Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN WILLIAM BURDON 12/236. Born in January 1893, the fourth of five children to John and Ellen Burdon of 55 Abbey Street, Holderness Road, Hull (War Pension address). One of the original Pals, John enlisted at Hull, in the autumn of 1914 in the then fledgling 12th Battalion, and served in Egypt defending […]
Private
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF HUGH RICHARD AND MARY ELLEN EMPSON, OF 178, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, CHARLES WHO LIVED IN PRESTON, HULL AND TWO SISTERS, ETHEL AND DOROTHY THAT LIVED AT HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS. HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 6TH JULY 1905, AGED 22. HIS WIFE ROSE ELEANOR (POTTER) LIVED AT 28, REFORM STREET (1911 CENSUS) […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF SELINA FOSTER, OF 7 ASH GROVE, ABBEY STREET, HULL, AND 11, RENFEW STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 241928, IN THE 2/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 27/09/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
5 CARLTON AVENUE, DELHI STREET, MARFLEET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
26/10/1917
Aged
31
BORN WATER PRIORY, POCKLINGTON, YORKS 1886. SON OF FRANCIS JOHN THOMAS FRANKISH & JANE SCRUTON. A DOCK LABOURER. HE LIVED AT 5 CARLTON AVENUE, DELHI STREET, MARFLEET, HULL. MARRIED OCTOBER 1909. WIFE, MAUD EDITH BOSS & DAUGHTER MAUD (BORN IN 1915). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARR […]
Private
BORN KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK, 1891. SON OF WILLIAM DIGBY HALL (1850-1894) AND MARIANNE HALL (1852-1936), OF 7 WOODHOUSE AVENUE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, HULL, ON 04/07/1915. HIS WIFE ETHEL (APPLEGATE) & DAUGHTER DORA, LIVED 21 ABBEY STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) & LATER WITHERNSEA. HE WORKED […]
BORN HULL 2/05/1893. SON OF THOMAS DANGERFIELD & ELIZABETH MORGAN, ABBEY STREET. HE HAD A SISTER ANNIE AND BROTHER EDWIN MORGAN. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE BEFORE ENLISTING. ENLISTED HULL. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 9/08/1915, AGED 21.
Corporal
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WALTER SMITH & EMMA JANE (DOWDY) SMITH, AT 29 ABBEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A CONFECTIONER BY TRADE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARD. WOUNDED IN THE THIGH AT LA BASSEE, ON 22/12/1914. INVALIDED TO SHEFFIELD HOSPITAL AND A CONVALSCENT HOME, IN NEWARK, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (HDM 1 […]
29 , ABBEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
26/09/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WALTER SMITH (1851-1920) & EMMA JANE (DOWDY) SMITH, AT 29 ABBEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/8TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 26/09/1917, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER WALTER. COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL - Loos-en-Gohelle, Departe […]
BORN DUBLIN, MALAHIDE, 1892. CHRISTENED AS ALFRED GEORGE SPIRES, BUT KNOWN AS GEORGE. ELDEST SON OF ALFRED RICHARD SPIRES (1853-1918) & MARGARET SPIRES, OF 7, ASH GROVE, ABBEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 21, PENNINGTON STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER. HE JOINED RECKITTS 0N 26/04/1907. WORK […]
BORN HULL 1984. SON OF ABRAHAM & MARY JANE WATSON, OF 19, FIELD STREET, HULL & 115 , ABBEY STREET, HULL. (ADDRESS FROM CANADIAN WAR RECORDS.) HE WAS A RESERVIST AND HAD SERVED FOUR YEARS WITH THE HUSSRS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTCIE AT MESSRS, ROSE, DOWNS AND THOMPSONS. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1911 AND ENLISTED THERE. S […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF FREDERICK WILKINSON & ELLEN WILKINSON (1868-1946), OF 31 ABBEY STREET, HULL & 17 BLAKE STREET, HULL. SON OF A BOILER MAKER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, ALBERT AND FREDERICK, AND THREE SISTERS, DORIS, BEATRICE AND MARY. HE WAS A GROCER BEFORE THE WAR (1911 CENSUS) AND A MEDICAL STUDENT, WORKING AS AN ASSISTANT F […]
