Halifax, Yorkshire
Died on
25/08/1918
Aged
32
Born Halifax, 1886. Son of Reuben and Rebecca Darwin, of Halifax. A shop Assistant, living at 32 Royal Avenue Doncaster (1911 Census). Enlisted in Hull. Served as Corporal, "B" Bty. 223rd Bde., Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action on 25/08/1918, aged 32. Buried in France. His grave reads, HE SAVED OTHERS HIMSELF HE COULD NOT SAVE
Lance Bombardier
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF JOHN FLAIR (1847-1929) AND SOPHIA BUTTERS (1847-1902). HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. MARRIED AT HULL, 1900, AGED 23. HIS WIFE ALICE MAUD HOLT (1878-1937), LIVED AT 104, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE DAUGHTERS. HE WORKED AS A BARMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, DRIVER, 213 […]
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN GALLOWAY (1848-1912) & SARAH ANN FOWLER (1859-1947), AT 46, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A PAINT GRINDER FROM DUBLIN. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. ONE OF THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN 1916. A GENERAL LABOURER AND A MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY. HE WAS HUSBAND TO ALICE SILLIS, LIVING AT EAGLE […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN HENRY & MRS MARY ELIZABETH (ELLIOT) YOUNG, OF 73, FLINTON STREET. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED AS A RIGGER FOR MESSRS HALL & BARTON, HULL HIGH STREET. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE, HULL. HE DIED OF WOUNDS FROM SHELL FIRE WHICH HAD KILLED AN OFFICER. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 15TH FEB […]
