Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 15/08/1892. SON OF ARTHUR AND SARAH THORPE, OF 4, POTDEN PLACE, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE SIBLINGS. HE HAD NO FATHER. HIS MOTHER LARGELY SUPPORTED THE CHILDREN. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 8, ETON PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, (1911 CENSUS). HIS BROTHER IN LAW, MR F.P. PLANNER LIVED AT 26, BERKSHIRE STREET, … Read more
BORN HULL 25/02/1883. FOURTH SON OF EDWARD WILLIAMS & BETSY ANN HOLLINGWORTH, AT 37 PORTLAND STREET, HULL. SON OF A CHEMIST. EDUCATED AT BOULEVARD HIGHER GRADE SCHOOL. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY IN 1899. HE MARRIED AGNES WIGHTON, ON 08/09/1910, AT THE BOULEVARD BAPTIST CHURCH. THEY LIVED AT 29, REDBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. … Read more
BORN BOSTON, LINCS, 26/05/1869. SON OF GEORGE ROBERT & HANNAH BURSNALL. MARRIED SCULCOATES. HULL, 1895. CATHERINE ELIZABETH FIELDING WHO DIED IN 1896. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER ISOBEL. HIS SECOND WIFE ELIZABETH CLAPHAM AND SON JAMES LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. FRANCIS BURSNALL SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICA WAR. HE WAS A REGULAR ROYAL NAVY STOKER … Read more
