Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name George Deigham Birth Place Willington Quay, Northumberland Death Date 1 Jan 1916 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Northumberland Fusiliers Battalion 11th Battalion Regimental Number 6747 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Western European Theatre
BORN OWSTON FERRY, LINCOLN, 1875. SON OF SAMUEL PEARSON (1841-1906) & CHARLOTTE PEARSON (1846-1920), OF , 8, FOUNTAIN PLACE, DRYPOOL, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THREE OF THEIR FOUR SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. JOHN PEARSON WAS A SEAMAN BEFORE THE WAR AND WELL KNOWN ON HULL DOCKS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. LIVED GREAT COATES. SON OF HERBERT & ELEANOR GRUBY, OF 174 CLEETHORPES ROAD, GRIMSBY. AN APPRENTICE DENTIST. ENLISTED GRIMSBY 18/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 10TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT (GRIMSBY CHUMS) BURIED AT BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER, NORD, FRANCE.
BORN HULL 24/11/1882. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS HAIGH DIMMACK (1860-1902) & SARAH ANN GILL (1861-1915). ONE OF & SEVEN CHILDREN – 11 CONWAY TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS A COAL HEAVER ON HULL DOCKS. HE MARRIED ANN SOPHIA WRIGHT (1881-1966) IN 1903. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 6 VICTORIA AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET … Read more
