Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name Albert Edward Potter Birth Place Driffield, Yorkshire, 1894. Son of Mrs. Esther Potter, of White House, Coppergate, Nafferton, Yorks. Residence Allison Lane End, Ulrome, Lowthorpe, Driffield, Yorkshire. A farmer’s son working on farm. Death Date 14 Nov 1918 Death Place CAUDRY BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment … Read more
Name John Thomas Moody Birth Place Nafferton, Yorkshire Residence High Street, Nafferton, Yorkshire, 1900. Son of John & Jame Moody Death Date 18 Nov 1918 Death Place Caudry British Cemetery, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Enlistment Place Hull Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 1st Battalion Regimental Number 55034 Type of Casualty Died of wounds Theatre … Read more
Born Greengates, Bradford, Yorkshire, 8 November 1887 . Son of the Rev. William Hughes (1858-1929) and Mary Rooks Hughes (1860-1939), of Hawnby Rectory, York. Son of a Clergyman. He had four brothers and four sisters. Worked as a Clerk for the Midland Bank, boarding with Mrs Frankish, at 57, Westwood Road, Beverley. The bank (now HSBC) … Read more
Born Bishop Burton, 1893. Second of four sons. Son of William and Martha Hudson, of Bishop Burton, Beverley, Yorkshire. Educated at Bishop Burton Church school. Served as a Driver, in the Royal Field Artillery, “D” Bty. 95th Bde. Taken ill on the 15/11/1918. He died of pneumonia, on 20/11/1918, at the 19th Casualty Clearing station. … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. HULL PAL. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & LYDIA KEABLE. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS WHO ALL LIVED AT 112 YORK STREET, HULL. HE WAS JUST 5 FOOT TALL AND A LABOURER BEFORE THE WAR. ENLISTED IN HULL ON 28/12/1914, JOINING THE 11TH EYR (HULL PALS). SERVED IN EGYPT … Read more
Born Hull 1898. Son of John Thompson Barker and Ann Barker, of 59, Caledonia St., Scarborough. He enlisted in Scarborough. Formerly, 6549, the Yorkshire regiment. He served as Lance Corporal, with the 1/4th York and Lancaster regiment. Died in action, on 14/09/1916, aged 18. His army effects were left to his mother. Unmarried. He left … Read more
