Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1884. FOURTH SON OF MARIA WILSON & THE LATE SAMUEL ROBINSON (1852-1896), OF 25, PRYME STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS. HE WAS A FORMAN ENGINEERS, LIVING WITH HIS WIFE, BEATRICE AND SON AT 14 WHITBY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SERVED AS, LANCE COPORAL SAMUEL ROBINSON, 176701, ROYAL ENGINEERS, RAILWAY … Read more
BORN LANGTOFT, TORKS 1892. ONLY CHILD. HUSBAND OF ELSIE AT 17, BEECH AVENUE, CONVENT LANE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE DAUGHTER, LENA MARY, BORN ON 6 MAY 1916. A WAGGONER & HORSE SHUNTER. ENLISTED HULL. EX 32/664 NFUS. POSTED TO EGYPT, 23 OCT 1916. DIED OF MALARIA ON 9 AUG 1918, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED … Read more
BORN BISHOPTHORP, YORK 1880. SON OF THOMAS AND ALICE MACKERETH. HIS WIFE EMILY MACKERETH (BORN 23 APR 1875) AND SEVEN CHILDREN, LIVED AT 357 , HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOUR DEPENDENT CHILDREN (EMILY STEEL, ALICE, EDWIN AND JOHN MACKERETH BORN BETWEEN 1904-1912). HE WORKED AS A LOCOMOTIVE FITTER FOR NORTH EASTERN … Read more
BORN LAVERTHORPE, YORK, 1894. SON OF DANIEL WATSON HOPPER (1860-1035) & AMELIA STOWE OVERTON (1862-1920), OF 31, MAPLE STREET, QUEENS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 70 ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. MARRIED ON 8TH APRIL 1916, AT ST JOHNS, NEWLAND. HIS WIFE, EDITH MAUD HOPPER LIVED AT 22, … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. STEPSON OF ARTHUR JAMES BOWER AND MARY JANE BOWER. HIS WIFE ETHEL MAY (DADDY) LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS AND THEY HAD A SON, LESLIE, BORN IN 1916. HIS STEP PARENTS LIVED – 19 POPLAR STREET, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A BOILER MAKER AND ENGINE CLEANER. ENLISTED HULL … Read more
BORN HULL 1882 SON OF JOB BRICKLEBANK (1858-1939) & MARY JANE DOUGLAS (1854-1924), OF 7, CLIFTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A COOPER. HE MARRIED MARIA RANEY, IN HULL, IN 1911. THEY LIVED AT 9, FRANCIS TERRACE, RODNEY STREET HULL, WHERE HE WORKED AS A RAILWAY SHUNTER (1911 CENSUS) AND 8, … Read more
