Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF THOMAS AND ELLEN WILSON. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR MESSRS ROSE, DOWNS AND THOMPSON, AS AS A GENERAL LABOURER HE ENLISTED HULL, AGED 16. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. LOST ON THE TROOP SHIP, “MARQUETTE”. DIED AT SEA, ON 23/10/1915, AGED 17. HIS ARMY EFFECTS … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1918, HUSBAND OF MARY E. CAVILL. AT HULL, APRIL 1918 . THEY LIVED AT 2, ANVILS TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 100, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (CWGC) ADDRESS). SERVED AS A DRIVER, 115423, 29TH RESERVES, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED AT HOME, ON 09/06/1918, AGED 34. BURIED … Read more
BORN BOSTON, LINCS 1898. SON OF STEPH AND EDITH ALICE COWLEY, OF BRIGHT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. BROTHER OF GEORGE, TOM AND BENJAMIN. HIS SISTER, MAUD LIVED AT 287 HOLDERNESS ROAD. A GROOM (1911 CENSUS) AND HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS GUNNER, 11357, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE WAS KILLED IN … Read more
