2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ROBERT AND HANNAH WATSON, OF 40 CLIFTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. COMMISSIONED INTO THE 10TH MIDDLESEX (TERRITORIAL) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION 01/10/1917, AGED 20. HE LEFT £193 IN HIS WILL TO JOHN WATSON, QUANTITY SURVEYOR. COMMEMORATED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM AND FAMILY GRAVE, AT ST […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL, 02/11/1889. SECOND SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM WEBSTER (1854-1941) & EVELINE ROSE PEARSON (1862-1922), OF 113. WESTBOURNE AVNEUE, HULL. HIS MOTHER WAS THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF ZACHARIAH CHARLES PEARSON, THE HULL PHILANTHROPIST. HIS FATHER WORKED FOR ROSE DOWNS AND THOMPSONS, THE HULL SEED CRUSHING COMPANY. HE WAS ONE OF ELEVEN […]
BORN GILBERDYKE 1882. ONLY SON OF ROBERT WEDDALL (1839-1893) & ESTHER SIMPSON (1847-1928), OF BRIDLINGTON AND 269 ANLABY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HIS FATHER WHO WAS A FARMER AND DIED IN 1893, LEAVING A FORTUNE. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, HARRIET, MARY ANN AND EMILY AND THEY ALL LIVED BY PRIVATE MEANS. […]
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF GEORGE EDWARD WILLIAMSON AND ELIZA ANNAGAN,BEXHILL, ERITH, KENT. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN INCLUDING FOUR SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY CANVASSER. HE WORKED IN DURHAM. HE MARRIED HELEN W WILLIAMSON AND THEY HAD A YOUNG DAUGHTER, MAUD, LIVING AT 635 ANLABY ROAD. (CANADIAN WAR RECORD ADDRESS). ENLISTED IN THE CEF. KILLED […]
BORN HULL 21/12/1887. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT (1853-1951) & MINNIE MATTHEWS (1860-1959), AT 173 , ANLABY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) & 136 PLANE STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF ETHEL MAY WRIGHT. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS SHIP WAS DAMAGED BY A MINE, 26/09/1918, AGED 32. HIS NAME IS COMMEMORATED ON CHATHAM HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL. ALSO COMMEMORAT […]
BORN BRIDLINGTON 1890 . SON OF HENRY WRIGHT (A CASHIER) & MARY ALBERTINE WRIGHT, OF 633 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE WAS A CLERK. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER 1917 - WIFE ADA WRIGHT, HULL. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 26/05/1918, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ADA. HE […]
