Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Son of J. N. Borley (late Sergeant, Coldstream Guards and The Buffs), of 26, Balham New Road, Balham, London. Name Arthur Leonard Borley Birth Place Strand, Middx., 1897 Residence Regent’s Park, Middx. Death Date 1 Jul 1918 Death Place VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE Enlistment Place Hull, Yorkshire Rank Lance Corporal Regiment Buffs (East Kent) Regiment … Read more
BORN SIGGLESTHORNE, YORKSHIRE, 1899. SON OF GEORGE ARTHUR PLAYFOOT (1861-1906) & ALICE PLAYFOOT, OF SIGGLESTHORNE & 3, CAVE TERRACE, CAVE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF AN AGRICULTURAL WORKER AND WIDOWED MOTHER, BOTH FROM SKIRLAUGH. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS GUNNER IN “C” BATTERY, 223RD ROYAL FIELD … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS BEADLE (1857-1926) & THE LATE EMMA BEADLE (1860-1912) OF 7 BRIGHT’S TERRACE, BRIGHT STREET AND SOUTHCOATES LANE. ONE OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN. THREE BROTHERS SERVED IN THE WAR. A GARDENER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING IN THE HULL … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. ONLY CHILD OF ALICE & THOMAS SKINNER, OF 62 , WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). A WATER FILTER INSPECTOR. HE WAS MARRIED TO ANNIE WHO ALSO LIVED AT 45, GORDON STREET, HULL AND 62, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION AND 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS). THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JOHN STEAD LOWTHER (1862-1918) & ANNIE SOPHIA JACKSON (1865-1944). THE ELDEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE MARRIED FLORENCE FILBY (1888-1967) AT HULL, IN 1910. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR TWO SONS, FRED AND JOHN STANLEY LOWTHER, AT 8 BRUNSWICK TERRACE, VICTOR STREET, (1911 CENSUS) AND 62 VICTOR STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS, 24/06/1918). … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ANNIE & ABRAHAM JACOBS, OF 1, PROVIDENCE STREET, COMMERCIAL ROAD, EAST LONDON. EX GROCER’S ASSISTANT. LIVED IN LONDON. HE ENLISTED IN HOLBORN. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 26891 MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE WEST KENT REGIMENT. DIED ON 09/02/1917, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SENT TO HIS SISTER SARAH HAYES. HE IS BURIED ON … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SECOND SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM HOWLETT & EMMA ALLISON, OF 12 , RAYWELL STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS AND ELDER BROTHER, GEORGE. HIS FATHER WAS A BREWERY DRAYMAN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1699, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/04/1918, AGED 20. … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. KNOWN AS ‘JOHNNY’. SON OF THE LATE ARTHUR CHARLES (1852-1915) & ANNIE GILES (1865-1950), AT 20 SUBWAY STREET AND 7, TOWLERS TERRACE, ETON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS WIFE GERTRUDE PAMELA GILES AT 11, GRASSMERE AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS … Read more
Born Hull, 22/11/1894. son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ferguson, of 1, Crowl Avenue, Wyke Street, Hull and 7, Warwick Terrace Warwick St Hedon Road, Hull (War pension addresses). A labourer (1911 Census). He married Hannah Mary Hagues, in January 1914. They had two children and lived at Church Lane, Marfleet, East Hull. Served as Able … Read more
BORN GOOLE 29/6/1891. SON OF LUCY ELLEN & LATE THOMAS COCKING, OF 11, GERTRUDES TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER. A FORMER PRISONER, WHO HAD SERVED TIME AT HMP WAKEFIELD IN 1911 & 1912, FOR THEFT AND BEING DRUNK. HE RESIDED AT FOURTH AVENUE, GOOLE, WHERE HE WAS WELL KNOWN. HE … Read more
