Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
13th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Hounslow on 13 September 1914 as part of K3 and attached as Army Troops to 24th Division.
March 1915 : came under command of 111th Brigade in 37th Division.
Landed at Boulogne on 30 July 1915.
Born Hull, 1898. Son of Angus Wentworth Budge (1865-1936) and Rose Ann Budge (1868-1939), of 130, Lovett St., Grimsby (CWGC address). Son of a engine driver. His father was from the Isle of Skye. His mother was born in Leeds. He had two brothers and three sisters. His elder siblings were also born in Hull. … Read more
Born Barton-on-Humber, Lincs, 1892. Youngest son of Robert and Mary Jane Brown, of 63, Mary St., Scunthorpe, Lincs, and 4, Reed Street, Wright Street, Hull (War Pension address). He had two brothers and one sister. he worked as a law Clerk, living at 2 Quebec Avenue, Southend On Sea, Essex (1911 Census) Enlisted Shoeburyness, Essex. … Read more
BORN KIDDERMINSTER 1895. SON OF EDWARD LEIGH TONKINSON (1862-1933) AND SARAH ANN WHALLEY, OF 73 LORNE TERRACE, NORWOOD, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A POST MASTER, AT BEVERLEY POST OFFICE. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A CLERK. UNMARRIED. HE ENLISTED IN COVENTRY. SERVED AS, PRIVATE, REGINALD TONKINSON, 10486, 11TH ROYAL … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THOMAS & BELLA KENNEDY, OF 8, PLEASANT TERRACE, REDBOURNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP AS A PATTERN MAKER AT THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKS, SPRINGHEAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 38646, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH THE ROYAL FUSILIERS. REPORTED WOUNDED, MISSING AND THEN … Read more
BORN WANDSWORTH 1879. SON OF HARRY ARTHUR ARTHURS (1851-1913) AND EMILY SKELTON (1848-1914), OF 35 WYNDHAM STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE MARRIED JANE ELIZABETH WICKISON (1879-1967), ON 20/08/1905. LIVED AT 55 BROOMWOOD ROAD, BATTERSEA. THREE CHILDREN, HARRY WALTER AND DOROTHY. WORKED AS A JEWELRY MAKER AND REPAIRER. ENLISTED AT ST PANCRAS, LONDON. EX … Read more
