Location: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

BORN BEVERLEY 1891. KNOWN AS PERCY. SON OF JOHN EDWARD ASHBRIDGE (1856-1894) AND ELIZABETH ANN BAILDON. STEPSON OF MATTHEW AND ELIZABETH ANN BAILDON, OF 3 CHARLES WARTON HOSPITAL, MINSTERMOOR GATE, BEVERLEY, 145 KELDGATE, AND 116 LANGATE, BEVERLEY, YORKS (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE LIVED AT 6 LORNE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. HE EN […]

BORN BECCLES, SUFFOLK 1891. SON OF ROSINA ASHLEY. ENLISTED MARKET WEIGHTON, ON 08/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, ON 18/05/1915. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. PROMOTED TO LANCE SERGEANT, ON 18/02/1916. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 10/07/1916, AGED 25. […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF THOMAS JAMES ASHTON & MARTHA (DRY), OF 9 ANN'S PLACE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED ON 14/02/1914 AT ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. HIS WIFE KITTY ASHTON LIVED AT 3 HARCOURT TERRACE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL AND 11 FILEY TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. THEY HAD TWO SMALL DAUGHTERS - MARY AND KATHLEEN. HE WORKE […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM ATKIN & BETSY ANN ATKIN, OF 5, PRIORY STREET, CHURCH STREET, HULL (NOW DEMOLISHED) AND 70, EAST PARK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHER TO GEORGE AND FIVE SISTERS. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 11TH EYR (HULL PALS) ON 08/11/1915, AGED 21 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. TRAINED AT RUGELEY CAMP. POS […]

Born Hull, Worked for Homco Mills, Stoneferry. Served with the 8th EYR, Killed on the Somme, on 21/07/1916, aged 19. His mother lived at 9, Richards terrace, Barnsley Street, Hull. His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 04.09.1916. Somme - The 8th East Yorkshires spent the following weeks alternating between resting, training […]

BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED HULL 20/3/15. ONLY SON OF HERBERT E & JANE AT 44 MASSEY STREET AND 19 LINCOLN STREET. HIS FIANCEE MISS A WILSON - 24 LINCOLN STREET. EDWIN HAD BEEN A HAIRDRESSER BEFORE THE WAR. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 23. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 24TH OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.*

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ROBERT STAMPER AUSTIN AND EDITH AUSTIN, OF 13 CHURCHILL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS); 10 HAZLEMERE AVENUE, CROWLE STREET, HULL (1915) AND 15 TENNYSON AVENUE, FERRIES STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A SHIPYARD LABOURER. HE MARRIED AT ST MARYS CHURCH, BARTON-ON-HUMBER, IN 1913. […]

Born Hull 1896. Son of George & Sarah Elizabeth Bailey at this army address. He had two brothers and four sisters. Worked as an errand boy and Moulder. Described as % foot, 4 inches tall, 34.5-36.5 inch chest, 126 lbs weight, "Good" physical development. He enlisted in Hull, on 16/11/1914, aged 19 years and 9 months. Trained as a Si […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1891. SON OF THOMAS SPINK BAKER (1847-1917) AND SARAH HANNAH BAKER (1859-1937), AT 34 TADMAN STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN, SON OF A CORPORATION NIGHT WATCHMAN. HE LIVED IN GRIMSBY, BUT ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 05/11/1916, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

BORN HULL 1882. ELDEST SON OF JOHN GLEN BAMFORTH (1855-1930) & ANNIE ELIZABETH BARRETT (1859-1929), OF, 22 , NORFOLK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 1 HALL STREET, HULL. SON OF A PICTURE FRAME MAKER. HE HAD SIX SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE & EMPLOYED WITH MESSRS KIRK & […]

BORN LIVERPOOL 1897. STEP SON OF MAX & SON OF ANNE PEARMENT, OF 7 PORTER STREET, AND 33 ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. AN APPRENTICE BOOT REPAIRER. HE HAD FOUR YOUNGER STEP BROTHERS, DAVID, SAMMY, JACOB AND ISAAC. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AT THE START OF THE WAR, UNDERAGE. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 06/03/1915. POSTED TO THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMEN […]

BORN KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK, 1890. SON OF ALFRED BARBER (1856-1953), OF LONDON, AND THE LATE LIZZIE (ANN MARIA ELIZABETH WHILEY) (1865-1906). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, LIVING IN LONDON. HE WORKED AS A SAILOR AND LIVED IN HULL. HIS WIFE ADA MAY BARBER (NEE HOODLESS) (1892-1963), LIVED AT 50 CAROLINE PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL ( […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY BARKER AND THE LATE ELLEN BARKER, OF 20 ST LUKES STREET, HULL. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS, FOUR OF WHOM WERE MARRIED, AND TWO SISTERS, BOTH IN AMERICA. EMPLOYED AS A SOLICITOR'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 26/09/1914, AGED 24 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES […]

BORN HULL 1897. YOUNGEST SON OF ARTHUR BARNBY & ELIZABETH EMMA ATKINSON, OF 12 VICTOR STREET, HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS UNCLE AT NEARBY 6 FLORAL GROVE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT COVENTRY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 07/08/1915. SERVED WITH THE 6TH OX & BUCKS REGIMENT. HAD BEEN ON ACTIVE SERVICE FOR 18 MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS KILL […]

BORN HULL 1895. HULL PAL. SON OF THOMAS & SOPHIA ANNIE BARNBY. BEFORE WAR WAS A GPO EMPLOYEE FOR SEVEN YEARS. ENLISTED 6/4/1915. SERVED IN EGYPT. KILLED IN ACTION.AT SERRE, ON THE 13TH NOVEMBER 1916, AGED 21. LEFT YOUNG BROTHER SIDNEY AND SISTER EMILY BARNBY AT 28 SHARP STREET.

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF ROBERT & ANN BARNES, OF 44 NORNABELL STREET, 18 BERSHIRE STREET, HULL AND COURTNEY STREET, HULL. HE RESIDED AT 44 , BERKSHIRE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE SOMME, 10/07/1916, AGED 31. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS BARNES (1870-1938) AND ISABELLA ANDERSON (1871-1953), OF 80 ETON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 10 MARMADUKE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY RULLEYMAN. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY CRANE DRIVER, LIVING AT 44 WASSAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOSEPH BARR & MARGARET ANN MURRAY, OF 16 RICHARDS TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL AND 6 EMMAS TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A GENERAL LABOURER FROM SPROATELY. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN LIVERPOOL  HIS FAMILY WERE LIVING IN GAINSBOROUGH (1901 CENSUS) BEFORE RETURNING TO HULL. HARRY WO […]