Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN BARROW ON HUMBER, 1892. SON OF JOHN BILTON (1843-1912) & JANE ANN PARKIN (1852-1925), OF BARROW ON HUMBER. SON OF A BUILDER. HE WAS A BRICKLAYER’S APPRENTICE. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. MARRIED IN NEWCASTLE 1917. WIFE MARY S. SEATREE (BORN 28/4/1885). SHE LIVED AT 75 PANMURE ST, NEWCASTLE AND STONEHOUSE, LORDS … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF JOHN THOMAS RAYTON (1871-1906) & ANN ELIZABETH LAMMING (1869-), OF LORD’S LANE, BARROW ON HUMBER. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, EDITH AND DORIS. WORKED AS A SHIP BUILDER’S ERRAND BOY AND THEN AS A “CRANE LAD” ON THE GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON THE 24TH JULY 1916 … Read more
BORN BARROW ON HUMBER, 1896. SON OF CHARLES KING (1870-1948) & SARAH ANN WRIGHT (1866-1939) , NEW HOLLAND ABOVE. A BUTCHER’S ERRAND BOY. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 31/12/1914, AGED 19 AND 9 MONTHS. SERVED IN EGYPT, BELGIUM AND FRANCE. HE SURVIVED TRENCHES, AND SERVED FOR 4 YEARS AND 87 DAYS. HE DIED … Read more
BORN BARROW, LINCS 1899. SON OF ROBERT GRASSBY (1852-1938) & SARAH JANE OTTER (1857-1911), of 5 MOUNT PLEASANT PLACE, NEW HOLLAND, BARROW ON HUMBER. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED AT SCUNTHORPE. LIVED IN HULL. DIED IN TRAINING WITH THE 15TH SHERWOOD FORESTER RESERVES, ON 12/05/1917, AGED 18. HIS WAR PENSION, WAS LEFT TO HIS … Read more
