Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 02/02/1898. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM HENRY PADGETT & ADA JANE PADGETT, OF 195 DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, 118 ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS) AND 51, BOULEVARD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A MASON AND MILLER’S CLERK. THIRD OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL … Read more
BORN HULL 17/2 1890. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS & MRS RACHAEL LANGTHORP, OF 21 WITHERNSEA STREET. HE LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER BEFORE JOINING THE NAVY. THOMAS SERVED AS A ROYAL NAVY STOKER. WAS LOST AT SEA, ON 17/03/1917, AGED 26. A WIDOWED MOTHER AND SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS WERE LEFT TO MOURN HIS LOSS. … Read more
BORN HULL 18/01/1890. SON OF CATHERINE CALVERT HEENEY, OF 9 JUBILLE AVENUE, GOULTON STREET, HULL (NAVY ADDRESS). COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, HAMPSHIRE, UK. HMS PARAGON, British, Acasta class Destroyer Torpedoed by German torpedo boat S-49 and G-86 that were planning to destroy the Dover Barrage with Sperrbrecher Tillessen. HMS PARAGON was hit by … Read more
