Regiment: Royal Field Artillery 317th Brigade C Battery

BORN THORNTON, YORKS 1892. ENLISTED HULL. HIS WIFE ROSE CROZIER & TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT 123 ST PAULS STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO ENLISTING HE WAS A COAL TRIMMER AT MESSRS WILSONS LTD, ALEXANDRA DOCK. HE SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR TWO YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS AND HE BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 15 MONTHS. HE […]

BORN NEW HOLLAND LINCOLNSHIRE, 1877. SON OF CHRISTOPHER GOODLAND HARRISON (1852-1921) AND SARAH ANN GRASSBY (1857-1927), OF 12, BRIGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. HIS HAD A BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. MARRIED AT HULL IN 1903. HUSBAND OF  FLORRIE HARRISON, & THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 3, THORNEY FIELDS, NEW H […]

BORN WATTON, NORFOLK 1878. SON OF HENRY SAMPLE AND ELIZABETH DOYLE, OF 16 SLOE LANE, BEVERLEY. ONE OF FOURTEEN CHILDREN. HE WAS ONE OF THREE SONS TO DIE IN THE WAR. HIS WIFE KATE LIVED AT 6 WARNE TERRACE, WARN ST, SPRING BANK & SUTTON. HE SERVED WITH THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED IN FRANCE, ON 13/10/1917, AGED 39. HIS NAME IS RE […]

BORN THWING, YORKS 1896. SON OF JOSEPH & SARAH ANN SAWYER & 11 CHILDREN. PHOTO. MOTHER LIVED TO BE 101 YEARS BUT NEVER GOT OVER LOSS OF HER SON.

BORN FILEY, YORKSHIRE 1898. SON OF SAMUEL W. SPIVEY (1861-1931) AND ANNIE ELIZABETH  SPIVEY, OF 3 TEMPLE ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL AND 50 HARROW STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN MALTON. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE 48TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 26/01/1918, AGED 32. HIS […]

BORN LEEDS 1891. SON OF GEORGE AND MARTHA STAMP OF4 BETA VILLAS, MAYFIELD STREET, HULL. AN ELECTRIC CAR CONDUCTOR. A TRAMWAY MOTORMAN, ON THE BEVERLEY ROAD ROUTE, FOR EIGHT YEARS. HIS WIFE EVA (LE COUTEUR), LIVED AT 7 PEMBERTON GARDENS, FOLKESTONE STREET, HULL  ENLISTED HULL. SHOT BY SNIPER. DIED IN ACTION ON 14/11/1916, AGED 25. COMMEM […]