON 01/12/1921, AGED 55. BURIED IN HULL.

BORN HULL 13/04/1889. SON OF WILLIAM  AND MARY GRAY GRAY, OF  334 HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HUSBAND OF ELSIE CLARA GRAY OF 43 HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A DRAPER, WORKING AT 474 HESSLE ROAD & 129 WOODCOCK STREET (1913 WORK DIRECTORY) JOINED THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AS A MECHANIC, ON 30/07/1918. DIED AT FRENCH HOPITAL, ON 02/09/1919, AGED […]

Born Barton Lincolnshire, 1887. Son of  Elizabeth Hempsall, of 17, Albany Street, Burton Road, Lincoln and 34, Manvers Street, Hull (War Pension address). A Police Constable, living at, 6, Holborn Mount, Witham, Hull (1911 Census). Served as Air Mechanic, Royal Air Force. Discharged  on 22 Oct 1920. Died of war aggravated Tuberculosis, […]

BORN KIRK ELLA, HULL, 01/07/1876. SON OF MARK HILL AND FRANCES (FANNY) BUTTON, FROM KIRK ELLA. MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1907. HUSBAND OF MRS CLARA HILL, of 67 WALMSLEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO CHILDREN. SON OF A COACHMAN AND GROOM. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED, ON 21/11/1916. SERVED IN THE R […]

BORN STONE HOUSE, DEVON, 27/08/1889. YOUNGEST SON OF SGT, THOMAS HALL HUBY, (ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY) & LOUISA HUBY, OF 14 WORDSWORTH STREET, WESCOTT STREET, HULL AND 185 , NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A RAILWAY CLERK. ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 5TH ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRA […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF FRANCIS COOPER INCE & MARY ANN INCE, OF 6 PERSEVERANCE TERRACE, FOUNTAIN ROAD (CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 130813, OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, WHICH WAS CREATED IN APRIL 1918. HE DIED OF SICKNESS IN CHELSEA HOSPITAL, ON 19/06/1918, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT T […]

BORN MILTON HAVEN, WALES, 1895. SON OF GEORGE AND KATE JORDAN, OF 6 PRETORIA AVENUE, FLINTON STREET, HULL. THE FOURTH OF SIX SONS. EX ROYAL NAVY AIR SERVICE. SERVED WITH THE NEWLY FORMED ROYAL AIR FORCE. HE DIED ON 03/03/1919, AGED 24. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS THREE OLDER BROTHERS, ALL SERVED DURING THE WAR.

Born Beverley, 1893. Eldest son of Frederick James Knight (1859-1936) and Harriet Knight (1868-1952), of 25 Ladygate, Beverley (War pension address). His father was an Inn Keeper and his mother assisted with the pub business. Philip had two brothers and three sisters. He worked in the fish trade (1911 Census). He enlisted at Beverley, o […]

BORN KENSINGTON, 21/02/1880. BURIED HULL. SON OF ARTHUR GEE & MARGARETTA MARIANNE MAITLAND. 16 CHELSEA COURT, MIDDLESEX. CRASHED IN THE HUMBER ON THE R38 AIRSHIP. LEFT £1,208 IN HIS WILL.HIS BROTHER HENRY MAITLAND, MC, DIED AT CHERBOURG, FRANCE ON 10/11/1918. The R38 class (also known as the A class) of rigid airships was designed for B […]

BORN HULL 18/08/1899. ONLY SON OF FREDERICK & LUCY ELIZABETH METHAM. LEFT SISTERS ENA & LYNDA AT 5 FRANKLIN AVENUE, FRANKLIN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). JOINED THE NAVY ON 04/10/1917. TRANSFERRED TO AIR MECHANIC 2ND CLASS. DIED ON  16/07/1918, AGED 18. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. Shirley Hare writes on 16/07/2016 - Firstbor […]

Born Hull 1898. Only son of George Ambrose Ridgeway & Lida Marie Agatha Favare, of 2 Elm Terrace, Beverley Road, Hull (CWGC address). he had two sisters,  Phyllis and Una. His father was an accountant and the family lived at 11 Park Avenue, Hull in 1911. Philip served as a Second Lieutenant, with the newly created Royal Air Force, […]

BORN LOCKINGTON 23/08/1877. SON OF WILLIAM SANDERSON (1857-1937) & MARGARET MARSHALL (1855-1937). MARRIED AT HULL, ON 03/02/1898. HE WORKED AS A DOCKSIDE LABOURER, LIVING AT 1, WILLIAMM'S PLACE ALICIA STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH (GRANGE) & 3 CHILDREN, MOVED TO,  1, NORFOLK TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HUL […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF CAPTAIN & MRS G T. BROTHER OF MRS E PASKELL ABOVE. KILLED WHILE FLYING. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 04/03/1919. HE IS BURIED AT KNOTTINGLEY CEMETERY, DRIFFIELD, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK

Born at Loughborough, 1890. Second son of Charles William Vick (1860-1931) and Agnes Mabel David (1861-1942), of 175, Chevening Road., Brondesbury, Brent, London. Son of a Baptist Minister. Fourth of five children. Worked as Tourist Officer Clerk and living with parents at 50 Fordwych Road, Cricklewood, Hampstead N W (1911 Census). He […]

Born York, 29/06/1894. Son of Fanny Wilson, of 13, Trafalgar Terrace, Brinkburn Rd., Darlington, and the late William Wilson. Served in the Great War. John died in the R38 Airship disaster on the River Humber/Hull, 24/08/1921, aged 27. Buried Hull Western cemetery. The R38 class (also known as the A class) of rigid airships was designed […]