Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name Reginald George Batchelor Birth Place Hull. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Batchelor, of 38, Grove Road, Ramsgate, Kent. Death Date 4 Jun 1917 Death Place Essex Farm Cemetery, Belgium Enlistment Place Cardiff Rank Private Regiment Welsh Regiment, “D” Coy. 14th Bn. Battalion 14th Battalion Regimental Number 56743 Type of Casualty Killed … Read more
Son of Ambrose Alfonso Beal (1863-1927) and Roseine Williams Beal (1869-1937), of Hull & Nottingham; Married at Nottingham, 10 May 1913. Husband of Ellen Henson Beal, of 20, Hogarth Street, Sneinton, Nottingham & 9, Neville Street, Nottingham (war pension address). He had two children, Ellen and Robert Ernest Beal. He worked as a House Painter. … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. (SURNAME IS ALSO SPELT DEVEROUX). KNOW AS “ERNIE”. YOUNGEST SON OF EDWARD WALLACE DEVEREAUX (1859-1906). HIS FATHER HAD WORKED FOR LEE SMITH OIL MILLS, WINCOLMLEE AND HAD BEEN KILLED IN AN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT AGED 47. HIS MOTHER, ALICE HAILSTONE (1865-1952), MARRIED WILLIAM JOHNSON LOND IN OCTOBER 1909, AND LIVED AT 6, BELVOIR … Read more
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF SAMUEL SPENCER & THE LATE ALICE ROYAL (1862-1907), OF HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER. HE MARRIED SUSAN ANN WILLIAMSON, AT HULL, ON 12TH JUNE 1904, AGED 20. THEY LIVED AT 3, LIZZIE’S TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. (1911 CENSUS). THEN MOVED TO 78, CLIFTON … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN MERCER (1863-1928) & HANNAH TADMAN (1871-1945), OF 36, SHAW STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. FOUR SONS WERE KILLED DURING WW1. PRIOR TO ENLISTING ALFRED WAS A DOCK LABOURER. HE JOINED THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, AND HAD BEEN TRAINING FOR … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. HIS TRUE SURNAME WAS VINCENT. SON OF GEORGE VINCENT AND JULIA BALES, OF 8 CLARENCE STREET, HULL. A SEAMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/08/1900, AGED 18 AND 4 MONTHS. USED HIS MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME OF BALES AS HE DID NOT WANT HER TO KNOW THAT HE JOINED THE ARMY. HE WAS … Read more
