Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, 1889. Son of May Johnson Jack, a Housekeeper. He was a Farm Horseman at Fitton End, Newton, Wisbech (1911 Census) He married Emily Claypole (born 20/8/1892) at Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, in 1912. Husband of Emily Jack at 7, Cranbourne Terrace, Regent Street, Hull (War Pension address) He enlisted at Whittlesey. Served in the … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. STEP SON OF JOSEPH TANNY & ANNIE WRIGGLESWORTH, OF 9 SCARBOROUGH STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED LOWESTOFT. SERVED IN THE 1ST SUFFOLK REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/05/1915, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON YPRES MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HE LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO HIS BROTHER, FRANK, HIS SISTERS, EDITH … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. DRYPOOL. SON OF THE LATE JAMES SMITH & MARGARET ANN SMITH, OF 11, MERRICK STREET, EAST HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1ST SUFFOLK REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 08/05/1915, AGED 27. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, AT YPRES. HIS … Read more
