Location: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France

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 broth […]

SON OF MARY BRYAN. RESIDED LOWTHORPE, YORKSHIRE. ENLISTED DRIFFIELD. EX EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 28/10/1916. BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS NAME IS LISTED AT BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL.

BORN HULL 1884. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3919, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 03/11/1916, AGED 30. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 03/05/1917.

BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF FRANK AND ELIZA BETSY DAWSON (1868-1946), OF 5 LADYGATE, BEVERLEY, (CWGC ADDRESS) ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. WORKED AS A PLATER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1348, 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 20/09/1916, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED AT DERNACOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO […]

BORN 1888. SON OF WILLIAM AND SARAH JANE DENNISON. AN ELECTRICIAN. HE HAD SERVED IN THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIAL CYCLIST FOR 4 YEARS. HE MARRIED MABEL MAY VENUS, ON THE 23/05/1912. HUSBAND OF MABEL MAY DENNISON LIVING AT 325, BOULEVARD, HULL & 4 BEECROFT STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. THEIR DAUGHTER, MARJORIE MAY WAS BORN ON 03/06/ […]

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 07/0 […]

BORN NEW HOLLAND, LINCS, 13/05/1890. ELDEST SON OF MARY ELIZABETH & THE LATE GEORGE FULLER ABOVE. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE NAVAL SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED IN ARMY RECORDS AS 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, WEIGHT: 9 STONE, 9LBS, BLUE EYES, FAIR HAIR, TATTOOS ON BOTH FOREARMS. CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. ENLIS […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF RICHARD BARNARD HALL & EMMA FOWLER WRIGHT, OF 38 CAROLINE PLACE, HULL (1911 CENSUS); 13 NORWOOD STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND BARTON. SON OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. HE WORKED AS A WHOLESALE DRYSALTER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 33-35 INCH CHEST, HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 F […]

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 a Trumpeter […]

BORN BARTON 1880. SECOND SON OF THE LATE JOHN JACKLIN (1851-1880) AND EMILY MARY WHORTER (1857-1919). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER AND ELECTRICIAN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 18009, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 19/03/1915. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 34382, YO […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THOMAS & BELLA KENNEDY, OF 8, PLEASANT TERRACE, REDBOURNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP AS A PATTERN MAKER AT THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKS, SPRINGHEAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 38646, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH THE ROYAL FUSILIERS. R […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF BENJAMIN EDWARD LENG & ELIZABETH ANN (TODD) OF 24 , EDWARDS AVENUE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN INCLUDING SEVEN SISTERS. HIS OTHER BROTHER PERCY SURVIVED THE WAR. ERNEST LENG WAS A PLATER'S HELPER BEFORE THE WAR. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS, 38 INCH CHEST, 'GOOD' PHYSIQUE, BLUE […]

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF JOSEPH LONGLEY & MARY ANN (MCDONALD). EX RECKITTS & JOINED FACTORY ON 18/0319/07. MARRIED JANUARY 1898. HIS WIFE EDITH WOOD & 4 CHILDREN LIVED AT 11 GLADSTONE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET AND THIS ADDRESS. ENLISTED JAN 1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 01/10/1916, AGED 39. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HS WIDOW EDITH. HE IS BURIED […]

BORN HULL 1878. HOLY TRINITY. SON OF JOHN AND CATHERINE MAHONEY. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1900 AND HIS MOTHER IN 1915. HE MARRIED IN 1898. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH GREEN, LIVED AT 5, ADELAIDE PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 3 FLORENCE GROVE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL AND 15, FEWSONS TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL ( […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JAMES & HANNAH MASON. SECOND OF SEVEN CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS 13/11/1916, AGED 19. LISTED ON ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL.HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER HANNAH.

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 21. HIS DEATH […]

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 11/11/1916, AGED 27. HIS […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF HENRY WILLIAM & ALICE SPOONER AND ALICE BRIGHTON (1860-1935), OF 9 CALTON TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 17/11/1916, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ALICE. HE IS BURIED AT DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXT […]

BORN SOUTH FERRIBY 1888. SON OF MRS MILICENT FAREM JACQUES (1859-1929) & THE LATE JOHN MARTIN TWIDLE (1857-1922), OF SOUTH FERIBY, AND 31 GREEN LANE, BARROW ROAD, BARTON ON HUMBER, LINCS. HE MARRIED ADA CLARK (1889-1972), AT GLANFORD, BRIGG, IN 1911. HIS WIFE ADA TWIDLE LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS, WITH THEIR SON GEORGE, BORN IN 1915. HE […]