Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 13/01/1896. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, HULL, ON 26/01/1896. YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN SNEE (1852-1914) & MARY ELLEN EMPTAGE (1857-1941), OF 22, CAROLINE STREET,HULL AND 70, COLONIAL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND NINE SISTERS. HE WORKED FOR BLUNDELLS, SPENCE & CO PAINT WORKS, BEVERLEY ROAD. HE RESIDED AT … Read more
BORN HULL MARCH 1899. SON OF CHARLES EDWARDS (1865-1948) AND LAVINIA FRETWELL (1865-1911), OF 96, MANCHESTER STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 2, HARROW TERRACE, HARROW STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FISH DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. (THREE SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. HIS MOTHER DIED … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF ARTHUR & SUSANNAH (ANNIE) ELIZABETH WADDINGHAM, OF 66 BATCHELER STREET, HULL AND 15 WAKEFIELD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A NER RAILWAY RULLYMAN. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED IN BELGIUM, ON 28/10/1918, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED AT HARLEBEKE NEW … Read more
BORN HULL 16/10/1894. YOUNGEST SON OF SAMUEL DRAPER & SUSAN SOPHIA SYMONDS, of 65 WELLINGTON LANE, HULL. HE MARRIED WIFE DOROTHY SYMONDS, TEN MONTHS BEFORE THE WAR AND LIVED AT 599 SPRING BANK WEST, HULL 1914. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AT STEPNEY LANE PAPER MILLS. HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE RIBS AND TAKEN PRISONER … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF LOUISA SINGLETON AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS A CLERK. MARRIED IN HULL, 1916. HIS WIFE BERTHA WINIFIELD JOHNSON. MOVED TO 44 ABBEY ST, CLIFTON, YORK. HE ENLISTED IN YORK. EX 32/797, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE DIED ON 7TH MAY 1918, AGED 37. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW BERTHA … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THE LATE GEORGE & ELLEN ELIZABETH PORTER, OF 16, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL HIS WIFE JANE ANNA PORTER, LIVED AT 16 , LAMBERT STREET, HULL. A FORMER HOUSE PAINTER. ENLISTED STEPNEY, EAST LONDON.F ORMERLY, PRIVATE, 6057, LONDON REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS, 21/10/1918, AGED 27. HE … Read more
BORN HULL 18/12/1896. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM HAIR & SARAH JANE FENWICK (1853-1916). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY. ENLISTED IN HULL. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE BROTHERS SERVING. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 06/05/1915, AGED 18. HE WAS REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING IN THE HDM ON 31/05/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. … Read more
BORN HULL 31/03/1894. SON OF THE LATE ARTHUR EDWARD CRESSEY (1864-1902) AND MARY JANE ANSON (1863-1908). HE WAS CARED FOR BY HIS HALF SISTER, MAUD WILSON (1883-1928), MARRIED TO A DOCKER, WITH TWO CHILDREN AT 2, DERWENT AVENUE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 06/10/1916). HE WAS A SCHOOL TRUANT. JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. HULL PAL. SON OF THOMAS & CLAYGNA MARGARET BOYD ABOVE 1901. LEFT BILLY, PHIL, GERRY, GEORGE, MARK & LAURA. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE PERCY BOYD 10/655. Born in July 1894, Percy was the youngest of six children to Thomas and Claygna Boyd of 284 St. George’s Road, Hull. The family business … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF PHILIP SAMUEL BARNES (1838-1918) AND ELIZA ANN BATTRAM, AT 328, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS). THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 528, HOLDERNESS ROAD & 88, HARDY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. CAPTURED AND DIED OF WOUNDS, AT A … Read more
