BORN HULL 08/08/1896. SON OF SAM & LATE LILY ALICE CHRISTTMASS, OF 220 HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN AND SEVEN SONS. A FORMER CRANE WORKER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. ORLANDO ENLISTED INTO THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE CYCLISTS ON 4TH MAY 1914. TRANSFERRED TO THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. SE […]
13 , VENTNOR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
16/08/1917
Aged
22
BORN KIRKESTOWN, COUNTY TYRONE, 11/01/1895. ONLY CHILD OF WILLIAM JAMES DARFFIN (1871-1935) & THE LATE MARGARET DRAFFIN (1868-1917), OF 13 VENTOR STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS & HDM ADDRESS, 11/07/1918). SON OF HULL TRAMWAY INSPECTOR OF 5 ROSEBERRY STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL. HE WORKED AS A FARMER. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. DESCRI […]
26 , PORTLAND PLACE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/09/1917
Aged
20
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF HARRY & JENNIE ELLIS AT 65, DAY STREET HULL, AND 26, PORTLAND PLACE, PROSPECT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A CABINET MAKER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED AT PASCHENDAELE ON 27/09/1917, AGED 20. UNMARRIED HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE […]
Private
BORN BATTERSEA, LONDON, 09/01/1895. SON OF THOMAS EDWARD JACKSON & PRISCILLA ELIZA JACKSON, OF 455 HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS. AN OFFICE CLERK, HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS - 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE "HULL COMMERCIALS"). TRANSFERRED TO THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/08/1917, AGED 22. BURIED AT NEW IRISH FAR […]
3 Crystal Avenue, South Parade, Hull, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
05/09/1918
Aged
35
Hull Pals Memorial Post. Private, JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSON 11/1111. Born in 1883, John was one of eight children to William and Agnes Johnson of 6, Western Villas, Hessle. John married, Angelina Lamer, in St. James's Church, on 16th October 1904 and the couple lived at 3, Crystal Avenue, South Parade, Hull and 12, The Avenue, Cottingham (W […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THE LATE FREDERICK & HELENA MARIE KING, AT 55 PORTER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). A PORK BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/02/1916, AGED 23 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 146 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST AND 'GOOD' PHYSIQUE. TRAINED AS A TRENCH BOMBER. SENT TO FRAN […]
Lance Corporal
10 COTTINGHAM PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/08/1917
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS O'KEEFE (1864-1921) & MARY ELLEN CALVERT (1868), OF 55, NEPTUNE STREET, HULL & 10, COTTINGHAM PLACE, COTTINGHAM PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (ADDRESS FROM HULL DAILY MAIL, 20/08/1919). HIS FATHER WAS A FORMER GUNNER AND SERGEANT IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, WHO ENLISTED WHEN WAR BEGAN AND WAS DISC […]
2nd Lieutenant
Hull Pals Memorial Post. SECOND LIEUTENANT HAROLD RAYNER. Born in York in 1893, Harold was the sixth of eight children to Joe and Kate Rayner of 30 Sholebroke Avenue, Leeds. He was working in Hull when war broke out and living at 56 Westbourne Avenue. Harold was originally commissioned into the 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment befor […]
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOSHUA & CLARA SMITH - 5 DEIGHTON TERRACE, PORTER STREET, HULL AND 197 HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/08/1917, AGED 22. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE SOUTHCOATES LANE MEMORIAL. It is known that he enlisted at Hull City Hall, on Monday 7th September 19 […]
