Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Son of Mrs Grantahm, Tymperius Hospital, Aldbrough. He is commemorated on the Aldbrough Viallage War memorial. Served as an Able Seaman, on HMS Vanguard which was destroyed in harbour by an explosion. HMS Vanguard was one of three St Vincent-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She spent her career assigned to the Home and Grand … Read more
BORN HULL 27/03/1895. WIFE GERTRUDE WHITTAKER. NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. COMMEMORATED AT CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT. The eighth HMS VANGUARD of the British Royal Navy was a St Vincent class battleship, an enhancement of the ´dreadnought´ design built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. She was launched in April 1909, commissioned into the Royal Navy at Devonport in … Read more
BORN HULL 20/o3/1899. SON OF CHARLES & EMILY JANE RASPIN, OF 8 CARDIGAN AVENUE, DE LA POLE STEET (HDM ADDRESS, 19/07/1917) AND 10 , MONS STREET, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). KILLED AT SCARP FLOW, WHEN HMS “VANGUARD” EXPLODED IN HARBOUR. HIS BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED AND HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL HMS Vanguard was … Read more
BORN LEEDS 23/02/1880. SON OF WILLIAM WAITE & EMILY PRINCE, OF 107 SPRING STREET, HULL, “BURLEIGH HOUSE”, 136 ST GEORGE’S ROAD, HULL AND 3, RICHMOND AVENUE, MASSEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A SERGEANT IN THE ROYAL MARINE ARTLLERY AND HAD SERVED 18 YEARS. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HMS ‘VANGUARD EXPLODED AT SCAPA … Read more
BORN SCARBOROUGH 7/10/1899. FOURTH SON OF ISSAC ORR AND MARY JANE NELSON, OF 57 , WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. ENLISTED 02/05/1915. KILLED BY INTERNAL EXPLOSION OF HMS ‘VANGUARD’ AT SCAPA FLOW, ON 09/07/1917. AGED 18. COMMEMORATED AT CHATHAM TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 25/07/1917. … Read more
BORN HULL 02/12/1888. WIDOW ELLEN FRYATT, OF GILLINGHAM, KENT. SON OF JAMES & MARY FRYATT, HULL. NAVAL RECORDS. The eighth HMS Vanguard of the British Royal Navy was a St Vincent class battleship, an enhancement of the ´dreadnought´ design built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. She was launched in April 1909, commissioned into the Royal Navy … Read more
BORN HULL 19/07/1899. SON OF GEORGE & FANNY DOBSON GOSFORTH, NEWCASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND. (NAVAL RECORDS). HE IS COMMEMORATED ON CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL. AGED 16. The eighth HMS Vanguard of the British Royal Navy was a St Vincent class battleship, an enhancement of the ´dreadnought´ design built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. She was launched in April 1909, … Read more
BORN HULL, 21/05/1900. SON OF CLAUDE GEORGE COOPER & JESSIE ELIZABETH COOPER, AT 2 ALPHA TERRACE, CHESTNUT AVENUE, HULL AND 133 BROADFIELD ROAD, MOSS SIDE, MANCHESTER (CWGC ADDRESS). ROYAL NAVY BOY SAILOR. KILLED AT SCAPA FLOW WHEN HMS ‘VANGUARD’ INTERNALLY EXPLODED, ON 09/07/1917. HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD. The eighth HMS Vanguard of the British … Read more
BORN HULL 19/01/1899. SON OF JAMES & HARRIET COOK AT 48, TADMAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). KILLED AT SCAPA FLOW, ON 09/07/1917, AGED 18. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL, THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE WW1 MEMORIAL AND THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL.. The eighth HMS Vanguard of the British Royal Navy was a … Read more
Stoker 2nd class Royal Navy: Service number k/37221: British War Medal, Victory Medal. The 1911 census shows Albert working as a Waggoner at Bishop Burton; the family had been brought up at Halfpenny gate cottage on the Risby estate and had lived in Walkington for most of the nineteenth century. He attended school in Little … Read more
