Regiment: Royal Navy HMS "Victory"

George Danby Bell was born in Etton on 27 December 1897 to Herbert William Bell, a farm labourer, and Sarah Ann Bell, of Swanland, North Ferriby. Three years after he was born he was living with his parents in Hessle and 10 years later, at the time of the 1911 Census, the family were in North Ferriby. By that time George had a siste […]

BORN HULL 13/07/1884. SON OF WALTER ERNEST BIGLIN (1864-1935) & MARY ANN (WALKER) BIGLIN, OF 61 ALICIA STREET, HULL, 2 OWENS COURT, NEW GEORGE STREET, & THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. A FORMER BRASS FINISHER. HE ENLISTED AS A ROYAL NAVAL FIREMAN. HE DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS, ON HMS 'VICTORY, ON 14/06/1915, AGED 30. HE IS BUR […]

Remembered on the Lockington Church Memorial Plaque. Son of John and Mary Boswell, of Lockington, Beverley, East Yorkshire. Served in the Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Victory". Died of influenza, on 30/03/1919, aged 17. Buried at Lockington Cemetery. His grave inscription, reads, "THY WILL BE DONE".

BORN HULL, 05/09/1900. ELDEST SON OF JAMES WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH ELLEN COURTNEY, OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY AS A JUNOIR STOKER. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 04/10/1918, A MONTH AFTER HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL.

BORN HULL 03/10/1899. SON OF MR JOHN EDWIN AND ELIZABETH FUSSEY, OF PATRINGTON, HULL. (NAVAL RECORDS). SERVED AS AN ORDINARY SEAMAN, IN THE ROYAL NAVY. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, ON 23/05/1918, AGED 18. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN. HE IS BURIED AT HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE. HE IS COMMEMORATED […]

Born 19 Feb 1873 • Driffield, Yorkshire. Son of Isaac Harvey (1846-1916) and Sarah Ann Adams (1856-1892). Married Jul 1899 • Devonport, Devon. Husband of  Emily Jane Perry Colwill (1870-1974). They had three children, Alice, John Harry and Charles Francis. served in the Royal Navy during the was as Chief Petty Officer. Died in Hull o […]

BORN HULL 21/04/1889. ONLY SON OF JOHN WILLIAM LEAKE (1864-1937) AND ETHEL HARRISON, OF 67 WASSAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. A PAINT GRINDER LIVING WITH HIS MOTHER AT 108 DAY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED KATE BAILEY IN JUNE 1916. THEY HAD A SON NAMED ROYAL (1917-1997). HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND SERVED AS A DECKHAND IN THE ROYAL […]

BORN HULL 10/06/1894. SON OF WILLIAM & EMMA LOWSLEY, OF  3 FREEHOLD TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. SON OF A TIMBER MERCHANT. ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS. HE MARRIED AT SOUTHWARK, IN 1915. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH ELLEN (ROBINSON), LIVED AT 64 UNION ROAD, NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY,  LONDON. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY. SERVED ON HMS "VICTORY". DIED AT […]

BORN HULL 13/06/1868. SON OF CHARLOTTE MARSHALL. HE WAS MARRIED FOR 22 YEARS. HIS WIFE HENRIETTA MARGRAVE (1869-1944) & TEN CHILDREN, LIVED AT 96, ST GEORGES ROAD (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED AS A SECOND HAND ON HULL TRAWLERS. THOMAS GALL MARSHALL SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, ON HMS "VICTORY". HE WAS A PETTY OFFICER, ON MINESWEE […]

BORN KILLINGHOLME, 7/10/1884. WIFE FRANCIS BERNICE MOORE. HULL HEROES WEBSITE. NAVAL RECORDS. DIED OF FLU.

BORN CO. MAYO, IRELAND 26/10/83 . SON OF MARTIN & MARY MULHERIN. A POLICEMAN - SERVED 11 YEARS IN HULL. DIED OF FLU. HE IS BURIED AT HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, HAMPSHIRE, UK

BORN HULL 31/10/1879. SON OF THOMAS AND ELIZABETH WAUD, OF 45 KING STREET, CHARLES STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) HE WENT TO SEA, AGED 15. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 39 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, RUDDY COMPLEXION. MARRIED IN 1902, AT HULL. HUSBAND OF SARAH ELIZABETH CRAM AND DAUGHTER BEATRICE, AT 1, PARK STREET, H […]