Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN 03/04/1898. MOTHER ADA CURTIN, OF 222, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, & LATER SPROATLEY. EX BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKER, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 02/02/1914, AGED 16 AND WAS CALLED UP WHEN WAR BEGAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL, AND 36 INCH CHEST. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL NAVY VOLUNTARY RESERVE, ‘DRAKE’ BATTALION. … Read more
BORN HULL 26/09/1893. SON OF WILLIAM AND CAROLINE WORALL, OF 7, LEO TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, (CWGC & NAVAL ADDRESS). SON OF A RETIRED POLICEMAN. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MERCHANT CLERK, LIVING AT 110 WATERLOO STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED IN THE DRAKE BATTALION, ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION. DIED ON THE 02/01/1918, AGED 25. BURIED … Read more
BORN HULL 12/3/1893. SON OF MRS ROSE SHAW. NAVAL ADDRESS. EX BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKER.
BORN HULL 09/07/1896. SON OF JAMES & EVELINA STEPHENSON, OF 16, HODGSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ARMY RESERVE 12/10/1915. JOINED DRAKE BN. 31/12/17. Army Reserve 10/12/15 ; Entered 20/07/17 ; Draft for BEF 26/11/17, joined Howe Bn. 31/12/17, joined 7th Entrenching Bn. 22/02/18, posted to Drake Bn. 14/03/18-23/03/18 GSW right thigh, Invalided to UK … Read more
BORN HULL 03/08/1897. SON OF JAMES GRAVES SKERN (1865-1939) AND FANNY GROVES (1869-1943) OF 137 BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A WAGON BUILDER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST, “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE ENLISTED … Read more
BORN HULL, 14/07/1897. SON OF ROBERT HILTON (1855-1924) AND MARY HILTON (1858-1901), OF HORNSEA (1911 CENSUS); 25 WILLIAM STREET, HULL AND 21, HARROW STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS COUSIN, HETTIE DREWERY, LIVED AT 97, COLTMAN STREET, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY ‘DRAKE’ BATTALION. THIS WAS A MILITARY FORCE FORMED WITH SURPLUS SAILORS. … Read more
BORN 05/03/1897. SON OF EMILY MAY ANDREWS (1876-1930) & CHARLES COWBURN (1863-1924), OF 76 & 83 COGAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A LAW CLERK, FOR JB WALKER & CO.. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, INTO THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE CYCLIST, ON 06/04/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST. AFTER 3 YEARS … Read more
BORN GOOLE 29/6/1891. SON OF LUCY ELLEN & LATE THOMAS COCKING, OF 11, GERTRUDES TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER. A FORMER PRISONER, WHO HAD SERVED TIME AT HMP WAKEFIELD IN 1911 & 1912, FOR THEFT AND BEING DRUNK. HE RESIDED AT FOURTH AVENUE, GOOLE, WHERE HE WAS WELL KNOWN. HE … Read more
BORN HULL 08/08/1896. SON OF SAM & LATE LILY ALICE CHRISTTMASS, OF 220 HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN AND SEVEN SONS. A FORMER CRANE WORKER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. ORLANDO ENLISTED INTO THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE CYCLISTS ON 4TH MAY 1914. TRANSFERRED TO THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON THE OUTBREAK OF … Read more
BORN HULL 01/02/1893. ESON OF GABRIEL THEOPHILUS BRIGHTON (1873-1944) & ELLEN BRIGHTON (1875-1943), OF 16, HARRIETS TERRACE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 68 , EDINBURGH STREET, HULL (1918 VOTERS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A SEAMAN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. HE WAS A BARMAN BY TRADE (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED … Read more
