Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name George Robinson Birth Place Goole, 1895, Son of Arthur & Lottie Robinson Residence 31, Henry Street, Goole. Employed as an Architects’ Clerk Death Date 1 Jul 1917 Death Place Duisans British Cemetery, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Enlistment Place Hull – 8 Sept 1914, Served in Egypt and France. Rank Private Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion … Read more
FYTCHE Walter Lawrence, Private. 30868. East Yorkshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, Died of wounds 25th September 1917, aged 25 years. Son of Joseph West and Annie Maria Fytche of 80 Cemetery Road, Crewe, Cheshire. Born Crewe, Cheshire, enlisted Hull, Yorks and resident Crewe, Cheshire. Interred DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN. V.B.26. Commemorated Grimsby St James / Grimsby St. … Read more
Name John William Feather Birth Place Hull Death Date 18 Jan 1918 Death Place DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, FRANCE Enlistment Place Bradford, Yorkshire Rank Private Regiment Coldstream Guards, 3rd Regimental Number 18710 Type of Casualty Died of wounds at the No:19 CCS France Theatre of War Western European Theatre
Name Henry Spilman Birth Place Whitton, Brigg, Lincolnshire, 1895, Son of Thomas and Helena Blanche Spilman Residence Whitton, Via Doncaster. Farmer’s Son Working On Farm Death Date 2 May 1917 Death Place Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France Enlistment Place Hull Rank Acting Corporal Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Battalion 8th Battalion Regimental Number 14/86 Type … Read more
Born Shorncliffe, Chatham, Kent, 1886. Second Son of John and Sarah Ann Brooker. Secomd of four sons. He had one sister, Lydia. His father was a Retired Army Sergeant. Charles Edwin Brooker, joined the army young and was a regular soldier when war began. Married at Medway, in 1912. Husband of Harriet Victoria Riley, (born … Read more
Born Brayton, East Yorkshire, 1893. Son of William and Eliza Palframan, of the White House, Brayton, near Selby, Yorkshire (war Pension address). Son of a farm labourer. Fourth of five children. He had two elder sisters and brother, Thomas. Also one younger sibling. He was a French Polisher, boarding at 1, Savannah Avenue, Minton Street, … Read more
Born Hull, 1897. Only son of Caroline Maud Jackson, of 7, Linden Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, and the late John Henry Jackson (1857-1911). he had one sister, Adele. A native of Hornsea, Yorkshire. He lived at 19 Grosvenor Terrace, New Road, Hornsea (1911 Census), where he went to school. He was educated at Red House Scholl, … Read more
Lance Corporal Walter Stuart Dunn (1894-1917) of Beverley Walter Stuart Dunn was born September 1894, the son of George Dunn, a stationary engine driver, and his wife Cordelia (nee Taylor) of 50, Eastgate, Beverley, Yorks. He enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment 8 September 1914 and trained at Pocklington, Ripon and Salisbury. He embarked to … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT (1861-1948)& SARAH PRINCE (1866-1950), OF 143 KING STREET, COTIINGHAM. SON OF A WHEELWRIGHT, HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WAS UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 167 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST, WORKED AS A VAN MAN HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/11/1914. SERVED … Read more
Private, FREDERICK CUDBERTSON 11/545. Born in October 1892, Frederick was the only child of Frederick Gale Cudbertson, D.S.C, (1873-1938) and the late Annie Ricketts (1870-1894), of 7, Fern Grove, Folkestone Street, Hull (CWGC address). An Oil Miller by trade, he was employed by Bon Accord Oil Mills, Wincolmlee. He enlisted at City Hall on Tuesday … Read more
