Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ALBERT AND ANNIE MEADOWS, OF 25, SWANS PLACE, PETERBOROUGH. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. A FORMER SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED IN NORTHAMPTON. SERVED WITH THE 6TH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 03/12/1914. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 30/09/1918, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE … Read more
Born Hull 1898. Son of George Gledhill Gill (1860-1913) and Bertha Kelling (1862-1902), of George Street, Cottingham, Yorkshire (War Pension Address). Son of a Lithographer. One of six children. A Butcher’s Errand Boy. He enlisted in Hull. Formerly, Private, 789, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the 2nd Dublin Fusiliers. Died of wounds, on 07/10/1918, aged … Read more
BORN BARROW ON HUMBER 1896. LIVED BARROW ON HUMBER. SON OF GEORGE & EMMA SARGEANT ABOVE. SINGLE MAN. BUTCHER BY TRADE. BURIED AT DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE.
BORN HULL, 1887. SON OF CARL GUSTAV HANSEN, OF 37, BROOK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). NEPHEW OF MRS MARY JANE HODGSON, OF, 7, POSTERNGATE, MARKET PLACE, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). A SINGLE MAN. HE ENLISTED AT HORSHAM, SUSSEX. HE SERVED IN THE 16TH ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 19/09/1918, AGED 31. HE IS … Read more
