Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Turkey – Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914

Simpson, Frank James

BORN HULL 1883. PARENTS HELEN & LATE HARRY SIMPSON, LIVED IN AUCKLAND, NZ. ADDRESS NOT FOUND ON CENSUS RECORDS.

BORN NAFFERTON, 1892. SON OF FRANK AND HARRIET FLETCHER, 102 WEST PARADE HULL AND WATERWORKS STREET, HULL. A FORMER BUTCHER (1911 CENSUS) EX SHEEP FARMER IN RUAWARO, NEW ZEALAND SINCE 1912. HE ENLISTED IN NEW ZEALAND. SERVED WITH THE AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 08/08/1915, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHUNUK BAIR (NEW … Read more

Cooke, Arthur

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF EVELYN AND ELIZABETH COOKE AT THIS ADDRESS. A SINGLE MAN. EDUCATED AT HYMERS. WORKED AS SHEEP FARMER IN AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND FROM 1906. HE ENLISTED IN AUCKLAND. SERVED WITH THE 5TH NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT GALLIPOLI, ON 08/08/1915, AGED 34. HE IS BURIED AT CHUNUK BAIR … Read more