BORN BRANDESBURTON, HULL 1894. LIVED SOUTH CAVE. SON OF THOMAS & LATE FANNY SMITH, OF IVY TERRACE, WALKINGTON, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER AND GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 30/12/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, IN GREATER LONDON, ON 12/05/1917, AGED 23. BURIED AT SOUTH CAVE CEMETERY. HIS BRO […]
BORN HULL 1890. HULL POLICEMAN, FROM THE PARLIAMENT STREET DIVISION. HAD THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST HULL POLICEMAN TO ENLIST IN THE WAR. HE WAS THE SON OF MR H & ELIZABETH STAINTON, OF 1 EBENEEZER PLACE, MORTON, GAINSBOROUGH. HE RESIDED WITH MRS ROBINSON AT 46 HUTT STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL. HE SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYA […]
