Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name Thomas Hutchinson Birth Place Appleby, Lincs. Son of Thomas and Maria Hutchinson, of Appleby, Lincolnshire. Residence Appleby, Lincolnshire Death Date 13 Apr 1918 Death Place CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, FRANCE Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment Battalion 1st 7th Battalion Regimental Number 307988 Type of Casualty Killed … Read more
Born Littlemore, Oxfordshire, 1890. He enlisted in Beverley. Lived in Hull. Worked as a cricket Groundsman. Husband of Lilian Hale, of 1, Fenchurch Street, Stepney Land, Beverley Road, Hull (War Pension address) Formerly 26272, E. Yorks Regt. Transferred to the South Staffordshire Regiment 12th Bn. Attached to (15134) 26th Coy. Labour Corps. He died of wounds, on … Read more
Lance Corporal PIERCY, ERNEST HERBERT Born Beverley, 1891. Son of Alfred Piercy (1861-1918) and Edith Maria Bradley (1857-1946), of 73, Fleming Gate, Beverley (1911 Census address). His father was born in Pocklington and worked as a Tanner Labourer (1901 Census) and then as a Bricklayer. His mother was born in Hull. He had one brother, … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM & MARIA TIPPLE, LIVED AT 96 ENGLISH STREET, HULL AND THEN SCARBOROUGH. HE WORKED AT THEIR FISH CURER SHOP, AT 92 ENGLISH STREET, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED ON 19/07/1916, AGED 28. HIS DEATH WAS FINALLY REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ROBERT JOHN & MARTHA SIMMONS, OF 49 BALFOUR STREET & 101 , NEWCOMEN STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE BLACKSMITH AT EARLE’S SHIP BUILDERS. KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 22. HE SERVED WITH THE 529TH EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE WAS KILLED ON 18/06/1917, AGED … Read more
BORN HESSLE 1880. LIVED ABOVE 1911 CENSUS. SON OF WILLIAM & SARAH JANE LOWTHORPE. A FORMER BLACKSMITH. JOINED THE 2ND EYR VOLUNTEER BATTALION AND SAW SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA. HE ENLISTED IN THE 4TH EYR WHEN WAR BEGAN AND WENT TO FRANCE WITH COLONEL SHAW. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN A GERMAN HOSPITAL. HIS DEATH … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JOHN T. & SARAH JOHNSON, OF TERRY STREET, OF 1, VANE STREET, SPRINGBANK, HULL. A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY CLERK. HIS WIFE, HANNAH, LIVED AT 26, HARDY STREET, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL (PROBATE AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, REGINALD AND EDNA. HE ENLISTED IN HULL . FORMERLY, TROOPER, 50877, … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF LEONARD & SUSAN ARABELLA HUNTER (1868-1941), OF 9, ROSEDALE AVENUE, UPTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EX RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/08/1918, AGED 20. … Read more
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF CHARLES FOULKES & CLARA DORSEY, OF 8 COTTINGHAM PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED NINE YEARS AS A BOLIER FITTER AT HULL’S NATIONAL RADIATOR WORKS. HE SERVED WITH THE9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 37. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, IN THE HULL … Read more
BORN HULL 1875. MOTHER SARAH J ABOVE 1891. BROS ARTHUR & HARRY. NB: CPL. PERCY WILLIAM, RE’S – 23 HUTT ST; JAMES – HMS ‘ZARIA’ – 44 SOMERSET ST;
