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 ARMY EFFECTS WERE […]
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 […]
