Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name John Digman Birth Place Drypool, Yorkshire, 1880. Son of Herbert William & Ellen Digman Death Date 3 Jun 1917 Death Place FAUBOURG D’AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, FRANCE Enlistment Place Hull, Yorks Rank Private Regiment Northumberland Fusiliers Battalion 1st Battalion Regimental Number 8234 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Western European Theatre
Born Peckham, Surrey, 1892. Son of Amy Coates, of Plaistow, East London and 3, Telford Street, Hull (War pension address). Enlisted in London. Served in the 5th Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire) Regiment. Killed in action, on 11/03/1917, aged 25. Buried at Arras, France.
Born Padbury, Buckinghamshire, 1885. He had one brother, John William dell, who lived at 40, Sherburn Street, Hull and 10 Workington Avenue, Nornabell Street, Holderness Road, Hull He lived with his sister in Law, Alice Dell, at 11, Workington Avenue, Nornabell Street, Hull (War Pension address) and 56, Crowl Street, Hull. A Lighterman for the … Read more
BORN BRADFORD 1884. SON OF BENJAMIN YEADON (1856-1908) & SELINA DEAKIN (1857-1927), OF 27 RYDALE STREET, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE AND 13, SOMERSET AVENUE, WITHERNSEA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHERS THOMAS, JOSEPH & SISTER ETHEL. WORKED AS WOOD CUTTER. REDIED IN BRADFORD FOR 20 YEARS. ENLISTED AT BRADFORD. SERVED AS PRIVATE 127, 21ST WEST YORKSHIRE … Read more
Born Yarmouth. He was employed at Percy’s Hotel, Hull and latterly at the Park Hotel, Darlington. Husband of E. M. Lee (formerly Smith), of 22, Bachelor Street, Hull and 22Bright Street, Holderness Rd., Hull (CWGC Address). An old soldier with the Northamptonshire Regiment. He had served seven years in India. Rejoined the regiment on the … Read more
BORN HULL 29/06/1886. SON OF ERNEST AND ELIZA SAUNDERS, OF THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WAS A BOOT SHOP MANAGER. HE MARRIED ADA SCOTT (1888-1962), IN HULL IN 1909. HIS WIFE ADA AND DAUGHTER, IRENE, LIVED AT 80 PORTLAND ROAD, HOLLAND PARK. LONDON. HE ENLISTED AT POPLAR, EAST LONDON. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 8464, 21ST … Read more
BORN ANLABY, HULL 1892. SON OF HARRY AND ALICE COLLINE, OF 14 DITMAS AVENUE, ANLABY COMMON AND THE POPLARS, POCKLINGTON. SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WAS A WAGONER ON RAWDALES FARM, WILLERBY AND PRIOR TO WAR A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER, AT THE BOTANIC GARDENS DEPOT, SPRING BANK, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/04/1915, … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF DANIEL (LATE SHIPWRIGHT) & MARY ROWE, OF 16 DIVISION ROAD, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS FOREMAN RIGGER, AT HELLYER’S STEAM FISHING COMPANY. CHARLES ROWE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS HE WAS A LATE SHIP RIGGER AND WELL KNOWN AT ST ANDREW’S DOCK. FORMER MEMBER OF HULL THURSDAY CYCLING ROAD CLUB. … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM HENRY RALPH (1879-1958) & CAROLINE FURGUSSON STEPHENSON (1874-1953), OF 38, RAIKES STREET, HULL & 6 WENTWORTH STREET, CHURCH STREET, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, GEORGE AND ONE SISTER, MARY ANN. A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED FLORENCE MATTHEWS (1895-1960), IN HULL, ON 01/05/1915. THEIR SON, WILLIAM, WAS BORN 19 … Read more
BORN HULL 03/10/1890. SON OF ALFRED NUTBROWN (1869-1941) & JANE ELIZABETH (JENNY) NORTON (1870-1935), OF 57, STEPNEY LANE, HULL. ELDEST OF NINE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A COAL MAN AND FISH CARTER. ALFRED MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, IN APRIL 1915. HIS WIFE, EDITH ROSA (BARRETT) LIVED AT 33, REDBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). … Read more
