Robinson, Walter (Wally)

BORN HULL 1892. YOUNGEST SON OF MARIA & THE LATE SAMUEL ROBINSON (1852-1896), OF 25 PRYME STREET, HULL. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS TEACHER AT CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL, HULL. AN ORIGINAL HULL PAL. WALTER SERVED IN “C” COMPANY, 10TH EAST YORKSHIRES, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/10/1916, AGED … Read more

Marlow, Frederick Richardson

CPL, FREDERICK RICHARDSON MARLOW 12/391. Born in April 1882, Frederick was the eldest surviving child of Frederick Marlow and Annie Winduss (1860-1932). His elder sister Florence had died before reaching her first birthday. A Wood Sawyer by trade he married Beatrice Green (1883-1960), at St. Barnabas in Hull. on 31st January 1909 and the couple … Read more

Hirst, Charles Henry

BORN HULL 1893. ARMY ADDRESS ABOVE. NB: JOSEPH & WILLIAM HIRST – 8 HYMERS AVE. CYRIL & EDWARD – 57 PARK ST. EDWIN, RGA – 13 WEST PARADE.

Hayhurst, Arthur Louis

BORN COTTINGHAM, 1889. SON OF GEORGE OATES (1865-1892) & FRANCES MOORE HAYHURST (1867-1926), OF 42, SHARP STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HIS FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS THREE YEARS OLD AND HIS MOTHER RE-MARRIED. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, FOUR HALF BROTHERS LIVING AT 42, SHARP STREET, HULL AND TWO HALF SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS AN ASSISTANT, … Read more

Handley, Wilfred

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF SAMUEL DOUGHTY HANDLEY (1867-1919) & EMMA HANDLEY, OF 331 HESSLE ROAD (1901 CENSUS) AND 334 BROWNHILL ROAD, CATFORD, LONDON. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 1942, 16TH LONDON REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE FIST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE … Read more

Barker, Christopher (Chris)

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF MARY ANN BARKER, OF  64, SEATON STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL. (WAR PENSION AND HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS 20/10/1919). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS, (THREE SERVED IN FRANCE) & TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AT THE HULL OIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, STONEFERRY, HULL. HE RESIDED AT 14, POPULAR GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. ENLISTED IN THE … Read more