Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF EMMA ROWDEN (1868-1945) & THE LATE PATRICK McCORMICK (1865-1911), OF 9, DERBY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A ROMAN CATHOLIC, FROM AN IRISH FAMILY. HIS MANY SIBLINGS DIED IN INFANCY. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1911. HE HAD ONE SURVIVING BROTHER, GABRIEL McCORMICK (1906-1956). BEFORE THE WAR, HE WAS A … Read more
His true surname was “Lawton”. His war pension went to Lily Lawton, of 24, Goldsmith Road, West Derby, Liverpool Name Herbert Ford (His true surname was “Lawton”) Birth Place Manchester, England Residence Blackley, Lancashire. His war pension went to Lily Lawton, of 24, Goldsmith Road, West Derby, Liverpool Death Date 18 Jul 1916 Death Place … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOSEPH HARRISON & SELINA WHEELDON AT 41 FRANKLIN STREET, HULL. A FORMER GROCER’S ASSISTANT. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE MANANGED THE HESSLE ROAD, CO-OPERATIVE BRANCH. HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1912. HUSBAND OF HARRIET PRATT (1888-1941), AT 29, RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, … Read more
BORN SUNK ISLAND 1885. SON OF CHARLES & AGNES M STABLER, OF SUNK ISLAND, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, 4442, 146Th HULL HEAVY BRIGADE, R.G.A. TRANSFERRED AS A GUNNER, WITH 146TH ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1917, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WALTER & CLARA OWEN, OF 7 , KINGS BENCH STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS, 01/05/1917). HE WORKED FOR MESSRS, BORTHWICKS, OF HULL AND LIVED AT 36 REGENT STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED AS PRIVATE, 4407, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGEIMENT, WHEN WAR BEGAN. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH SCOTTISH BORDERERS. … Read more
BORN GRANTHAM, LINCS, 1897. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY CALTON LEE, DUDLEY HOUSE, DUDLEY ROAD, GRANTHAM & 76 , LOWGATE, HULL. THE SEVENTH OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENAT, IN THE 8TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 31/07/1917, AGED 19. HE LEFT £543 TO HIS FATHER WILLIAM AND ELDEST BROTHER, ROTHWELL LEE (BOTH MERCHANTS) … Read more
