Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name Thomas Edgar Teece Birth Place Hoyland, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, 1891. Son of the Reverend, John Teece andMary Alice Teece, of Church Square, Oldbury, Birmingham. he had one brother & one sister. Residence Belper, Derbyshire; Driffield (1911 census); Hull (1914). He was a shipping Clerk. Death Date 3 Jul 1917 Death Place Albuera Cemetery, Bailleul-Sir-Berthoult, … Read more
Born Quarrington, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, 1894. Son of Henry Harby (1860-1927) and Louisa Rush (1857-1922), of 33 King Street, Grimethorpe, Barnsley. He had four brothers and four sisters. An Apprentice Barber (1911 Census) and Coal Miner in Barnsley. Described as 5 foot, 4 inches tall, 120 lbs weight, 34-37 inch chest, hazel eyes, brown hair, Church … Read more
BORN WARTER, YORKSHIRE, 1896. SON OF ANTHONY BANNISTER JOHNSON (1863-1933) & SARA ELLEN HODGSON, OF 18, PENDRILL STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED AT OPPY WOOD ON 06/05/1917, AGED 21. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/05/1917. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON … Read more
BORN HULL 1876. HIS PARENTS DECEASED. HE HAD FOUR BROTHER. HE MARRIED IN 1916. HIS WIFE JANE LONGHORN LIVED AT 7 JENNINGS TERRACE, STANLEY STREET, HULL (HIS ARMY ADDRESS). A NEWSAGENTS ASSISTANT, FOR WH SMITHS & SONS, CHAPEL STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH … Read more
Sergeant, RICHARD MILLER, 10/493. Born Orange River, Kronstadt, Cape Colony, South Africa, 1895, Resident in Hull when war broke out, Richard enlisted on 2nd September 1914 as part of the fledgling 10th Battalion. He fought in first Egypt and then the Somme and Oppy Wood before being killed in action on 29th June 1917. His … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ANGUS McDONALD (1866-1939) & HARRIET JANE YATES (1866-1938), OF 6, WEST DOCK VILLA, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A BOILER MAKER AND SHIP’S PLATER. HE MARRIED FLORENCE KATE HOLMES (1897-1979), IN HULL, ON 20/07/1913. THEY LIVED AT 8, HERBERT’S TERRACE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS), WITH THEIR SON ANGUS … Read more
BORN HULL 29/05/1893. SON OF THOMAS GAMBLE (1854-1929) & ANNIE ELIZABETH POUGHER (1855-1932), OF 135 GLASGOW STREET, HULL. BOTH SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. A BUTCHER’S APPRENTICE, EMPLOYED BY MR WASS, BUTCHER, HESSLE ROAD. HE WAS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 38 INCH CHEST & WEIGHED 141 LBS. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, … Read more
Born Hull 1891. Son of Joseph Thomas & Mary Elizabeth Brock, of 277 Wincolmlee, Hull. His three brother, and sister, Elsie lived at the same address. He worked for the Angelo Oil mills, Wincolmlee, and had served in the 4th East Yorkshire Territorials for four years. He married at St Mark’s Church, Hull, on 24th … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. SERGEANT HENRY BAXTER 11/14. Born in 1889, Henry was the fourth of six sons to Francis and Eliza Baxter, of 84, Courtney Street, Holderness Road, Hull. An Iron Moulder before the war, he queued outside Hull City Hall on Monday 7th September 1914 to join the new Pals Battalion, the 11th … Read more
