Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN SHEFFIELD 1892. ONLY SON OF GEORGE VICTOR ST RUTH (1854-1927) & ELIZABETH FEARNLEY (1851-1927), OF 1 PETTINGELL TERRACE, DALTRY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WORKED AS AN IRON AND STEEL FITTER FOR AMOS SMITH ENGINEERS, ENGLISH STREET, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 138 LBS WEIGHT, 37-40 INCH CHEST, “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM SISSONS (1835-1896) & ARABELLA ELLIS (1850-1937) – 53 HARDY STREET, HULL & 22 , CRANBOURNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). AN OIL TRADE CLERK. EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, ON 22/07/1907. WORKED AS A FARM HAND. LIVED AT 11 GALDSTONE STREET, EAST PERTH (PROBATE ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED AT MERRIDEN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, ON … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF MARIAN CLARK, OF HULL, AND ‘STONE LODGE’, RISE, YORKSHIRE. WIFE EMILY MAY CLARK LIVED AT – 2 RUSSELL STREET, HULL. (HDM 10/05/1918). HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA LIVING AT 4 MORGAN STREET, NEWCASTLE. HE ENLISTED AT NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES, ON 19/02/1917, AGED 34 YEARS OLD. OCCUPATION:COOK. A FORMER SOLDIER. EX, … Read more
BORN NORTHWOLD, NORFOLK 1886. SON OF ALFRED ISLEY (1852-1905) & SUSANNAH ‘LILY’ CHAMBERS, (1851-1934). AT 30 WYNBURG STREET AND 200 NEWBRIDGE ROAD, HULL. A TIME SERVED BRICK LAYER. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. WAS A SHAREHOLDER IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, E T ISLEY & CO LTD., HENLEY BEACH ROAD, ADELAIDE. HE ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL, NEW SOUTH … Read more
BORN HULL 1880. SON OF JOHN JAMES & MARY ELIZABETH GOODWILL AT THIS ADDRESS. A CARPENTER. EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. ARRIVED IN SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, ON 12/11/1912. HE LIVED WITH A MISS M E DODDS. ENLISTED AT BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, ON 21/12/1915, GIVING THE AGE OF 32. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 3 INCHES TALL, 108 LBS … Read more
BORN BOSTON, LINCS 1896. SON OF ROBERT FISHER (1841-1919), A MASTER MARINER AND HENRIETTA MYERS (1858-1907), OF BOSTON, LINCS. THE FAMILY MOVED TO 10 MRTYLE AVENUE, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER, TO LIVE WITH HIS SISTER, MARY. HIS FATHER IN HULL BEING NEARLY EIGHTY YEARS OLD. HE … Read more
Born Hessle, Hull, 1884. Son of Joel and Mary Farmery; husband of Lily Farmery, of 21, Herbert’s Terrace, Westbourne St., Hessle Road, Hull, England. A railway signalman in Driffield. Emigrated to Australia. Arrived at Freemantle, on the 27th April 1912. Settled in Blackboy Hill, Western Australia, living at Stoke Street, Beconsfield, Freemantle. He worked as … Read more
BORN PELSALL, STAFFORDSHIRE, 07/03/1890. SON OF SAMUEL COOPER (1866-1941) & MARIA JANE BREEZE (1864-1948), OF 11, ADDERBURY GROVE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, AND 13, PARK GROVE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A ROOFER/SHINGLER. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. WAS A LABOURER IN HULL. EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. A SINGLE MAN. HE WORKED AS A POLICE CONSTABLE. LIVED … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. ELDEST CHILD OF CHARLES STRINGER & MARGARET BRIDGES. HIS PARENTS DIED YOUNG AND HE WAS RAISED BY HIS AUNTIE MRS ANNIE LOCKING AT 18 FISH STREET, HULL. HE HAD ONE YOUNGER BROTHER CHARLES HENRY BRIDGES AND ONE SISTER MARGARET BRIDGES. HE LEFT FOR MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA ON 21/03/1914, SAILING FROM LIVERPOOL ON THE … Read more
