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BORN HULL 03/12/1891. SON OF THOMAS ACEY HODGSON & MARGARET HENRIETTA SHEPHERD (1869-1924), OF 169 HIGH STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT ST MARYS, LOWGATE, HULL, ON 13/04/1913. HUSBAND OF DRUSCILLA ELIZA (HOLT). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, ALBERT AND MARION AND LIVED AT 33 ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). WORKED AS A CENTRAL DOCK LABOUR […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF GEORGE HENRY HOOD (1856-1935) & MARY ANN HOOD (1856-1935), OF 10 BRIGHTON TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 18. HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2. https […]

BORN ESSEX, 1881. SON OF GEORGE AND KATHERINE (KATE) KING. A FISHERMAN. HE MARRIED, FLORENCE ANNIE LOUGHTON, AT HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 15/03/1905. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR DAUGHTER, MARY, AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN THE 11TH EYE (HULL PALS), ON 10/09/1914, AGED 33 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. HIS ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM, AS 5 FOOT 6 […]

BORN AMSTERDAM 1897. SON OF ANDRIES KOOY. WIFE MAGGIE PATFIELD KOOY LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Saxon, built by T. Turnbull & Son, Whitby in 1881 and owned at the time of her loss by Entente SS. Co. Ltd. (Leopold Walford), wa […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ROBERT WILLIAM & HARRIET LISTER ABOVE. SERVED AS 'AKRILL', IN 'D' COMPANY, 1ST SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. COMMEMORATED AT AMARA WAR CEMETERY, IRAQ

BORN HULL 1881. KNOWN AS "SLASSER". SON OF HELEN LOWTHORPE, 1 ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. THE YOUNGEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WAS A WIDOWER AND WORKED AS A LABOURER. HIS SISTER CHARLOTTE GUY CARED FOR HIS TWO SONS THOMAS & LEWIS. THEY LIVED AT 1 ADELAIDE STREET & 53 UPPER UNION STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, ON 08/12/1914. STAT […]

BORN HULL 1878. HOLY TRINITY. SON OF JOHN AND CATHERINE MAHONEY. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1900 AND HIS MOTHER IN 1915. HE MARRIED IN 1898. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH GREEN, LIVED AT 5, ADELAIDE PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 3 FLORENCE GROVE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL AND 15, FEWSONS TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL ( […]

BORN HULL 29/12/1894. SON OF JOHN THOMAS MAPPLEBECK (1850-1908) AND EMILY JAQUES (1854-1901). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HIS SISTER MARGARET LATUS (1879-1964), LIVED AT 7, CLIFTON TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (CWGC NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS). HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. LOST AT SEA OFF THE STR […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE, ALBERT THOMAS MARSHALL 11/1188. Born at Hull in July 1892, Albert was the fourth of seven children to Thomas (1861-1930) and Jane Marshall (1866-1943), of 173 Hawthorne Avenue, Anlaby Road, Hull. An Upholsterer before the war, he enlisted at City Hall in December 1914 joining the 11th Battalion East Yo […]

BORN HULL 03/02/1893. SEVENTH SON OF JOHN & MARY JANE MAYS, OF 4 ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL SCHOOL.MARRIED AT ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD, ON 6TH DECEMBER 1914. HIS WIFE VENETTA MAYS & CHILD LIVED AT 4 CARLTON TERRACE, SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A SELF EMPLOYED GREEN GROCER A […]

BORN GOTHENBERG, SWEDEN 1883. SON OF OLAF EDWARD & IDA CHARLOTTE OLSSON. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. HIS BROTHER KARL OLLSON WAS ALSO LOST AT SEA, IN 1915. People on board SS TORO123 1. ANDERSSON, CHARLES (37), Able Seaman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Olaus Andersson, of Karlskrona, Sweden, Memorial: Tower Hill Memor […]

BORN GOTHENBERG, SWEDEN 9/07/1886. SON OF OLAF EDWARD & IDA CHARLOTTE OLSSON. MARRIED 1909. WIFE SARAH ROSE SKIPWORTH LIVED AT THIS NAVAL ADDRESS. HIS BROTHER ERIC OLLSON WAS LOST AT SEA IN 1917. HIS FATHER IN LAW, GEORGE SKIPWORTH WAS LOST AT SEA ON THE S/S 'DIDO' IN 1916. HIS BROTHER IN LAW, PTE, JOHN WILLIAM SKIPWORTH, EYR, WHO LI […]

BORN BRADFORD 1886. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED ALDERSHOT. EX RAMC. DIED OF WOUNDS. NO PARENTS. HIS NEXT OF KIN WAS MRS FRANCES SKIPWORTH AT THIS ARMY ADDRESS. SHE WAS TO LOSE HER HUSBAND, SON AND TWO SONS IN LAW DURING THE WAR.

BORN HULL 1892. DAIRYCOATES. SON OF JOHN THOMAS PARKER, OF 29 PARKER AVENUE, BRACEBRIDGE, LINCOLNSHIRE. A FORMER BRICKLAYER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 18/07/1910. SERVED AS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. FOR FOUR YEARS WITH THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS SENT TO FRANCE AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/0 […]

BORN NOTTINGHAM 1895. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM PARSONS & MARY ELIZABETH EBBUTT, OF 70, CANNING STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 90, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). ONE OF TWO CHILDREN. HIS ONLY BROTHER JOHN WILLIAM SERVED IN MESOPOTANIA. A FORMER BLUNDELL'S PAINTER APPRENTICE. ALBERT ENLISTED BEFORE THE WA […]

BORN HULL 1883. HOLY TRINITY. SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH READER WHO LIVED AT 16 ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 69 ADELAIDE STREET WITH HER SON GUNNER, F H ATKINSON, RFA. JOHN READER WORKED ON THE HULL TRAM CARS. HE ALSO CAME FROM A MILITARY FAMILY. HIS BROTHER STAFF SGT, JAMES WILLIAM READER WAS A RIDING INSTRUCTOR WITH THE […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JAMES & ANNIE E. ROGERS, OF BEAN STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE, MARGARET MAY ROGER, LIVED AT 8, BUCKINGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR YOUNG SON AND 14, HORSHAM TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A FORMER SOLDIER. HE HAD SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. HE WORKED AS A COAL TIPPER […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF GEORGE ROBERT SELLERS & BEATRICE ALLISON, OF 12, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHER ALBERT AND SISTER LILLIAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/10/1918, AGED 19. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE.

BORN HULL JULY 1894. SON OF EDWARD & NANCY SIRRS AT THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. WORKED AT MESSRS. CRAFT & CO, BEVERLEY ROAD. A PORTER AT DRAPERY. HE LIVED AT 12 QUEEN'S TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET. ENLISTED HULL. HE WAS WOUNDED ON 3/05/1915. WOUNDED AGAIN ON 25/9/1918. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 20/10/1918, AGED 24. BURIED MONTAY-NEUV […]

BORN BRIDLINGTON 1897. SON OF FRANCES ELIZABETH AINSWORTH & THE LATE GEORGE SKIPWORTH (LOST ON THE S/S 'DIDO' ON 22/02/1916). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS SISTER ROSIE OLSSON, LIVED AT 6 CHATHAM PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS AN OFFICE BOY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 20. H […]