Area: Albemarle Street

BORN HULME, MANCHESTER, 1883. HE LIVED WITH AUNT AND UNCLE, JAMES AND ELLEN SMITTER, AT 5 WOODLAND VILLAS, RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL. A FORMER JOINER, WORKING FOR EARLES SHIPYARD. HE WAS HUSBAND TO LUCY AND FATHER TO MURIEL & ALICE, AT 2 BELLE VUE, MIDDLEBERG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ARMY […]

BORN HULL 1869. SON OF THOMAS JOHN BLENCOWE FRENCH (1839-1919) AND ELIZA HAYLOCK, HULL. A MASTER SEAMAN. HE MARRIED SARAH ANN MEEKING IN HULL, IN 1903. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 3 MCKINLEY AVENUE, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 2 CRYSTAL AVENUE, HULL. HE WAS WASHED OVERBOARD SERVING ON THE STEAM SHIP "GUIDO", ON 18/11/1914. HE DROWNED, […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF ROBERT & FANNY FUSSEY, OF 8, CARLISLE AVENUE, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD A FIANCEE, GLADYS PARKER. HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY,, PRIVATE, 55063, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED […]

BORN DRIFFIELD 1896. SON OF WILLIAM GARTON (1870-1943) & LIZZIE COWLING (1868-1917), OF 14, GORDON AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL AND 1, CARLISLE AVENUE, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY RULLYMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 8TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED […]

BORN LEVEN 1885. A SINGLE MAN. HE HAD A BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A TRANSPORT WORKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 135 LBS WEIGHT, 36-38 CHEST SIZE, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. HE ENLISTED HULL, ON 09/12/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 05/07/1916. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TAKEN PRISONER WITH GUN SHOT W […]

BORN HULL 1893. KNOWN AS 'FRANK'. SON OF MICHAEL GRAYSON (1863-1899) & HANNAH ELIZABETH SMITH (1866-1920), OF HIGH STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, WILLIAM AND THOMAS. HE MARRIED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, ON 01/11/1913. HIS WIFE, SUSANNAH ANN DEYES, AND DAUGHTERS SUSANNAH GRAYSON AND ELSIE DEYES, LIVED AT 37, ALBEMARLE STREET […]

BORN DUDLEY 10/4/1874. SON OF HENRY EDWARD & LOUISA ELIZABETH (BADGER). MARRIED HULL 1897. WIFE SARA ANN (HARRISON) & 10 CHILDREN ABOVE 1914 ADDRESS. On 21/02/1915 the Hull steam trawler KESTREL (H318) sank following a collision with the s.s. HYDRA 75 miles ENE from the Spurn Lightvessel, in the North Sea. CREW LOST ON KESTREL ( […]

BORN HULL 10/04/1891.  SON OF GEORGE AND MARY JANE JOHNSON, OF 36, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 9, LOLA CRESCENT, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHER OF GEORGE, ARTHUR, ERNEST, SYDNEY AND ELSIE. EDUCATED AT HULL'S HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL. HE ENLISTED IN THE 2ND HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE […]

BORN SKANOR, SWEDEN 1876. SON OF JON AND HEDVIG JOHNSON. BECAME A NATURALISED BRITISH CITIZEN ON 8TH AUGUST 1905, AGED 28, LIVING AT 3 CRYSTAL AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET. HE WAS MARRIED AND WORKING AS AN ABLE SEAMAN. HUSBAND OF JANE ANN BODDY LIVED AT 5 MCKINLEY AVENUE, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL (CWGC RECORDS). LOST BY ENEMY ACTION ON 10TH MARCH […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF GEORGE JOHNSON (1863-1910) AND MARY JANE STEVENS, OF 36, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN. A FORMER BLUNDELLS WORKER, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, Tr/5/110352, 87TH T.R. BATTALION. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR, ON 26/10/1918, A […]

BORN DRYPOOL, HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF JOHN GEORGE & ANN FIDELL QUEMBY, OF 3, PARKLAND TERRACE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY MESSENGER & FISHERMAN. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1218, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT; TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST & 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WO […]

BORN KNOTTINGLEY, YORKSHIRE,  30/03/1890. SON OF JAMES THOMAS SWAN (1861-1913) & SARAH ELLEN STANHOPE (1864-1936), OF 285 BOULEVARD, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1912. HUSBAND OF WIFE ELIZABETH (LODIGUS) SWAN, OF 5 THE AVENUE CRESCENT, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEIR DAUGHTER IRENE WAS BORN […]

Born Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 1889. Pte. Christopher Walker WRIGHT, age 28, was the son of Christopher and Henrietta WRIGHT of 27 Albemarle Street, Hull, Yorkshire. He had four brothers and three sisters. His military service number was 37446 and this indicates that he originally enlisted in No. 1 Divisional Ammunition Park CEF in Valca […]