Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN LONDON 04/12/1896. STRAND. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL. HIS SISTER JANE LIVED IN FLEET STREET, HOLBORN, LONDON. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL On 22 March 1918, the British sloop HMS Gaillardia, built by Blyth Shipbuilding in 1917, struck a British laid mine in the Northern Barrage, Pentland Firth. 93 … Read more
BORN KNOTTINGLEY, YORKSHIRE, 30/03/1890. SON OF JAMES THOMAS SWAN (1861-1913) & SARAH ELLEN STANHOPE (1864-1936), OF 285 BOULEVARD, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1912. HUSBAND OF WIFE ELIZABETH (LODIGUS) SWAN, OF 5 THE AVENUE CRESCENT, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEIR DAUGHTER IRENE WAS BORN 1917. A FORMER SOLDER WHO … Read more
