Location: St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, France

Son of Mr & Mrs Elder, at 1 John's Terrace, Derby Street, Hull. Joined the Coldstream Guards, in 1907 and went out with the British Expeditionary Force in August 1914, where he was badly wounded and gassed. He was returned to England, and sent back to France as a Drill Instructor. He died of pneumonia contracted on active service. He […]

BORN HULL 1883.  SON OF HUGH RICHARD AND MARY ELLEN EMPSON. WIFE ROSE ELEANOR (POTTER) LIVED AT 28, REFORM STREET (1911 CENSUS), 4, ABBEY STREET, HULL AND 23, PRYME STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS), WITH THEIR THREE SONS. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH TEH 8TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 6/03/1917, AGED 34.HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF THOMAS & SUSAN HARRISON, ABOVE ADDRTESS, HULL. GEORGE DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED SAME DAY. HE WAS AGED 34, UNMARRIED AND LIVED WITH HIS WIDOWED MOTHER AT 2 VILLA TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A FOUNDRY WORKER. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, WITH HIS PHOTO ON 13TH SEPTEMBER 1916.

BORN MIDDLESBORO, 1894. SON OF JOSEPH LEVITT HOOD & MARGARET (WALLIS). HULL HEROES WEBSITE.

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF FRED & MARGARET A INGRAM OF 3 ROCHFORD AVENUE, BEDFORD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. HE HAD AN ELDER BROTHER, GEORGE INGRAM AND FOUR SISTERS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL CITY HALL, ON 06/02/1915. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 08/02/1917. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 120 LBS WEIGHT […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM MADDISON & FLORENCE KEAL. WORKED AS A FARM LABOURER AND FOR THE HULL AND BARNSLEY RAILWAYS AS A RULLYMAN. HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH KEAL LIVED AT 6 GROVES TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (HDM 13/05/1918). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. EX 12/1308, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFAN […]

BORN HULL 10/09/1895. SON OF GEORGE & HARRIET LISTER, OF 4, BENJAMIN TERRACE, DALTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A MILL WRIGHT. EMPLOYED AT SWAN MILLS, HULL. HE JOINED THE TERRITORIAL FORCE IN APRIL 1912. MOBILIZED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN AUGUST 1914. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM MARCH 1915. WITH "A" BATTERY, OF THE 251ST […]

Born Hornsea, 20/06/1898. Son of Arthur Lunn and Adelaide Dinah Blythe. Educated in Hull. He was a student in Hull, with a sucessful educational career. Alos a keen sportsman in Hull. He enlisted in Beverley, on 23/02/1917. Formerly 19213, Machine Gun Corps. Transferred to the Roayl Tank Corps. Died of wounds, on 16/08/1918, at No: casua […]

Born Lowestoft, Suffolk, 1889. Son of Mr. Duncan McLean and the late Sarah McLean, of 24, Quay St., Newport, Isle of Wight. His father was born in Victoria, Australia and worked as a Draper. John was a Dentist, living at 54 Monks Rd Lincoln (1911 Census). He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1/4th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in acti […]

BORN PATRINGTON 1893. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY MELTON WHO LIVED AT 22 , EMPRINGHAM STREET, HULL (CWGC AND ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. HIS BROTHERS, JOHN AND ALBERT AND SISTERS, LOUISE AND EDITH ALSO LIVED AROUND THE HEDON ROAD AREA. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND WORKED AS A GROCER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 28/10/1 […]

BORN FIRSBY, LINCS, 1892. ENLISTED HULL. MARRIED HULL 1913. WIFE FLORENCE M (CRANE) PORTAS. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.

BORN HULL 15/3/1897. SON OF THOMAS ROSEWALE PURNELL (1865-1962) & MARGARET AGNES TURNER (1867-1898), OF 22 RONALD'S ROAD, HIGHBURY, NORTH LONDON. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 1ST DORSET REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED AT AMIENS, ON 19/04/1916, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LE […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF RICHARD & ANN JANE. SERVED FOR OVER 18 YEARS WITH THE MILITARY FORCES. KILLED IN ACTION. LEFT WIFE MRS ELIZABETH WRIGGLESWORTH ABOVE ADDRESS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 3RD MAY 1918. *