Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM CHARLES SCHOON (1853-1899) AND ELIZA MUNDY (1861-1943), OF 10 LONDSBOROUGH AVENUE, WENLOCK STREET, HULL AND 62, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 34TH ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (RAMC). PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. SENT TO GALLIPOLI, ON 05/07/1915. HE WAS … Read more
BORN STADDLETHORPE, YORKSHIRE 1878. SON OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE & HARRIET SCOTT, OF 5 EMMERLINE TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS 16/01/1916) AND 115 ST PAUL’S STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 17545, 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. HE LEFT FOR THE DARDANELLES IN JULY 1915. HE WAS KILLED … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF TOM GALL MARSHALL (1868-1917) AND HENRIETTA MARGRAVE (1869-1944), OF 14, WELLS STREET, NEWINGTON, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 96, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, BEFORE THE WAR HAROLD WAS PAWNBROKER’S ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS) AND THEN A LAWYER’S ASSISTANT. HE LIVED AT 11, … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 28/04/1896. ELDEST SON OF SAMUEL & ANNIE LOFT OF 37 GROVEHILL, BEVERLEY. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A SHIP’S JOINER APPRENTICE AT GROVEHILL SHIPYARD. AS A BOY HE WAS ALSO A LEADING TREBLE IN MINSTER CHOIR. HE ENLISTED IN DECEMBER, 1914. TRAINED FOR FIVE MONTHS IN DUBLIN, IRELAND. ATTACHED TO THE MUNSTER FUSILIERS … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. WIFE KATE ABOVE. SON OF THOMAS DAVID & EMMA KIRKMAN, CLEETHORPES. DOCK LABOURER.
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE LEONARD & SARAH ANN I’ANSON, OF 4 RUTLAND TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL AND 9 WORHIP STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER, HULL CORPORATION WORKER. HE ENLISTED ON 22/03/1915 AND WENT TO WHITLEY BAY. HE LEFT THERE FOR THE DARDENELLES, ON 20/09/1915. HIS GRAVE READS, “FELL, DOING HIS DUTY”. HIS … Read more
BORN IVYBINGE, DEVON 1892. SON OF FREDERICK THOMAS & LILLIAN M HOPKINSON AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS & GARLAND HALL, EWELL, SURREY. HE WORKED AS A CIVIL ENGINEER IN HULL, LIKE HIS FATHER. THE FAMILY HAD MOVED FROM WEXFORD, IRELAND IN 1901. HUGH WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT GALLIPOLI, … Read more
