Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name Ralph Ranner Birth Place Ashley, Cambridgeshire, England, 4 Apr 1897 Residence Ipswich Death Date 1 Jul 1916 Death Place Australian Imperial Forces Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, France Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Machine Gun Corps, 108th Company Battalion (Infantry) Regimental Number 8275 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Western … Read more
BORN GRIMSBY 1877. KNOWN AS ‘HENRY FLEMME/FLEMING’, NAMED AFTER BOTH HIS GRANDFATHERS – WILLIAM SPEIGHT & HENRY FLEMME. SON OF HERMANN FLEMME & LUCY SPEIGHT. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN WATH UPON DEARNE, WEST YORKSHIRE. SHE DIED AGED 40, THREE WEEKS AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO HER SON ALBERT. HIS STEP MOTHER WAS ELIZABETH ANN (BANNISTER/COOPER), … Read more
Alan was born in Walkington in 1895 and the 1911 census shows him living with his family at Towers farm (this is now Northlands farm). His father Frank, is listed as the farmer with his mother Hannah and five Mathison children; also on the farm were his grandmother, Margaret and a nurse, Jane Carter. By … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY ANN FLINT, OF 85A VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 46 PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (HDM 23/12/1916). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 20978, 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO “B” COMPANY, THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 17/10/1917, AGED 23. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WAS … Read more
BORN SUNDERLAND 1883. ONLY SON OF JACOB & ELIZABETH DAVIS, SWANN STREET, HULL. WAS A DOCK LABOURER. LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, JANE HOLDSTOCK AND HER FAMILY AT THIS ADDRESS (ARMY RECORDS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 13/04/1915. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED FRANCE 070/7/1916. POSTED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. SERVED … Read more
BORN NOTTINGHAM 21/07/1895. SECOND SON OF JOHN CRABTREE (1867-1949) & SARAH HANNAH PEARSON (1870-1912), OF 39 ALBERT AVENUE, HULL AND WOODSIDE, NORTH FERRIBY. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, HERBERT AND ONE SISTER, LIVE. HIS FATHER MANUFACTURED DECORATIVE TIN BOXES AND EMPLOYED STAFF. STEPHEN WAS EDUCATED AT HULL’S HYMER COLLEGE. SPENT TWO YEARS WITH THE OFFICER TRAINING … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF HENRY PAUL BATEMAN (1863-1949) & MINNIE EDWARDS (1864-1940),OF 140, SHARP STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A WAREHOUSE MAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 35-38.4 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE ENLISTED AS A GUNNER IN … Read more
