BORN DURHAM 1883. SON OF RICHARD SOUTHERN BIRKETT (1855-1927) & MARGARET EMILY BIRKETT (1855-1914), OF 8, TINTERN STREET, SUNDERLAND. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. HE BOARDED AT 54, SPRING BANK, HULL (1911 CENSUS). WORKED FOR FOUR YEARS AS TOBACONIST WITH MR J W LOCKING. HE MARRIED AMELIA WEBSTER (1875-1958), AT HULL, IN 1913. […]
Beeford, Driffiled, East Yorkshire, UK
Died on
01/10/1916
Aged
21
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 worked as a […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1889. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS CRANSWICK (1863-1945) & ANNIE REID (1864-1930), OF 106 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL. SON OF A MERCHANT. HIS TWO BROTHERS WERE FRANK AND NELSON. HE WAS AN OIL MANUFACTURER CLERK. HE ENLISTED AT THE START OF THE WAR. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT AND LATER COMMISSIONED. SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE 1/4TH EA […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM EMERSON (1851-1909) AND ELIZABETH HUTTON (1853-1928), OF ,9 KINGSTON PLACE, WITHAM, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. EX RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS. DIED OF WOUNDS, 10/09/1916. HIS DEATH WAS REP […]
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JOHN & SARAH ANN FARRIER. HE HAD PREVIOUSLEY ENLISTED IN THE 1ST EYR, IN 1909. IN CIVILIAN LIFE, HE WORKED AS A PAINTER & PAPER HANGER. WIFE ELIZA MATILDA LIVED AT 351 , HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, IRENE MAY AND GLADYS ELEANOR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF BARNETT FURMAN (1875-1939) & LEAH GOLDSTEIN (1876-1962), LIVING AT 108 OSBORN STREET, HULL & 45 WILLIAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A BOOT DEALER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HARRY HELPED IN THE FAMILY SHOE MAKING BUSINESS, ON MYTONGATE, HULL. HE WAS 5 FOOT, 2.5 INC […]
1, BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
26/10/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. BETTER KNOWN AS 'TOM' BY HIS FRIENDS. SON HENRY J. GLOVER & HELEN M. GLOVER, OF 2 HENRY'S PLACE, SCOTT STREET, HULL. HE HAD LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, ALICE HARDY AT 1, BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL SINCE HE WAS A LAD. IT WAS ALSO HIS WAR PENSION AND ARMY ADDRESS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A SEED CRUSHE […]
48 , TAVISTOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
10/09/1916
Aged
29
BORN GLANFORD, BRIGG, 1886. aka EDMUND FOWLER GUNSON. SON OF LATE THOMAS ROADES GUNSON (1849-1905) & ELIZABETH FOWLER (1850-1892). BROTHER OF ALICE, RUTH JOHN & EVA, OF ALDBOROUGH, LINCS. HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS SIX YEARS OLD. HIS FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS NINETEEN. HE DOES NOT APPEAR IN CENSUS RECORDS, SO HIS OCCUPATION AND […]
15 MINNIE'S GROVE, WALTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
01/10/1916
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1885. ONLY SON OF JOHN WILLIAM JACKSON (1848-1896) AND ELIZABETH BEE (1855-1937). BROTHER TO ADA AND ELIZABETH JACKSON. A LOCAMOTIVE ENGINE CLEANER. HIS MOTHER MARRIED STEPHEN EMBLEY AND LIVED AT 15 WHARNCLIFFE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4866, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01 […]
2nd Lieutenant
18 , LEICESTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
26/10/1916
Aged
22
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 before he joined the war early in the […]
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 C […]
BORN SKIRLAUGH 1884. SON JOSEPH AND SARAH ANN KNAGGS, OF 9 PLIMSOLL TERRACE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL. MARRIED MAGGIE WILLS, AT HULL, IN 1909. tTHEIR ONLY CHILD JOHN DIED IN 1911, AGED 1. HE WORKED IN A FOUNDRY. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 201168, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 18/01/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT […]
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF SOLOMAN (SHLOMO) LEVINE (1862-1920) & ANNIE (MINNIE) GOLDSTEINE (1867-1933), AT 39 MYTON STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 84 OSBORNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 38, LOWER UNION STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS NAMED AFTER HIS PATERNAL GRANDFATHER, WHO HAILED FROM THE MINSK REGION, OF RUSSIA. HE HAD ON […]
12, ST PAULS AVENUE, CHURCH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
08/11/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOSEPH HENRY NEAL (1857-1926) & WILHELMINA DARCY (1865-1948), OF 12, ST PAULS AVENUE, CHURCH STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EX RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/11/1916, AGED 24. HIS DEATH […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF FANNY PADLEY, OF 84 CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 10/09/1916. BURIED BAZETIN CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER 'FANNIE'. HE IS BURIED AT BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE I […]
2 Ormond Villas, Wynburg Street, Hull, UK
Died on
30/09/1916
Aged
25
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, at the Grange, Flinton […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN SHERBURN IN ELMET, YORKS, 1897. ONLY SON OF REV. WALTER & HARRIET PHILLIPS, of SKIRLAUGH VICARAGE. LISTED ON HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIAL. HE WAS AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND SELWYN COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE TO TAKE HOLY ORDER. HE OBTAINED HIS COMMISSION INTO THE EYR ON 22ND AUGUST 1915. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 19. HIS DEATH WAS RE […]
BORN FLLETWOOD, LANCASHIRE, 1898. SON OF JOHN HENRY AND GRACE PICKERING, OF 14, ALBANY TERRACE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3427, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/09/1916, AGED 18. HIS MOTHER WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION, OF 5 SHILLINGS, ON THE 6TH NOVEMBE […]
46, KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
27/10/1916
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM ROBINSON (1859-1908) & ANN ELIZABETH ROBINSON (1863-1911), OF 46 KENT STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A SAWMILL LABOURER AND FORMER RECKITT'S WORKER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN AUGUST 1914. SERVED WITH THE 2ND FIELD AMBULANCE. KILLED BY SHELLFIRE, ON 27/10/1916, AG […]
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) HE […]
