Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
The West Yorkshire Regiment raised 35 Battalions and was awarded 57 Battle Honours and 4 Victoria Crosses, losing 12,700 men during the course of the war.
KNOWN AS “TOM”. BORN BEVERLEY 1898. SON OF ELIZA BATTY & ABRAHAM BATTY, OF 10, MINSTER TERRACE, MINSTER LANE, MOORGATE, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A HAIRDRESSER’S APPRENTICE BEFORE WAR BEGAN. ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY ON 31 JAN 1916. MOBILIZED ON 3 MAY 1917. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 14 JUNE 1917. SERVED AS A PRIVATE … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. SCULCOATES. LATE ROBERT & ROSE ANN STEVENS ABOVE OFF HEDON ROAD. TRANSFERRED TO 377690 LABOUR CORPS. CWGC RECORDS.
BORN HULL 1886. LIVED & ENLISTED MIDDLESBOROUGH. SON OF JOHN & MARY POSTGATE. A WATER SALESMAN. Name George Postgate Birth Place Hull, 1886 Death Date 23 Apr 1917 Death Place Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Enlistment Place Middlesbrough Rank Private Regiment Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales’ Own) Battalion 4th Battalion Regimental Number … Read more
BORN DUBLIN 5/10/1864. SON OF GEORGE DENSLEY AND MARY ANN MORGAN. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. THE FAMILY MOVED TO ENGLAND AND TRAVELED WIDELY. HIS FATHER DIED ON 12/02/1902, AT GILLINGHAM, KENT. HIS MOTHER DIED IN MANCHESTER, ON 31/10/1918. JOHN PATRICK DENSLEY WAS MARRIED THREE TIMES. FIRST TIME AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT, ON 29/01/1889, TO … Read more
George William Dayes was born in Beverley on 7 September 1892, the eldest son of Herbert and Harriet Dayes. He lived in Hotham, where he worked as a farm cowman. He enlisted in Hull. When war was declared George enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment, and, serving with the 2nd Battalion which became part of … Read more
BORN WALLSEND, NORTHUMBERLAND, 1876. SON OF WILLIAM BUDD (1841-1904) AND MARY JANE ALDUS (1849-1908). HE MARRIED MARY ISABELLA SAYERS (1874-1924) AT TYNEMOUTH, IN 1896, AGED 20. HE WAS WORKING AS A MINER, UNDERGROUND IN BLYTH (1911 CENSUS) HE ENLISTED HULL & LIVED IN HULL ABOVE (1901 CENSUS) HE. DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS AND DISEASE CONTRACTED WHILST … Read more
BORN LEEDS 1871. SON OF LATE ROBERT & ROSETTA ANNALL, 4 GLENCOE TERRACE, CROSS GREEN LANE, LEEDS. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. MARRIED LEEDS 8/02/1902. WIFE BARBARA SCOTT (1876 -1945) AND THEIR SIX CHILDREN LIVED ABOVE. HE WAS A MOULDER BY TRADE. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED WITH THE 3RD WYR AND MILITIA BEFORE THE WAR. JOINING … Read more
BORN HULL 05/01/1893. ELDEST SON OF HERBERT ALTOFT (1865-1923)& EMILY MARY LAWRENCE (1863-1936), OF 81, ROSAMOND STREET, HULL. SON OF A MARINE ENGINEER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, HAROLD AND ONE SISTER, MABEL ISABELL ALTOFT (1889-1974). HE WORKED HIMSELF AT EARLES SHIP BUILDING YARD. ENLISTED AS PRIVATE, 32911, IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, IN HULL, … Read more
