Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion

BORN EARLSTOWN, LANCASTER, 21/03/1895. SON OF SABRINA AND PETER MYERS, OF 78 NICHOLSON STREET, HULL. HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AS A PRINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 1546 ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 1ST ROYAL IRISH RIFLES. DIED ON 20/02/1918. BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO GEORGE AND BESSIE […]

Born Little Weighton, 1887. Son of William Ward (1842-1921) and Betsy Woodmancey (1842-1921), of Little Weighton. Worked as a Horseman, on a farm in Walkington, Beverley (1911 Census). H married Clara Starkey, at Beverley, in 1916. He enlisted Beverley. Formerly 41531, Royal Inniskilling, Fusiliers. Transferred to the 1st Princess Victo […]