Company Sergeant Major
MARKET GREEN, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
09/09/1916
Aged
24
BORN NAFFERTON 22/04/1881. SON OF HENRY BARR AND ANNE FORBES - 1 BELGRAVE VILLAS, CARTWRIGHT LANE, BEVERLEY. SERVED SIX YEARS WITH THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS IN 1906. WORKED AS A CARTER AT MARKET GREEN , COTTINGHAM. WORKED AS A GALVANIZER IN CANADA. ENLISTED IN THE CEF ON 11/03/1915. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 6 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL, 41 I […]
Company Sergeant Major
BORN HULL 1886. ELDEST SON OF JOHN HENRY FOX (1858-1943), AND ANNIE MARIE FOX OF 42, LOUIS STREET, HULL. SON OF A GLASS WINDOW MANUFACTURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, CYRIL AND CLIFFORD. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. WORKED AS A COAL EXPORTER MANAGER (1911 CENSUS). MARRIED IN 1913. HUSBAND OF ETHEL MAY (1892-1985), AT 42, LOUIS S […]
Born Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 1889. Pte. Christopher Walker WRIGHT, age 28, was the son of Christopher and Henrietta WRIGHT of 27 Albemarle Street, Hull, Yorkshire. He had four brothers and three sisters. His military service number was 37446 and this indicates that he originally enlisted in No. 1 Divisional Ammunition Park CEF in Valcarti […]
