Boy 1st Class
BORN HULL, 21/05/1900. SON OF CLAUDE GEORGE COOPER & JESSIE ELIZABETH COOPER, AT 2 ALPHA TERRACE, CHESTNUT AVENUE, HULL AND 133 BROADFIELD ROAD, MOSS SIDE, MANCHESTER (CWGC ADDRESS). ROYAL NAVY BOY SAILOR. KILLED AT SCAPA FLOW WHEN HMS 'VANGUARD' INTERNALLY EXPLODED, ON 09/07/1917. HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD. The eighth HMS Vanguard of t […]
Boy 2nd Class
17 JAMES STREET, SCARBOROUGH, , NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
21/09/1918
Aged
17
BORN HULL 01/05/1901. FOURTH SON OF GEORGE MOODY MIDGLEY (1874-1916) AND EDITH ELLEN (EDIE) MIDGLEY (1870-1944), OF THIS NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. HIS FATHER WAS LANDLORD OF THE "BLACK LION" PUB AT 12 NORTH STREET, SCARBOROUGH. HE WAS THE FOURTH OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, AS BOY SECOND CLASS. HE DIED OF FLU, ON 21/09/1918 […]
8 AUBEROUGH STREET, SCARBOROUGH, ., NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/11/1918
Aged
33
BORN HULL 18/08/1885. MOTHER MARY LIVED SCARBOROUGH. DIED ON 01/11/1918, AGED 33.
Born Scarborough, 1871. Son of George Purnell (1843-1885) and Hannah Johnson (1843-1918), of 50, Trafalga Street, Scarborough. He had three brothers and three sisters. He worked as a bricklayer living with his mother (1911 Census). He moved to Hull and was living at 43, Ash Grove, Beverley Road, Hull. He enlisted at Northallerton. Forme […]
