Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN BURTON PIDSEA 1899. SON OF HENRY CARRICK BRIGLIN (1859-1931) & HANNAH HARNESS (1864-1940), FROM ROSE COTTAGE, WINESTEAD (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD 5 BROTHERS AND 8 SISTERS. A RULLYMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, 146 LBS WEIGHT, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY, ON 17/10/1917, AGED 17. POSTED … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. BAPTISED COTTINGHAM, ON 27/12/1893. SON OF LORENZO WILLIAMSON AND EDITH HORSAMAN, OF ACOMB, YORK (CWGC ADDRESS). WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS FOR EIGHT AND HALF YEARS. (NER MAGAZINE, JULY 1918, PAGE 131) HE ENLISTED AT YORK. SERVED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. TWICE WOUNDED. HE DIED OF GAS WOUNDS, ON 08/05/1918, AGED … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF ALFRED & HARRIET EMILY ROBINS ABOVE ADDRESS & 28 LINNAEUS STREET IN 1911. EX 12/198 EYR. APPRENTICE.
BORN HULL, ON 18/12/1897, AT 250 NEWLAND AVENUE. ELDEST SON OF MR WATSON HENRY LONGBONE (1875-1965) & MARY ELLEN STOBBART (1878-1956), OF 125 FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM. (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS, WHO ALL LIVED AT 125 FINKLE STREET. HE WAS A FARM SERVANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 3 INCHES TALL, 34-37 … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF MARGARET FLETCHER, OF HULL. LIVED IN CLERKENWELL, MIDDLESEX. ENLISTED LONDON. SERVED WITH THE 11TH QUEENS, ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16/08/1918, AGED 19. BURIED AT ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. Name Alfred Sanders Fletcher Birth Place Hull, Yorkshire, 1899 Residence Clerkenwell, Middx. Death Date 16 Aug 1918 … Read more
BORN LOUTH 11/11/1886. SON OF ANNIE & THE LATE JAMES FELL, OF 17, BRIGHT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A REGULAR SOLDIER. ENLISTED AT DORCHESTER. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 5310, OF THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. HE HAS SERVED SOME TIME IN PRISON AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT (1911 CENSUS) HE SERVED IN THE 1ST BATTALION, KING’S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF FREDERICK CANTY (1867-1919) & LOUISA WOOD (1870-1943), OF 5 THE BEECHES, GODDARD AVENUE, HULL. A LAW CLERK. BROTHER TO JAMES, LEONARD AND EDITH AND DOROTHY. HE MARRIED DULCIE VERA WALKER (1895-1990), IN 1917 AND LIVED IN WILLERBY, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 2330, & 14328, ARMY CYCLIST CORPS, … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF GEORGE ALFRED BARKER (1861-1941) & RACHEL ROBSON (1864-1942), OF ANLABY COMMON, HULL (CWGC RECORDS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE MARRIED AT NEWCASTLE, IN MARCH 1917. HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH BARKER, LIVED AT 16 CHARLES STREET, HEATON, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. HE ENLISTED IN NEWCASTLE. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE … Read more
