Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name Arthur Beswick Birth Place Croxton, Lincolnshire, 1896. Son of Annie E. Beswick of The Square, Goxhill, Lincolnshire (war pension address) Residence The Square, Goxhill, Lincolnshire Death Date 23 Mar 1918 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hull, Yorkshire Rank Private Regiment Lincolnshire Regiment Battalion 4th Battalion Regimental Number 201936 Type of Casualty … Read more
Name John Arthur Dixon Service Branch Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Unit Howe Bn. Rank Able Seaman Death Date 19 Feb 1917 Cause of Death Died of wounds in 1/1st South Midland Casualty Clearing Station (GSW Abdomen 17/2/17) Burial Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (FR 177) Service History Enlisted 26/7/15 ; Draft for MEF 5/12/15, joined Drake … Read more
Born Hull, 1888. Son of Benjamin Edward Lend (1854-1912) and Elizabeth Ann Todd (1860-1936), at 24, Edwards Avenue, Buckingham Street, Hull (War Pension Address). he had six sisters and one brother, Percy Leng. Employed as a Plater’s Helper, for the Earls Shipyard Described as 5 foot, 8 inches tall, 140 lbs weight, 38-40 inch chest, … Read more
Born Hull, Son of Joe Smith Anderton (1862–1923) and Sarah Ellen Hardisty (1859–1926), , of 10, Endsleigh Villas, Wellsted Street, Hull. (war Pension address). He had six brothers and two sisters. Enlisted Hull, Served as Corporal, 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment. Posted to France, on 27/10/1915. Died of Wounds, on 16/09/1916. His brother, Corporal, Harry Smith Anderton, … Read more
Born Hull, 1894. Son of William Jackson Duffield (1864-1923) and stepson of Edith Mary Duffield, of 42, Granville Street, Anlaby Road, Hull (CWGC & War Pension address). He was a Farm Hand at Sproatley Grange Cottage (1911 Census). Enlisted at Hull. Served as Gunner, “C” Bty. 34th Bde., Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds, on 07/03/1917, … Read more
Second Lieutenant, Arthur Head, MM, served with the Royal Field Artillery, 44th Brigade. He died of wounds, on 06/09/1918, aged 28. His parents, William Head and mother, Rose Amelia Hembley, lived at 75 Spring Street, Hull, 57 Trinity Street and 26 Wright Street, Hull . He enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery, in 1907, as … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM & MINNIE PORTER, OF 35 CLARENDON STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE, MARGARET H PORTER, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. A FORMER NER EMPLOYEE. VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 19 MONTHS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS WHILE RESCUING WOUNDED, ON THE … Read more
BORN ANLABY, HULL 08/07/1895. LIVED AT LOW FARM, WILLERBY, HULL – (CWGC ADDRESS). THIRD SON OF JOSEPH HEWITT & ELIZABETH EMMA MOWFORTH , BURSTWICK, HULL. FORMER FARM WORKER FOR HIS FATHER’S FARM. HE HAD ONLY JOINED UP NINE MONTHS AGO AND ONLY RECENTLY JOINED THE FRONT LINE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/09/1916, AGED … Read more
BORN HULL 1880. ONLY SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WILSON AND MARY ANN WILSON, 24 SYMONS STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL. HE LEFT FOUR SISTERS, MARY, MARGARET, AGNES AND ROSE. HE MARRIED, AMELIA HESLEWOOD, ON 03/09/1914, AT ST CHARLES’ BORROMEO CATHOLIC CHURCH, HULL. HIS WIFE ‘MILLIE’ WILSON LIVED AT 19, CHARLES TERRACE, DERBY STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS … Read more
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF DR. GEORGE HENRY & KATE WATSON, OF 192, HALLGATE, COTTINGHAM, HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WAS PRACTICING MEDICINE. HE SERVED AS A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. HE HAD BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR NINETEEN MONTHS. WOUNDED ON HE SOMME ON 16/09/1916 … Read more
