Spooner, James

  Name James Spooner Birth Place Cambridge Death Date 9 Aug 1915 Death Place Gallipoli Enlistment Place Hull, Yorkshire Rank Private Regiment Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment Battalion 9th Battalion Regimental Number 10431 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Balkan Theatre. Left unmarried wife, Miss Caroline Rice, and daughter, Dorothy … Read more

Germain, Joseph Henry

  Name Joseph Henry Germain Birth Place Cardiff – 1887 Residence Hull, Yorkshire – 1, Waverley Street, Hull (1911 census). A Labourer Death Date 9 Aug 1915 Death Place Gallipoli Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment Battalion 9th Battalion Regimental Number 10296 Type of Casualty Killed in action. … Read more

Burns, Frank William

Name Frank William Burns Birth Place Deptford, Middlesex Residence Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Burns, of 73, Olympia Cottages, Selby, Yorkshire Death Date 7 Aug 1915 Death Place Gallipoli Enlistment Place Hull, Yorks Rank Private Regiment Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment Battalion 9th Battalion Regimental Number 10424 Type of Casualty Killed in … Read more

Bayes, Harry

Son of Jane Ann Bayes of 5, St. Nicholas Terrace, Kenyon Street, Thorne, Doncaster (war pension address) Name Harry Bayes Birth Place Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire, 1886 Death Date 9 Aug 1915 Death Place Gallipoli Enlistment Place Hull, Yorks Rank Private Regiment Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment Battalion 9th Battalion Regimental Number 10393 Type … Read more

Quigley, John

Born York, 1884. Married at York in 1906. Husband of Mary Ann Flannery, of 9 Dundas Street, York, (1911 census). They had four children, John, Annie, Peter and William. He was a field labourer. Enlisted York. Served with the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) 9th Bn. Killed in action, at the Somme, on … Read more

Wake, William

Born Hunslet, Leeds. Son of Mary Wake, of 14 Hulland Street Hunslet Leeds, and the late Austin Wake. A Hotel Waiter. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 9th West Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds, on 29/08/1917, aged 31. His grave reads, ETERNAL REST GIVE TO HIM O LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON … Read more

Richards, Harry

Born Holborn, London. Son of George Richards, of 13, Faulkner’s Alley, Benjamin Street, London (War Pension address). He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 9th West Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds, on 14/10/1917. His army effects were left to his sister, Mary Ann Rapp. Name Harry Richards Birth Place Holborn, London Death Date 14 Oct 1917 … Read more

Garland, John

Born Ireland. Enlisted Hull. His army effects were left to his brother, James at 53 Foundry Street Warrington, UK. Name John Garland Birth Place Dromantic, Dundalk Death Date 15 Dec 1916 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull Rank L Corporal Regiment Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment Battalion 9th Battalion Regimental Number … Read more

Leyden, Peter

Born Grangemouth, Scotland, 1886. Son of John Leyden and Julia Burke, of Grangemouth, Scotland. He had four brothers and four sisters. A Sawmill Machine man. Living and working Hull when war began. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 9th West Yorkshire Regiment. Posted overseas, on 23trd Sept 1915. Killed in action, on 14/09/1916. His … Read more

Robinson, Cecil Beaumont

Born Kennington, Surrey, 1884. Son of Alfred Ernest Robinson (1854-1909) and Alice Maud Poletti. He resided with his Grandparents at Spring Head House, Easingwold. He lived in Humbleton and worked as a Bank Clerk. He served as Lieutenant, in the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 13th Bn. attd. 9th Battalions. Killed on the Somme, 14/09/1916, … Read more