Lance Sergeant
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS ABBOTT, OF 146, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. HE HAD SERVED IN INDIA FOR TWO AND HALF YEARS, AND RETURNED HOME FOR ONE MONTH BEFORE JOINING HIS REGIMENT IN FRANCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 21ST FEBRUARY 1915, AGED 23. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 4TH MARCH 1915 & HDM 15/5/1 […]
BORN LINCOLN 1895. SON OF JAMES JOHN ADAMS & ELIZABETH ADAMS. EMPLOYED AS MINERAL WATER BOTTLER. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 03/09/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 09/11/1915, AGED 20. HE HAD SERVED FOR 1 YEAR AND 68 DAYS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 35 INCH CHEST, 129 LBS WEIGHT, DARK HA […]
BORN HULL 09/03/1896. SON OF GEORGE FREDERICK & MINNIE FLORENCE AINLEY. EDUCATED AT SOUTH MYTON SCHOOL, HULL. A FORMER APPRENTICE WITH MESSRS, KING & CO, HULL HE ENLISTEDIN THE ARMY, IN HULL ON 18/08/1912. SERVING AS A REGULAR SOLDIER AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AT HILL 60, BY A SNIPER, ON LEAVING HIS TRENCH […]
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF HARRY & CAROLINE ALLVIN ABOVE. FIANCEE MARY COWLAM. SON OF A HAIRDRESSER. HE WORKED AS A HAIRDRESSER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/04/1918, AGED 29. BURIED AT BELGIUM BATTERY CORNER, YPRES. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS A […]
BORN HULL 1889. SECOND SON OF HENRY HIND AMOS & RUTH (JACKSON) AT 4 LINDEN GROVE, TEMPLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A RETIRED POLICEMAN. ONE OF THREE SONS. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 17/04/1915. SERVED WITH 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/05/1915, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED […]
BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF WILSON ANDERTON AND MARIA D'ARCY, 2 SALFORD AVENUE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL. HE HAD ANOTHER BROTHER EDWARD AND FIVE SISTERS. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS A SHOP ASSISTANT, OF MR THOMAS COOK, GENTLEMAN'S OUTFITTER, 113 HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE HESSLE ROAD AREA. HE ENLISTED HULL. ARRIVED FRANCE 2 […]
Lance Corporal
BORN WOOD GREEN, MIDDLESEX 1885. SON OF JULIA THULBOURN (1861-1925) & HARRY ANTHONY (1861-1928). THE FAMILY LIVED IN LONDON, WITHERNSEA AND AT 12 , SWINBURNE STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/03/1916, AGED 30. COMMEMORATED ON THE belgium MENIN […]
BENNINGHOLME GRANGE, SKIRLAUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
22/07/1916
Aged
18
BORN SKIRLAUGH 1898. LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED DARLINGTON. SON OF WILLIAM AND ROSE APPLETON, SKIRLAUGH. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A TAILOR AND DRAPER. KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 22/07/1916, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM APPLETON, WAS A HULL SCHOOL TEACHER A […]
19 , COLONIAL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
13/02/1916
Aged
18
BORN NAFERTON 1898. SON OF MATHEW BAILEY (1861-1933) & MARY JANE BAILEY (1869-1944), OF 19 COLONIAL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 3 ST JOHN'S PLACE, ALBION STREET, DRIFFIELD (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY SIGNALMAN. BROTHER TO WALTER, HARRY AND ELSIE. HE ENLISTED HULL. HIS ARMY RECORDS STATE THAT HE WAS BORN IN HULL? SERVED AS PRIVATE […]
BORN BEVERLEY 17/08/1890. SON OF JOHN ALEXANDER & HENRIETTA BALFOUR, HORNSEA AND THIS ADDRESS. EMIGRATED TO CANADA 1913. WORKED AS A LABOURER. ENLISTED IN THE CEF ON 26/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION AT LANGEMARCK, ON 23/04/1915. HE LEFT £922 IN HIS WILL TO HIS SISTER HILDA MARY BALFOUR. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE MENIN GATE TO THE MISSING […]
8 , LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
02/05/1915
