Lance Sergeant
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JOHN & ANNIE MAW BOLTON,OF HULL. LIVED IN SCARBOROUGH. HUSBAND OF ANNIE BOLTON, FLOWERS YARD, MARKET PLACE, MALTON, YORK. ENLISTED RICHMOND, YORKS. LANCE SERGEANT IN THE 7TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT 18TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, ETAPLES, ON 22/08/1915, AGED 37. HIS ARMY […]
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BORN HULL 1880. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF CHARLES & ELIZABETH MARSTERS (1851-1900), OF 2, POPLAR COTTAGES, AIR STREET, HULL (1891 CENSUS) AND 9, ALBERT TERRACE, PEASE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE LIVED WITH ANNIE ELLIS, AT 2, JOHNS PLACE, MYTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A PLUMBER (HULL DIRECTORY). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVE […]
BORN MATLOCK, DERBYSHIRE, 1885. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM NEWTON AND AND LUCY SPENDLOVE (1859-1935), OF 5 WEST VIEW, AIR STREET, HULL. HIS SISTER EDITH, LIVED 43 FOLKESTONE STREET, HULL; CHARLES AND OLIVE AT 6 HASTING AVENUE, FOLKESTONE STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF MINNIE, FROM DFIFFIELD. HE WORKED FOR THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPAMY, HULL WITH HIS […]
BORN ALDERWASLEY, DERBYSHIRE 1887. SON OF JOHN & LUCY NEWTON, AT 5, WEST VIEW, AIR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. AND THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN WW1. EDWARD NEWTON WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AND BROTHERS, FRED, GEORGE AND JOHN AS GAS PURIFIERS, AT THE AIR STREET, GAS WORKS, HULL. HE LIVED IN BARTON. ENLISTED HULL. SERV […]
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BORN HULL 1878. SON OF SAMUEL FISHER NOBLE & MARGARET TORPEY ABOVE ADDRESS. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN , TWO OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1916. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1916. HE WORKED AS A VARNISH MAKER'S LABOURER AND LATER FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY. HE MARRIED ELIZA PLATT IN 1896. ENLISTED HULL. EX 13120 EYR. HE DIED OF ILLN […]
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF MARK AND HARRIET RENNARDSON. SON OF A JOINER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS, HARRY, THOMAS, MARK, SAMUEL AND PERCY AND FIVE SISTERS, MARY, JENNY, HARRIET, SELINA AND ALICE. THE FAMILY LIVED AT CLARENDON STREET (1891), 35 BLAKE STREET (1910) AND 2, RIPON TERRACE, LIDDELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). FREDERICK WORKED AS AN ASS […]
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BORN OUT NEWTON, YORKSHIRE, 1894. SON OF JOHN SPRAY & ELIZABETH THOMPSON, OF 26, AIR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER DIED IN 1911 AND HIS SIBLINGS ARTHUR AND EVA DIED IN INFANCY. HIS BROTHERS, GNR. TOM SPRAY, LIVED AT 5, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL & BERNARD SPRAY, LIVED AT 21, AIR STREET. HE WAS A SINGLE MAN AND WO […]
Armourer
BORN HULL 22/08/1895. GRANDSON OF ISSAC TAYLOR, OF AIR STREET, HULL. HIS MOTHER SARAH ANN THORNTON, LIVED AT 697 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM AND 21 STATION ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 22/06/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, BROWN HAIR, GREY EYES. EMPLOY […]
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BORN HULL 22/11/1890. ONLY SON OF WALTER JOHN WAKEFIELD (1859-1932) AND GEORGINA HANCOCK (1864-1940), OF 2, ELEANORS TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, EDITH, LOTTIE AND ALICE. EDUCATED AT LINCOLN STREET SCHOOL AND PLAYED FOR SOUTHCOATES RFC CLUB. WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF MESSRS CHAMBERS AND FARGUS […]