Private
BORN ST JAMES, YORK, 1877. SON OF JOHN AND BETSEY BENNYWORTH, OF 80 WASSAND STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS FROM DUBLIN. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE, HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SISTER OF NELLIE MAPPLEBECK, OF 54 REDBOURNE STREET, HULL (HDM 16/11/1915). A REGULAR SOLDIER WITH THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/10/1914 […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN GLASGOW 1893. ONLY SON OF MARGARET CAMERON (1863-1952) & THE LATE BENJAMIN BERRY (1826-1904), OF 8A NORTH MARINE ROAD, SCARBOROUGH AND 44 , GREY STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO SISTERS - FLORENCE AND MARY. A DENTIST AND FORMER VOLUNTEER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE ENLISTED ON 01/03/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 54419, IN THE ROYAL ENG […]
204 KINGS STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
18/07/1917
Aged
29
BORN COTTINGHAM 1888. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WALTER AND MARY BILTON, OF 204 KINGS STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL . HE WAS A VAN DRIVER BEFORE THE WAR. KILLED IN ACTION ON 18/7/1917, AGED 29. HE WAS SINGLE AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DA […]
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER BIRRELL AND MARTHA ELLEN BIRRELL, OF 44 PARK STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF AN ENGINEER. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL. WENT TO FRANCE, ON 22/10/1914, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, IN THE 1ST LINCOLNSHIRE REGIEMENT. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 02/01/ […]
11 BONFIELD TERACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
10/09/1917
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE & EMMA BISBY ABOVE ADDRESS. HIS BROTHER ALBERT, 1ST WYR LIVED AT SAME ADDRESS & SERVED IN INDIA. GEORGE BISBY WAS A SAW MILL WORKER. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES ON 10/09/1917, AGED 22. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL, GREAT WAR MEMORIAL, GEORGE STREET, HULL.
Private
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF BENJAMIN BLACKBURN AND ELIZABETH JACKSON, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HIS SISTER LIVED AT 2GREEN LANE CRESCENT, GREEN LANE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY. "HE HAD EXTRAORDINARY GOOD WORK THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND WAS UNIVERALLY POPULAT AMONGST HIS COMREADES." HE WAS KILLED RESCUING A WOUN […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE FRANCIS BLACKBURN (1868-1929) & ARABELLA ROWAN (1866-1915). ADDRESS FROM HULL DAILY MAIL. RESIDED IN HORNSEA. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN BELGIUM, ON 17/02/1915, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE, MEMORIAL.HE LEFT A SISTER MATILDA JANE, AND BROTHER, GEORGE F […]
Private
6 LEO TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/04/1915
Aged
30
BORN BEVERLEY 1886. SON OF JOHN HENRY BLAYDON (1856-1929) & MARY HANNAH SHARP (1862-1904) OF HESSLE AND HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER MRS SMITH AT THIS ADDRESS. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED TEN YEARS IN INDIA. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 01/05/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 29. […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM AND MARY BOARDMAN. LIVED 3 RAYMOND BUILDINGS, CUMBERLAND STREET - 1911 CENSUS. WORKED FOR THE CITY SAW MILL AS A MACHINE APPRENTICE. HE HAD ENLISTED IN HULL TO THE 4TH EYR BEFORE THE WAR ON 4/09/1911. SENT TO FRANCE ON 17/04/1915. KILLED IN ACTION TWO WEEKS LATER ON 04/05/1915. LEFT WIDOW & 2 CHILDREN. […]
1st Lieutenant
10, ST ANDREWS AVENUE, ST MARKS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/10/1917
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM BOLLINGHAM & LOUISE HARRISON, HULL. HE MARRIED EMMA THORP MULLIGAN, IN HULL, IN 1909. EMPLOYED AS A FOREMAN IN A SOAP WORKS. THEY LIVED AT 3 LESLIE AVENUE, LORRAINE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE THEN WORKED FOR THE HULL OIL MANUFACTURING COMPAMY, STONEFERRY, BEFORE LEAVING FOR AUSTRALIA, IN 1913 […]
Private
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN HENRY BOND (1861-1923) & JULIA TOFT (1863-1926), OF 82, MAYFIELD STREET, HULL. A REGULAR SOLDER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 15/01/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 05/05/1915, AGED 27. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON […]
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF RICHARD BOOKER, OF 81 DAY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 25/05/1910 AND WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/10/1914, AGED 22. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAP […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ROBERT BOWDEN (1864-1943) & BETSY JORDAN (1871-1945), OF 3 BERKSHIRE STREET, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AT RECKITTS SAWMILL & STARCH WORKS. HE JOINED RECKITT'S, ON 13/05/1907. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. SERVED WITH TH […]
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF WILLIAM MARWOOD BRADY (1838-1904) & BETSY BAKER (1842-1921) AT 27, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) AND 2 CHEAPSIDE, GROVES, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). PRIOR TO ENLISTING, HE WORKED FOR MR SANDERSON'S PAINT WORKS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN 'A' COMPANY, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANC […]
10 ALBERT TERRACE, PEASE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
24/04/1915
Aged
39
BORN HULL, 1876. SON OF ALFRED BRANTON (1834-1914) & SUSANNAH ENDERBY (1839-1930), OF PEASE STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER. HE MARRIED, GERTRUDE BANKS (1876-1941), ON 27/03/1897, AT ST JAMES CHURCH, HULL. AND RESIDED AT BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, BOARDING ALONE, WITH THE […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF CHARLES DAVIDSON BRIGHOUSE (1863-1919) & SARAH JESSIE PIPER (1867-1927), OF HORNSEA. HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, GILBERT AND TWO SISTERS, DORIS AND MARJORIE. EMPLOYED AS A FARMER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 37-39 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED AT HORNSEA, ON 12/01/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 05/05/1916. SERV […]
4 FLORENCE TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
24/07/1917
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF MARGARET A & THE LATE PLATO BRINKLEY ABOVE ADDRESS & 45 GREEN LANE IN 1911. NB: 15 CYPRUS WALK, ALEXANDRA STREET.
Vancouver, Canada
Died on
10/11/1917
Aged
19
Born Hull, on 01/01/1898. Son of William Lawrence Britton (1874-1940) and Jane Elizabeth Iveson (1875-1959). the family emigrated to British Columbia, Vancouver, on 17/12/1906. When William Henry Britton was born on January 1, 1898, in Hull, Yorkshire, England, his father, William, was 23 and his mother, Jane, was 22. He immigrated with […]
Private
BORN YORK 1885. SON OF JAMES & CATHERINE BROADLEY, of 62 CLARENDON STREET, HULLl. ENLISTED HULL. HE WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER AND HAD SERVED SEVEN YEARS IN INDIA WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED AT YPRES, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 30. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE, MEMORIAL, YPRES. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WER […]
Private
BORN HULL 05/09/1876. ELDEST SON OF ROBERT BROADWELL AND ANNIE ELIZABETH PETERSON. SON OF A BLACKSMITH. BROTHERS, WALTER AND JAMES BROADWELL. EDUCATED AT BLUNDELL STREET BOARD SCHOOL. SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. THEN WORKED FOR 21 YEARS FOR CHARLES HATFIELD COAL MERCHANTS, PRIOR TO THE WAR. HE MARRIED, LI […]
