Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN BURSTWICK 1895. ENLISTED IN THE RGA AT HULL IN 1914. WENT TO FRANCE IN MAY 1916. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE SONS SERVING OF JOHN WALKER, BURKS ROW, BURSTWICK. HIS BROTHER HARRY 25 YEARS OLD SERVED IN THE SAME RGA REGIMENT. ALBERT WAS KILLED BY SHELL FIRE ON THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 1916, AGED … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF RICHARD MICHAEL THORNTON-VARLEY AND MARY ANN THORNTON-VARLEY. HE WAS A COSTUME BUYER. SERVED IN THE EAST RIDING ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN A MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT, ON 25/05/1915, AGED 28 IN KILLINGHOLME. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HE LEFT £1,038 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A RETIRED … Read more
BORN HAVEN SIDE, HEDON 1892. YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN & HANNAH MARIA THORP, OF HEDON. A HULL TEACHER AT THE CRAVEN STREET, SCHOOL. HE TRAINED AS A TEACHER, AT ST JOHN’S COLLEGE, YORK. HE ENLISTED AS GUNNER, 4535 146TH ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. SERVED IN FRANCE FOR THREE YEARS AND PROMOTED TO SEGEANT. HE DIED FROM … Read more
BORN HULL 1871. SON OF JOHN AND SARAH ANN TEMPLE, OF 3, COLLEGE ROW, GREEN LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS A HULL CORPORATION LABOURER, FOR THE ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT. HIS WIFE, SUSAN TEMPLE, & FIVE CHILDREN. LIVED AT 3, REFORM STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1892. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE … Read more
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF SUZANNA MEGGITT (1854-1926) & JOHN THOMAS SAVILL (1852-1918), OF 23, MELBOURNE STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS BORN ON MANCHESTER HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN HULL. SON OF A NEWSPAPER PRINT OPERATOR. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND EIGHT SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A FIREMAN (SEWAGE PUMPING STATION). … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON THOMAS LOMAS LOCKING (1853-1937) & LOUISA LEND (1852-1912), OF COTTINGHAM. SON OF A SOLICITOR. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. WAS A SOLICITOR BEFORE THE WAR WITH HIS FATHER’S FIRM, COLONIAL CHAMBERS, LAND OF GREEN GINGER, HULL. ALSO CLERK TO THE HULL & EAST RIDING JUSTICES. HE WAS … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF HENRY HACKER (1851-1910) & MARY HACKER & 8 CHILDREN OF 29 CARLTON STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS CORPORAL, WITH THE 2ND EAST RIDING, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS 21/05/1919, AGED 32. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
BORN ST HELIER, JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLES, 1872. SON OF JOHN COOPER AND SUSANNAH CHAMBERS. A FORMER SOLDIER AND SHOP KEEPER AT 88 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. WIDELY KNOWN IN THE DISTRICT FOR HIS GOOD BUSINESS QUALITIES AND PLEASANT DISPOSITION. HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HULL BREWERY COMPANY FOR 18 YEARS AND CARRIED ON THE BEER BUSINESS … Read more
BORN SPALDING 13/06/1865. SON OF WILLIAM & MARTHA BUTTLE (1840-1894), OF 34 CLYDE STREET, HULL. MARRIED AT POCKLINGTON, ON 30/12/1894, AGED 29. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH ROSEMARY WHITLEY & 11 CHILDREN LIVED AT 27 FLEET STREET, HULL, 54 HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) & 7, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 30/09/1918). A BRICK LAYER. … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. SCULCOATES. SON OF THE LATE ASHLIR BUTLER (1844-1902) AND MARIA GEDNEY (1845-1919). HE HAD FIVE SISTERS, SARAH, HELEN, CHARLOTTE, HANNAH AND MADGE AND ONE BROTHER, JOHN. EMPLOYED AS A COOPER. HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE 2ND EAST RIDING VOLUNTEERS, A TERRITORIAL UNIT, FOR SIX YEARS. HE WAS UNEMPLOYED WHEN HE … Read more
