BORN MIDLOTHIAN, 1880. SON OF ROBERT TILSON ASHWELL (1845-1898) & MARTHA ANN ASHWELL (1852-1926), OF HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HIS BROTHER LIVED AT 69 , QUEEN STREET, HULL. A REFRESHMENT HOUSE KEEPER. HE RAN AN OYSTER SHOP FROM 69 QUEEN STREET AND WAS POPULARLY KNOWN AS "BILL STONES". HE WAS THE HUSBAND OF ANNIE ASHWELL, OF 61 A […]
Lance Corporal
Born Blyth, Northumberland, on 01/03/1899. Only son of Walter Morgan Brabyn (1861-1923) & Mary Hannah Brabyn (1875-1962), of 13, Wensleydale Terrace, Blyth, Northumberland (War pension address). He had one sister Celia Mary Brabyn (1900-1994). He just started work as a postal clerk, when war began. He enlisted in Middlesbrough. Serve […]
BORN HIGHMOWTHORPE, YORKS 1890. HUSBAND OF RUTH NICHOLSON, AT 118 WELBECK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 22809, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT JEDFRECOURT, ON 29/05/1918, […]
