Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN SELBY, 15/06/1877. SON OF GEORGE & ANN GRAYSON, HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, ANNIE SMITH, ABOVE. The Arfon was built in 1908 in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire. It worked out of Portland Harbour Naval Base during the First World War, sweeping mines laid by German U-boats along the inshore shipping lanes off … Read more
BORN LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK, 15/09/1892. OLDEST SON OF JAMES ALFRED DOY (DIED 1917) & CHARLOTTE BUTCHER ABOVE. BUTCHER’S SHOP ASSISTANT. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. SERVED ON MINESWEEPERS. LOST AT SEA 30/04/1917, AGED 24. HIS YOUNGER BROTHERS, WILLIAM MUN DOY, CHARLES FREDERICK DOY, AND ROBERT DOY, ALSO SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. The Arfon … Read more
BORN HULL 16/08/1885. SURNAME WAS “TRAIN”. SERVED AS “COX”. HIS WIFE JENNIE TRAIN (BORN 21/7/1888), LIVED AT 5, ELY TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL & 24, WEST BAY, CHESWELL, PORTLAND (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN – JOHN ROBERT CAUFIELD, HARRY JAMES TRAIN, JENNIE KETWAH TRAIN, GEORGE ALBERT JELLICOE TRAIN & CYRIL COX TRAIN. LOST … Read more
BORN HULL 01/08/1896. SON OF EDWARD BILHAM & FLORENCE, OF HARROW STREET, HULL & 9, PRINCE OF WALES TERRACE, STAINIFORTH PLACE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHER OF ROSE POWDRILL, JESSIE & DANIEL. WELL KNOWN ON THE HULL FISH DOCKS. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, IN MARCH 1916. SERVED AS A TRIMMER ON THE … Read more
