Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace. Together with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps and Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, the RAMC forms the British Army’s essential Army Medical Services.
The RAMC does not carry a Regimental Colour or Queen’s Colour, although it has a Regimental Flag. Nor does it have battle honours, as elements of the corps have been present in almost every single war the army has fought. Because it is not a fighting arm, under the Geneva Conventions, members of the RAMC may only use their weapons for self-defence. For this reason, there are two traditions that the RAMC perform when on parade:
Officers do not draw their swords – instead they hold their scabbard with their left hand while saluting with their right.
Other Ranks do not fix bayonets.
Unlike medical officers in some other countries, medical officers in the RAMC (and the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force) do not use the “Dr” prefix, in parentheses or otherwise, but only their rank, although they may be addressed informally as “Doctor”.
Born Hull, 2 Dec 1889. Joined the Royal Navy on 13 Jul 1910. In civilian life, he worked as a Rulleyman. Described as 5 foot, 3.5 inch tall, 140 lbs weight, 36 inch chest & good physical development. He enlisted in the 13th EYR, on 13 Jan 1915. Trained at Beverley, Ripon and Shoreham. Served … Read more
A Boer War Veteran who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. His war pension address was 21, Dyer Lane, Beverley, East Yorkshire. He is commemorated as A. Tidmarch, on the Beverley WW1 Memorial
Born 1888. Husband of Stella at 183, Cartington Terr, Heaton Newcastle-On-Tyne (army address) and 3, Clifton Street, Hull (War Pension address). A Hotel Waiter. Enlisted at Newcastle, on 26 Oct 1915. Served with the R A M C 135 Field Ambulance. Wounded in 1917. Discharged on 14 Jun 1919. Died on 18/06/1926, aged 37.
Born Hull, 1885. Son of John and Amelia Dowd. Enlisted as Private, 6402, in the 1st York and Lancaster Regiment, on 7 Jan 1901, unti 7 Jan 1911. Then worked as a Labourer. Married at Hull, on 14 Sep 1913. Husband of Mary Ellen Worsnop, at 13, Alexandra Terrace, Londesborough Street, Hull (army address) and … Read more
Born Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, 1884. Son of Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton (1861-1927) and Mary Jane Lamb (1860-1897). he had two brothers and two sisters. Married on 20 Nov 1905, at St Silas Church Hull. Husband of Sylvia Hair, at 8, Warnford Terrace, Stanley Street, Hull (1911 Census); 4, Sunny Grove, Sharp Street, Hull (Army Address) … Read more
Born Hull 1893. He married Agnes Hannah Mould at Hull in 1915. Served as a Sergeant in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Awared the Military Medal for bravery. After the war was employed by Messers Richworth Ingleby & Lofthouse Flour Mills and worked at the Swan Flour Mills, Clenland Street, Hull Died in Hull, on … Read more
Born Ross, Herefordshire, 1888. Son of Henry Ayers (1852-1937) and Mary Ann Day (1849-1922), of Noahs Ark, Chapel Road, Tudorville, Ross. Brothers, Henry Lionel and Charles John & married sisters, Emily, Edith, Ethel, Elsie, & Ella Married Ross, Herefordshire, on 27 July 1913. Husband of Mabel Gwendoline Hiam (1890-1923), at 11, Inglemire Lane, Newland, Hull … Read more
Born Hull, 1881. Son of James Arthur Atkins and Alice Elizabeth Skinner. he had two brothers and two sisters. Married Harriet Douglas (at St Silas Church, Hull on 9 July 1905. Husband of Harriet Atkins, of 397, Wincolmlee, Hull (Army Address) and 13, Kingston Terrace, Cumberland Street, Hull (war pension address). They had two daughters, … Read more
Born Hull, 1878. He was a Water Softener. Enlisted on 22 May 1915. Served with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Discharged on 23 Jan 1917. Awarded the Silver War Badge (No: 40672). Died of Tuberculosis on 11 Mar 1923, aged 44. Married on 15 May 1910. Husband of Annie Todd (born 13 June 1887), of … Read more
Born 1879. He married Ellen Cross (born 8/12/1885), at Hull, in 1906. Husband of Ellen (Nellie) Cooper, of 20, Tunis Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 5, Melwood Grove, Beverley Road, Hull (War Pension address). They had four children, Joseph Arthur, Lillah and Catherine. he was a Dock labourer. He served as a Private in the … Read more
