Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 24/07/1897. SON OF OSBY McCLARON, & SARAH ANNE (MOY) McCLARON OF 22 TUNIS STREET AND 14 CEDAR GROVE, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THE ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A POSTMAN AND DIED IN 1914. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/08/1915. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL … Read more
BORNHULL 23/01/1897. SON OF ARTHUR AND ISABELLA JANE LEESON, AT 12, WEST DOCK TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. KILLED IN ACTION, 21/08/1918, AGED 21. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST THOMAS CHURCH MEMORIAL, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN WW2. Enlisted 6/08/1915 ; Draft for MEF 5/12/1915, joined Hawke … Read more
Born Hull, 22/11/1894. son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ferguson, of 1, Crowl Avenue, Wyke Street, Hull and 7, Warwick Terrace Warwick St Hedon Road, Hull (War pension addresses). A labourer (1911 Census). He married Hannah Mary Hagues, in January 1914. They had two children and lived at Church Lane, Marfleet, East Hull. Served as Able … Read more
BORN HULL 30/04/1895. SON OF ALFRED BRADLEY (1869-1929) & MARY JANE GAMWELL (1870-1937), OF 19 RAGLAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 17 AUCKLAND AVENUE, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER FOR THE LOCAL IRON WORKS. HIS ELDER SISTER, GERTRUDE WAS A MANAGER IN A PAINTS FACTORY AND ELDER BROTHER, GEORGE, … Read more
BORN HULL 1875. BEFORE THE WAR HAD SERVED IN THE RFA AND WORKED FOR MESSRS T S TAYLOR’S LAUNDRY, SOUTHCOATES LANE. BEFORE BECOMING A NAVAL STOKER. LEFT WIDOW HARRIET A BENNETT (BORN 28 AUG 1883) & TWO CHILDREN, (NORA LINDSAY AND ROBERT HENRY), AT 10 ALBERT VILLAS, HOLLAND STREET, HULL, (NAVAL ADDRESS). ALSO MOVED TO … Read more
BORN HULL 10/12/1881. SON OF SARAH ANN (1862-1941) & HARRY ATKIN (1863-1915), OF 50, MELROSE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. LIVD AT 44, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL & 108 WEST PARADE, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK, BY THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED … Read more
