Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Goxhill Marsh, Lincolnshire, 1897. Son of Sarah Annie Kirk, of Ing’s Lane, Barton-on-Humber, Lincs. (CWGC address) He enlisted in Hull. Served as a Gunner, in the Royal Garrison Artillery 146th Heavy Battery. Killed in action, on 25/09/1917 aged 20. Buried in Belgium. His grave reads, LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE LIVETH FOR EVER Name Arthur Kirk … Read more
Born Hutton Cranswick, Yorkshire, 1879. Son of Johnson and Sarah Marson. Both parents deceased. He had one brother, Andrew, at 7, Claremont Avenue, Balfour Street, Hull and one sister, Ruth at 47 Blake Street, Brunswick Avenue, Hull. Married at Hull, on 25 Dec 1900. Husband of Annie Elizabeth of 17, Durham Grove, Northumberland Avenue, Hull … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF ALFRED EDWIN PRICE & HARRIET PRICE, OF 11 TALBOT STREET, HULL . HUSBAND OF MAY PRICE, OF 22 COLERIDGE STREET, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A HULL POST OFFICE WORKER, JOINING AS A TELEGRAM LAD AT THE AGE OF 13 AND WAS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM. HE WAS … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ALFRED & JANE OWEN, OF 43 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL. EDUCATED AT CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL AND HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL, HE WORKED FOR THE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY AND LATER MANAGED HIS FATHER’S GROCERY BUSINESS IN BRUNSWICK AVENUE. HE JOINED THE FORCES IN 1915. HE HAD JUST REURNED TO FLANDERS AFTER 10 DAYS … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOSEPH HARRISON & SELINA WHEELDON AT 41 FRANKLIN STREET, HULL. A FORMER GROCER’S ASSISTANT. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE MANANGED THE HESSLE ROAD, CO-OPERATIVE BRANCH. HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1912. HUSBAND OF HARRIET PRATT (1888-1941), AT 29, RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. ONLY SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WRAY (1863-1909) AND SARAH JANE WRAY, OF 9 ABBEY CRESCENT, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. A HULL POSTEMAN AND HULL POST OFFICE WORKER FOR 18 YEARS. MARRIED AT ST MARY’S SCULCOATES, ON 18/9/1913. HIS WIFE SARAH ELIZABETH THOMPSON, LIVED AT 27, VERMONT CRESCENT, WORTHING STREET, … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED HULL. A FORMER GUNNER, 4606, 146TH HULL HEAVY BATTERY. PROMOTED SERGEANT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 27/05/1917, AGED 24, AT THE 108TH FIELD AMBULANCE HOSPITAL. HE MARRIED EDITH JACKMAN, AT BRIDLINGTON, IN 1916. LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO HIS WIDOW EDITH BERWICK (BORN 03/07/1893), WHO REMARRIED AND MOVED TO 5 WEST END … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF CLARA PLEDGE & THE LATE GEORGE WHITTAKER. A HULL POSTMAN, WHO RESIDED WITH HIS MOTHER AT 32 GOULTON STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN OCTOBER 1915. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/07/1917, AGED 36. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY … Read more
Gunner, Wilfred Thacker served in the Royal Garrison Artillery. Wilfred was born in Kirk Ella on the 2nd April 1895. Son Charles and Jane Thacker. He enlisted on 28th October 1915 and was killed in action, on the 25th September 1917. He formally served with the 146th Hull Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Regiment. In … Read more
BORN SUNK ISLAND 1885. SON OF CHARLES & AGNES M STABLER, OF SUNK ISLAND, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, 4442, 146Th HULL HEAVY BRIGADE, R.G.A. TRANSFERRED AS A GUNNER, WITH 146TH ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1917, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT … Read more
