BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM HENRY FOSTER (1864-1916) & SARAH ELLEN RIGNALL, AT 40, RAGLAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THE FAMILY LIVED AT 3, HANNAHS TERRACE, PARK ROAD IN 1901. SON OF A GOOD'S PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. TRANSFERRED TO THE 3RD WORCESTER REGIMENT. CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS. DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 29/04 […]
Lance Corporal
BORN MYTON, HULL 1886. SON OF WILLIAM SHANN & ELIZABETH ANN SADLER, OF 2 ISABELLE TERRACE, YORK STREET, HULL. LEFT TWO BROTHERS FREDERICK & MATTIAS SHANN. AN OIL MILLER, HE JOINED THE ARMY, IN WORCESTER, AGED 18, ON 14/07/1902. SERVING UNDER THE NAME ALBERT FOSTER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 119 LBS WEIGHT, 33 INCH CHE […]
Born Barton, Lincs, 1871. Son of George Wood & Jane Hammond. He married Charlotte Thompson, in Glanford in 1909. They had eight children. Soldiers Died records state that he lived in Hull. He enlisted in Barton. Fornerly, Private, 25147, South Staffs Regiment. Transferred to the 3rd Worcestershire regiment. He married Amy Mona Ric […]
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF JOHN WRIGHT. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1912. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE BASSETT (1886-1950). FATHER OF FLORENCE AND EDITH. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 138 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. A LOCAL OIL PRESSMAN. HE ENLISTED WORCESTER. SERVED WITH THE 3RD WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/03/1915, AGED 36. COMMEMORATED ON THE […]
