Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN BEEDFORD, YORKSHIRE, 1882. SON OF JAMES AND ANN A FARM LABOURER. LIVED DRIFFIELD. MARRIED SARAH SLEIGHT IN 1907. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 2ND DUBLIN FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16/10/1917, AGED 35 . HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW SARAH TURNER, OF NORTH FRODINGHAM, DRIFFIELD. HIS SERVICE RECORDS STATE THAT HE … Read more
BORN HORNSEA 1892. WIFE BEATRICE ROBINSON OF THIS ADDRESS. HE IS BURIED AT DADIZELE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “SAFELY FOLDED ON HIS SAVIOUR’S BREAST HE PASSED INTO ETERNAL REST” .
BORN HELPRINGHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1892. SON OF EDWARD SAMUEL GARTON (1852-1929) & SOPHIA HORTON (1858-1927), OF HELPRINGHAM, LINCS. SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE WORKED AS A BAKER’S ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS). HUSBAND OF MARY ELIZABETH JACKSON, OF 58, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 03/05/1918). ENLISTED CENTRAL HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/04/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE. … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. YOUNGEST SON OF HUGH & CATHERINE CALLAGHAN, AT 12, BRAEMAR TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF THREE BROTHERS. A FISH FRYER. HE ENLISTED AT LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK. SERVED WITH THE 2ND ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/04/1917, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT ELDER BROTHERS, HUGH AND … Read more
