Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA)

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF REBECCA CARR, OF 16, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. HE WAS A SAILOR WHO LODGED WITH HIS MOTHER. HE HAD BEEN IN PRISON FOR BEING DRUNK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 144 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39.5 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, DIS FIGURED LTTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION, VERRY GOOD CHARAC […]

BORN WITHERNWICK, YORKSHIRE, 1875. SON OF GEORGE DANBY (1848-1900) AND FRANCES (FANNY) KAY (1851-1907) SON OF A SHOE MAKER AND RAILWAY PORTER. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS AND THREE BROTHERS. MARRIED AT HULL, JULY 1895. HUSBAND OF LOUISA AMELIA WESTERHOLD (1877-1940), OF 3 SPRING TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 24, GORDON AVENUE […]

Born Hull, 1892. Son of Elizabeth Robert Smith Farr, of 75 Craven Street, Hull (War Pension address). He worked as a shipping Clerk. Served as Gunner, 533, Royal Garrison Artillery (presumably 1st East Riding RGA by serial number?). Died of Tuberculosis, on 25/06/1916, aged 24. There are no CWGC records of his death. He left £143 in h […]

Born Hull 1880. Son of Richard and Mary Ann Friston (1853-1933), of 2 Marshall's Yard, Myton Gate, Hull . Son of a builder's labourer. He had a brother, Richard (1884-1963) and two sisters, Rose and Minnie. He married at Hull, in 1907. Husband of Prudence Coggin (1878-1908). They had two sons, Richard (1907-1991) and Cyril (1908-1917). H […]

BORN HULL 1878. ELDEST SON OF SARAH EMMA GEE (1872-1929) & THE LATE ARTHUR GEORGE GEE (1852-1910), OF 16, MARKET PLACE, HULL & 96, SUNNY BANK, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. LIKE HIS FATHER, HE WAS REGULAR, PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER AND SERVED WITH THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. AWARDED THE LO […]

Born Hornsea, 1886. Son of William Harper (1852-1907) and Sarah Ann Goff (1862-1888). His mother died when he was two. He worked as a Fish Dealer. Described as 5 foot, 8,5 inches tall, 35-37 inch chest. He married Florrie Stevens (1887-1974), on 12/11/1905, at Wilmington, Hull, aged 19. Husband of Florrie Harper, of 57, Kent Street, Hul […]

Born Hull, 12/04/1889. Son of  Robert Harrison and Elizabeth Lyons. he had five brothers and a sister. He Married on 5/11/1909, aged 20. Husband of Elizabeth Dale Harrison, of 10, Frank's Terrace, Finsbury Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 7, Queens Terrace, Terry Street, Beverley Road, Hull (War Pension Address). They had three children. […]

Born Hull, 1882. Husband of Catherine Hodgson, of 15, Windsor Terrace, Colonial Street, Hull (War Pension address) He was a railway Porter living with his wife, Catherine, at 91, South Street, Carlisle (1911 Census) Enlisted on 12/5/1916Served as a Gummer in the Royal Garrison Artillery, 14th Fire Command. Discharged on 1911/1918. Awar […]

W. HURST, RGA WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2. UNTRACED NOTE: GUNNER, WILLIAM HURST, 495, RFA, KILLED 21/08/1916, AGED 18, IS THE ONLY CWGC RECORD. BUT NOT FROM A HULL ADDRESS. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/186356/HURST,%20W

BornHull 04/12/1896. Son of Harriet Metcalf (1875-1962) and William Tichbourne Lee (1874-1940), of 9, Churchill Street, Hedon Road. Hull (Army Address). Son of a Coal trimmer. He had one younger brother, John Lee and three sisters, Alice, Florrie and Doris. He worked as a Clerk and Telephone Operator. Described as 5 foot, 6.5 inches tall […]

Born Hull, 1899. Only son of Victor Charles Lord (1877- ) and Beatrice Hunt (1878-1945), of 45 Folkestone Street, Hull (1911 Census). Son of a Boiler Maker riverter. He enlisted in Hull. Served as Gunner, 180221, royal garrison Artillery. Died of wounds, on 03/05/1922, aged 22. His army effects were left to his mother, Beatrice, at 51 S […]

BORN BRIDLINGTON 1894, SON OF CHARLES MALTBY & JESSIE (BUTTERY), OF THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS) . THE FAMILY LATER MOVED TO BRIDLINGTON. BROTHER TO WILLIAM AND CHARLES AND SISTER, JESSIE. WORKED AS A OIL MILL LABOURER. SERVED AS A SHOEING SMITH, WITH THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED AGED 26.BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. CWGC RECORDS.

BORN GRANTHAM, LINCS 1875. SON OF JOHN PARKER AND SARAH BROWN. MARRIED HULL, 10/02/1912. WIFE ANNIE SADLER, AND SIX CHILDREN. LIVED AT 12 VINE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET AND 51, TADMAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). TIME SERVED RGA TERRITORIAL AND BOER WAR VETERAN, INCLUDING THE DEFENCE OF KIMBERLEY. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. 5 FOOT 10 INC […]

BORN COTTINGHAM, HULL, ON 27/01/1873. LIEUTENANT COLONEL, OF THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED AT LYMINGTON HOSPITAL, ON 17/05/1917. BURIED AT HESSLE CEMETERY. HE LEFT £88 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, MARY ISABEL PEASE AND AUGUSTUS GILBERT COLVILLE, ESQ. Son of Henry Joseph Robinson Pease (1843–1892) and Dora Elizabeth Barkworth (849–192 […]

Born 1878. Married 9th September 1899. Husband of Jane Smith at 109 Alliance Avenue Hull (1911 Census) and 12, Arlington Street, Anlaby Road, Hull (War Pension address). He was an Insurance Agent. Described as 5 foot, 8 inches tall, 45-47 inch chest, good physical development. They had three children. Enlisted 24th August 1915. Served i […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JAMES SHANKS (1866-1922) & ELIZABETH SWIFT (1862-), OF 53, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A KITCHEN PORTER AND BARMAN AT THE ROYAL STATION HOTEL. ENLISTED AT HULL ON 17/09/1914. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, 15 […]

Born Hull, 1880. Husband of Ethel Smith of 6, York Terrace, Hodgson Street, Hull (War Pension address). Served as a Gunner, in the Royal Garrison Artillery. Posted to France on 30 Aug 1915. Discharged on 25 Jun 1919. Died of Gas Poisoning, on 20 Jan 1926

Born Hull, 1882. Grandson of Margaret Hopper. Married at St Luke's, Hull, on 20 Jan 1907. His wife Fanny lived at 10, Courtney Street, Hull (Army address) and 1, George Terrace, Kent Street, Holderness Road, Hull(war pension address). They had one son Leonard born on 12/1/1913 and daughter, Alice Maud He was a Postman. Described as 5 f […]