Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN YORK 1891. SON OF GEORGE THOMAS MILLER (1866-1941) & SARAH JANE MILLER, (1868-1941), OF 28, LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL ARMY & (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A SINGLE MAN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, FRANK LONSDALE MILLER. HIS ONLY SISTER, WAS HELEN MILLER (1897-1982). A FORMER SOLDIER AND RECKTT’S LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 34-37 … Read more
Born Hull, 1890. Son of Lily Blackburn, of 1, Wakefield Street, Hull (war pension address). A crane driver. Enlisted on 05/09/1914. Served as Private, 390173, 3rd Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Army Medical Corps. Posted to France, on 22/09/1916. Discharged on 3 Sep 1917. Awarded Silver Badge (No: 239090). Died of Tuberculosis, on 07/05/1922, aged 32.
BORN ST PANCRAS, LONDON, 06/07/1884. SON OF JOHN BENJAMIN SCHLATTER AND PRISCILLA WHITE. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS GERMAN AND DIED IN 1896. THE FAMILY CHANGED THEIR SURNAME TO SLATER. WILLIAM JOINED THE ARMY 21/09/1901. (Discharged from 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s, after 160 days in Service and of Good Conduct). HE MARRIED … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOSEPH JAMES SHARP & GERTRUDE HUDSON, OF 3, WHITFIELD AVENUE, DIVISION ROAD, HESSLE ROAD, HULL AND 278, SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A SHIPWIRIGHT’S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN ROYAL ENGINEERS (1918 VOTERS). TRANSFERRED TO THE TERRITORIAL, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM & MINNIE PORTER, OF 35 CLARENDON STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE, MARGARET H PORTER, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. A FORMER NER EMPLOYEE. VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 19 MONTHS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS WHILE RESCUING WOUNDED, ON THE … Read more
BORN 1896. SON OF WILLIAM AND ADOLPHINE MAACK. HIS PARENTS WERE FROM GERMANY. SON OF A MOTOR CYCLE ENGINEER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. FORMERLY EMPLOYED AT THE POST TYPE WRITING COMPANY, SCALE LANE, HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS PARENTS LIVED 35 PORTER STREET AND THEN 167 WALKER STREET. HE ENLISTED … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOSEPH JOHN HORSFALL (1867-1936) & AGNES ISABELL OWENS (1866-1947), OF 23 GEE STREET, HULL AND 22 KING’S BENCH STREET, HULL. SON OF A RAILWAY GOODS FOREMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, GEORGE AND HERBERT AND ONE SISTER, AGNES. EDUCATED AT THE BOULEVARD SECONDARY SCHOOL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS AN APPRENTICE … Read more
BORN OTTRINGHAM, YORKSHIRE 1885. SON OF GEORGE ATKINSON (1864-1898) AND ROSETTA HOWES. MARRIED AT ST SAVIOURS CHURCH, HULL, ON 11/06/1905. HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH IRWIN & 3 CHILDREN LIVED AT 5 ROCHFORD AVENUE, BEDFORD STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS) AND 5 COLENSO VILLAS, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR ROBSON’S CEMENT WORKS, HULL. … Read more
BORN SCUNTHORPE, LINCS, 26/10/1897. SON OF THOMAS WRIGHT AND ALICE WOOD WRIGHT, OF 19, CLAPPISON SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL AND 12, MASON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVED AT 1, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 24/04/1916, AGED 17, CARRYING … Read more
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF DR. GEORGE HENRY & KATE WATSON, OF 192, HALLGATE, COTTINGHAM, HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WAS PRACTICING MEDICINE. HE SERVED AS A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. HE HAD BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR NINETEEN MONTHS. WOUNDED ON HE SOMME ON 16/09/1916 … Read more
