Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name William Bedlington Birth Place Whitby, Yorkshire. Step-brother of Percy Taylor, of Jasmine House, Sandsend, Whitby. Residence Whitby, Yorkshire Death Date 10 Sep 1916 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 1st 4th Battalion Regimental Number 3392 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War … Read more
Born Beeford, Driffield, 1895. Son of William and Emma Bowes, of Beeford, Driffield, Yorkshire. He lived in Beeford. Had six brothers and three sisters. He was one of three sons killed in the war along with Fred (1893-1918) – (Lancashire Fusiliers) and James Bowes (1891-1915) – (RFA). He came from a large farming family and … Read more
Eldest son of Mr & Mrs Perkins, of 2 Ormond Villas, Wynburg Street, Hull. Served as a Driver, in the Royal Field Artillery, 50th Division. Ammunition Column. Killed in action, on 30/09/1916, aged 25. His death was reported in the Hull daily Mail, on 03/11/1916. * Before the war, he was employed as a Waggoner, … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM GILES JOHNSON (1864-1920) & ALICE MAUD RIGDEN (1858-1931), OF 388, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. A BAKER’S ASSISTANT. HE MARRIED, ALICE MAUD BROWN (1896-1979), AT HULL, ON 31/01/1916. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/09/1916, AGED 20. BURIED AT BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE … Read more
Born Hornsea, 1894, the son of Henry Ollerenshaw Jackson, a Merchant and Bertha Amelia Smith of Eastgate, Hornsea. He had three sisters, Phyllis Mary born in 1893, Enid Bertha in 1900 and Dorothy Francis in 1902. He went to St Bede’s School in Hornsea and worked as a clerk for an Oil Merchant in Hull … Read more
Harold Thompson was born on 14 November 1896 at 3, Dryden’s Entry, Salthouse Lane, Hull, the third child of William, a tugboat fireman, and Kate Thompson, of 22, Blue Bell Entry, Lowgate, Hull (War Pension address). His mother died three years later of Septicaemia and Bronchitis and by 1901 his father and the three children … Read more
BORN DOVERCOURT, HARWICH 1895. SON OF ROBERT ARCHIBALD TAYLOR AND LYDIA ANN TAYLOR, AT 4 OATLANDS ROAD, ENFIELD AND 5 MARKET PARADE, GREEN STREET, ENFIELD, MIDDLESEX (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A PAWN BROKER’S ASSISTANT AND EX RECKITT’S WORKER, LIVING AT MERSEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. THIRD SON OF WILLIAM & BETSY SUTTON, TRANBY LANE, ANLABY, HULL. HE WAS AN EX SHIPYARD WORKER AT SEARS IN HESSLE AND JOINED UP AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1916, AGED 23. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, BETSY SUTTON … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF JOHN M & ELLEN STORRY, LIVING AT 249, WINCOLMLEE (1901 CENSUS), 8, DALES TERRACE, PELHAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), , LOMBARD TERRACE. HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) & 22, MORPETH STREET, HULL. HE WAS A SHIP BUILDING LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS SMELT & ANNIE ELIZABETH LOFT OF 99, HODGSON STREET, HULL AND 12, JAMES STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A SUGAR HOUSE LABOURER. HE SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 10/09/1916, AGED 19. HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE HODGSON STREET MEMORIAL SHRINE (HDM 20/10/1916) … Read more
