Location: Serre Road Cemetery No:2, Somme, Somme, France

Lance Bombardier MASTERS, FRANK Service Number 765532 Died 22/08/1918 Aged 29 "B" Bty., 223rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery Son of Harriett Masters, of Long Riston, Holderness, Hull and the late Matthew Masters; Husband of the late Annie Masters. He is buried at Serre Cemetery no: 2, Somme, France His grave inscription, reads, "G […]

BORN HULL 1879. WIFE ANNIE & DAUGHTER ENID LIVED AT, 1 CRYSTAL GROVE, PULMAN STREET, HULL (ADDRESS FROM THE HULL DAILY MAIL 04/09/1916 & 15/09/1916). SHE LATER MOVED TO 14 ROSAMOND STREET, RE-MARRIED ON 17/11/1917 AND LIVED AT 1 ARLINGTON AVENUE, PERTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE HAD BEEN A REGULAR SOLD […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF THOMAS & MARY GILLIAT, OF 73  RYDE STREET, HULL. AS A LAD HE WAS CONNECTED WITH THE BOYS LIFE BRIGADE (BLB), AT EBENEEZER CHAPEL. ALSO ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF FIRST HULL BLB COMPANY WINNING THE FERENS CHALLENGE CUP.  HE WORKED AS A STATIONERS ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS ALSO EMPLOYED BY HEDON ROAD CA […]

BORN HULL 16/04/1887. SON OF JOHN HOLROYD (1845-1916) & MARY  WILSON (1853-1910), OF 14 RYDAL TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED, BY MESSRS LOFTHOUSE AND SALTMER, FOR FOURTEEN YEARS AND WORKED AS A  DRAY PARKER IN HULL. HE MARRIED ROSE ELLEN JUBB (1887-1979), AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, HULL, IN JULY 19 […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY LEEMING, OF 140 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL.WORKED AT EARLES CEMENT WORKS WITH HIS BROTHER IN LAW JOHN SPARKS & LIVED WITH HIS SISTER AT 7 EARLS COURT, WILMINGTON IN 1911. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL WITH THE 9TH (SERVICE( YORK AND LANCS BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE FIRST […]

BORN HULL 27/07/1888. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM MANSELL (1862-1941) & MARY ANN (TAYLOR), OF 30 RYDE STREET, HULL. HE WAS A PAINT MAKER FOR BLUNDELLS BEFORE THE WAR. ALSO A THEATRICAL STAGE MANAGER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 115 LBS WEIGHT, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. HE MARRIED AT STANLEY STREET, REGISTRY OFF […]

BORN HULL 01/07/1895. ON OF ARTHUR MOORE & NORAH ANN KIRK, AT THIS ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL JOINED AS 122 EYR. TRANSFERRED TO ACCRINGTON PALS. KILLED IN ON HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. PHOTO. BURIED: Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France

BORN HULL 1880. ONLY SON OF AUSTIN NAVEN (1836-1915) & MARY NAVEN (1841-1891). HIS PARENTS WERE BOTH BORN IN IRELAND. HIS FATHER WAS A DOCKSIDE LABOURER. HIS ONLY SISTER, ELIZABETH RICHARDS, LIVED AT 4, DRYDEN'S ENTRY, SALTHOUSE LANE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SEEMED TO HAVE A TURBULENT LIFE. EDUCATED AT HULL'S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR T […]

BORN BURNLEY 1889. SON OF JAMES MAIDEN NOWELL (1866-1939) AND MARGARET ANN TATTERSALL (1868- 1947). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 20/10/1915 AGED 26 AND 10 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 124 LBS WEIGHT, 33-35 INCH CHEST SIZE, HE MARRIED MARGARET ANNIE ROBIN […]

BORN HULL 12/06/1892. HULL PAL. SON OF ELIZABETH PLATTS. A BOILER SCALER, BOARDING AT 7 YORK TERRACE, MARMADUKE STREET IN 1911. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 23. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER. https://ww1hull.com/serre-1916/

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ARTHUR PLUMMER (1848-1914) & MRS EMMA NEWSOME (1857-1930), OF, 49, ENGLISH STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 98, PAISLEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 7, LONGDEN STREET, NEWINGTON, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A SHOEING SMITH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL FORMERLY, TROOPER, 31481, GENERAL SERVIC […]

BORN SCARBOROUGH 1883. SON OF GEORGE DARLEY ROBINSON, 9 HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. WIFE EDITH EMILY ATKINSON LIVED 18 WASSAND STREET. THEY MARRIED IN SCARBOROUGH 26/12/1913. FORMER LEADING RIGGER FOR THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE. ENLISTED HULL 21/11/1914. EMBARKED WITH MEF ON 16/08/1915. REDUCED TO CORPORAL FOR BEING DRUNK, 20/8/1916 […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOSEPH ROSE (1861-1933) & ANNA MARIE GELHARD (1862-1919), OF 29, SEATON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 91 BARMSTON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). SON OF A GAS WORKS STOKER. HE HAD BROTHERS, RICHARD, THOMAS AND HAROLD ROSE, SISTERS, RACHEL AND ETHEL. HE WORKED  IN A PAPER PRESS, AS A MACHINE PRINTER. HIS […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF SAMUEL J & MARIA SHIELDS, OF 14 GEORGES AVENUE, LAKE STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) AND 7, ST. HILDA''S TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, HULL. A SAW MILLER AT RECKITT'S, DANSOM LANE, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 35-38 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE JOINED THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRIT […]

BORN HULL 1891. SECOND SON OF TOM GEORGE SMITH (1857-1934) & ELIZA ANN SMITH (1861-1919), OF 29 CEYLON STREET, MARFLEET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A CHECKER OF RECYCLED EMPTIES (1911 CENSUS). SERVED ED AS SERGEANT, IN THE 8TH KOYLI. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON […]

BORN HULL, 05/11/1895. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1895. SON OF JAMES OWEN (1851-1931) & CATHERINE WOOD, LIVING AT 403, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF AN OIL MILL PRESSMAN. BROTHER TO ALICE, CATHERINE, SARAH ANN AND MARGARET, AND A YOUNGER BROTHER, GEORGE WILLIAM WOOD. HE WAS A FLOUR MILL LABOU […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT, OF 4 ASH GROVE, BEECH STREET, HULL. WIFE ALICE MAY JENSEN & DAUGHTER MARJORIE ALICE WRIGHT (BORN 31/05/1916) LIVED AT 22 GROSVENOR TERRACE, GROSVENOR STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 18/11/1914.WENT TO FRANCE 17/07/1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON 13/11/16, AGED 21. BY COINCIDENCE PTE, 48 […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF SARAH ANN WRIGHT, OF 7 HESSLE AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. HIS BROTHERS, SISTERS AND WIDER FAMILY ALL LIVED IN THE HESSLE ROAD AREA. HE WAS A JOINER'S LABOURER BY TRADE. HE HAD MARRIED ON 22/03/1914. HIS WIFE, ADELINE ROBERTS, AND DAUGHTER FLORENCE LILLIAN WRIGHT, LIVED AT 8 CLAIRMONT AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET. […]