Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF THE LATE CAPTAIN, ROBERT PAGE, AND MRS ELIZABETH MARY ELLIS PAGE ABOVE ADDRESS. HIS FATHER WAS A MASTER MARINER. HE WORKED AS A TRAM DRIVER. ENLISTED HULL. EX 25066, EYR. JOINED ‘THE 2ND BARNSLEY PALS’. KILLED IN ACTION, 29/06/1917, AGED 31. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS … Read more
BORN WETWANG 1879. SON OF GEORGE AND ANN NICHOLSON, RAILWAY STREET, WET WANG, DRIFFIELD. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. WIFE HANNAH NICHOLSON LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE MARRIED HANNAH TURNER, ON 12/03/1905 AT BARNSLEY. HE WAS A FORMER ROYAL MARINE, RULLEYMAN, AND FIREMAN, LIVING WITH HIS WIFE, AND THREE CHILDREN, AT 67 CARLTON TERRACE, CARLTON, BARNSLEY. … Read more
BORN HULL 02/02/1889. SON OF WILLIAM RICHARD JOHNSON (1854-1909) AND ELIZABETH PETERS WALTERS (1856-1917), OF 100 WHEELER STREET, HULL & LEEDS. A ROUGH CUTTER AND COAL MINER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 3RD WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 16/07/1907. SERVED FOR SIX YEARS. MARRIED HILDA CHAMBERLAIN, IN LEEDS, ON 26/12/1908. HE LIVED IN LEEDS (1911 CENSUS). MOVED … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1881. THIRD SON OF CHARLES MARSHALL HORNER (1842-1912) AND ELIZABETH WELDRICK (1846-1905), OF 20, RAYWELL STREET, HULL AND BEVERLEY. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE MARRIED NELLIE BEATRICE HALL, AT SKIDBY, 17/07/1907. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN (GEORGE, JAMES ETHEL AND FRANCIS), LIVING T 10, SLOE LANE, BEVERLEY. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, … Read more
