Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN ST. JOHNS TOWN, DUBLIN 1892. SON OF CHARLES & ELIZABETH WARD, OF HULL. ENLISTED AT Clonmel, County Tipperary. A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER. SERVED IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, WITH THE 2ND BATTALION, ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT. WOUNDED ON 22/12/1917. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. DIED ON 27/09/1918. BURIED AT BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, … Read more
BORN CHADDLEWORTH, BERKSHIRE 1871. SON OF JOHN HEDLEY (1830-1866) & ANN COLLEY. HE MARRIED AT NEWCASTLE IN 1900. HIS WIFE ADA MARIE BAINBRIDGE AND TWO CHILDREN (JOAN AND JOHN) LIVED IN HORNSEA. HE WAS AN INLAND REVENUE DISTRICT VALUER AND MASONIC MEMBER. AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR HEDLEY WAS ATTACHED TO THE TERRITORIALS AND WENT … Read more
BORN WHITEHAVEN, CUMBERLAND 1889. SON OF JAMES FRANCIS TRAYNOR (1850-1898) & SARAH TRAYNOR OF 31, TERRY STREET, HULL. (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 12/05/1917). SON OF A PRINT COMPOSITOR. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 22449, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, TO THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, … Read more
BORN HULL 1890, SON OF ELIZAN & GEORGE STEPHEN SOLLEY, OF 4 DANESBURY AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, PYNIAN BELL & CO, ALEXANDRA DOCKS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN AUGUST 1914. SERVED WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS, FOR THREE YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS. PROMOTED TO LANCE CORPORAL. TWICE WOUNDED. HE … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. (SCULCOATES). SON OF GEORGE LAWRENCE SHACKLES (1851-1926) & GERTRUDE MARY HOLMES (1862-1941), OF HESSLE (1901 CENSUS), ELIN LODGE, HORNSEA AND BRANTINGHAM, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WORKED FOR HIS SOLICITOR FATHER AS AN ARTICLED CLERK. HE WAS EDUCATED AT WINDERMERE AND SHREWSBURY SCHOOLS. HE ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE IN SEPTEMBER 1914, … Read more
BORN BRIDLINGTON 1893. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE PRESTON. HIS FATHER WAS A MASTER STONEMASON. HE MARRIED HILDA MARTON, IN 1914 JUST BEFORE WAR STARTED. HIS WIFE HILDA PRESTON LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS WIFE WAS THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF DAVID MALTON, MINSTER MOORGATE, BEVERLEY. BEFORE THE WAR GEORGE WORKED IN BEVERLEY AS A LOCAL JOURNALIST … Read more
BORN LEEDS 1883. SON OF HENRY NEAL (1846-1918) AND EMMA MARSHALL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND A SISTER. HE MARRIED ON 01/02/1905. WIDOW KATE WOODFORD (1882-1953), LIVED AT 87, EDGECUMBE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, DOROTHY, BORN ON 26TH FEB, 1906. HE WAS A GROCERY MANAGER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE … Read more
BORN HULL 1879. MARRIED AT HULL METHODIST CHURCH HALL, ON 23/08/1909. HIS WIFE FANNY ADA HATTAN & THEIR TWO CHILDREN, DONALD AND MURIEL, LIVED AT 131 BELVOIR STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A GENTS HOSIER ASSISTANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 131 LBS WEIHJT, 37-40 INCH CHEST, “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, … Read more
BORN DRIFFIELD, 1896. SON OF ARTHUR & ELIZA MARSON, OF DRIFFIELD, YORKSHIRE. A GLUE MAKER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, 25/04/1917, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS GRANDMOTHER, ANNIE ELIZABETH MARSON, HIS AUNTIE, EDITH GOWAN & UNCLE WALTER LISTED ON BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL ROLL … Read more
BORN CURRY, COUNTY SLIGO 1881. SON OF PATRICK KERINS (1829-1904) AND CATHERINE ROGERS (1842-1923). ON OF TEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED & LIVED IN HULL. HE MARRIED BRIDGET DUNN (1879-1940), AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN JULY 1906. HIS WIFE BRIDGET, TWO SONS AND DAUGHTER, LIVED AT 11 ST PAULS CRESCENT, ST MARKS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE … Read more
