Location: Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France

BORN BEVERLEY 1887. SON OF CHARLES HENRY TANN (1857-1917) AND FANNY DAY. HE MARRIED DAISY MAY WELBURN (1893-1968), AT BEVERLEY, IN 1910. THEY LIVED AT 14 ST ANDREW STREET, BEVERLEY, WITH THEIR THREE SONS, EDWARD, CHARLES AND ROY. EMPLOYED AS A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, WITH JOHN DAVIS. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1507, YORKSHI […]

BORN WORTLEY-IN-BRAMELY 1889. YOUNGEST SON OF WALTER FLINN & ANNIE TOOD, OF 55 STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR & PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A RULLYMAN. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 6TH NOVEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.* I am grateful to Dr. Marianne M Gilchrist for the following inform […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF RICHARD & SARAH ANN FOSTER - 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. EX 4726 NOTTS & DERBY. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/08/1918, AGED 20. BURIED AT ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, ON THE SOMME. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH ANN.

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JAMES & ANNIE ABOVE 1911 CENSUS. SERVED AS GRABURN. NAME APPEARS ON THE ST CHARLES CHURCH MEMORIAL.

BORN HULL 1897. YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN HENRYGRAINGER  (1846-1900) & ADA AUGUSTA HILLIER (1866-1933)) OF 25 HUTT STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 602 WESTHOLME HOUSE, BEVERLEY HIGH ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A LIGHTER OWNER,  YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN. EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE. EMPLOYED BY RISHWORH, INGLEBY & […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JAMES EDWARD GRAYBURN (1857-1907)  & MARY ANNIE SCOTT (1863-1946), OF 10 ARTHUR TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 7 TALBOT TERRACE, TOOGOOD STREET, HULL (CWGC  ADDRESS). THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 107 SELBY STREET AND 10 ARTHUR TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HUL […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE E & ADA S JEFFERSON, OF 11, SELKIRK STREET, HULL AND 83, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WIFE LENA LIVED AT 83 HOLDERNESS ROAD & 29 MARKET PLACE, HULL. HE WORKED AS A CHEMIST ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 38154 EYR. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 44046, 7TH LINCOLN REGIMEN […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF HENRY & MARY JANE JOHNSON, AT 70 SEATON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A BACON WASHER. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT BROTHERS, HENRY, GEORGE AND ERNEST, AND SISTERS, ALICE, LILIAN, CHARLOTTE AND FLORENCE. H […]

BORN HESSLE, 1892. ONLY SON OF GEORGE HENRY & MARY ELLEN JOHNSON, AT 2 ALBANY VILLAS, HULL ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A MUSIC TEACHER. HE ENLSITED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE FIRST LINE, 7TH BATTALION, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 24. UNMARRIED HE LEFT SISTERS, LAURA AND NELLIE. HIS WAR PENSION […]

BORN WALKINGTON, BEVERLEY, 1891. SON OF MRS A J PINCHBECK, WHITE GAP, LITTLE WHEIGHTON. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 11TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/10/1916, AGED 25. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S CITY ENGINEERS MEMORIAL. ALSO RECORDED ON THE BRANTINGHAM WW1 MEMORIAL WHICH INCLUDES 12 MEN AND COMMEMORATED ON THE […]

BORN HULL 1890. AKA 'MAC'. SON OF FRANCIS & ELIZABETH (TATE) MAGEE. HE ENLISTED MAY 1915 & LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE BORDER REGIMENT. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE. HIS OTHER BROTHER JAMES McGEE SERVED WITH THE EAST AFRICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 16TH SEPTEMBER 1916 AND HIS DEATH AN […]

Reported as killed, somewhere in France. HDM 11/12/1916. * Driver, W. McLean, Royal Field Artillery, "C" Bty. 102nd Bde. Killed in action, at the Somme, on 28/10/1916, aged 30. Born Dublin,1886. His Surname is spelt MacLean in CWGC records.

BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED BRIDLINGTON. SON OF JOHN B & HANNAH MEGSON - BRIDLINGTON.

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF MRS KATE PORTER, OF 135 HODGSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRES AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 38. HE WAS HUSBAND OF MABEL PORTER, OF 7 ALBERMARLE STREET, HULL. (1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS). HE RESIDED HERE WITH ALBERT, EYR, ARTHUR & […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN AND MARY ANN SHAW, OF 40 EDGAR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A PAGE BOY. ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 20. BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN SHAW. HIS NAM […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF SAMUEL & ELLEN SMITH. ENLISTED BARROW IN FURNESS. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 9270 ROYAL LANCASTER REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE 15/01/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL. DIED ON 25/08/1918, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS YOUNGER SISTER, ELLEN.

BORN FALKIRK 1880. SON OF GEORGE AND JANE STRONG. ENLISTED FALKIRK. HIS FAMILY LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. ATTACHED TO 'B' COMPANY 11TH BN HIGHLANDERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 15TH SEPTEMBER 1916. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.

BORN HULL 1886. ELDEST SON OF ROBERT TROWELL (1860-1934) AND CHARLOTTE ANN BUCK (1865-1952), OF 81 , LABURNUM AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER CALLED HILDA. HE WORKED AT THE RECKITT'S FACTORY AS A PACKER AND LABOURER, WITH HIS FATHER WHO WAS A FOREMAN AND HIS BROTHERS,  GEORGE, JAMES AND FRANK. HE RESIDED AT 10 CLARENCE […]

BORN HULL1897. SON OF GEORGE HENRY AND PRISCILLA WALKER, OF 1, BARNSLEY TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, 8, BRAMWELL TERRACE, GREY STREET, HULL AND 21, IMPERIAL TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A STORE KEEPER FOR THE WILSON LINE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 12TH/13TH NORTHUMB […]

BORN GATESHEAD, 1888. SON OF GEORGE WEDDELL & MARGARET JOHNSON WEDDELL, OF DURHAM. WIFE ELIZABETH WEDDELL, OF 2 LEE BUILDINGS, GRANGE VILLA, DURHAM. A RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE FIREMAN. HE ENLISTED AT CHESTER LE STREET, DURHAM. SERVED WITH THE 1.8TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/09/1916, AT THE BATTLE OF ANCRE, FRANCE. HIS […]