Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN BILBROUGH, YORK, OCT 1895. HE WAS CHRISTENED “EDWIN”, BUT HIS ARMY RECORDS SAY “EDWARD”AND IT SEEMS FROM CENSUS RECORDS THAT HIS FAMILY CALLED HIM GEORGE? HE WAS THE ELDEST SON OF ROSE AND JOHN THOMAS BREWSTER, A WOODMANS, ON HALL FARM, STRELLEY, NOTTS AND HIS MOTHER ROSETTA DAVEY. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WAS … Read more
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF ROBERT SERGEANT (1856-1924) & EMMA PUCKERING, WHO LIVED MELTON, SWANLAND, NORTH FERRIBY AND LATER CLIFFE COMMON, SELBY. SON OF A RAILWAY GATEMAN AND PLATELAYER. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS WIFE EDITH ALICE SERGEANT & TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT 2 ST ANDREWS AVENUE, MARK STREET, (1911 CENSUS) AND … Read more
BORN PATRINGTON 1887. SON OF SIEGFRIED & RACHEL OPET OF HARROGATE & 1 QUEENS STREET, WITHERNSEA. HIS PARENTS RAN A DRAPERY BUSINESS. HE SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 4813 AND LANCE CORPORAL, 302899, 5TH LONDON REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 28/08/1916. RECEIVED GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE LEG ON 17/09/1916. COMMISSIONED 27/11/1917. HE SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT IN … Read more
BORN HULL 02/03/1885. SON OF CHARLES MOWFORTH (1854-1929) AND JANE FIRTH (1855-1933), WHO WERE FARMERS IN WEST ELLA. THEY LOST THREE SONS IN THE WAR. HE MARRIED LILIAN FARROW, AT BRANTINGHAM, ON 28/09/1912. WORKED AS A GARDENER. HE ENLISTED AS PRIVATE, 24453, IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 50TH MACHINE GUN CORPS AND … Read more
BORN HULL 10/12/1896. SON OF TOM LARKMAN (1863-1936) & MAY ANN HIGGINS (1861-1937), OF 6 GROSVENOR AVENUE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BOILER MAKER. ONE OF 14 CHILDREN OF WHICH ONLY SIX SURVIVED INTO ADULTHOOD. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WORKED AS GROCERY RULLY BOY AT THE HULL … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF WILLIAM B & HANNAH JACKSON, OF 70, SEATON STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL. A WOOD WORKING MACHINIST, FOR MESSRS, HOLMES & MOORE, TERRY STREET, HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE, LIZZIE, AT 2 JOHNS TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 10, WILLIAM TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). tHEY … Read more
BORN PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA. SON OF HILLIER AND FLORENCE HOLT AT THIS LONDON ADDRESS. SERVED AS CAPTAIN IN THE LONDON REGIMENT. DIED IN FRANCE, ON 03/11/1918, AGED 21. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL JEWISH COMMUNITY ROLL OF HONOUR. BURIED AT CHAUNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN THY PRESENCE … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH BRYAN, AT 10, FANNY’S TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL. THEY LIVED 4 GRAHAMS COURT, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS. THEY HAD A SON, JOHN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 251ST ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED ON 08/08/1918. AGED 27 HE IS BURIED … Read more
