Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 29/01/1883. SON OF JOSEPH MASON (1844-1924) & SARAH ANN MASON (1846-1903), HULL. HE MARRIED ELLEN ELIZABETH NELSON (1883-1952), AT HULL IN 1900, HE WAS SKIPPER, OF THE TRAWLER ‘TUGELA’, LOST AT SEA, ON 26/06/1916, AGED 33. WELL KNOWN IN THE HESSLE ROAD AREA. HE LEFT £241 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, ELLEN, … Read more
BORN HULL 14/12/1871. BETTER KNOWN AS “SYD” DAVIS, ON THE HULL FISH DOCK. SON OF SYDNEY DAVIS AND ELIZABETH HAMMOND. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1901. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1915. HE MARRIED ESTHER SARAH HODGSON IN 1892, WHO LIVED AT 4, ARTHURS TERRACE, MASSEY STREET AND 5, POPLAR GROVE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF SUSANNAH (O’HARA) & THOMAS BARWICK, (A SMACK SKIPPER DROWNED 11/04/1912). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS ON HULL FISH DOCKS AND HAD SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO BECOME A TRAWLER TRIMMER, AND WAS LOST AT SEA ON 26/06/1916, AGED 35. HIS DEATH … Read more
BORN LONDON 12/10/1875. WIFE MARGUERITE EVELINE ALGER, DAUGHTERS & SON – 27 LABURNUM AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE. ABOVE ADDRESS FROM HDM 26/6/17. KILLED BY A MINE EXPLOSION OFF LOWESTOFT ON 26/06/1916, AGED 28. HMT Tugela, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull in 1900 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was … Read more
