Location: Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt

Born Dorchester, Dorset, 1894. Son of Thomas James Benjafield, of 4, Colliton Street, Dorchester, Dorset. He had two brothers, Reginald James and William and one sister, Ethel May. He was a Baker. He enlisted in Hull, on 13th Jan 1915. Served in the Royal Army Service Corps, 51st Field Bakery. He drowned whilst bathing, in Alexandria Do […]

BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF JAMES BRODERICK (1867-1938) AND THERESA BRODERICK (1868-1939), OF 65, VICTOR STREET, HOLDERNES ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN LEEDS. SON OF A SHIPYARD RIVERTER. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE HAD SEVEN SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS […]

BORN DRIFFIELD 1878. SECOND SON OF RICHARD COBDEN & SARAH ANN BROWN. ONE OF SIX SONS. HUSBAND TO ANNIE BROWN - 117 NORWOOD, BEVERLEY. EX NER GOODS CLERK AT HULL. ENLISTED DRIFFIELD. SERVED AS SAPPER, 32991, ROYAL ENGINEERS, LIGHT RAILWAYS OPERATIONS COMPANY. DROWNED EN ROUTE TO EGYPT, ON 31/12/1917, AGED 39. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE […]

BORN HULL 18/5/1892. SON OF JOHN HENRY CAPES (1824-1901) AND LOUISA CAPES AT 6 REGENT TERRACE, REGENT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A TINNER. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY, SERVED IN THE PORTSMOUTH BATTALION. WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI. DIED IN ALEXANDRIA, ON 13/05/1915, AGED 23. BURIED IN EGYPT. HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS KILLED […]

BORN SUTTON 1893. SON OF CHARLES H. CLARKE & RACHEL CLARKE, OF 6, MAY TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EX RAILWAY CLERK FOR THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS AND HULL AND BARNSLEY LINE. ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS SERVING. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11018, 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI ON 06/05/1 […]

BORN HULL 31/08/1874. SON OF RUEBEN DRINKALL (1849-1914) & HANNAH FORREST (1847-1927), OF 26 WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 01/12/1896. HE ENLISTED AT HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGALND FOR GALLIPOLI, ON 14/07/1915. SAW ACTION AT TEKE TEPPE, ON THE 08/08/ […]

BORN GRIMSBY 1887. ONLY SON OF JOHN FERNS (1854-1913) & ANNIE PAYTON, OF  5, MARLBOROUGH CRESCENT, CHARLES STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD ONE SISTER, MARY SIZER (1884-1970). MARRIED AT SCULCOATES REGISTRY OFFICE, HULL IN 1907. HIS WIFE LYDIA (1886-1952), LIVED AT 10, ST THOMAS PLACE, COLLIER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1, JOH […]

BORN HULL 1896. DIED OF SICKNESS. SON OF WILLIAM HUTCHINSON GRESHAM (1858-1919) & ETHEL MARY WILKINSON, AT, 8 SALISBURY GARDEN, SALISBURY STREET, HULL, AND "THE NOOK", CLIFF LANE, HORNSEA. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, IN 1911. WORKED AS A FARM HAND. HE ENLISTED IN THE 28TH AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, ON 10/05/1915, GIVING THE AGE OF 21. […]

BORN HULL 1881. MARRIED 1904. WIFE MABEL & 2 YOUNG SONS LIVED ABOVE & 103 ABBEY STREET IN 1911. CORN MILLER. HULL HEROES WEBSITE.

BORN HULL 1873. A PAINT WORKER, LIVING AT 12 BOTANIC AVENUE (1901 CENSUS) AND TRAMWAY MOTOR DRIVER, LIVING AT 7 BLAYDES STREET, NEWLAND (1911 CENSUS) SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE 264TH BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED IN EGYPT, ON 09/11/1918. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HANNAH MOONEY, OF CRO […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF FRANK ERNEST ION (1870-1913) AND MARY JANE LANGDALE (1865-1926), AT 16 ARGYLE TERRACE, ARGYLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHER TO EDITH, HARRY AND FRANK. A SHIP CHANDLERS ASSISTANT. HIS ADDRESS WAS GIVEN AS 32 SOUTH PARADE, HULL WHERE HE BOARDED BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORK […]

BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF MR JOHN LILL (1859-1917) & MRS RACHEL ANN BLACKLEY (1866-1959), OF 35, PARROTT STREET, SELBY STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN FOOTBALL CIRCLES HAVING PLAYED FOR RECKITT'S RUGBY TEAM AND CENTRAL HULL. HE WORKED A LONG TIME FOR GARDEN VILLAGE, BUT FOR […]

BORN SUTTON, HULL 1869. SON OF NEIL & ELIZABETH McFARLANE, OF 14 WALTER'S TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, ELIZABETH, AT 7 SARAH'S TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONERRES. LEFT FOR THE DARDANELLES, ON 07/14/1915. H […]

BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF HERBERT EDWARD NICHOLSON (1871-1956) & EDITH A BRIGHAM (1871-1940). OF 4 POPLAR GROVE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS BROTHER TO FIVE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A WINDOW CLEANER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS LANCE SERGEANT, 10684, 'D' COMPANY, 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. HE LEFT ENGLAND ON 14 […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF REV. MARK ATHEL & SOPHIA LETITIA NOBLE, TRESSWELL RECTORY, RETFORD. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF TOM DUNN & EMMA SERGEANT, OF 34A WITHAM, HULL. A PRINTER, COMPOSITOR (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED ED IN HULL ON 06/11/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 20079 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL, 134 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, "MANY BAD TEETH". HE ENLISTED AT FOLKESTONE, KENT. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2 […]

BORN HULL 1895. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH SHERBURN (1874-1916), WHO LOST TWO SONS IN THE WAR. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 66 BELMONT STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. PRIOR TO THE WAR, JOHN WORKED AT THE HULL CO-OP SHOP ON NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE […]

BORN PETERSHAM, SYDNEY, 1894. ONLY SON OF JOHN AND MARGARET SHERIDAN, FROM HULL. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN HULL, ON 16/06/1879, AND HAD SERVED SEVEN YEARS IN NAVY, EIGHT YEARS IN ARMY. RE-ENLISTED & WAS MISSING FOR 11 MONTHS. HE WENT THROUGH THE BOER WAR WITHOUT A SCRATCH. EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. ARRIVED SYDNEY, NSW, ON 21/06/1907. LIVE […]

BORN WELWICK, NEAR PATRINGTON, YORKS 1889. SON OF WILLIAM AND RACHEL SIGSWORTH (1858-1935). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A FARM COWMAN. ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO THE DARDENELLES, ON 26/09/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1ST LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI. DIED AT ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. BURIED AT ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILIT […]

BORN SHEFFIELD 1884. SON OF ALFRED AND ALICE SPENCER. HE LIVED IN OWSTON, LINCS, AND LISCARD, CHESHIRE. WAS THE FORMER LANDLORD OF THE 'CROOKED BILLET' PUB, ON HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE ENLISTED IN BIRKENHEAD. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 10989, IN THE 9TH CHESHIRES. WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL, EGYPT, ON 28/09/1915, […]