Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST CHILD OF FRANK & ALICE WOODALL, OF 24 UPPER UNION STREET, HULL AND 9 WILLIAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A COMMISSION AGENT. HE WAS BROTHER TO JOHN SEYMOUR WOODALL, AND THREE SISTERS, ANNIE, BERTHA, AND DORIS, WHO ALL LIVED AT 9 WILLIAM STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY, 17/07/1897. SON OF MARK AND JANE WILLIAMSON, OF 12, TRINITY GROVE, GROVEHILL ROAD, BEVERLEY. (CWGC ADDRESS). A TANNER’S LABOURER. HE SERVED IN THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO 28059, LABOUR CORPS. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, AT THE 4TH CANADIAN CLEARING STATION, AGED 21, ON 06/12/1918. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR … Read more
BORN BRIDLINGTON, 1899. SON OF ARTHUR RUSHOLME (1863-1954) & ALICE CLUBLEY (1862-1932), OF 8, MELROSE AVENUE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL & 57 NORWOOD STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). SON OF A HOUSE PAINTER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. THREE SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AS A PAINTER’S APPRENTICE. DESCRIBED … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF MR & MRS DIANA PARKER. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL WITH THE 2ND/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED WHILE PRISONER OF WAR, ON 21/07/1918, AGED 25. HIS WAR PENSION WAS LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, DIANA, PARKER, OF WALK HOUSE COTTAGES, LORDS LANE,BARROW ON HUMBER (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE IS BURIED AT VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) … Read more
BORN CARLTON, NOTTS, 24/02/1889. SON OF GEORGE MORRIS (1866-1949) & EMMA MORRIS (1865-1947), NOTTINGHAM. A BRICKLAYERS LABOURER. HE MARRIED LAURA MAY RUDD (1893-1940), AT HUNSLET, YORKSHIRE, IN 1912. HIS WIFE LAURA, LIVED IN SKIDBY. ENLISTED LEEDS. SERVED AS ACTING SERGEANT, WITH THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/11/1918, AGED 29. BURIED IN … Read more
BORN SETTRINGTON, MALTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE, 1877. WIFE FRANCIS MOODY. MARRIED AT MALTON, IN 1902. HUSBAND OF FRANCES ALLERSTON (1883-1952). THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER’S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN MALTON. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (4TH HULL PALS). DIED OF WOUNDS, A PRISONER OF WAR, IN GERMANY, ON 23/03/1917, AGED … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. ELDEST CHILD OF ROSINA BRISTER (1870-1943) & THE LATE WILLIAM VALENTINE MANTHORPE (1871-1915), OF 3, LILLY GROVE, REGENT STREET, HULL. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS SKIPPER OF THE HULL TUG ‘LINESMAN’ AND ACCIDENTALLY DIED IN 1915. HE HAD TWO SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE ARMY … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOSEPH BRANTON JACKSON (1863-1943) & SARAH JANE MARRIES (1856-1926), OF 10 WESTBOURNE TERRACE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL. A SHIP’S PAINTER. HE MARRIED MINNIE WILLOUGHBY, AT ST PETER’S CHURCH, HULL, ON 25/12/1911. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR SON JOSEPH (1918-2005) AT THIS 1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 8861, … Read more
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF THOMAS F CROSSKILL, A WIDOWER AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER, BOARDING AT 12 PRINCES WALK, CRAVEN STREET. HE WORKED AS A STARCH WORKS LABOURER (1901 CENSUS) AND FOR IDEAL STANDARD, A LOCAL RADIATOR MANUFACTURER. HE MARRIED MARTHA JANE DANBY, AT SCULCOATES CHURCH, IN JULY 1902. HE WAS STILL BOARDING AT 12 PRINCES … Read more
BORN TOLLERTON, YORKSHIRE 1893. SON OF WILLIAM BOYES AND SUSANNAH DURRANT (1865-1939), OF IVY COTTAGE, LANGTON (NEAR MALTON), YORKSHIRE . SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, HARRY AND ONE SISTER, MOIRAH. HE WAS A JOINER, LIVING AT 32, VANE STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, … Read more
