Location: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JAMES & SARAH BOGG, OF 10 TEMPERANCE TERRACE, LAKE STREET, HULL. SON OF A BREWERY CELLAR MAN. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIEMENT. MARRIED AT HULL IN 1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HI […]

BORN DONCASTER, 1887. SON OF CHARLES AND MARIA BOOTH, OF BELL LANE, RAWCLIFFE. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS AND AGAIN IN BEVERLEY, ON 17/09/1915, AGED 28 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, TATTOOS ON BOTH ARMS. HE MARRIED HIS LAND LADY, MAY RIGGLE, AT THE HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 09 […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF FREDERICK BORRILL & ALICE BORRILL (1862-1954), OF 3, DUESBERRY TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL AND 22, SALTHOUSE LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED FOR EARLES SHIPYARD. BROTHER TO ALICE, MAUD, JOHN AND GEORGE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/6ths SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/191 […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS (1851-1917) AND HANNAH BORRILL. A GROCER'S ASSISTANT, LIVING AT 4 OXFORD TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). MARRIED IN DECEMBER 1916. HUSBAND TO LUCY EVELINE WESTON. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/04/1917, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS M […]

Born Skipsea, Hull, 1887. Son of William Bott (1849-1928) and Hannah Maria Bott (1848-1889), of 68, Carlton Street, Hull (War Pension address). He had two brothers and one sister. Enlisted Warwick. Served as Private, 15286, 2nd Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action, on 04/05/1917, aged 29. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. […]

BORN GOOLE 1893. SON OF BRANSON BOWLES (1867-1921) & MARTHA BENNETT AT 182 BOOTHFERRY ROAD, HULL. BROTHER TO HENRY, NORA, VERAAND JOHN BOWLES. HIS WIFE ELSIE LOUISE BAKER & DAUGHTER LIVED AT 15 ARGYLE STREET, GOOLE. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, ON […]

BORN LAMBETH GREEN, SURREY 02/05/1894. LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED LONDON. SON OF EDWARD JAMES BOWRING (1868-1932) & MATILDA ELIZABETH FOX (1868-1923), OF 114, WYNDCLIFFE ROAD, LONDON, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON, (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WAS EMPLOYED AS AN ELECTRICAL MECHANIC. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON, SERVED WITH TH […]

BORN HULL, 1892. SON OF JOSEPH CHARLES BOWRON & FRANCIS CHAPMAN BOWRON, AT PRINCES ROAD, OF HULL (1901 CENSUS), 15 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & CARTER VILLA, QUEEN STREET, WITHERNSEA (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A WOOL MERCHANT. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTICE WOOL MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN […]

BORN HULL 1897. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF MRS M BRACE. BROTHER OF GEORGE, WILLIAM & ANNIE. ST BARNABAS BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE. 1918 ABSENT VOTERS. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN CHADWICK BRACE 27010. Born in July 1897, John was the third of four children to Alfred and Malohla Brace of 9 Clairbrook Avenue, Eton Street, Hessle Road, Hull. […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1887. WIFE MARY HANNAH (LYON) LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. SON OF JOHN & HARRIET - 1 PROVIDENCE ROW, NORTHGATE, COTTINGHAM. EX NER RAILWAY WORKER. LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR, HALLGATE. HIS NAME WAS ALSO RECORDED ON THE ST THOMAS CHURCH MEMORIAL, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN WW2.

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM BRAY (1845-1903) AND JANE LAVERACK (1852-1896). BOTH PARENTS DECEASED. HE HAD NO BROTHERS OR SISTERS. WORKED AS A TIMBER CHECKER. LIVED WITH HIS UNMARRIED WIFE ANN MARIE SPPOSE FOR 15 YEARS, AT THIS ARMY  ADDRESS. HE HAD TWO CHILDREN - WILLIAM SPOOSE AND PHYLLIS METCALFE (ADOPTED). ALBERT BRAY WAS DESC […]

BORN HULL 1886. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOSEPH BRAY & ELIZA WINDLE, OF 12 ELLIZA PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A GENERAL LABOURER, EMPLOYED AT THE NATIONAL RADIATOR WORKS, PERTH STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED LENA RUSSEL, AT SCULCOATES IN 1909. HIS WIFE LENA & CHILDREN, LIVED AT 3 HORSHAM TERRACE, WEST PARADE, SPRING BANK, […]

Born Hull 1894. Son of Arthur & Jane, of 53, Blake Street, Hull (War Pension address). Prior to enlisting he was a Thomas Wilson & Son Employee. He enlisted in the Hull Commercials in September 1914. Saw service in Egypt and France. Wounded in June 1916. Transferred to the 7th EYR. Killed at Arras, on 12/05/1917, aged 23. His de […]

BORN BEVERLEY, 19/10/1880. SON OF THOMAS BRETT (1844-1914) & JANE FROST (1852-1938), OF 96, STEYNBURG STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS RETIRED SOLDIER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE MARRIED CHRISTINA HOOD BOYD (1889-1965) on 7 Apr 1908 • Vigeons, Drift, South Africa. THEY HAD TWO SONS. HIS WIFE WAS DAUG […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF GEORGE BRIDGES AND MARY ELLEANOR NEEDLER -15 CARLTON TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, 64 SHARP STREET AND 5 ST. WILFRED'S TERRACE, SHARP STREET. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1897 WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. CHARLIE HAD A BROTHER HARRY AND SISTER MABEL. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE MARRIED JESSIE MOWTHORPE, ON 07/07/1917 AT ST AUGUSTINE'S CHUR […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JAMES & ALICE MOOSTON BRITTON. MARRIED 1915. WIFE LOUISA E (NAYFORD) LIVED ABOVE. EX NER MESSENGER AT HULL. HDM 9/5/18. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE DONALD BRITTON 225326. Born in July 1895, James was the youngest of two sons to James and Alice Britton of 263 Hessle Road, Hull. He married Louisa Jenner in July […]

BORN WITHERNWICK 1879. SON OF WILLIAM AND MARY BROADLEY. A FARM WAGGONER, IN TICKTON, BEVERLEY. HIS SISTER ELIZABETH H. MADDISON, LIVED AT 7 HARCOURT TERRACE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED ON 06/05/1917, AGED 38. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMOR […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN WILLIAM BROUGH 11/363. Born in July 1898, John was the eldest of four children to James and Emma Brough of 58, Nicholson Street, Beverley Road, Hull. A Slater by trade, he queued to enlist outside City Hall on Tuesday 8th September 1914 joining the newly created 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment […]

BORN GOOLE 1882. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. WIFE VIOLETTA BROWN & 4 CHILDREN ABOVE. A LABOURER. ENLISTED IN THE HULL  PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT & FRANCE. SURVIVED THE BATT;ES OF THE SOMME AND OPPY WOOD. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/07/1917, AGED 35. HIS DEATH WAS REPPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 02/10/1917. * Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVAT […]

BORN GOOLE 1888. KNOWN AS 'FIELD' BROWN. RESIDENT IN NEWINGTON WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE JOINED THE 12TH HULL PALS. HIS MOTHER MRS E. J BROWN LIVED AT 47 PORTLAND STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER, EDWARD BROWN, WAS LOST AT SEA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1N JUNE 1916, SUNK BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE. A FORMER SEAMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WE […]