Location: Beverley (St. Martin's) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK

Born Beverley, 1893. Son of Jack and Elizabeth Addy, of 27, Well Lane, Beverley. He had two brothers, William and John and a sister, Elizabeth. A former Gardener and Horse breaker. Described as 5 foot, 7.5 inches tall, and 35-37 inch chest. He enlisted in the 1st/1st East Riding Yeomanry on 29/03/1911. Enlisted at Beverley when war beg […]

Born Hull 1893. Resided at Tongrefail, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, South Wales. Worked as a domestic servant and butcher, living at 71 Herbert Street, Pontardawe, Glamorgan (1911 Census) Served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Awarded the Silver (Wound) Badge, Number J 0801/1-1200/2. Discharged 03/12/1918, with 60% disability. Died of Tuberc […]

Born Burn, Selby, 1897. Only son of Thomas and Tamar Battams (1861-1934), of 39, Wilbert Lane, Beverley. He had five sisters. He enlisted at Beverley. Served in the 3rd East Yorkshire Reserves. Died at Home, on 11/02/1916, aged 19. Buried at St Martins Church, Beverley. His grave inscription, reads, "Rest in Peace".

Born Beverley, 1889. Eldest son of Joseph Bentley and Martha Spence (1867-1946), of 2, Hinds Yard, Keldgate, Beverley. Buried at St Martins, Beverley. His grave inscription, reads, "EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS FROM FATHER, MOTHER & FAMILY"

Born East Luton, Yorkshire, England, 1900. Son of James Drake (1859-1935) and Eleanor Rowntree (1865-1918). Son of a Farm Cowman. Resided Bridlington. Enlisted Hull. Died at Beverley Military Hospital, a day before the war ended, aged 18. Unmarried. His army effects were left to his father, James

Born Kirkburn, Driffield, 1890. Son of John and Sarah Jane Hall, of 36 Norwood Grove, Beverley. He had one brother, Ernest and two sisters, Alberta and Elsie, who all lived at home with their mother. Worked as a Gardiner in Beverley and Drewton Cottage, South Cave, East, Yorkshire (1911 Census). Described as 5 foot, 7 inches tall, and ch […]

Born Broughton, Lancshire, 1892. Eldest son of Charles Harker and Alice Elizabeth Grantham, of 66, Wilbert Lane, Beverley. A former Drayman (1911 Census) Enlisted at Driffield. Served as Corporal in the Army Service Corps, 5th Army AuxilaryHeavy Transport Company. Died while on leave, on 24/10/1918, aged 26.

Born Beverley, 1893. Eldest son of Frederick James Knight (1859-1936) and Harriet Knight (1868-1952), of 25 Ladygate, Beverley (War pension address). His father was an Inn Keeper and his mother assisted with the pub business. Philip had two brothers and three sisters. He worked in the fish trade (1911 Census). He enlisted at Beverley, o […]

Born at Flemingate, Beverley. Son of William Henry O'Connell (1856-1926) and Mary Ann O'Connell (1857-1918), of 116 Flemingate Beverley; He had four brothers and three sisters. He worked as a shipyard labourer. He enlisted in the 5th Yorkshire Regiment. Posted to France, on 18/04/1915. He married at Beverley, in 1917. Husband of Margar […]

BORN BEVERLEY, 1884. SON OF JOHN AND ANNIE SMITH. MARRIED AT BEVERLEY, IN 1907. HUSBAND OF MAUD RISPIN SMITH, OF 38 ST ANDREW STREET, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRES). HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 24558, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 182592, LABOUR CORPS. DIED AT HOME, DAYS BEFORE THE WAR ENDED, AGED 34. H […]

Born Beverley, 1882. Only child of Jane Harwood (formerly Taylor) and step father, George Arnott, of 6, Norwood Dale, Beverley. Worked as a ship's Joiner. Enlisted at Hull. Served with the Royal Army Medical Corps, 335th (Home Service) Field Ambulance (Territorial Force.) Died of wounds, on 16/11/1918, aged 36. Buried at St Martins, Beverley.

Born 06/05/1897, Kent, Ontario, Canada. Son of Roland Bruce Teetzel (1859-1944) and Christina Teetzel (1863-1926), of Highgate, Ontario, Canada. His father was German Seaman, who emigrated to Canada and  married an English woman in Ontario. He had five brothers and one sister. They were from a Methodist family. Harry enlisted in the Roy […]

Born Spennymoor, Whitworth, Co. Durham, 1886. Son of John David Tolmie (1847-1924) and Mary Lester (1848-1923), of Rotherham; He had three brothers and two sisters. Husband of Alice McQue Tolmie, of 45, Mintfield Grove, Holme Church Lane, Beverley. Enlisted as Sergeant, 9353, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred as Sergeant, 42518, Roya […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1877. SON OF WILLIAM TWIDDLE (1853-1898) AND CHARLOTTE TWIDDLE (1852-1922), OF 4 WALTHAM TERRACE, MILL LANE, BEVERLEY & 55 KELDGATE, BEVERLEY, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. A LABOURER. HE LIVED IN BEVERLEY. MARRIED SARAH JANE WILSON, AT BEVERLEY, IN 1911. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/04/1917. EX 71534, 27TH D […]

BORN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY 08/12/1915. RESIDED BEVERLEY. SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD AND CHARLOTTE JEMMINA WALKER. WIFE EDITH E. WALKER LIVED THIS ADDRESS. DISCHARGED WITH STOMACH CANCER. DIED AT HOME ON 06/11/1916, AGED 36. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

Born Rosedale Abbey, Pickering, North Yorkshire, on 22/06/1873. Son of Tom Bailey (1845-1826) and Sarah Watson; Husband of Mary Jane (Thorp) Watson, of  34 Market Place, Beverley and later 19, Avondale Terrace, Shirebrook, Mansfield. Educated at Middlesbrough. A former labourer. He joined the army at Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1895, aged […]

Born Beverley, 1895. Second Son of the late Wray Welburn (1867-1913) and Sarah Jane Harmond (1862-1907) ; He had three brother, Harold, Wray and Donald and one sister, Lois. Brother of Harold Welburn of 4 George Street, Beverley, Yorks. Employed as Third Lad on a farm, at Constitution Hill Farm, Molescroft, with his elder brother Harold […]