Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN WOODMANSEY, HULL 1879. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM WILLFORD (1836-1917) & SARAH KETTLEWELL (1845-1916). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS & FIVE SISTERS. HIS SISTER, ALICE, LIVED AT 7, ARLINGTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. HE MARRIED LUCY WILLIAMS, AT SHEFFIELD, IN 1903. WORKED AS AN IRON DRILLER, AT CARLSISLE STREET, SHEFFIELD. … Read more
Name Frank Woods Birth Place Cambridge, 1895. Son of Henry and Harriet Woods. 5 brothers & 4 sisters. Residence Coventry Cottage, Six Mile Bottom, Little Wilbraham, Cambs. A gardener Death Date 8 Nov 1917 Death Place Arras Memorial, France Enlistment Place Hull – 10 Sept 1914 Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 11th … Read more
Name John William Fletcher Birth Place Driffield, Yorkshire Residence Driffield, Yorkshire Death Date 5 Apr 1918 Death Place Arras Memorial, France Enlistment Place Hull, Yorks Rank Private Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers Battalion 1st 8th Battalion Regimental Number 50614 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Western European Theatre
Name Harry Taylor Birth Place Norton, Yorks. Son of Richard and Isabel Taylor, of 54, Mill St., Norton, Malton, Yorks. Residence Norton Death Date 27 Mar 1918 Death Place Arras Memorial, France Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 11th Battalion Regimental Number 11/264 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre … Read more
Name Seth Rich Birth Place Old Whittington, Derbyshire, 1890. Son of John Thomas and Isabella Rich Residence 43, Johnson Street, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield (war pension address) Death Date 23 Apr 1917 Death Place Arras Memorial, France Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Royal Scots Fusiliers Battalion 16th Battalion Regimental Number 17940 Type of Casualty Killed … Read more
Name Benjamin Stead Birth Place Leeds, Yorkshire, 1892. Son of Joseph Stead & Louisa Berry Residence Leeds, Goole & Hull, Yorkshire. He was a seaman Death Date 3 May 1917 Death Place Arras Memorial, France Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 8th Battalion Regimental Number 11090 Type of Casualty Killed … Read more
Name Wallace Carmichael Birth Place Lenton, Notts, 1886 Residence 31, Peas Hill Rise Nottingham (1911 Census) & Skegness. He was a Press Printer Death Date 3 May 1917 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 8th Battalion Regimental Number 30957 Type of Casualty Killed in action … Read more
Name William Edward Worsley Birth Place St. Helens, Lancashire, 1884. Son of Edward Thomas and Harriet J Worsley Residence 236, Park Road, St Helens, Lancashire Death Date 24 Apr 1917 Death Place Arras Memorial, France Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 7th Battalion Regimental Number 30932 Type of Casualty Killed … Read more
Name Charles Ernest Edmonds. He worked as a Ship plater Regiment Northumberland Fusiliers, 27th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. Regimental Number 34674 Death Date 9 Apr 1917 Death Place Arras, France Birth Place Hull, England. 1887. Son of Charles and Lucy Edmonds
Name John William Dickinson Service Branch Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Unit Hood Bn. Rank Able Seaman Death Date 23 Apr 1917 Cause of Death Wounded & Missing, later reported killed in action Burial Arras Memorial (MR 20) Service History Enlisted in York & Lancs. Regt. 31/8/14 & transferred to RNVR 8/9/14 ; Draft for MEF … Read more
