Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Barton-on-Humber, Lincs, 1892. Youngest son of Robert and Mary Jane Brown, of 63, Mary St., Scunthorpe, Lincs, and 4, Reed Street, Wright Street, Hull (War Pension address). He had two brothers and one sister. he worked as a law Clerk, living at 2 Quebec Avenue, Southend On Sea, Essex (1911 Census) Enlisted Shoeburyness, Essex. … Read more
BORN KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK 1887. KNOWN AS ‘BERT’. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM & ANNIE BLANCHE WELBURN, OF 20, MOXON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A FORMER SOLDIER. ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 14/08/1914. SERVED AS A BOMBARDIER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED ON 06/04/1917, AGED 29. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF FRED (1872-1957) & ELLEN WARD (1871-), OF 161, DANSOM LANE HULL (1911 CENSUS), AND 9, HEREFORD TERRACE, STANLEY STREET, HULL. SON OF A HOUSE PAINTER. HE WAS ALSO A HOUSE PAINTER, EMPLOYED FOR SIX YEARS, BY MESSRS DALBY, PAINTERS, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. HE ALSO LIVED FOR A TIME IN CLAPHAM, … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HESTHER ANN FELKIN (1866-1945), FROM DUNDEE, SCOTLAND AND DANIEL TURNER (1858- ). GRANDSON OF ADELA (1844-1925) AND HENRY FELKIN (1843-1911) OF 22 HEDON ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER WERE BORN IN SCOTLAND. HE WORKED AS A WOOD SAWYER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, GUNNER, 236, 1ST HULL … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1893. THIRD SON OF RICHARD SMITH AND MARY SUCH, OF CHERRY BURTON, NEAR BEVERLEY. HE RESIDED AT CHERRY BURTON, WORKING AS A HORSEMAN AT VICARAGE FARM, LUND WOLD. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 18TH QUEEN MARY’S OWN HUSSARS. HE WENT TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 15/08/1914. WAS WOUNDED … Read more
BORN KINGS LYNN 1892. HE LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/06/1917, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS GRANDMOTHER, MRS SUSAN ANN SEAMAN (1843-1924), AT 19, WALTERS TERRACE, WALTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON … Read more
