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Captain Miles Radcliffe 2nd Bn. Border Regiment, 2nd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers 12th December 1914, aged 31. Special Memorial 2. Born Oldham, Lancashire, 10/10/1883. Son of Henry Miles Radcliffe, JP (1851-1908) and Eva Bertha Platt (1858-1950); He had one brother, Claude and two sisters, Gwendoline and Phyllis.  he marrie […]

F. Thompson is commemorated on the Beverley WW1 Memorial.

Born Hull 25/05/1898. Son of Oswald Malcolm Ellis (1871-1940) and Edith Josephine Smith (1873-1935). Lived 27 Denzil Avenue, Southampton. Eldest of two sons. GUY ELLIS was studying for his Intermediate Civil Service exam when, on 29th September 1915, he joined the London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) at Dukes Road W.C. at the age of s […]

L. Whitaker is commemorated on the Beverley WW1 Memorial.

Born Driffield. Enslisted Beverley. resided Aldbrough. Formerly 26289, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the 10th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action on 20/09/1917. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium and the Aldbrough Village Memorial.

Name Robert Gibson Birth Place East Keal, Lincs, 1888 Residence Hull, (Wife Agnes & 2 Children) Death Date 16 Nov 1916 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Spilsby, Lincs Rank Private Regiment Lincolnshire Regiment Battalion 2nd Battalion Regimental Number 10284 Type of Casualty Killed in action

Lance Bombardier MASTERS, FRANK Son of Harriett Masters, of Long Riston, Holderness, Hull and the late Matthew Masters; Husband of the late Annie Masters. He is buried at Serre Cemetery no: 2, Somme, France His grave inscription, reads, "Good Bye". His name is recorded on the Leven roll of Honour, East Yorkshire. Name Frank Mas […]

Wood, J. E. is commemorated on the Beverley WW1 Memorial.

Born Hull, 1896, Son of George Lionel Mayhew and Agnes Mary Mann (1864-1905) Stepmother, Elizabeth Mayhew, of Drypool, Hull.  He was a saw mill labourer. Married on 9/9/1917. Husband of Emily Louise Spriggs (1894-1974), of 86, Canning Street, Hull (war Pension address). They had two sons, Charles and george. Served as Private, 12/693, […]

Lieutenant Edward Moore Robson M.C. Home at Pembroke Lodge. Pocklington, Yorks. Born at Pocklington in East Yorkshire in 1890, he became a barrister at Lincolns Inn in London. Joined the 5th Btn as a 2nd Lt at Pont de Nieppe near Armentieres on July 19th 1915 and fought in all the subsequent actions. He was killed on April 11th aged 28 […]

Born Aldbrough, 1899. Son of Sarah Ann Pearce, of Elm Tree Row, Front Street, Aldbrough. Enlisted Beverley. Killed in action, on 27/03/1918, aged 19. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial to the Missing and the Aldbrough Village Memorial.

Born Hull 1886. Eldest son of Daniel and Emma Farrell, of 101, Thomas Street, Hull (1911 Census). Son of a General Labourer. Brother to Emma, John, Dan, George and May. He worked as a Dock Labourer. Married at Hull in 1911, aged 26. Husband of Kate Proctor Farrell, of 3, Crackoft Terrace, Nornabell Street, Hull and 17, Jennings Terrace, […]

CB Ward, Royal Navy, is listed on Hull's Clifton Street School Memorial. His details are unknown and I would be grateful for any any information, to help identify him?

Lost on the steam ship "Era", on 11/07/1916, aged 29. Left wife and daughter at 46 Green Lane, Hull. His wife was daughter oh Mr S.J. Buffey, a well known Hull Fruitier. Before the war, he worked for Groves Oil Mill, Hull and served as a cook on the "Elucide". His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, 27/06/1916, with his photograph […]

Born Thorngumbold, East Yorkshire, 1892. Son of Alfred Brown (1855-1946) and Ann Grange (1856-1928), of Far Barn, Paull, East Yorkshire (War Pension address). Son of a Farm Hand. He had three brothers and two sisters. He worked as a Farm Hand, on Boress Hill Paull (1911 Census). He enlisted in Beverley. Served as Private, William Brow […]

Alfred John Briscol, served on HM Fleet "Messenger Hillingholme". He was killed in action, on 20/04/1916, in the North Sea. He was aged 34 and the first from the village of south Newbald to die in the war. He was married in Hull in 1911 and was well know in the merchant Navy community sailing many times from Hull. He was a member of the […]

Born Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, 11/04/1882. Son of Arthur Tripp (1860-1936) and Frances Sarah Gibson (1873-1954). He had four brothers and seven sisters. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy. Served during the war, in the Royal Naval Reserve, on HMS Colleen. He married Emily Peacock (1894-), at Hull in 1915. They had one son Henr […]

Private, 27082, James Brown, Labour Corps, died on 22/11/1918. (HDM 23/11/1919), Son of James and Emma, of 97 Wassand Street, Hull (War Pension Address). A former dock labourer. Formerly served as Private, 34863, 7th Lincolnshire Regiment. James (Jim) Brown, reported as died of influenza, in France, on 22/11/1918, aged 36. His death and […]

Born Hull, 14/12/1899. Son of Francis Thompson (1876-1949) and Annie Eliza (Minnie) Butters (1878-1956), of 84 Welbeck Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 53 Staniforth Place, Hessle Road, Hull (Pension Ledger Address). Son of a Fish Dealer. He had three brothers and two sisters. He enlisted at Hull in 1916, aged 17. served as Private, No 57 […]

Born Seaham Harbour, Durham, 1881. Son of John and Annie Petrie; husband of Eveline Petrie, of 509, Anlaby Road Hull. He was educated at a private school. Worked as representative  S. Mordan and Co, Ltd and was well known amongst Jewellers, in Hull, London and throughout the Country. He married Everlina Johnson, at Sculcoates, Hull, in […]