Location: Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France

BORN NORTH NEWINGTON, HULL, 1894. A HULL PAL. ALSO KNOW AS "DICK" FARNILL. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & MARY E. FARNHILL, OF 82 , GLENCOE STREET, HULL. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND LIVED WITH PARENTS. HIS FIANCEE WAS POLLY CHAPMAN, WHO LIVED IN EDINBURGH STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE HULL & NETHERLANDS SHIPPING COMPANY. DICK'S […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. CPL FRANCIS FENTON 12/585. Born Hull in 1892, Francis was the youngest of eight children to William Francis Fenton (1852-1927) and Elizabeth Cheesbrough (1851-1923), of 105 Severn Street, Hull. He had three brothers and three sisters. A Ship's Plater by trade, described as 5 foot, 7 inches tall, 137 lbs weight, 3 […]

Sergeant, HARRY HALL 11/172. Born at Howden, in 1887, Harry was the second of six children to John and Harriet Hall, of 614 Holderness Road, Hull (HDM 12/06/1916 address). He lived with his wife Emily and their two children, Doris and Alfred, at 'Flatgate', Howden, East Yorkshire. A Mechanic by trade, he travelled to Hull to enlist, queu […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM HALL (1842-1921) & SARAH ANN COLE (1842-1920), OF 5, CHILTERN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A TANNER. HE MARRIED MARTHA ANN SIMS (1886-1962), AT HULL, IN 1903. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 14/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 153 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INC CHEST., BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, "RUD […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL JOHN WILLIAM HILL 14158. Born in May 1889, John was the youngest of three children to Samuel and Harriet Hill of 21, Grange Street, Hull. A gas stoker for the British Gas Light Company, Hull. He married Eliza Hogarth, at St. Paul's, Hull on 6th July 1911 and the couple moved to 10, Scarborough Avenue, Bridl […]

Born Hull 1892. SON OF HENRY JOHN HORBERRY (1862-1916) & SARAH ELIZABETH WHEELER (1866-1909), OF, 7, RIBBLE STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 98 WEST PARADE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS FATHER WAS A WIDOWER, AND ENGINE FITTER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE HARRY HORBERRY 12/1152. Born in 1892, Harr […]

PRIVATE NORRIS ALEXANDER HUDSON 12/1212. Norris Alexander Hudson was born on the 4th March 1890, the fifth child of eight born to William Hudson (1855-1936) and Lucy Hudson (nee Alexander)(1854-1932). Norris' birth was registered in Middlesbrough and the family lived at 17 Snowden Road in the parish of Linthorpe. His father's work as a […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JAMES FRANCIS HEIDRICH (1860-1941) & MARTHA RADFORD FULSTOW (1861-1946), of WEST GARTH, THE LEYS, HORNSEA (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, LEONARD, AND TWO SISTERS, DOROTHY AND MARION.  HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/04/1916, AGED 25. HIS NAME IS RECO […]

BORN NORTH FERRIBY 1894. HULL PAL. SON OF CHARLES DOUGHTY & ELLEN MARGARET IRELAND, ELLESMERE, NORTH FERRIBY. DOW FROM 4/6/16. Hull Pal Memorials write: DAY 28. PRIVATE BENJAMIN IRELAND 10/261.Born 9th September 1894, Benjamin was the youngest of seven children to Charles and Ellen Ireland of Ellesmere, North Ferriby, Hull. An Archit […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM A. & ELLEN JOHNSON, AT 46 MORRILL STREET. A HULL PAL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/06/1916, AGED 23. Hull Pals Memorial Post: Born in 1893, George was the fifth of seven children to William and Ellen Johnson of 46, Morrill Street, Hull. A Library Assistant before the war, he enlisted at City Hall on 7th Sept […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOHN WILFRED & ALICE JOHNSON, OF 10, TELFORD STREET AND 94, BARMSTON STREET, HULL.  ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS TO DIE IN THE GREAT WAR. A BRICKLAYER (1911 CENSUS). HE BECAME A PAINTER BY TRADE AND SERVED HIS APPRENTISHIP WITH J.W. NEWLOVE, OF WALMSLEY STREET, HULL. AT THE TIME OF ENLISTING HIS ADDRESS WAS 16 POPLAR S […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF WILLIAM BURN & MARY ANN JOHNSON, OF 39 JALLAND STREET (HDM ADDRESS 16/06/1916) AND 20 BRINDLEY STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS HEADMASTER AT ST PETER'S SCHOOL, DRYPOOL. HE WAS A HULL TEACHER. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/06/1916, AGED 31. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 17T […]

BORN HULL OCT 1885. SON OF JOHN J & MARY JOHNSON 8 LAMETE AVENUE, HEDON ROAD. MARRIED EDITH SUSANNAH BROWN ON 16/05/1909 HULL. HIS WIFE EDITH AND FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 3 , CHURCHILL STREET, HULL AND 6 SACKVILLE TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE SONS LAURENCE FARTHING, GEORGE AND JOHN AND DAUGHTER, […]

BORN EGREMONT, CUMBERLAND 1874. LIVED IN HULL. ONLY SON OF THOMAS & ELIZA JONES, OF 4, MOYLAN ROAD, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON. ENLISTED HULL 14/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION 27/05/1916. HIS UNMARRIED WIFE WAS MATILDA ELLIS AT 4, MOYLAN ROAD, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE PERCIVAL JONES 12/49. Born […]

BORN HULL 1897.  SON OF JAMES HENRY & CLARA ANN JOYS OF 12 WELLSTED STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED FOR MESSRS, GILLIATS, ON HULL HIGH STREET. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT AND FRANCE.. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/06/1916, AGED 19. HIS DEATH WAS REPORT […]

BORN HESSLE 1896. SON OF MARY LANGFORD OF  7 QUEENS TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/05/1916, AGED 20 HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE GILLETT STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 30 August 1916)

BORN HULL 1891. HULL PAL. SON OF ROBERT WATSON & HANNAH LEIGHTON ABOVE. Born in April 1891, Oscar was the fourth of five children to Robert and Hannah Rounding of 19 Thoresby Street, Hull. A Law Clerk before the war he queued to enlist on the morning of 1st September 1914, and only 127 men in the entire city were more keen than Oscar to […]

BORN USWORTH, CO. DURHAM, 1880. LIVED IN HULL. MOTHER JANE LUN LIVED AT 10 OLIVE AVENUE, VICTOR STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS). HE WAS A COAL HEAVER AT ALEXANDRA DOCK. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/04/1916, AGED 36. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JANE JOYCE, OF 13 BURLEIGH STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO ELDER BROTHERS AND ONE ELDER, SISTER, LUCY PENNINGTON, WHO LIVED AT 104, BALFOUR STREET, HULL HE MARRIED  AT HULL, ON 24/12/1908. HIS WDOW ADA LOUISE MAJOR AND FOUR CHILDREN AT 4, CARRINGTON AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS), & 1, SUNBEAM TERRACE […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE, ALBERT THOMAS MARSHALL 11/1188. Born at Hull in July 1892, Albert was the fourth of seven children to Thomas (1861-1930) and Jane Marshall (1866-1943), of 173 Hawthorne Avenue, Anlaby Road, Hull. An Upholsterer before the war, he enlisted at City Hall in December 1914 joining the 11th Battalion East Yo […]