Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1897. YOUNGEST SON OF FRANCIS BICKERS & MARY JANE HADDOCK, OF 30A SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AND FIVE SONS SERVING. A FORMER CLERK FOR BLUNDELLS, SPENCE AND COMPANY AT BEVERLEY ROAD, WORKS, HULL. HE PLAYED FOR THE FIRM’S FOOTBALL TEAM. HE WAS UNMARRIED. HE ENLISTED HULL, ON … Read more
BORN BRADFORD, 1879. KNOWN AS ‘JACK’. ELDEST SON OF MARY & THE LATE SGT. JOSEPH NEWTON (POW), OF 52, FLEET STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 163RD ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/09/1918, AGED 39. BURIED IN FRANCE HE LEFT MOTHER, ALFRED & JENNY. HIS DEATH WAS … Read more
