Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name Martin Maroney Birth Place Stockton-on-tees, 1868 Residence Stockton-on-tees Death Date 1 Apr 1916 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 11th Battalion Regimental Number 11/1045 Type of Casualty Died Theatre of War Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, France
Born Cherry Burton, 1883. His wife, Edith and five daughters Elsie, Betsie, May, Eva and Edith, lived at 3, Northumberland Avenue, Hull (CWGC address). He was a farm foreman and ex Blundell’s paint worker. He enlisted at Hull. Formerly, Private, 204752 EYR. He transferred to the 7th Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds, 03/06/1918, aged 35. … Read more
BORN NEWINGTON, HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM (FRUIT MERCHANT) & ASENATH WELLS, HORNSEA. WORKED FOR GOSSCHALKS. PLAYED CRICKET FOR NEWINGTON. BURIED AT AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, ON THE SOMME. HIS GRAVE READS, “SLEEP ON BELOVED”. Hull Pals Memorial Post: Born in 1892, George was the eldest of two children and only son of George and … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN & SARAH SWABY – 72 ST MARKS STREET. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN INCLUDING FOUR SISTER. SAW MILL WORKER. MARRIED 1917. WIFE FRANCES JANE (DANBY). ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/06/1918, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, FRANCES. LISTED ON ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL.
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF WILLIAM & LATE MARY SKELTON, OF 6 SHORT STREET, SPENCER STREET, HULL AND 1 MELROSE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THIRD OF FIVE SONS. ALBERT WORKED AS AN OIL MILL MOULDER AND LIVED AT 12 RIPON TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), LIVING WITH HIS TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS, WILLIAM AND HARRY … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN MANLEY (1846-1920) & REBECCA ANN COVERDALE (1856-1947), OF 130 , DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1901 CENSUS) 199, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL & THEN 18, STANLEY STREET, MOSTON HILL, MANCHESTER (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HEHAD FIVE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS, AUGUSTINE AND PHILIP HUGH MANLEY. SON OF A CORPORATION CLERK IN … Read more
BORN HESSLE 1892. HULL PAL. SON OF GEOFFREY WILLIAM & KATE ASBRIDGE HORSFIELD. KILLED BY ‘MINNIE EXPLOSION. FIRST 10TH EYR CASUALTY OF WW1. PAINTER. HE IS BURIED AT AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE READS, “HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE”. Hull Pals Memorial Post: Stanley was the first Hull Pal to lose his life … Read more
BORN HULL 08/11/1883. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES FRIDLINGTON (1850-1931) & AGNES CORDELIA ACKLAM (1852-1896), OF 42, SOUTHGATE, HORNSEA (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER AS A GAS WORKS LABOURER. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HIS BROTHERS ROBERT, GEORGE AND WILLIAM, SISTERS SARAH, ELSIE, MARY AND LUCY FRIDLINGTON LIVED AT 2, MARY ANN TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL(1918 ER). … Read more
