Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN BEVERLEY 07/03/1888. SON OF HENRY JOHN BROWN (1861-1930) & GERTRUDE EMILY MERRITT (1866-1947), AT 33, HAVELOCK STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. A BUTCHER. HE WORKED FOR MR RILEY, AT CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED MARY HARRISON IN 1915. HIS WIFE, MARY (BORN 18/10/1890), LIVED AT 24, CHURCH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 2, CRYSTAL … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1893. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 240637, 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/07/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN EDMUND WOOD. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF CATHERINE GRIMES & JOSEPH NEVET WOOD. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 5, PROVIDENCE PLACE, SPRING STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 17, HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4, ROWLAND TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A RIVETTER. HIS FATHER SERVED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS … Read more
BORN DRIFFIELD 1887. SON OF ROBERT CAULTON MAYNARD (1866-1952) & MARY ANN LEIGHTON (1869-1931), OF DRIFFIELD. SON OF A COACHMAN AND GROOM. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, MARY AND AMY. HE MARRIED WINIFRED ANN LLOYD (1893-1961), AT ROTHERHAM, IN 1915. THEY LIVED AT 8 BADSLEY STREET, ROTHERHAM AND HAD TWO SONS, GORDON AND ROBERT. HE ENLISTED AT … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ROBERT & EUPHEMIA DUNHAM, OF 14, WEST PARADE, SPRINGBANK, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WORKED FOR THE HULL TIMES & DAILY MAIL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. INITIALLY REJECTED FOR BEING TOO SMALL. HE ENLISTED A SECOND TIME AND JOINED THE HULL BANTHAMS BATTALION. HE SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE 2ND … Read more
BORN HULL 07/02/1880. THIRD SON OF HENRY BOYDON BATTY (1848-1914) & EMMA WILDRIDGE (1848-1926), OF 52, ETON STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A SHIPWRIGHT. HE HAD BROTHERS, ARTHUR AND WALTER, SISTERS MARIA AND EDITH. ALFRED BATTY MARRIED ON 12/07/1908, AT ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, HULL, AGED 28. HIS WIFE, MINNIE JEWITT (1886-1948), LIVED AT … Read more
