Location: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

BORN HEDON 1881. SON OF THE LATE JAMES WATSON (1848-1909) AND MARGARET YETTS RUTHERFORD (1855-1920), of HOLYROOD HOUSE, HEDON, HULL. SON OF A SOLICITOR OF MESSRS, WATSON, CARRICK & SONS, PARLIAMENT STREET, HULL. HE BELONGED TO A FAMILY WELL KNOWN IN HULL AND HOLDERNESS. HE WAS EDUCATED AND TRAINED FOR A MILITARY CAREER AND HAD SEEN S […]

BORN WOODFORD, ESSEX 1889. SON OF CHARLES STANLEY & LILLY WEBB. AN AUCTIONEER'S CLERK. LIVED 22 DRAGON ROAD, HARROGATE (1911 CENSUS). HIS WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH LANGTHORNE, LIVED AT 72 HARDY STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. SURVIVED THE A […]

BORN HULL 26/06/1893. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM WEBSTER (1854-1941) & EVELINE ROSE PEARSON (1862-1922), OF 113, WESTBOURNE AVNEUE, HULL. HIS MOTHER WAS THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF ZACHARIAH CHARLES PEARSON. HIS FATHER WORKED ON THE CLERICAL STAFF ROSE DOWNS AND THOMPSON, A LOCAL SEED CRUSHING COMPANY. HE WAS ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. ARTHUR […]

BORN ETTON, YORKSHIRE 1896. SON OF HENRY AND HARRIET WELBOURN, OF WYTON, EAST RIDING. WORKED AS A FARM HAND IN WEST ELLA WITH HIS UNCLE (1911 CENSUS). MOVED TO ASHBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE. ENLISTED STOKE ON TRENT. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 2/6TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE […]

BORN HULL 1895. THIRD SON OF WILLIAM WEYMESS (1856-1917) & FANNY MARIA LONG (1859-1934), of 78 ENGLISH STREET, HULL. SON OF A SCOTTISH, SEA CAPTAIN, FROM DUNDEE.. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE NAVIGATIONAL SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A FRUIT BROKER'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY ON 08/09/1914, AT THE OUTBR […]

Born Hull 1882.  Third son of George Walton West (1853-1928) and Alice Ann Kennington (1855-1936), of 73 Brunswick Avenue. Hull. His father was a sewer foreman, for the Council's Works Department. He had four brothers and two sisters.  A City Engineer's Bricklayer, working in West Hull. He enlisted in Hull. Served as a Sergeant, with the […]

BORN LANGTOFT 1891.  SON OF WILLIAMSON GUY WHARRAM (1855-1936) & MARY ELIZABETH ETHERINGTON (1861-1930), OF LANGTOFT, LOWTHORPE, DRIFFIELD, EAST YORKSHIRE. EDUCATED AT HULL'S.  HE WAS A STUDENT TEACHER. SERVED AS LIEUTENANT IN 52ND SQUADRON, ROYAL FLYING CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/03/1918, AGED 26. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S H […]

Born Hull 1893. Son of John William Whisker (1851-1925) and Ann Hare Shann (1861-1928), of 21 Prospect Place, Church Street, Hull. He had three brothers and five sisters. A Saw Mill Labourer. Described as 5 foot, 11 inches tall, 147 lbs weight, 35-37 inch chest.  Enlisted Hull, ON 28/09/1914, aged 21. Trained at Dalton, Ripon and Salis […]

BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED 28/9/14. SON OF JOHN & ANN WHISKER ABOVE. ONE OF 5 CHILDREN (3 SONS). HE WON THE MILITARY MEDAL KEEPING HIS GUN IN ACTION, UNDER HEAVY FIRE. HIS PHOTOGRAPH APPEARS IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 22ND MARCH 1918. HE WAS ENGAGED. Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL HARRY WHISKER MM 12/698. Born in 1893, Harry was the y […]

BORN HULL 10/06/1890. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY ANN WHITE, OF 63 CARLTON STREET, HULL (HIS ARMY ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A SHOP ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1890, AGED 25 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. JOINED AS 22466, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, ON 26/07/1916. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 18/12/1916. TRANSFERRED TO TH […]

BORN DERBY, 30/04/1897. ONLY SON OF ROBERT WHITE & ANNIE HALL, AT 69 PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. (ARMY ADDRESS) HIS FATHER DIED EARLY AND HIS MOTHER MARRIED GEORGE HALL, LIVING AT 10 ARTHUR TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) JOHN WAS WORKED FOR IDEAL STANDARD RADIATOR WORKS. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915, AGED 18 YEA […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN & MAY C WHITE, OF 8 WASSAND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/06/1917, AGED 21. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. UNMARRIED HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, MRS ROSE […]

BORN HULL 1893. KNOWN AS STANLEY WHITEHEAD. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM & MARY EMMA WHITEHEAD, AT 14 PEARL AVENUE, LORNE STREET, HULL. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH EYR (3RD HULL PALS), IN HULL, ON 18/09/1914, AGED 21 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 149 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BLACK HAIR, AND "GOOD" […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE WHITELEY 22356. Born in October 1896, George was one of ten children to Walter and Elizabeth Whiteley of 6 Richmond Terrace, Harrow Street, Hessle Road, Hull. A Rullyman by trade, he enlisted at Hull City Hall on 9th December 1915, just days before the passing of the dreaded Conscription Act meanin […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF CHARLES AARON WHITELOCK & FRANCES WHITELOCK, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A FISH LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 48840, KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH QUEENS (ROYAL WEST SURREY) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 21/03/1918, DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE. HE WAS AGED 29. COM […]

Born Bradford, 1878. Son of Thomas Whyatt, of 17, Chapel Walk, Ecclesfield, Bradford (war Pension address). Enlisted in Hull. Formerly 14/158, East Yorks Regiment. Transferred to the 2nd South Wales Borderers. Killed in action, on 19/05/1917. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

BORN HULL 1887. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION. MARRIED 1911. WIFE ELSIE TAYLOR. SON OF ORSON & SARAH WIGGINTON ABOVE.

BORN HULL 06/03/1895. SON ROBERT HENRY WILBURN (1858-1950) & EMILY MARY FRANKS (1860-1899), AT 7, LINDEN GROVE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL. HE LIVED AT 52 SHERBURN STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED AUGUST 1915. SERVED WITH COLONEL SHAW, IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WENT TO FRANCE APRIL 1915. WOUNDED AT YPRES IN MAY 1915 […]

BORN HULL 1888. FOURTH  SON OF EDWARD THOMAS WILCOX (1854-1930) & THE LATE ELIZA LEE (1854-1909), OF 15, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4, MATLOCK VILLAS, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK STEVEDORE. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS MOTHER, DIED ON 28/12/1909. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE WAS 5 FOOT TALL, […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JAMES & MARIA WILES.