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BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN W. & LIZZIE BASTOW, OF 100, SPRING STREET, HULL. HIS STEP BROTHER, CHARLES HARMAN & STEP SISTER ROSE HUNTER, LIVED AT 473, ANLABY ROAD. A BOILERMAKER. HIS WIFE TERESA (O'BRIEN) LIVED AT,  113, ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 02/09/1914. HIS MEDICAL RECORDS DESCRIB […]

BORN BRIXTON 1881. SECOND SON OF WALTER & SUSANNAHOF 245 ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL. HIS BROTHERS WALTER BOWERS LIVED AT 202 ALLIANCE AVENUE AND MILTON BOWERS AT 3 ACKLAND STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL. HIS SISTER BEATRICE LIVED AT 245 ALLIANCE AVENUE. HE WORKED FOR THE HULL AND BARNSLEY RAILWAYS AT ALEXANDRA, AS A DOCK WORKER. HE MARRIED […]

BORN HULL 1896. SCULCOATES. SON OF HILDA & ROBERT BUCHANAN. OF THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE LOCAL 529TH ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED 17/05/1917, AGED 21. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS MEMORIAL PLAQUE, AT HULL MINSTER. HE IS BURIED AT DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, "IN […]

BORN RETFORD, NOTTS, 1896. SON OF JOHN SMITH CALAM (1854-1908) AND ANNIE CLARKE (1857-1908). ONE OF 4 BROTHERS. THEY BOARDED WITH THE YOUNG FAMILY AT 23 LISTER STREET, HULL. HE SERVED AS A SECOND OFFICER, AT SEA. RECEIVED HIS SHIP MASTER'S CERTIFICATE, ON 05/07/1916. TAKEN BY SUBMARINE & WHEN IT SUBMERGED WAS ALLOWED TO WASH OFF &am […]

BORN OWSTON FERRY, LINCOLN. ONE OF 4 BROTHERS. DIED OF WOUNDS AT GALLIPOLI, ON 25/08/1915, AGED 30. HIS BROTHER FRED DROWNED DURING ENEMY ACTION. HIS DEATH IS REPORTED IN THEHDM 27/08/1917 & 01/09/1917, AND IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 18/09/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * . I am grateful to Pete Bradshaw who sent the following information on […]

BORN HULL 1885. KNOWN AS WILLIAM CLAYTON. SON OF JOSEPH CLAYTON (1853-1925) & BETSY JANE WINN (1854-1916), OF 169 ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ELDEST OF 5 CHILDREN. HE MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1911. HUSBAND OF GERTRUDE LILIAN JACKSON, OF 20 NELSON STREET, BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. SHE WAS THE ADOPTED DAUGHTER OF THE STOR […]

BORN HULL 10/07/1891. SON OF WILLIAM DYMOCK (1862-1939) & SARAH JANE PARKER (1872-1947) , OF 70, CAMPBELL STREET, 46, KINGS BENCH STREET, HULL, WELBECK STREET, HULL AND 160, CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. EDUCATED AT DAY STREET BOARD SCHOOL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A TANNERS CLERK, BY MESSRS HOLMES & CO, CAMPBELL STR […]

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF WALTER & EMILY GARBUTT & 7 CHILDREN OF ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT WELTON. HIS WIFE AGNES LIVED IN WELTON. SERVED WITH THE 20TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/10/1916, AGED 39. BURIED AT RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTI […]

BORN HULL 1893. ONLY SON OF WALTER HERBERT (1868-1948) & BELLA JOHNSON 91869-1929), OF 156 ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A CLERK IN THE IMPORT DEPARTMENT, FOR THE THOMAS WILSON LINE. HIS FATHER WAS ALSO A CLERK FOR THE SHIP OWNER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL COMMEMRICALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1918, AG […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS JOHNSON AND ANNIE GIBSON, AT 232 ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 17/11/1914, AGED 28 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. HE TRAINED AT BEVERLEY AND RIPON. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN COMPANY, ON 08/04/1916. HE SERVED IN EGYPT, FRANCE AND FLANDERS. WOUNDED […]

BORN HULL 15/06/1890. SON OF WILLIAM ERNEST LOWERY (1864-1950) & MARY MAXWELL (1868-1940). HIS FATHER WAS A SHIP BROKER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. HE LIVED AT STONEFERRY, HULL (1891 CENSUS) AND 93 ALLIANCE, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 40 ELM AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERV […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF FREDERICK WALTER PAGE & FLORENCE PAGE (1863-1945), OF 641, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL AND 95, ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). SON OF A COAL MERCHANT CLERK. HE WORKED AS A SHIPPING CLERK. HE HAD ONE OLDER BROTHER, FREDERICK AND ONE SISTER, FLORENCE. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 04/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 […]

BORN HULL 17/08/1889. SON OF WILLIAM & BLANCHE PALMER. HIS FATHER WAS A MARINE ENGINEER. DROWNED WITH ALL HANDS, OFF SPURN POINT. LOST TRAWLER MEN OF HULL RECORDS. 1901 CENSUS ADDRESS. On 27/05/1915 the Hull steam trawler SOUTHWARD HO (H456) was lost with all hands due to enemy action 88 miles E.x N. of Spurn Head. Also reported as M […]

BORN HULL 1891. ONLY SON OF JOSEPH & ANNA PICKERING. BROTHER TO WINIFRED AA PICKERING. A CHEMIST WORKING IN BRAINTREE, ESSEX. HE ORIGINALLY ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY WHEN COMMISSIONED. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES, ON 20/09/1917, AGED 25. HE IS BURIED AT POTIJZE […]

BORN ST GEORGE'S, ESSEX 1890. HE HAD NO KNOWN PARENTS AND WAS RAISED IN AN ORPHANAGE. HE MIGRATED TO HULL WHEN HE WORKED CLEANING RAILWAY ENGINES. HE BOARDED AT THIS ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION 13/11/1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO STEP BROTHER, SAPPER, GEORGE HOPE, RE'S, AT THIS ADDRESS. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE […]

BORN HULL 29/06/1886. SON OF ERNEST AND ELIZA SAUNDERS, OF THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WAS A BOOT SHOP MANAGER. HE MARRIED ADA SCOTT (1888-1962), IN HULL IN 1909. HIS WIFE ADA AND DAUGHTER, IRENE, LIVED AT 80 PORTLAND ROAD, HOLLAND PARK. LONDON. HE ENLISTED AT POPLAR, EAST LONDON. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 8464, 21ST LONDON REGIMENT. […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM FRANK TADMAN (1846-1912) & KATE TADMAN (1853-1903) OF THIS ADDRESS. A RAILWAY CLERK. HE ENLISTED AT SCARBOROUGH. EX PRIVATE, 2090 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED AT GALLIPOLI, FROM 18/04/1915. TRANSFERRED AS SAPPER, IN THE BROAD GAUGE OPERATING COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED ON 24/10/1917, AGED 23. BURIED AT LON […]