Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Thomas Hunsley, was born at Arram, East Yorkshire, on 6th June 1896. Son of Mark Hunsley (1868-1936) and Hannah Elizabeth Taylor (1866-1938), of 11, Leconfield (1911 Census) and Figham Gate, Beverley (War Pension address). Son of a farm labourer. He had two brothers, George W (1893-1971) and Harold Edward (1902-1975). He had six sisters, Margaret … Read more
BORN HULL 11/01/1894. SON OF JOSEPH LAROCHE (1853-1931) & ELLEN (NELLIE) LAROCHE (1856-1933) AT 8, EWBANK STREET, STOCKTON ON TEES, DURHAM, CLEVELAND (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HIS PARENTS WERE FROM LIVERPOOL. MOVED TO BOLTON AND THEN HULL. JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVES, ON 03/12/194. AS A STOKER. TRAINED ON HMS ‘VICTORY’. LOST AT … Read more
BORN HULL 10/10/1894. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM BEACOCK & ALICE WARD, OF 5, ROSE COURT, WALKER STREET AND 7, RICHARDS PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 8, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF 13 CHILDREN. A FORMER RECKITT’S WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY ON 18/03/1913. SERVED AS A STOKER, FIRST … Read more
BORN HULL 1/8/1896. MOTHER EDITH WILLOWS ABOVE. NAVAL RECORDS. HMS BLACK PRINCE participated in the Battle of Jutland, but her end was a mistery for many years, as she had lost contact with the British fleet. The German account reads that HMS BLACK PRINCE briefly engaged the German battleship RHEINLAND at about 23:35 GMT, scoring … Read more
BORN DONCASTER 27/11/1895. SON OF ALFRED HENRY & BELINDA NEWTON. HIS FATHER REMARRIED FRANCES CHARITY VENUS & HAD 12 CHILDREN. HERBERT LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, EVA MARIA BONEWELL, AT 33 GEE STREET, HULL. HERBERT JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY A YEAR AFTER HIS MOTHER DIED AND HAD SERVED FOR THREE AND HALF YEARS. HE WAS LOST … Read more
BORN HULL 12/06/1875. SON OF WILLIAM AND SARAH FLETCHER, OF HULL. HIS WIFE MARY FLETCHER LIVED AT 116 TORONTO ROAD, COPNOR PORTSMOUTH. SERVED AS A PETTY OFFICER, STOKER, IN THE ROYAL NAVY. LOST ON HMS ‘BLACK PRINCE’ DURING THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, ON 31/05/1916. HMS BLACK PRINCE participated in the Battle of Jutland, but her … Read more
BORN HULL 30/12/1877. SON OF FREDERICK & JANE CODD, OF HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HIS WIFE MARY CODD LIVED IN MALTA. HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY ON 02/04/1900, AGED 22. SERVED AS ENGINE ROOM ARTICIFER FIRST CLASS, ON HMS “BLACK PRINCE”. LOST AT SEA DURING THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, ON 31/05/1916, AGED 38. HE … Read more
BORN HULL 04/08/1884. SON OF ADA AND THE LATE GEORGE ARMITAGE, AT 16 CHURCH STREET, THORNES LANE, WAKEFIELD, , WEST YORKSHIRE (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S GILLETT STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 30 August 1916). ALSO LISTED AS DROWNED ON THE SYKES STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 09 October 1916) … Read more
