Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN GRIMSBY 08/02/1895. SON OF SAMUEL SHERWOOD, AT 92 GRIMSBY ROAD, GRIMSBY. HE LIVED AT 28 NEWTON STREET, HULL. HE DIED ON THE HULL TRAWLER. ‘ERIN’, ON 19/10/1915, AGED 20. HE WAS AN APPRENTICE WITH MESSRS, BEECHING, AND A WELL KNOWN FIGURE IN HULL’S FISHING CIRCLES. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL … Read more
BORN HULL 29/06/1896 AS PER NAVAL WAR GRAVE RECORDS. SON OF RICHARD ARTHUR PAYNE. LOST AT SEA ON 19/10/1915. LISTED ON HULL’S MASSEY STREET ROLL OF HONOUR AND ON THE ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 30/10/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * HMT Erin II, … Read more
BORN HULL 15/02/1869. SON OF GEORGE MAPPLEBECK LAVERACK (1821-1890) AND MARY JANE RUDDIFORD (1824-1885). BROTHER TO ISSAC, WILLIAM, MARY AND HARRIET. HE MARRIED FRANCES EMMA RYMER (1869-1941), ON 04/05/1887, AGED 18. CHILDREN LIZZIE AND JESSIE. WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER AND FOR 26 YEARS AS A MERCHANT SEAMAN WITH THE WILSON LINE. HE ENROLLED IN … Read more
BORN HULL 16/03/1865. A DEEP SEA FISHERMAN. MARRIED AT HULL, ON 16/08/1894. HUSBAND OF EMILY HEWSON, OF 27, MASSEY TERRACE, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS). SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. LOST AT SEA, ON THE “ERIN”, 19/10/1915, AGED 50. HIS WIDOW DIED ON 1ST MAY 1916. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WW1 … Read more
