Regiment: Royal Engineers 529th (East Riding) Field Company

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF FREDERICK WILLIAM BARNABY & MARY JANE BARNABY, OF 16 EVANS SQUARE, WALTON STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A LONG STANDING SERVANT OF THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY LINE. EMPLOYED AS A WAGON BUILDER AND REPAIRER. HE WORKED FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY LINE IN THE FITTER'S DEPARTMENT. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTH […]

BORN HULL 1891. KNOWN AS CHARLES. SON OF JOSHUA CHARLES BETTS (1870-1931) & HARRIET ISABELLA MITCHELL (1871-1956), WHO LIVED AT 6 LUCAS SQUARE, SYKES STREET AND 12 NELSON SQUARE, GEORGE STREET. HE MARRIED IN HULL, 1915. HIS WIFE ALICE BETTS, LIVED AT 8 MYRTLE VILLAS, VICTOR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) .  JOSHUA CHARLES BETTS WAS A […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF HENRY W BRIDGER & ANN AMELIA GOFFIN, OF HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1896 WHEN HE WAS NINETEEN. HE MARRIED LILY SMITH IN 1899. THEY LIVED AT 215 WATERLOO STREET (1901 CENSUS), AND 41 ALICIA STREET (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS A JOINER FOR A FUNERAL DIRECTOR. HE MARRIED AGAIN IN […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF RICHARD BROWN AND LAVINIA ELLEN BROWN, AT 54 LINCOLN STREET, HULL AND 11, ROSE STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). AN APPRENTICE PLUMBER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS A SAPPER IN THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/04/1917, AGED 20. UNMARRIED, HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FAT […]

BORN HULL 1896. SCULCOATES. SON OF HILDA & ROBERT BUCHANAN. OF THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE LOCAL 529TH ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED 17/05/1917, AGED 21. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS MEMORIAL PLAQUE, AT HULL MINSTER. HE IS BURIED AT DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, "IN […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF HENRY BURDEN AND ELLEN REED. BOTH HIS PARENTS DIED IN 1918. EMPLOYED AS A PLUMBER, GLAZIER AND GAS FITTER. HIS WIFE FLORENCE BURDEN, LIVED AT 110 ESCOURT STREET, HULL, AND THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS SAPPER, 474500, IN THE THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARRAS, ON 18/06 […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF EMILY & THOMAS CARMICHAEL (1854-1937), OF 2, EMILY'S TERRACE, MASSEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A JOINER. HE ENLISTED IN THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS IN HULL. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/06/1917, AGED 33. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HE LEFT A FIANCEE, ALICE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATH […]

BORN 16/01/1896. SON OF JOHN CARTER & CAROLINE ELIZABETH BRAIN (1867-1908), OF 138 SHARP STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).  AN APPRENTICE JOINER (1911 CENSUS) AND CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 02/02/1914. SERVED WITH THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOO, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 33 INCH CHEST. DISCHARGED WITH SILV […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM CHRISTIE (1862-1906) & MARY ELIZABETH LINFORD (1863-1913), OF 15 CLARK'S SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL. HIS BROTHER JOHN WILLIAM CHRISTIE, LIVED AT 48 LILAC AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A FORMER ERRAND BOY. HE WAS WORKING FOR MESSRS, STEWART & CRAIG, HEDON R […]

Born Bridlington, East Yorkshire. Known as William Galpin. Only Son of Emma Berry (1869-1947) and Jacob Galpin (1870-1948), of 19, Fairfield Road, Bridligton (war pension address). he had two sisters, Dorothy and Mary. He enlisted in Hull. Served as Sapper, 529Th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action, on 18/06/1917, aged 20. […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JOHN SAMUEL HABBERSHAW (1862-1929) AND LOUISA FRANCES ELTON (1868-1938), OF 20 CHESTNUT GROVE, QUEENS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). IN THE 1901 CENSUS, HIS FAMILY LIVED AT 8 DERBY STREET, OFF MARGARET STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD AND 10 PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A STONE MASON. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS […]

BORN HULL 1880. SON OF ISSAC & ANN HARGREAVE. HUSBAND OF HANNAH HARGREAVE, OF JAMES TERRACE, SPRING BANK, HULL (HDM ADDRESS 17/10/1917) AND 123 HODGSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND JAMES TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL. HE WAS A FOREMAN FOR 13 YEARS WITH MR GREENWOOD, A LOCAL BUILDER AND CONTRATOR. HE SERVED AS A SAPPER WITH THE 5 […]

BORN WITHERNSEA 1891. SON OF WILLIAM WILLIS & EMMA JANE HART, OF 12 , WALGRAVE STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF ETHEL G HART, AT 17 KLONDYKE AVENUE, STONEFERRY, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS A SAPPER, WITH THE 529TH EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. KILLED ON 14/06/1917, AGED 26. HE IS BURIED AT TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS RECO […]

Born Hull 1895. Son of Thomas Huzzard (1867-1940) & Mary Huzzard (1871-1953), of 6 Holmes Street, Hull. Nephew of Mrs Mackrill, of Spring Bank, Hull. He had three brothers. A former Joiner. He worked for the Hull Co-Operative society. He joined the East Riding Engineers on 16/01/1912, aged 17. Served as a Sapper in the 529th East Rid […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ROBERT & DINAH FROM IPSWICH. EX RECKITT'S WORKER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. HAD SEERVED IN FRANCE SINCE 18/09/1915. HE WAS KILLED, WHILE FEEDING HIS HORSE, ON 28/03/1918, AGED 27. HE  LEFT WIFE, MINNIE & TWO CHILDREN, AT 101 ROSMEAD STREET, HULL. HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE. H […]

BORN BOOTLE 1892. SON OF JOHN JOSEPH & ELIZABETH PEAT, OF 321 HAWTHORNE ROAD, BOOTLE, LIVERPOOL. HUSBAND OF ELSIE MAY PEAT OF8 LINDUM VILLAS, WALTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS A SAPPER IN THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED 01/03/1918, AGED 26. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL […]

Lance Corporal   PIERCY, ERNEST HERBERT Born Beverley, 1891. Son of Alfred Piercy (1861-1918) and Edith Maria Bradley (1857-1946), of 73 Fleming Gate, Beverley (1911 Census address). His father was born in Pocklington and worked as a Tanner Labourer (1901 Census) and then as a Bricklayer. His mother was born in Hull. He had one bro […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF FREDERICK ROBINSON & HARRIET LOUISA SISSON, OF 44, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 7 WESTBOURNE GROVE, HESSLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHERS LAWRENCE AND WALTER. SISTERS GERTRUDE AND KATHLEEN. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE 529TH ROYAL ENGINEERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 28TH MARCH 1918, AGED 26. […]

Born East Halt0n, Lincolnshire. Son of George and Elizabeth Ross, of The Homelands, East Halton, Lincs. (CWGC address). He had two elder brothers and two sisters. He enlisted in Hull. Served as Sapper, 529th (East Riding) Field Coy., Royal Engineers. Died of wounds, on 18/06/1917, aged 20. Buried at Monchy, France. His grave reads, IN […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF DANIEL (LATE SHIPWRIGHT) & MARY ROWE, OF 16 DIVISION ROAD, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS FOREMAN RIGGER, AT HELLYER'S STEAM FISHING COMPANY. CHARLES ROWE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS HE WAS A LATE SHIP RIGGER AND WELL KNOWN AT ST ANDREW'S DOCK. FORMER MEMBER OF HULL THURSDAY CYCLING ROAD CLUB. HE WAS WeLL KNOWN […]