Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN ROBERT WEST (1863-1910) & SARAH ELIZABETH WEST (1862-1909), OF 20, YORK STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HIS SISTER, MRS EMMA MARTIN, LIVED AT NOS; 3, & 15, BRIGHTON TERRACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. DECRIBED AS 5 FOOT, … Read more
BORN HULL 1878. WORKED AT RANKS FLOUR MILLS, HULL FOR 21 YEARS. HIS WIFE ALICE WAITES (BORN 19 JAN 1878) & FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 8 OBAN AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SHE LATER MOVED TO 32 CLAY PITS LANE, PELLON, HALIFAX. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, JANUARY 1915. SERVED AS A … Read more
BORN CROPTON, YORKSHIRE 1878. SON OF DANIEL & MARY (PROUD). HE MARRIED SARAH MARR, IN HULL, ON 21/05/1895, AT ST MARY’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, HULL. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN. A FORMER COAL HOISTER, FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAYS. HE LIVED AT 5 KATES TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND THEN AT THIS ARMY RECORD’S … Read more
BORN BRADLEY, STAFFS 01/10/1899. HUSBAND OF MRS MARGARET CARROLL, OF 14 SOHAM TERRACE, WASSAND STREET & 6 ARTHURS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. SON OF SAMUEL AND OLIVE GRINSELL, OF OF 49 THOMPSON STREET, BILSTON, STAFFORDSHIRE. HE ENLISTED AT WEDNESBURY UNDERAGE. SERVED IN THE 6TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE MARRIED MARGARET MIRIAM KANE (1900 … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM CHRISTIE (1862-1906) & MARY ELIZABETH LINFORD (1863-1913), OF 15 CLARK’S SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL. HIS BROTHER JOHN WILLIAM CHRISTIE, LIVED AT 48 LILAC AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A FORMER ERRAND BOY. HE WAS WORKING FOR MESSRS, STEWART & CRAIG, HEDON ROAD, HULL … Read more
