Location: Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-Le-Sec, Somme, France

BORN STOCKTON ON TEES, 1883. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JAMES & DOROTHY. WIFE SARAH DOBSON LIVED IN NORTHALERTON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/08/1916, AGED 33. HE IS BURIED AT THE SOMME, AT DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "IN LIFE BELOVED I […]

BORN HULL 1895. ELDESTSON OF MR SIMPSON & LILY HENRY OF 13 ALPHA AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL HE HAD BEEN REJECTED TWICE AND ENLISTED IN LINCOLN. JOINED THE LINCOLN REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 53RD MACHINE GUN COPRS. KILLED ON 19/07/1916, AGED 21. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR SIX MONTHS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL […]

BORN HULL 1883.  SON OF ROBERT & FANNY ELIZABETH NEALE, OF 28, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 33. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 19/09/1916. BURIED AT DIVE COPSE BRITISH C […]

BORN HULL 1885. A HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER. SON OF GEORGE THOMAS WEST (1844-1931) & ANN ELIZABETH GIBSON (1852-1929), OF 19 MIDDLETON STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS AN INSURANCE AGENT AND COLLECTOR. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HIS BROTHER, CLEMENT WAS A CLEGYMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 12935, KING'S […]