Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL, 1887. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM POWLEY (1858-1896) AND SARAH ANN JOHNSON (1860-1907). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND A BROTHER. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A BAKERS DELIVERY MAN/CONFECTIONER, FOR MR TEANBY BAKER’S, SOUTHCOATES LANE, HULL. HE MARRIED, HANNAH WHITE (1889-1962), AT COGAN STREET CHURCH, HULL, ON 18/12/1910, … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF MARGARET LETITIA LAWRENCE (1861-1915) & ROBERT PENISTON GRAY (1859-1914). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, JOSEPH HAROLD GRAY, AT 13 JAMES STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. BOTH HIS PARENTS DECEASED. HE MARRIED EMILY CLAPPISON (1884-1958), AT HOLY TRINITY, HULL, ON 25TH OCTOBER 1906. HIS WIFE, EMILY GRAY, LIVED 3 ADA’S AVENUE, ENA STREET, … Read more
