Location: Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension, Nord, France

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF CHRISTOPHER BARRETT (1849-1910) & EMILY OMER (1854-1908), OF HULL. AN IRON MOULDER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN FRANCE, ON 20/09/1914. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 25/10/1914, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS OLDEST BROTHER, […]

BORN 1888. AKA HENRY. SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH DODSLEY, OF THE ABOVE ADDRESS. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A REGULAR SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE 18TH FIELD AMBULANCE, ON 15/05/1915, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WILMINGTON MEMORIAL, SUTTON, WIT […]

BORN HULL 22/08/1893. SON OF JONAS BAILEY EARBY (1862-1917) AND ELIZA JANE SWANN (1861-1896). A SERVANT IN EAST HALTON, GRIMSBY IN 1911 CENSUS. HE WAS LIVING IN MANCHESTER WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED. ENLISTED IN MANCHESTER. JOINED THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM 24/08/1915. DIED ON 09/12/1915, AGED 22. BURIED AT ERQUINGHEM- […]

BORN HULL 1889. LIVED BLACKPOOL. ENLISTED LANCASTER. SERVED WITH THE 2ND/10TH LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/05/1917, AGED 28. BURIED IN FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, MRS JUNE HELENA MASKILL, AGED 59, AT 39 KESWICK ROAD, BLACKPOOL.

BORN WELWICK 1894. SON OF HENRY LEVITT (1843-1929) & BETSY GEDNEY (1849-1932), OF BURSTWICK AT 59 LEE STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND NINE SISTERS, SOME OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. A FORMER SOLDIER. HE WORKED AS A MILL HAND, LIVING AT 3 NORMAMBY, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 59 LEE STREET, HULL HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY. P […]

Born Grimsby, 1899. Resided in Hull. Fourth son of John and Isabella Murray, of 1, Sackville Terrace, Ferries Street, Hull (War Pension address). He had five brothers and one sister. Enlisted Grimsby. Served with the 4th Lincolnshire Regiment. Died on wounds, on 20/04/1918, aged 18. Buried in Erquinghem, France. His army effects were l […]

BORN HULL 1898. ALIAS CHARLES HERBERT BROWN. SON OF FLORENCE BANKS. HE RESIDED IN GRIMSBY. A FORMER LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AS PATRICK O'BRIEN, AT BEVERLEY, ON 10/10/1913. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE EMBARKED WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/10/1914. BURIED AT ERQUINGHEM-LYS […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM & CAROLINE RYAN, OF 3 ARNETTS PLACE, NORTH STREET, HULL. A REGULAR SOLDIER, LIVING WITH HIS MARRIED SISTER, JULIA WILKINSON, WHEN ON LEAVE AT 15 WILFREDS TERRACE, NORNABEL STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED MARGARET ANN STONE, IN MANCHESTER, ON 01/12/1906. LEFT FOR FRANCE WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITH […]

Born Kingstown, Dublin, Ireland, Ireland. 17/10/1873. Son of Patrick Taaffe and Kate Gallagher, Ireland. Enlisted Dublin Resided in Walkington, Beverley (1911 Census( and 78 Keldgate, Beverley (CWGC address). Served with the 5th East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred as Company Sergeant Major, 1st East Yorkshire Regiment. Arrived in France […]

Born Stockport, Cheshire. Son of Joseph and Diana Williams, of Stockport. He enlisted in Hull. Killed in action, on 18/10/1914, aged 19.