Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 07/10/1891. SON OF MARY CLAPPISON (1857-1934) & WILLIAM STOCKTON (1855-1904), OF 107, HAVELOCK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 35, TYNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. EMPLOYED AS A MARINE TRIMMER. LOST AT SEA ON THE TRAWLER, “COTSMUIR”, 22/02/1917, AGED 26. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL … Read more
Born Hull 05/12/1877. Served in the Royal Naval Reserve. Lost at sea, on 02/02/1917, aged 40. This was his Probate address. He left a substantial £2,456 in his will, to John Brooke Leak, the architect and Surveyor. On 02/02/1917 the HMT COTSMUIR (FY1537) disappeared on passage from River Tyne to River Humber. All 13 crew … Read more
BORN HULL 05/09/1885. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH HUNTER AND ISABEL DUGDALE (1868-1935), OF 50 FRANCIS STREET AND 46 MASON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) A FISHERMAN. MARRIED FRANCES MARIA KNUDSON, AT HULL, ON 05/12/1907. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. SERVED AS SECOND HAND ON THE TRAWLER, ‘COTSMUIR’. PRESUMED LOST 02/02/1917, AGED 32. LEFT WIDOW … Read more
BORN HULL, 20/08/1882. SON OF JAMES CHARLES GIBBS & MARY ANN WHITFIELD ANDERSON, AT 105, SOMERSET STREET, HULL AND 11, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (Pension address). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, CHARLES AND FOUR SISTERS. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE WAS WELL KNOWN ON THE FISH DOCK & EMPLOYED BY MR FIELD, BILLINSGATE. HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH FOYSTON … Read more
