Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1887. DRYPOOL. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD & HARRIET JOHNSON, AT 21 MERSEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 45 NORFOLK STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A CHECKING CLERK ON THE SHIPS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS. SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD BY A SNIPER. HE WAS KILLED ON 01/08/1915, A […]
BORN BATTERSEA 1892. SON OF WILLIAM & MARTHA ELLEN SAVILLE, OF BELL COMMON EPPING, ESSEX. (1911 CENSUS SHOWS) A FORMER PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER WITH THE 2ND BERKSHIRE REGIMENT. LISTED ON THE NEEDLERS ROH IN HULL. ADDRESS UNTRACED. ONLY CWGC RECORD.
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF MR THOMAS AND ANN ELIZABETH SHAKESBY, OF 45 OXFORD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WAS A FORMER FARM YARD LABOURER. HIS WIFE SARA LIVED AT 104 SPYVEE STREET. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER THOMAS. GEORGE'S DEATH WAS REPORTED AND HIS PHOTO […]
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN PHILIP WITHERS & CLEMENTIA HARROW WITHERS ABOVE. DOCK TROLLEY DRIVER. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION ON 20/05/1915, AT RUE DE L'EPINETTE, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 19/06/1915. * HE IS ALSO LISTED IN THE DE RUGV […]
