Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Son of Mrs. Alice Mutter, of 15, Fulham St., Beeston Hill, Leeds. Native of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Worked for Amos and Smith in Hull and lived in Argyle Street, Hull. He enlisted in the Hull Commercials and served with the Hull Pals. He died of wounds, on 13/11/1916, aged 22. His death was reported in the Hull … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HARRY & SARAH ANN SAUNDERS (1855-1915). SON OF A BREWER’S LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED FOR THE HULL BREWERY. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH “A” COMPANY, THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS). HIS COMMANDING OFFICER, LIEUT. RICE, DESCRIBED THOMAS … Read more
BORN BOSTON, LINCS 1892. SON OF JAMES & EMILY JOHNSON, OF GRIMSBY. A WELL-KNOWN HULL ATHLETE. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. RESIDED IN GRIMSBY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, WITH THE 12TH HULL PALS, IN EGYPT & FRANCE. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 15/11/1916, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MRS EMMA … Read more
BORN HULL 1890. FRANCIS EDGAR BERTIE HERMANN. SON OF NIELS CHRISTIAN HERMMAN (1859-1926) AND ALICE HERMANN (1856-1943), AT 165, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL. SON OF A COMPANY SECRETARY, FROM DENMARK. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EDUCATED AT HULL HYMERS COLLEGE. HE WORKED AT A MAIZE MILL, AS A MILLER’S CLERK. HE WAS 5 FOOT, … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ARTHUR BEAL TASKER 11/1319. Born in 1891, Arthur was the sixth of nine children to Thomas and Emma Tasker of 12 Rowland Terrace, St. Paul Street, Hull. A Labourer before the war, he married Minnie Broadbent in January 1913 when war was the least of their worries. When hostilities came … Read more
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF MARTHA PARKINSON & THE LATE JAMES ALFRED SMITH (1860-1912), AT 70, BRIGHTON STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, 5, MARGARET TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL AND 5, BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE JOINED THE HULL PALS WITH HIS BROTHER GEORGE AND BOTH DIED IN THE SAME ATTACK AT SERRE, … Read more
BORN HULL 1900. ONLY SON OF MR ALBERT WILLIAM PREGDEN AND ALICE MAUDE MAY PREGDEN, OF 54 GORDON ROAD, FLEETWOOD, LANCS. HIS HULL ARMY ADDRESS WAS 1, JAMES TERRACE, ETON STREET, HULL, WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS AUNT. HIS SISTER, DOROTHY, LIVED IN THE SAME STREET AT 58, ETON STREET, HULL. HIS UNCLES LIVED NEARBY … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FREDERICK BELL AT 61, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN BROUGH, WHERE HE WORKED ON HIS FATHER’S FARM AND TOOK AN INTEREST IN FOOTBALL AND CRICKET. HE THEN ASSISTED HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A BAKER IN HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. HE … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SECOND SON OF THE LATE RICHARD & MARY KEAL. HUSBAND OF BESSIE KEAL OF 128 SUMMERGANGS ROAD, HULL. HE WAS EDUCATED AT CRAVEN STREET, SCHOOL AND AT ST JOHN’S COLLEGE, YORK. HE WAS A HULL TEACHER AT THE CROWLE STREET, SECONDARY SCHOOL.. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED … Read more
BORN BRADFORD 1894. SON OF HARRY HARRISON (1868-1938) & EMMA WHITEHEAD (1869-1946), OF, 4, ORCHARD VIEW, NEWLAND AVENUE, 86, ETON STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL & 86, GOULTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A BOTTLE WASHER & MINER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, IN 1914. DIED OF SHRAPNEL WOUNDS, ON 02//07/1916, AGED 21. HIS NAME … Read more
