Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Beverley, 1889. Son of Kate Broadhurst (1857-1935) and the late John Augustus Odlum (1858-1898), of 72, Burnbury Road., Balham, England. His father was from Dublin. His mother from Bath in Somerset. He had two brothers, Cecil and Beverley. The family moved to London when he was young. He was educated at Royal Masonic School … Read more
BORN HULL 14/09/1885. ONLY SON OF FREDERIC WILLIAM STARR (1847-1928) & ANNIE MARIA MILLS (1856-1917), OF HULL & ELLOUGHTON. EDUCATED WARWICK SCHOOL, ENGLAND. SERVED IN THE 19TH LINCOLN REGIMENT AND ROYAL WARWICK VOLUNTEERS. EMIGRATED TO CANADA. EMPLOYED AS AN ELECTRICAL OPERATOR. HE MARRIED. MABEL VENITA GANDER, ON 11/12/1907, AT 3, WHITE AVENUE, NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN MUNRO CLARK (1859-1932) & MARTHA MINNIE SOWERBY (1869-1949). SON OF AN ‘OIL FILLER’. SON OF AN OIL REFINER. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. THE FAMILY WERE LIVING AT 9 SYMONS STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD (1911 CENSUS). WORKED AS A CLERK. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AT GALLIPOLI. COMMISSIONED INTO THE 10TH EYR. … Read more
BORN WARNE, EAST YORKSHIRE, 1897. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM BROWN & ADELAIDE SPIVEY, FROM WAWNE. BROTHER TO DOROTHY, FRANK, WALTER AND WINIFRED. HE WORKED AS A GROCER’S ASSISTANT, IN BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN BRIDLINGTON. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/04/1917, AGED 20. BURIED AT ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM ATKINSON & HANNAH ALISON ATKINSON, AT 13 ROSE STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN. SERVED IN THE ARMY VETERINARY COPS. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED IN FRANCE, ON 25/05/1918, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED AT ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO … Read more
BORN HULL 27TH FEBRUARY 1887. SON OF GEORGE & LOUISA YOUNG, OF, 4, FRANKLIN AVENUE, FRANKLIN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). A CARPENTER. HE HAD SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE VOLUNTARY BRIGADE, HULL, FOR FIVE YEARS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 37-40 INCH CHEST, DARK COMPLEXION, BLUE EYES, FAIR HAIR, CHURCH OF … Read more
BORN HULL 21/07/1894. SON OF CHARLES & AMELIA ELLINOR PENDLE (1867-1961), OF 149 MERSEY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) & SAWBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA. HIS FATHER HAD SERVED 26 YEARS IN THE ARMY. THE FAMILY EMIGRATED TO ONTARIO, CANADA IN 1903 TO FARM. HE WORKED LIKE HIS FATHER AS A FARMER. HE ENLISTED AT CALGARY, ON 26/01/1916, … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF ROSE HANNAH MAUD SWINN & THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM GOODWILL, ABOVE ADDRESS AND GRIMSBY. HIS AUNT LIVED AT 55 WITTY STREET. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. KILLED IN ACTION 22/03/1916, AGED 16.
BORN WAKEFIELD, 25/12/1896. KNOWN AS STANLEY SMITH GILL. ONLY SON OF HERBERT & CAROLINE GILL, OF MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL. HIS AUNT MRS BLACK LIVED AT, WESTMINSTER AVENUE, EAST HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A POLICE SERGEANT IN THE WEST RIDING. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN HULL. EMPLOYED AS A FARMER, HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA. DESCRIBED AS … Read more
