Location: Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Pas de Calais, France

William was born in 1886, he was the son of Henry Ash and Hannah Ash and brother of Fred, Charles, George, Harriet and Alfred. Also living with the family in 1911 was a niece called Ada May. They lived in a cottage, now demolished, on East End which would have been where the shop is now. Willie was killed in action on 3rd November 1916 […]

BORN HULL 1887. HIS PARENTS DECEASED. HE WAS AN ONLY CHILD. HE MARRIED AT ST STEPHENS CHURCH, HULL, ON 12/01/1911. HIS WIFE ALICE SCHAFER (BORN 16/08/1888), LIVED AT TADMAN STREET, HULL, 6, EDITH TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, HULL & 35, PORTLAND STREET, HULL AS PER CWGC RECORDS. HIS ARMY ADDRESS, WAS 6, EDITH TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, HUL […]

BORN BURTON STATHER, LINCS, 1892. SON OF JOHN THOMAS HAGUES (1863-1926) & ISABELLA ANN HARVEY ( 1863-1932), MARFLEET HILL. A LABOURER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/02/1917, AGED 25 HIS NAME IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MARFLEET ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL.  HIS NAME WAS ALSO RECORDED ON THE […]

BORN HULL 1891. SOUTHCOATES. SON OF CHARLES BYRON HARPER (1863-1906) AND ANNIE BROWN (1862-1911), OF, 1, QUEEN'S PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER SERVING AS A CORPORAL, NO:9 COMPANY, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 12TH OCTOBER 1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL FIELD ARTLLERY, TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY. KILLED […]

BORN RAWMARSH, YORK 1890.  A HULL POLICEMAN. SERVED WITH THE 1ST WAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED  ON 22/02/1917, AGED 27. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN NB: ARTHUR, ELLIS & FRED HOBSON - 34 PEARSON STREET. 6 ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. RECORDED ON HULL'S WELBECK STREET ROLL OF HONOUR.

Born Middlesbrough, 1887. He was a Fish Worker living with his wife Julia, at 14, Paull Terrace, Wassand Street, Hull (1911 Census). He enlisted at Hull. Served in the 1st East Yorkshire Regiment. Accidentally killed, while on active service, on 22/02/1917, aged 30 Husband of Julia Hunter, of 16, Bridge Street, Cleethorpes Road, Grimsb […]

BORN HULL 06/12/1893. SON OF FRED PEARSON (1863-1942) AND EMILY PEARSON (1867-1943), OF  3 BLAYDES STREET, HULL AND 7 CHESTER AVENUE, MANVERS STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT ST JOHNS SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS A HORSE DRIVER FOR THE HULL CORPORATION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 12/08/1914. SERVED WITH THE 3RD BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED BY A SNI […]

BORN KEYINGHAM, YORKSHIRE 27/05/1885. SON OF HERBERT SEYMOUR (1858-1938) AND REBECCA USHER (1854-1918), OF KEYINGHAM. HIS FATHER WAS A FARM LABOURER. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. HE MARRIED AT HOWDEN, 1910. HUSBAND OF BLANCHE HILDA BECKETT (1887-1973), OF 66. BEECH AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL. A RECKITTS, BLUE WORKS LABOUR […]

BORN FANGFOSS, YORKS 1896. SON OF MARY A SHIELDS, OF4, PERCY AVENUE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 27855, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 07/11/1916. BURIED AT CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY, WHO RECEIVED A 12 SHILLING WEEKLY WAR […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY JANE SMART. EX 10845, DORSET REGUMENT. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.

Born Fulstow, Lincolnshire, 1891. Son of Espin West (1845-1908) and Mary Dobson, of Fulstow, Lincolnshire. He had a brother Henry Francis West and sisters, Margaret Lucy Broughton and Elsie Ellen Tanner. He lived in Burstwick, working as a horseman on a farm and labourer. Described as 5 foot, 4 inches tall, chest size 37-38 inches, 13 […]