Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born 30/04/1898 • Torquay, Devon, England. Son of Ernest Richard Bradley Hall-Watt (1865-1908) and Julia Philadelphia Cayley (1861-1923), of High Hall, Bishop Burton, Yorkshire. Served as 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Grenadier Guards. Killed in action, on 13/10/1917, aged 19. Buried Belgium.
BORN HULL, 1896. TWIN SON OF JAMES AND REBECCA (BECKY) SMITH OF 32 JAMES STREET, BEAUMONT STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). BROTHERS, HARRY AND TWIN, THOMAS, SISTERS, SARAH, HILDA AND BESSIE. HE WAS A PRINTER’S APPRENTICE, FOR MESSRS ISLAND, PRINTERS, HOLBORN STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 19/11/1915 AGED 19 AND 10 MONTHS. HIS … Read more
BORN HORNSEA 1882. SON OF ROBERT KEITH (1846-1891) AND MARY SMITH KEITH (1844-1925), OF MERE SIDE, HORNSEA. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A RULLYMAN. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1906. HIS WIFE, BEATRICE KEITH (BORN25/8/1883) AND FOUR CHILDREN (GEORGE ROBERT, BEATRICE, FRED, AND HARRIET ELIZABETH), LIVED AT 6, YORK AVENUE, ST MARKS STREET, … Read more
BORN MAIDENHEAD, BERKSHIRE, 1894. SON OF WALTER AND ELINA CUMING, OF 18 KIRBY ROAD, LEICESTER. YOUNGEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A HOISERY WAREHOUSMAN AND SERVED IN THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY TERRITORIALS. HE ENLISTED IN 1914. HE MARRIED LILIAN ANNIE RAYNER (1892-1976), ON 10/11/1915, AT SCULCOATES, HULL. HE WAS COMMISSIONED INTO … Read more
