Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1893. HULL PAL. SON OF WILLIAM JOSHUA & AMELIA MARY SELLERS. KILLED IN ACTION. BROTHER HERBERT ALSO DIED 19/9/16. Hull Pals Memorial Post. SGT HARRY SELLERS MM 11/772. Born in 1893, Harry was the third of ten children to William and Amelia Sellers of 140 Severn Street, Hull. A Ship’s Cook by trade … Read more
BORN LIVERPOOL 1899. SON OF FRANK THURLOE (1870-1918) AND SARAH AVELINE JENSEN (1868-1920), OF 116, YORK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BOTH PARENTS WERE BORN IN HULL. SON OF A PAINT WORKER. ONE OF FOUR SONS. HE HAD ONE SISTER. A RECKITT’S WORKER. HE WAS A SINGLE MAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 30745 … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF GEORGE HENRY SHARP (1861-1950) & ALICE MARY SHARP (1867-1946), OF 1, MABELS AVENUE, FRANKLIN STREET, HULL. A BLACK LEAD LABOURER. HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR NINE YEARS, AT THE RECKITT’S WORKS, DANSOM LANE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 12632, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED … Read more
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF GEORGE (1851- )& MARY RICHARDSON (1853-1928), OF 10, MARY ANN TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND SIX BROTHERS (THREE WERE LOST IN THE WAR). ONE OF SIX RICHARDSON BROTHERS SERVING FROM SCULCOATES LANE. HE MARRIED MARY ELIZABETH BARKER, IN 1909. THEY HAD THREE … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ISAAC REUBEN 10/1045. Born in June 1892, Isaac was the third of ten children to Julius and Minnie Reuben of 4 St. Stephen’s Square, Hull and 5, Garden Street, Hull (war Pension address). Julius and Minnie were Polish immigrants, and the family trade was clothing manufacture; Julius was a Boot … Read more
BORN WEST BRIDGEFORD, NOTTS, 1891. HULL PAL. PARENTS REV. EDMUND & MRS POTTS LIVED IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. CORPORAL ALFRED WESLEY SARJEANT POTTS 10/939. Born September 1891 in West Bridgeford, Nottinghamshire, Alfred was the son of the Reverend Edmund Potts, a Wesleyan Minister, and his wife Sarah. What happened to the Reverend is … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. ENLISTED HULL. ONLY SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. HUSBAND OF BEATRICE PARKER AT 15 ALICES’ TERRACE, PELHAM STREET, HULL (CWGC RECORDS) , 25, WARWICK STREET, HULL AND 15, ALICES’ TERRACE, PELHAM STREET, HULL. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, MARY AND WILLIAM. HE SERVED IN THE HULL PALS, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/06/1918, AGED 27. … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JAMES WILLIAM PARKER 27346. Born in 1890, James was the sixth of nine children to Harry and Kate Parker. He appears to have dropped his Christian name in favour of using William, and it is as William he is listed on Census records. He married Beatrice Wilson at St. Mary’s, … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF ANNIE NAYLOR, OF 13 BOHEMIA TERRACE, FINSBURY STREET, HULL FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED FOR MESSRS WRAY & SONS, FRUITERERS, HUMBER STREET. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. REPORTED MISSING ON 28/06.1918. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 30TH SEPTEMBER … Read more
BORN TANKERSLEY, YORKS, 06/11/1887. SON OF WILLIAM KIRK (1859-1932) & BETSY HELEN BENNETT (1862-1945), OF CHESTNUT VILLA, NORTH CAVE, BROUGH (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 3, FARNLEY SQUARE, ELLA STREET, HULL. SECOND OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A COLLIERY CLERK, LIVING AT 2 VERMONT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN THE “HULL COMMERCIALS”, AS PRIVE … Read more
