Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name John Augustus Meeres Birth Place Grantham, Lincs, 1887. Son of Augustus and Elizabeth Meeres, of 149, Newmarket St., Great Grimsby, Lincs. Residence Grimsby Death Date 29 Oct 1917 Death Place Canada Farm, Elverdinge, West Flanders, Belgium Enlistment Place Hull -1909 as Private, 8693, Lincolnshire Regiment Rank Private Regiment Coldstream Guards, 4th Regimental Number … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF CHARLES HENRY WHEELDON (1864-1919) & ELIZABETH FRANKISH (1862-1919), OF 14 MILNER ROAD, ATTERCLIFFE, SHEFFIELD. EMPLOYED IN A STEEL FOUNDRY. HE ENLISTED ROTHERHAM. AND WAS A RGULAR SOLDIER WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE WAS SENT TO FRANCE, ON 14/08/1914, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD … Read more
BORN WINESTEAD 23/07/1862. SON OF WILLIAM ROBINSON AND ANN HARMAN (1842-1870). WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER AND LIVED MARFLEET, AND STONEFERRY. HE SERVED AS AN ACTING LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 9TH LABOUR BATTALION, ROYAL ENGINEERS AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/07/1917, AGED 55. HE IS BURIED AT CANADA FARM CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS … Read more
BORN NEWARK, NOTTS, 1884. SON OF JOHN AND REBECCA PEGG, WHO RAN THE BOAT HOUSE INN, NEWARK. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN HULL. EMPLOYED AS A RULLEYMAN. HE MARRIED HILDA KNAGGS IN 1906. HIS WIFE HILDA 6 DAVIDS TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET (1911 CENSUS) & AT THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF CHARLES HALL (1869-1940) & LAURA JANE CREASEY (1868-1955), OF 79 MERSEY STREET, HULL AND LATER 60 QUEEN STREET, WITHERNSEA. HE HAD ONE ELDER BROTHER, GEORGE EDWARD HALL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 81977 TRAINING BATTALION. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF GEORGE & AGNES ANNE ELY, OF 6, PEMBERTON STREET, DANSOM LANE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SISTERS RUTH, ALMA, & STELLA. EX RECKITTS WORKER AND MOTOR MECHANIC AT THEIR BLUE AND LEAD STARCH DEPOT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/05/1915. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, … Read more
