Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery 164th Siege Battery

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF HENRY & MARY FIELDS,, OF 5 ALBERT TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HE SEVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/08/1917, AGED 32. BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 24/09/1917. * HIS WIDOW AND ONE SON, LIVED AT 5 COMBERMERE AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL.

BORN SUNDERLAND 1897. SON JANE & LATE MICHAEL McGILL. HIS FATHER WAS A COAL MINER FROM NEWCASTLE. HIS MOTHER, A SHOPKEEPER. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CLERK FOR THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 34-38 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION, GOOD PHYSIQUE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 26/05/1914. FORMERLY, GUNNER, 152, E […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF MR T. MOODY, OF 12 VENTOR STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS STEWARD ON THE LINER "ABINGER" AND A WELL KNOWN CATERER. CHARLES LIVED IN BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN AUGUST 1914. FORMERLY, GUNNER, 159 EAST RIDING ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 164TH SIEGE BATTERY. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR TWO […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JOHN RILEY & RACHEL (ROBSON) of 94 SEVERN STREET, HULL. HIS SISTER ANNIE FINON LIVED AT 33 CHAPMAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE IS BURIED AT HEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE.     NB: GEORGE RILEY, OF 17 MAYFIELD STREET, HULL

BORN HULL 1876. ST LUKES. SON OF MARY AND JAMES SANDERSON, OF 3 SOVEREIGN PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL. HIS PROBATE ADDRESS WAS 28 LISTER STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS AN ORGANISER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS GUNNER, 166065, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 20/05/1918, AGED 42, AT BIRMINGHAM WAR HOSPITAL. HE IS BURIED IN BI […]

BORN HULL 1891. ONLY SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM STANLEY & JANE HARRIET HOLBROOK, AT 4 HEDON ROAD, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THE FAMILY LIVED AT 99 GREEK STREET, (1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR YOUNGER SISTERS. SON OF A SHIPPING CLERK. EMPLOYED AS A SHIP'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER,165924, […]