Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 1891. Son of Leonard Essex (1865-1924) and Jessie Alice Morley (1866-1936), of 1 Brook St, High Wycombe, Bucks. Married at High Wycombe on 4 Aug 1912. Husband of Cecilia Pym Essex, of 1, Willow Terrace, Regent Street, Hull (CWGC address). He had two children, Harold and Violet. worked as a Motor … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF TOM & ELLEN (WALKER) SHANKS, 44 LEONARD STREET. A WAREHOUSE LABOURER FOR THE IDEAL STANDARD RADIATOR COMPANY. HE ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/11/1918, AGED 33. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER, ELLEN. THIS WAS HIS 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS. HE LEFT BROTHER, WILLIAM AND SISTER … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF WALTER FOWLER (1862-1942) & HELEN FOWLER, AT 487, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION AND 1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS). BROTHER TO KITTY AND WINIFRED. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED AS PRIVATE, D/23481, HERTFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, TO THE 1ST BERKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/10/1918, AGED 19. … Read more
