Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery 11th (1st Hull) Heavy Battery

Only Son of William and Mary Boyd, of Hodroyd House, South Hiendley, Barnsley, South Yorks. He had two sisters. A Student. Described as 5 foot, 6 " tall, 133 lbs weight, 33.5" Chest. Lived at The Mount, Woolley, Near Wakefield, West Yorks He enlisted at Hedon. Hull (East Yorks), on 02/10/1915. Formerly, 336, 1St Hull H.B., R.G.A. Serve […]

BORN KEYINGHAM 1879. ONLY SON OF THOMAS & SARAH DAWSON, HULL CITY ASYLUM COTTAGES, WILLERBY. A SHOP ASSISTANT AND MILITARY BUYER. HE MARRIED ON 18/10/1904. HIS WIFE BEATRICE TOTTIE, LIVED AT 10 MARSHFIELD PLACE, MARSHFIELD, BRADFORD. THEY HAD ONE SON, CALLED CYRIL. HE ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL ON 11/05/1916. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE R […]

BORN BEVERLEY 26/12/1874. SON OF THOMAS ELLIOT (1843-1897) AND MARY RICHARDSON (1845-1914), OF 307 BOULEVARD, HULL. EMPLOYED IN THE TIMBER MERCHANT BUSINESS. HE MARRIED IN 1896. HIS WIFE GERTRUDE ELIZABETH BATLEY (1878-1920) AND CHILDREN ETHEL (1896-1978), THOMAS (1897-1962) AND JOHN (1900-1973). HE HAD SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY FROM 20/0 […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF DANVERS & ELIZABETH HART, HESSLE. WIFE FLORENCE & 4 CHILDREN LIVED ABOVE. HULL HEROES WEBSITE.

BORN PATRINGTON 1889. RAISED BY HIS GRANDPARENTS, TOM AND ANN BILLANEY, OF PATRINGTON. HE MARRIED MARTHA BARR (1892-1965) AT PATRINGTON, IN 1910. THEY HAD 3 DAUGHTERS AND LIVED AT HOLDERNESS HALL, PRESTON, HULL EMPLOYED AS A WAGGONER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, GUNNER, 1ST HULL HEAVY BATTERY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH HULL HEAVY BATTER […]

Born Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire. 1889. Son of Thomas and Alice Osgerby, of 1, St Chado Lane, Barton and 8, Marine Parade, Spyvee Street, Hull (War Pension address). He had four brothers and six sisters. Worked as a polisher and A cycle labourer. Enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery, on 6th June 1911. Described as 5 foot, 9 inc […]

BORN BARNARD CASTLE, STAINTON, DURHAM 1872. AN ORPHAN. HE HAD NO KNOWN PARENTS OR SIBLINGS. SERVED FOR THE EAST KENT YEOMANRY AND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY FOR 12 YEARS . IN CIVILIAN LIVE HE WORKED AS A FISH SALESMAN AND STEWARD. MARRIED ELIZABETH ANN WILBERN, ON 29/12/1900, AT HEBBARN-ON-TYNE. THEY LIVED AT 78 LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL (19 […]

Born Kentish Town, London, 1878. Married at St James, Hull, on 17th May 1900. Husband of Clara Wilby, at 70, Paisley Street, Hull (War Pension Address). They had two sons, Clarence Henry and Frederick William. He was a radiator Machinist and lamp lighter. Also an artillery reservist with the East Yorkshire Artillery. Described as 5 foot […]

BORN WOODHOUSE, COTTINGHAM 1880. SON OF FRANCIS & JANE WINTER. A SINGLE MAN. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER ALFRED, IN PRESTON, HOLDERNESS. EMPLOYED AS A DOMESTIC SERVANT (1911 CENSUS) AND AT THE ASSYLUM FARM, WILLERBY. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL HEAVY BATTERY. DIED OF FEVER, IN EAST AFRICA, ON 22/08/1917, AGED 32 HIS NAME IS LISTED ON A […]

BORN TIPPERARY 1881. SON OF WILLIAM YEOMAN (1852-1912) AND MARGARET McCARDLE (1853-1890), OF 5 PRINCES ROAD, DOCK STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN GOOLE. A FORMER ARTILLERYMAN AND WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER. HIS MOTHER WAS FROM DUNDALK, LOUTH, IRELAND. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, JOSEPH AND CHARLES AND ONE SISTER, ANNIE WHITFIELD, WHO LIVED IN […]