Thank you to Peter Bonner for the following information, sent on 02/09/2017: Peter Brown was born on the 8th February 1878, at Scagglethorpe, in Yorkshire, close to Malton, and was baptised at Settrington church on August 25th 1878. He would spend much of his early life in this rural area and eventually became a farm worker like his fath […]
Private
90, CLIFTON TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
24/11/1915
Aged
32
BORN LEEDS 1883. SON OF HENRY BROWN & ELLEN GERTRUDE SAGG. A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED, GERTRUDE MAY WILES, AT HULL, IN 1904. HE WIFE, GERTRUDE MAY BROWN (1886-1973) AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 90, CLIFTON TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WA […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF PTE. GEORGE T. & AMY BROWN, OF 66 PEEL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EX HUDSON & SMITH, HULL MARKET PLACE EMPLOYEE. LIVING AT 7 WILBERFORCE TERRACE, ARGYLL STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS 13/07/1916. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST LANCS REGIMENT. WAS B […]
Private
BORN BEVERLEY 1886. SON OF WILLIAM AND ANNIE BROWN, OF 11 , BOYNTON STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER IN AN IRON FOUNDRY. HUSBAND OF KATE, AT 9 , PRINCESS AVENUE, MASSEY STREET, HULL. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, FRANCES. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TOFRANCE, ON 08/09/1914. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 09 […]
1, FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/10/1914
Aged
20
BORN COTTINGHAM 1/04/1896. SON OF FRED BRUMBY (1861-1925) & ANN GRANTHAM (1860-1948), OF 1, FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WORJED AS A NURSERYMAN, IN COTTINGHAM (1911 CENSUS) BEFORE JOINING THE ARMY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST COLDREAM GUARD. WENT TO FRANCE WITH […]
Company Sergeant Major
BORN CURRAGH ARMY CAMP, COUNTY KILDARE, 1891. ELDEST SON ROBERT HUNSLEY BRYANT AND ELSIE (MARY HARRISON ELSPETH) BRYANT, OF BULFORD CAMP, SALISBURY. HIS FATHER WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, BORN IN INDIA AND SERVED AS A QUARTERMASTER IN THE INDIAN ARMY. HE HAD TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS AND A SISTER. HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AT WORCESTER, ON 01/ […]
Private
42, Beaver Road., Beverley, Yorkshire, UK
Died on
09/08/1915
Aged
32
Private Fred Burgess (1882-1915) Fred Burgess was born in Wassand, Hornsea, East Yorkshire, in 1882. Son of John and Nancy Burgess; husband of Ellen Burgess, of 42, Beaver Road., Beverley, Yorks. In April 1909 Fred married Ellen Smith at St Nicholas Church, Beverley. Fred Burgess was a private in the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regimen […]
BORN HULL 1898. KNOWN AS "MICKY". SON OF JOHN BURGOYNE (1862-1933) & ADA ANN MORTON (1864-1942), AT 30, FIELD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) & 118A DIVISION ROAD, HULL. (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 24/04/1916). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE AND HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR ABOUT TEN MONTHS WHEN HE WAS KILLE […]
BORN LEEDS 1877. ENLISTED LEEDS. BROTHER OF THOMAS BURKE, OF 38 , SPENCER STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED WITH THE 1ST KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/05/1915, AGED 37. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIS GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, ANNIE RYDER AT 6 […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JAMES EDWARD BURLEY & MARIA ELIZABETH DRING (1869-1932), AT 601, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL AND 439 SPRING BANK WEST, HULL. SON A RAILWAY CLERK. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. A FITTER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LINE. HE RESIDED AT 233 WALTON STREET, HULL. HE JOINED THE TERRITORIAL […]
18 BONFIELD TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
27/03/1916
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1884. ENLISTED HULL. MOTHER ALICE ABOVE 1901 CENSUS. NEPHEW OF J & J H SPINK. HDM 11/4/16.
9 ELEANORS TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/04/1915
Aged
37
BORN SUTTON 1878. SON OF WILLIAM & SARAH CARIS, OF 9 ELEANORS TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL. A BRICKLAYER BY TRADE. WIFE VIOLET AND DAUGHTER DOROTHY (BORN 10/02/1911), LIVED 22 LENDAL TERRACE, DURHAM STREET AND AT THE 'ROYAL OAK' DAIRY, PORTLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN BRIDLINGTON. WAS PROMOTED SERGEANT. K […]
4, Welbourne Terrace, Hornsea, Hull
Died on
01/11/1914
Aged
29
Son of Mrs. Louisa Carr, of Wades House, Hornsea; husband of Edith Mary Carr, of 4, Welbourne Terrace, Hornsea, Hull. Harry was born in Hornsea in 1884. Harry Carr served in the 1st Northumberland Fusiliers Harry Carr was killed in action on 1 November 1914, aged 29.
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF THE LATE JOHN & ZILAH CARR OF 59 , CHOLMLEY STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR HIS FATHER'S BUILDING BUSINESS. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN LOCAL FOOTBALL CIRCLES AND HE PLAYED FOR HORNSEA FOOTBALL CLUB. HE WENT TO AUSTRALIA IN 1911 AND ENLISTED IN NORTH QUEENSLAND. HE WAS SENT TO FRANCE, AFTER A SHORT PERIO […]
45 EDINGBURGH STREET, HULL
Died on
26/05/1915
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF EDITH FRANCES THORNTON (1866-1905) & SAMUEL BRAMELD CARR (1863-1917), OF 45 EDINBURGH STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED ASA MARBLE CUTTER. LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER, STANLEY, AT ELDER HOUSE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ROBERT SEYMOUR CARR, HE ENLISTED IN LINCOLN. SERVED AS PRIVA […]
BORN HORNSEA 1882. SON OF FREDERICK CARTER AND MARY GREGORY. HIS PARENTS LIVED IN GLOUCESTER. HE WAS A MANAGER OF A MINERAL WATER COMPANY. HE MARRIED AT ANLABY PARISH CHURCH, ON 16/08/1916. HIS WIFE, ANNIE LOUISA JONES MOVED TO 56 ANLABY ROAD, AND LATER BRIDLINGTON. ENLISTED HULL ON 17/02/1917. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 23/05/1917. KILLED IN […]
Private
8 WHITBOURNE TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
23/04/1915
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF PATRICK & ELIZABETH CAVENEY. LIVED 8 WHITBOURNE TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL. A BOILER CLEANER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/6612, 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY ANN. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE, MEMO […]
1 COBDEN PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
07/06/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1897. ELDEST SON OF RICHARD CHADBURN & CHARLOTTE CHADBURN (1873-1957), AT 1 COBDEN PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A STRETCHER BEARER, WITH THE 8TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 07/06/1917 […]
3 DENIS BUILDINGS, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
24/04/1915
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF HENRY CHAPMAN (1837-1909) & REBEKAH CHAPMAN, (1834-1899) 17 PRIOR STREET, DRYPOOL. AN OIL CAKE MILLER. MARRIED ROSINA RALPH IN 1898. THEY HAD EIGHT CHILDREN, INCLUDING SIX DAUGHTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. SERVED WITH COLONEL SHAW IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. A WEEK LATE […]
Lance Corporal
BORN SHEFFIELD, 1896. SON OF TOM AND MARY ELLEN CHARLESWORTH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED ON 21/02/1915, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER TOM. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL.
