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BORN BROOMFLEET, BROUGH 1894. SON OF THOMAS BAITSON (1862-1931)AND SARAH ANN WILSON (1869-1896), OF 132 ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY PORTER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE CANADIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AT ETAPLES. HE […]

BORN LIVERPOOL 1897. STEP SON OF MAX & SON OF ANNE PEARMENT, OF 7 PORTER STREET, AND 33 ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. AN APPRENTICE BOOT REPAIRER. HE HAD FOUR YOUNGER STEP BROTHERS, DAVID, SAMMY, JACOB AND ISAAC. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AT THE START OF THE WAR, UNDERAGE. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 06/03/1915. POSTED TO THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMEN […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN & ANN VIRGINIA BAXTER - 19 WILLIAM TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS(. A LABOURER. KILLED AT OPPY WOOD WITH THE 10TH HULL PALS, 03/05/1917. LEFT WIDOW ETHEL, & 2 CHILDREN (ETHEL AND JOHN), AT 8 PRINCESS TERRACE. ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS). The attack on Oppy Wood, part of the […]

BORN HULL 10/10/1894. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM BEACOCK & ALICE WARD, OF 5, ROSE COURT, WALKER STREET AND 7, RICHARDS PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 8, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF 13 CHILDREN. A FORMER RECKITT'S WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY ON 18/03/1913. SERVED AS A STOKER, FIRST CLASS, […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF EDWARD & MARY BENTLEY, OF 7 PRINCES TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHERS EDWARD AND HARRY BENTLEY. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. EMPLOYED AS AN ERRAND BOY IN A PRINT SHOP (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SENT TO FRANCE 13/07/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM AND EMMA ELIZA BOOTHBY, OF 125,  HARDY STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A TELEGRAPH MESSENGER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 1474, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 31/08/1918. BURIED IN FRANCE. HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS AR […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ELIZA AGNES MELLORS (1872-1940) & THOMAS WILLIAM BUCKNALL (1867-1932), OF 3 HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. ONE OF 10 CHILDREN. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. A COAL HEAVER AND LABOURER BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY ON 29/08/1914, AGED 19 YEARS .DESCRIBED AS JUST OVER 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 133 LBS, BROWN […]

BORN HULL 1885.  SON OF JOHN HENRY & ELIZA, OF 104, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS AS A SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914. HE WAS KILLED AT YPRES, ON 21/09/1915, AGED 28. (HDM 19/08/1918). HE IS BURIED AT WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES, BELGIUM. HE L […]

BORN GARTON, YORKSHIRE 1879. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM CLARK AND ELIZA CLARK, OF 11 BUCKINGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. HE HAD ENLISTED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 29/03/1900, AGED 19. DESERTED THE ARMY IN MAY 1900, TAKING MILITARY CLOTHING. HE MARRIED AMELIA HILL, AT HULL ON 05/07/1908. FATHER OF FIVE CHILDREN. THEY LIVED AT […]

BORN HULL 1853. SON OF THOMAS AND MARY ANN DAVIS. HUSBAND OF FANNY SARAH DAVIS , AT 2 FANNY'S BUILDINGS, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). LOST BY ENEMY ACTION, ON 07/01/1918, AGED 65. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The British steamship Arab SS was built in 1890 by Palmers' SB. & Iron Co., Ltd., Newcast […]

BORN HULL 1897. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM & MARY DENNISON, OF 7, GREEN BANK TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. A TIN CUTTER BY TRADE, LODGING WITH HIS BROTHER WILLIAM, AT 4, BRIGHTON STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN THE "HULL COMMERCIALS". SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (1ST HULL PALS BATTALION), IN EGY […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JAMES FARNSWORTH & MARY ADA (LINDO). GRANDFATHER ARTHUR LIVED AT 204 BEAN STREET. FISHERMAN. MARRIED 1915. HIS WIFE MARY ANN (GRABY) LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE WAS LOST AT SEA, ON THE STEAM TRAWLER 'SHAKESPEARE', 7TH FEBRUARY 1917, AGED 28. 'SHAKESPEARE (H994) Built for Hellyer Bros. (Hellyer Steam Fishing […]

BORN HULL 1867. SON OF PATRICK AND EMMA FRIEL. A MARINE FIREMAN. LOST AT SEA, ON THE STEAMSHIP "JAFFA", SUNK BY SUBMARINE ON 02/02/1918, AGED 50. Jaffa SS was built as a steel British Merchant steamship in 1897. Dimensions: 260.1´x35.2´x16´ Powered: Triple expansion engine 251nhp. 12 knots. 1,383 grt, defensively-armed. On the 2nd Febr […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF HENRY & FRANCES FUSSEY, OF 135 , ADELAIDE STREET, HULL AND 45 REGENT STREET. ATTD 92ND TRENCH MORTAR BTY. EMPLOYED AS A PORTER, BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, KINGSTON STREET, HULL. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE WHERE HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE RENCH MORTAR SECTION. HE WAS AWARDED THE MI […]

BORN ARMAGH, NORTHERN IRELAND, ON 05/01/1878. SON OF THE LATE CHARLES GRAHAM AND ELIZABETH DALEY. A FORMER BRASS MOULDER. HE WAS KNOWN AS "BERT". HE MARRIED IN GLASGOW, ON 8/08/1899. HIS WIFE, ALICE FERRIE (BORN 1 JAN 1879) & TEN CHILDREN, LIVED AT 12 BUCKINGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL AND 5 WILLIAM TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF EDWIN HALL & MARY JANE (HARPER), OF 5 OPEN COURT, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 4 MORTON STREET, HULL (1891 ADDRESS) AND 1 IVY GROVE, BEECH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). THIS ADDRESS WAS FROM THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 03/10/1916. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. […]

BORN HULL 1879. SON OF FC & STEPSON OF EMMA (TROWBELL), - MATRESS MAKER ABOVE 1901 ADDRESS. WIFE SARAH ANN LIVED IN BIRKENHEAD. HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE OSBORNE STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (HULL DAILY MAIL, 23/10/1916). Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE FREDERICK CHARLES HAMILTON 11/1255. Born in October 1879, Frederick was the son o […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF PHOEBE HARRISON AND TOM HARRISON, A DOCK LABOURER. HIS FAMILY LIVED AT 18 GLOUCESTER PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED DAISY MARY ELLA (1889-1981), AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL, ON 24/12/1911. WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 34, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TR […]

BORN NEW HOLLAND LINCOLNSHIRE, 1877. SON OF CHRISTOPHER GOODLAND HARRISON (1852-1921) AND SARAH ANN GRASSBY (1857-1927), OF 12, BRIGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. HIS HAD A BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. MARRIED AT HULL IN 1903. HUSBAND OF  FLORRIE HARRISON, & THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 3, THORNEY FIELDS, NEW H […]