Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Hull, 1894. Surname was BOHN, but served as George Harold Bond. Son of Thomas William Bohn (1855-1919) and Deborah Bohn. of 110 De Grey Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 6 Young Street, Withernsea. Employed as a shoemaker in Warminster. Served with the 2nd Wiltshire Regiment. Killed in action, on 10/04/1917, aged 23. Buried at … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM (1870-1941) & ANNIE ELIZABETH WHELDALE (1869-1933), OF 3 ETTYS GROVE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WORKED AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS, LAWRENCE, ERNEST, KENNETH AND ERIC. HE MARRIED ANNIE (WILSON) WHELDALE, AT HULL, IN 1914. HE WAS A FORMER NEEDLER’S EMPLOYEE & WORKED IN … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FLORENCE, OF HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER, MRS A. E. HARMAN, AT 44 PORTLAND STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS IN THE TIMBER TRADE WORKING AS A FIRE WOOD CHOPPER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ADA GRAY, OF 68, WHARNCLIFFE STREET, CLARENDON STREET, HULL & 6. LAVINIA GROVE, WENLOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE BOARDED IN SOUTHWICK, SUSSEX (1901 CENSUS) AND LIVED AT 6, ELM TREE TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). AN APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN. HE WORKED FOR BLUNDELL, SPENCE AND CO. HE ENLISTED … Read more
BORN THIRKLEBY, YORKS, 1893. ELDEST SON OF ARTHUR & ELIZA FINCE, OF 100 DURHAM STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A GROCER’S ASSISTANT. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WENT OUT TO FRANCE WITH COLONEL SHAW, IN APRIL 1915, AND HAD SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN … Read more
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF JOSEPH BATHOLOMEW COUPLAND (1833-1905) & MARIA DES FORGES ALCOCK (1839-1901). HE MARRIED EMILY SMALES (1880-1925), IN JULY 1901. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, ALICE AND MARY ANN COUPLAND. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 10857, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED ON 09/04/1917. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ALFRED THOMAS & ANNIE KEZ BROWN, WITHERNSEA. EMPLOYED BY A LARGE DRAPERY FIRM IN HUDERSFIELD FOR TWO YEARS. HE ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1914 AS A PRIVATE IN THE DUKE OF WEKLLINGTON’S WEST RIDING REGIMENT. HE WENT TO FRANCE IN APRIL 1915. WAS SUCCESSFUL AS A BOMBER ANAD RAPIDLY PROMOTED. HE … Read more
BORN HULL 01/07/1883. SON OF PETER BRODERICK (1843-1918) & HARRIET JACKSON (1844-1883). HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER, THOMAS, AT 6 FREDERICK TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). ALSO LIVED WITH HIS AUNTIE JANE BRODERICK, AT 16, BALFOUR CRESCENT, NORNABELL STREET, … Read more
BORN THORNE 1890. SON OF JOHN S BEVITT OF THORNE. EX NER RAILWAY CLERK IN PASSENGER DEPTARTMENT HULL. MARRIED IN HARROGATE ON 9TH APRIL 1916. WIFE DOROTHY (WELLS) LIVED ABOVE. ENLISTED RIPON, YORKS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 17TH APRIL 1917. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON THE 14TH JULY 1917. HIS … Read more
BORN RUTLAND, LEICESTERSHIRE 1892. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF SAMUEL BAINES (1869-1948) & ELIZA WILKINSON (1870-1941), AT 14, ALPHA AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A LABOURER. SIBLINGS, DAVID, SAMUEL, EDITH, SIDNEY, DORA AND MAY. EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL OIL MILL LABOURER. HIS BROTHER, SAMUEL (1894-1958), SERVED IN THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, … Read more
