Location: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

BORN PATRINGTON 1895. SON OF JOHN & CICELY ROWE, OF HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. A FORMER GROCER'S APPRENTICE. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX, PRIVATE, 1126, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.  TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH BORDER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/10/1916, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.

BORN SEATON, HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM WILKINSON (1862-1930) & JANE KEITH (1867-1931), OF SEATON, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHER AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT BUTCHER, FOR HENRY CLAYTON, IN HORNSEA. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/11/1916, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARM […]

BORN HULL 15/07/1894. SON OF GEORGE WILKINSON (1867-1932) AND MARTHA RIPLEY (1870-1939), OF 2 RUSSELL TERRACE, WORSLEY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS).HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. THE FAMILY WERE LIVING IN SHEFFIELD BY 1911 CENSUS, WITH GEORGE BEING A STEEL WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. S […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF JOSEPH & HANNAH MARGARET WILKS. A SHOP ENGINE BLACKSMITH. RESIDING WITH HIS SISTER, AT 7 KIMBERLEY GROVE, FLINTON STREET, HESSLE ROAD (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. PROMOTED CORPORAL, AND TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/11 […]

BORN HULL 1873.  SON OF GEORGE & ELIZA (PARLETT), ONLY SISTER MRS ELIZA STILES LIVED IN LINCOLN ABOVE. ENLISTED HUDDERSFIELD. SERVED IN "D" COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 43. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, ELIZA STILES.

Lance Corporal George Willison (1888-1916) of Beverley George Willison was born in 1888 in Hornsea, the son of Stephen Willison (1853-1931) and Betsy Robinson (1863-1954), of 59 Flemingate, Beverley (War Pension address). He had four brothers and two sisters. His family were farm labourers. He was a professional soldier who enlisted at […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF CHARLES HENRY WILLOUGHBY (1864-1959) & EMILY WILLOUGHBY (1862-1939), OF 21 NEW KING STREET, CHARLES STREET, HULL AND LATER 57  BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BUILDER. YOUNGEST OF FOUR SONS. BROTHERS - HARRY, WALLACE AND STANLEY ALSO SERVED. FRANCIS WILLOUGHBY, KNOWN AS "FRANK", WAS EMPLO […]

BORN HULL 1879.  SON OF RUEBEN & CHARLOTTE WILSON, OF 17 MATHEWS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 5 GRANVILLE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. A FORMER COACH FITTER. ENLISTED HULL. HE SERVED WITH 7TH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. REPORTED MISSING AND OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED LATER AS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 37. HIS DEATH WA […]

BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF GEORGE JOHN & ANNIE ELIZA WILSON, of 122 , BALFOUR STREET, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY SEDDONS PAINT WORKS FOR EIGHT YEARS BEFORE THE WAR. HE SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/07/1916, AGED 23. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 30/08/1916. * […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE WILSON (1850-1927) AND AGNES STEEL (1853-1927), OF 27 CHAPEL STREET, HOYLAND COMMON, BARNSLEY (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). A BARNSLEY COAL MINER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED NORTH SHIELDS. SERVED AS A PRIVATE, 21127, WITH THE 8TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 28. H […]

BORN GRIMSBY 1895. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE & MARY ANN WILSON, AT 13 , RUSKIN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE YOUNGER BROTHER, ROLAND. HIS FATHER WAS A FISH MERCHANT. HE WORKED AS A SHIP OWNER CLERK IN GRIMSBY (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 07/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 124 LBS WEIGHT, 34-36 INCH CHEST, […]

BORN BEVERLEY 19/12/1889. YOUNGEST SON OF GEORGE AND SARAH JANE WILSON, OF WOOD LANE, BEVERLEY. STEP SON OF LANCE CORPORAL, SHERE, OF 11 WELLINGTON LANE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL  HE WAS FORMER STEWARD ON THE STEAM SHIP "ARRO". HE ENLISTED IN FEBRUARY 1916. JOINING THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE BOARDED WITH HIS BROTHERS WILLIAM AND GEO […]

Born Hull 1895. Son of Albert and Elizabeth Wilson, of 48 Raywell street, Hull (War Pension Address). Described as 5 foot, 5 inches tall, 124 lbs weight, 35 inch chest, blue eyes, brown hair. A general labourer. He enlisted in the Hull Pals, on 14/09/1914. Served in Egypt and France, with the 12th East Yorkshire Regiment. Wounded in the […]

BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM WILSON & HANNAH SOPHIA BROUGH (1857-1915), OF 19 SPITTLE STREET, LIME STREET, HULL. SON OF AN OIL MILLER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 3301, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH BORDER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 37 […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL WALTER WILSON 12/189. Born in 1887, Walter was one of seven children to William Wilson (1843-1889) and Jane Ann Wilson, of 6 Waltham Terrace, Walker Street, Hull (War Pension address). He had three brothers and three sisters. A Blacksmith's Striker by trade. Described as 5 foot, 6 inches tall, 137 lbs wei […]

BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF ALFRED WINN & MARIA TOCK, AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. THEIR ONLY OTHER CHILD, SAMUEL WINN, DIED IN 1912 AGED 11. EMPLOYED AS ALABOURER. MARRIED EDITH, ENLISTED MANCHESTER. KILLED IN ACTION ON THE SOMME, 08/10/1916, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW EDITH.

Born Goole, Yorkshire, 1898. Son of George Woffinden (1864-1948) and Mary Ann Elizabeth Charlton (1864-1934) of,  St Mark Place Bucther Row Beverley (1911 Census), Clark's Yard, Wilbert Lane, Beverley, 13 Waltham Terrace, Mill Lane, Beverley (army address) and 4. Nelson Square, New George Street, Hull (War Pension Address). Son of a Gard […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE HENRY WOGDEN 12/112. Born in April 1879, Henry was the son of Jane Wogden. An Engine Cleaner by trade he married Alice Wharf at St. Augustine's in Hull on 4th December 1904 and the couple lived at 8 Alexandra Avenue with their two children James and Harriet. He enlisted at City Hall on 14th September 1914 […]

BORN SCULCOATES,HULL 1890. SON OF WILLIAM & HARRIET WOLLAS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM). SHOT BY A SNIPER. LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE HERBERT WOLLAS MM 12/1526. Born in 1890, George was the youngest of 15 children to William and Harriet Wollas of 250 Northgate, Cottingham. A W […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF CATHERINE GRIMES & JOSEPH NEVET WOOD, OF 5, PROVIDENCE PLACE, SPRING STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 17, HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4, ROWLAND TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A RIVETTER. HIS FATHER SERVED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS DURING WW1. HE HAD TWO […]