Aged
16
BORN COTTINGHAM 1899. SON OF WILLIAM & THE LATE SARAH BARR, OF 26 BURLEIGH STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES, ON 02/05/1915, AGED ONLY 16. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM HIS NAME IS LISTED ON WEST PARADE ROLL OF HONOUR. HE LEFT DORIS, FR […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. AKA 'JACK'. SON OF JAMES WOLFE (JACK) BARTON (1867-1903) AND CAROLINE MARY WOODLIFF, OF 74, DIVISON ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 17, DANSOM LANE HULL. A FORMER ERRAND LAD AND RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 18/02/1915. SERVED IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIEMNT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 05/05 […]
Signaller
BORN HULL 11/02/1895. THIRD SON OF FREDERICK BATTARBEE AND CLARA WRIGGLESWORTH, LIVING AT 60, TADMAN STREET, HULL AND 32, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). EDUCATED AT ST LUKE'S STREET CHURCH SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS AN NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY PORTER AT HULL WEST DEPOT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 1/4TH EYR IN MARCH 1912. WORKED A […]
Private
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF HENRY BAXTER (1851-1911) & MARY HANNAH SKELTON (1853-1929), OF 31, EXMOUTH STREET, HULL, 44, GRANVILLE STREET AND 6, ROLAND AVENUE, ARTHUR STREET, HULL. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, THAT LIVED AROUND THE NEWLAND AREA OF HULL HE WAS WELL KNOWN ON HULL FISH DOCKS. MANAGER OF A HIGH CLASS FISH AND GAME […]
BORN BURSTWICK 1888. REGULAR SOLDIER WITH THE 10TH HUSSARS. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF GEORGE & MATILDA BAYSTON. BROTHERS GEORGE, FRED & HAROLD. KILLED IN ACTION ON 13/05/1915, AGED 26. ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER GEORGE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH, WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER FRED […]
BORN HULL 07/10/1869. SON OF THOMAS AND MARTHA BEAL. A LABOURER. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, T. WILSON AND SONS SHIPPING LINE. MARRIED MARY ELIZABETH BEAL, FROM 47 GILLETT STREET, IN 1895, HULL. THEY LIVED AT CAMPBELL STREET AND 12 CLAREMONT TERRACE, DAY STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR TEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED HULL. ON 23/10/1914. ARRIVED IN FRANCE […]
Private
2 FERN AVENUE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
25/04/1915
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1891. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE BELL (1865-1933) & MARY ELIZABETH BELL (1865-1938), OF 2 FERN AVENUE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A STONEMASON'S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 18/02/1915. KILLED BY SHELL FIRE IN THE SUPPORT TRENCHES, […]
BORN OLDHAM 1893. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED KEIGHLEY. SON OF CHRISTOPHER BELL & SARAH TONG AT THIS ADDRESS AND THE BOULEVARD. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 05/05/1915, AGED 22. HE LEFT A WIDOW, LIVING AT NEWBRIDGE ROAD. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 27/03/1915. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE MARFLEET ROLL OF HONOUR.
Private
BORN HULL 1882. LIVED IN LEEDS. ENLISTED YORK. EX 28182 WYR. SON OF CHRISTOPHER T & ROSE EMMA BELWALFORD. HE WAS A FARMER SALESMAN BEFORE THE WAR. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 5TH AUGUST 1917, AGED 35. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER ROSE BELWALFORD.
BORN HESSLE 1887. WIFE MARY JANE & FIVE YEAR OLD SON AT 8 HAMPSHIRE STREET, HULL . SON OF ROBERT & JANE BENNETT, OF 5 SALISBURY STREET, HESSLE. KILLED BY A MINE EXPLOSION, AT LOOS IN 1915. HIS BODY WAS FOUND BY HIS MATES AT YPRES IN 1916. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 14TH FEBRUARY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * […]
