Location: Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux, France

BORN HULL 02/03/1892. SON OF WALTER CONKERTON (1860-1919) & EMMA LEACH (1863-1939), OF 50, SEATON STREET, HULL. THIRD OF FIVE CHILDREN. SON OF A PAINTER. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A KEG & DRUM MAKER. HE MARRIED LILLY DAVEY (1895-1977) AT SCULCOATES CHURCH, ON 23/05/1914. THEY HAD ONE SON, ALBERT LOUVAIN CONKERTON (1914-1968), AND LIV […]

BORN SHEFFIELD 1895. SON OF EDWIN COWLAM (1865-1917). HE LIVED WITH MOTHER JANE NIXON (1875-1950), AT 7 , WALTERS AVENUE, DANSOM LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4 , ALBERT PLACE, BEETON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY AND DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINING THE 1 […]

BORN GRIMSTON, YORKS, 1897. SON OF ROBERT GOFORTH (1869-1953) & JANE ELIZABETH DICKINSON (1871-1945), HATFIELD PARVA, SKIRLAUGH, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS, LIVING AT CLIFF HOUSE FARM, HOLMPTON, WITHERNSEA. A FARM HORSEMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 122 LBS WEIGHT, A DISTINCTIVE MOLE ON […]

BORN HULL 1888. HULL PAL. SON OF CHRISTOPHER & CHARLOTTE JAMESON, OF 21 NAYLORS ROW, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. HIS WIFE MARTHA ANNIE SHANN (BORN 4/6/1889) LIVED AT 8, PINE GROVE, BELLAMY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, WILLIAM, GEORGE AND MARTHA. EMPLOYED AS FLOUR MILL LABOURER, FOR RANK MILLS, CLARENC […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JAMES KEABLE (1852-1902) & EMMA MOORE (1852-1929), of 22 BRIGHTON TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL, 99, YORK STREET, HULL & 13, VERANDAH TERRACE. SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 13/0 […]

BORN LEEDS 08/07/1894. SON OF WALTER MARGERISON (1868-1942) AND JANE MARGERISON (1868-1922). EMPLOYED AS A CLERK ALSO A FORMER MEMBER OF THE 1ST HULL SCOUT TROOP. HE ENLISTED IN THE 5TH EYR CYCLIST BATTALION. COMMISSIONED AND TRANSFERRED TO THE ROAYL FLYING CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/04/1917, AGED 22. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL […]

BORN SOUTHAMPTON 1893. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF SUSAN MARTIN. HE HAD A STEP BROTHER, GEORGE DRINKALL AND SISTERS, EMMA RUTLEDGE AND CLARA GOODWIN. HE WORKED AS A SAIL MAKER LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL, 35.5 INCH CHEST AND 133 LBS WEIGHT. HE LIVED AT, 3 CAMPBELL'S PLACE, ALICIA STREET, CHARLES STREET, HULL (HIS ARMY RECORDS […]

BORN SOUTH SHIELDS, 1894. ELDEST SON OF DAVID & MARY ANN ELIZABETH SIMPSON, OF 64 HADDON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND VICTORIA MANSIONS, GREAT PASSAGE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE RE […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF GEORGE ROBERT WAUDBY (1860-1934) & EMILY GARTON WAUDBY, OF 1 ALBERTS TERRACE, PARROT STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO GLADYS AND DORIS. HE WAS MARRIED FLORENCE JONES, AT ST BARNABAS CHURCH ON 28/11/1915. THEY LIVED AT 18 VICTORIA AVENUE, CONWAY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE WORKED AS AN ENGINE CLEANER, FOR THE NORTH […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM & MARIA WHITWORTH, OF HULL. HIS PARENTS WERE DECEASED. HE WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER'S LABOURER. BROTHER TO JOSEPH, TOM, CHARLOTTE, ANN-MARIE, BETSY, AND ROSE. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH AND SISTER ANN MARIE, AT 8, DANES CRESCENT, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED IN HULL. CALLED U […]