Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN BURTON AGNES, HORNSEA 11/08/1888. SON OF ANN ELIZABETH BROOKS (1857-1928) & JAMES THOMAS DRY (1854-1914). ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE, AND HAD WORKED IN COMMERCIAL HOTELS IN WITHERNSEA. HE MARRIED IN HULL IN APRIL 1915. HIS WIFE SARAH ELLEN (COLLINS) LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. THEIR SON ERNEST … Read more
BORN NEWLAND, HULL 1885. MARRIED ON 18/11/1911. HUSBAND OF MINNIE STEPHENSON, OF HIGH STREET, EASTRINGTON, AND 1 MARKET PLACE, HOWDEN. HE WAS A POLICEMAN AND MEMBER OF THE EAST RIDING CONSTABULARY. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. DIED BETWEEN 20TH- 23/11/1917, AGED 32. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW MINNIE AND … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF MAGGIE MOXHAM AT THIS ADDRESS. PRIOR TO THE WAR FRANK WORKED FOR PREMIER OIL MILLS LTD. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AGED 22. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 23RD OCTOBER 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * HE IS BURIED AT ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN ROBERT & ANN ELIZABETH MATTINSON, OF 46 DERRINGHAM STREET, HULL. A BUTCHER’S ASSISTANT. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/10/1918, AGED 26. HE IS PICTURED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS BROTHER, ON 01/09/1915. *
BORN (St. Phlix-de-Bolis), CANADA 1884. HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 27333, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 208TH MACHINE GUN (INFANTRY) CORPS. KILLED ON 27/11/1917, AGED 33. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 05/01/1918. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EDITH MANSEAN, IN CANADA. HIS HULL ADDRESS NOT FOUND. … Read more
BORN WISBECH, CAMBS, 05/09/1886. SON OF ISSAC WESTERBY BATLEY & ELIZA SKETCHER (1854-1923). ONE OF FIVE SONS AND A SISTER. A SKILLED BAKER AND CONFECTIONER, AT 255 HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE MARRIED WINIFRED (MINNIE) PARKER, ON 31/07/1910, AT HULL. THEY LIVED WITH CHILDREN KENNETH AND MAURICE, AT THIS ADDRESS (HDM 13/12/1918). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON … Read more
