Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN BURSTWICK 1895. ENLISTED IN THE RGA AT HULL IN 1914. WENT TO FRANCE IN MAY 1916. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE SONS SERVING OF JOHN WALKER, BURKS ROW, BURSTWICK. HIS BROTHER HARRY 25 YEARS OLD SERVED IN THE SAME RGA REGIMENT. ALBERT WAS KILLED BY SHELL FIRE ON THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 1916, AGED … Read more
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF SUZANNA MEGGITT (1854-1926) & JOHN THOMAS SAVILL (1852-1918), OF 23, MELBOURNE STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS BORN ON MANCHESTER HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN HULL. SON OF A NEWSPAPER PRINT OPERATOR. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND EIGHT SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A FIREMAN (SEWAGE PUMPING STATION). … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH JANE METCALF – 78 BRIGHTON STREET. ABOVE ADDRESS ARMY RECORDS.
BORN HEADINGLY, LEEDS, 20/12/1893. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ELLEN DIMMOCK, OF “COPGROVE”, BURTON LEONARD, HARROGATE,YORKSHIRE. BROTHER TO JACK DIMMOCK. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/05/1915, AGED 21. JOINED THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 152 LBS WEIGHT, 35.5 … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF CHARLES & SARAH ELLEN BOOTHBY, AT 4 EMMELINES TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 1, VIRGO TERRACE, WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A SINGLE MAN, EMPLOYED AS A HULL DOCK LABOURER. HE LIVED AT 8 VICTORIA TERRACE, STUDLEY STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL IN 1914. SERVED … Read more
