Location: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France

BORN SKIPSEA 1897. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED HORNSEA. SON OF HARRY AND SARAH JANE WARKUP, BRIDLINGTON ROAD, SKIPSEA. KILLED IN ACTION. STABLE BOY.

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF GEORGE WATKIN & MARY ELIZABETH ETHERINGTON, OF 12 PITT STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1915. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN APRIL 1913. HIS WIFE ELSIE (BLACKBOURNE) & DAUGHTER PHYLLIS - 13 ROSEBERY STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM ROBERT WATTS & MARGARET ISABELLA COOOPLAND (1876-1903), OF 127, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 10 HERBERTS TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL. SON OF A DOCK TUG MAN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, LILY. HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 5 YEARS OLD. HIS FATHER RE-MARRIED AND ROBERT WAS RAISED BY HIS […]

BORN HULL 1893. JOSEPH CLAIR BETTS WEST. SON OF JOHN EDWARD (TED) 1857-1933 & SARAH WEST (1860-1923), OF "BURNS HOUSE" ETON STREET. HE MARRIED AT ST BARNABAS CHURCH IN 1915. HUSBAND OF  FLORENCE MAUD WADDY (1895-1983), OF 17 ETON STREET, HESLE ROAD, HULL (1918 ABSENT VOTERS). A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS CORPORAL I […]

BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF JANE WHEELER (1860-1936, OF POTTERY HOUSE, 119 STEPNEY LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A GROCER'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/03/1918, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED […]

Born York, 1891. Son of Charles and Alice Whittaker, of Bubwith, Selby, Yorkshire Married on 29 Aug 1916, at Holme upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire. Husband of Hilda at the Blacksmith Arms Hotel, York (War Pension address). A Grocer Assistant. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st 6th Battalion (Territorial), Northumberland Fusiliers. […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF EDWARD THOMAS WILCOX (1854-1930) & THE LATE ELIZA LEE (1854-1909) OF 15, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4, MATLOCK VILLAS, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK STEVEDORE. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WAS AN APPRENTICE MOTOR MECHANIC. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 11/12/1914. TRAINED […]

BORN HUNSLET, YORKSHIRE 1885. SON OF PRISCILLA BEST (1858-1928) & CHARLES WILLIAM WILKINSON (1856-1937). OF 2 EASTERN VILLAS, HOLLAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF AN IRON TURNER. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN AND THREE SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. A FORMER TIME KEEPER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE WAS HUSBAND OF FLORENCE ADA, AT 6 HERB […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY WILKINSON (1853-1896) AND MARY ANN ELSEY (1854-1925), AT  9, SOUTH VIEW, ST GEORGE'S ROAD, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE MARRIED IVY OSBOURNE (1892-1967), AT HULL, IN 1914. HUSBAND OF IVY (BORN 06/01/1892) & 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, MARJORIE (BORN 15/07/1915), LIVING AT 94, PLANE […]

BORN BEVERLEY. SON OF JOHN AND ANNIE WILLIAMSON, OF 39 ST ANDREW'S SSTREET, BEVERLEY, (CWGC ADDRESS). ENLISTED SCARBOROUGH. SERVED WITH  "C" COMPANY, 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, 28/03/1918, AGED 26. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS ALSO LISTED ON BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL ROLL OF HON […]

BORN ANLABY, HULL 1895. SON OF JAMES AND ELIZA WISE, OF BEVERLEY. LIVED WOODMANSEY. FARM SERVANT. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. DIED OF WOUNDS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WOODMANSEY. THEARNE. BEVERLEY PARKS MEMORIAL.

BORN ANLABY, HULL, 1896. SON OF RICHARD MARTIN WITTY (1856-1938) & RACHEL WILSON WITTY, of NETTLETON, CAISTOR, LINCS. A FARM WORKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/08/1918, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, RACHEL. BURI […]

BORN FOXHOLES, YORKSHIRE 1883. WIFE ANNIE & 2 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 48 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL  (1911 CENSUS) AND 3 , WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL. AN OIL CAKE PRESSMAN, BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS ACTING SERGEANT, WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN BOTH EYES, AND HAD FEVER TWICE […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1878. SON OF JOHN AND HARRIET WOOD. A CABINET MAKER. HE RESIDED IN BEVERLEY AT 57 TRINITY LANE (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED SCARBOROUGH. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/03/1918, AGED 40. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW SARAH, AND DAUGHTERS, MARJORY AND DOROTHY. COMMEMORATED A […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF FLORENCE AND STEP FATHER, FOSTER FORD, AT 8, HAWTHORNE VILLAS, VICTOR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 21/09/1916. MOBILISED ON 06/08/1917. TRAINED AT RUGULEY CAMP. SERVED IN THE 22ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 05/04/1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/04/191 […]

BORN CASTLEFORD 15/09/1899. SON OF JOHN RHODES & REBECCA WOODHALL, OF 16, SACKVILLE TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED, ON 07/05/1917. MOBILIZED ON 15/08/1917. TRAINED AT RUGELEY CAMP. TRANSFERRED TO THE 22ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY ON 15/03/1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/04/1918, AGED 18. […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF HENRY & ELIZABETH MARY WRIGHT (1842-1929). HIS MOTHER RAN A BOARD & LODGINGS ESTABLISHMENT, AT ST JAMES STREET, HULL. MARRIED MARY CRAWFORTH (1882-1956) AT HULL, IN 1904. HIS WIFE, MARY & 4 CHILDREN LIVED AT 87, CLIFTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 87, CEYLON STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE […]