Webster, James Athelstan

BORN HEDON 1888. MARRIED AT PATRINGTON, IN 1913. HUSBAND OF OCTAVIA WALGATE HARNESS, OF BUSH FARM, OTTRINGHAM, HULL, SON OF ATHELSTAN WEBSTER (1855-1912) & JANE HUME WEBSTER (1855-1914), OF ELSTERWICK. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER, WITH THE ROYAL ENGINEERS AND 25TH DIVIDIONAL SIGNAL COMPANY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1918, … Read more

Atkin, Fred

BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF FRED & SARAH ATKIN, AT 3, VICTORIA PLACE, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL & 7, ALBERT’S PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. AN ERRAND BOY. WHEN WAR BEGAN, HE WAS WORKING IN THE OFFICE FOR OHLSON AND CO. LTD, CASTLE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 8687, … Read more