BORN NEWINGTON, 1884. SON OF GEORGE BIRD (1853-1929) AND SARAH BEST (1855-1935), OF 22 GLASGOW STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. THREE SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. A FORMER HULL POLICEMAN ON THE HULL MIDLAND STREET & PORTER STREET PATROL AND FORMER SOLDIER. HE MARRIED ELSIE K PORTER, AT HULL IN 1914 […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF ANNIE MALTBY & LATE CHARLES MALTBY, GIPSYVILLE. CANADIAN ROYAL HIGHLANDERS. HE WAS A WELL KNOWN HULL BRICKLAYER WHO LIVED AT 6 SELKIRK STREET. HE HAD BEEN IN CANADA FOR EIGHT YEARS AND RETURNED WITH THE FIRST CANADIAN FORCES. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 9TH JUNE 1916. * […]
