Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS ROBERT & THE LATE MARY STEELE, OF 241, ANLABY ROAD AND 369, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES. UNDER THE TUITION OF THE REV. LEONARD SYKES. LAWRENCE STEEL WAS PREPARING TO BECOME A WESLEYAN MINISTER BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OUT WAR. HE ENLISTED IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. ENLISTED LEEDS. SON OF WILLIAM PRESTLEY & ESTHER WIGHTMAN. SERVED IN ‘D’ COMPANY. Name John Wightman Birth Place Hull, 1899 Death Date 24 Oct 1917 Death Place Poelcapelle British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Enlistment Place Leeds Rank Lance Corporal Regiment Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment Battalion 17th Battalion Regimental Number 41612 … Read more
BORN HULL 1874. SON OF WILLIAM SMITH, OF 20, FINSBURY GROVE, HULL. HIS WIFE THE LATE ESTHER (HETTY) PAUL, LIVED IN BURNLEY (1901 CENSUS). SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. ENLISTED AND SERVED AS COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR, IN THE 17 WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 01/09/1916, AGED 42. BURIED AT LEEDS (BECKETT STREET) CEMETERY, YORKSHIRE, UK. HIS … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JAMES & SARAH JANE PETTY OF 14 ST JAMES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). FORMERLY A LABOURER AT HULL DOCKS, RESIDING WITH HIS PARENTS. HE ENLISTED WHEN WAR BEGAN SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE BRADFORD PALS. WOUNDED TWICE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 31/08/1917, AGED 25. HIS DEATH … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF FREDERICK DALTON. LIVED WITH AUNTIE AT 25 KINGS ROAD, DONCASTER. WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE IRON MOULDER. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1259, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 05/06/1916, AGED 23. BURIED AT BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, FRANCE.
