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BORN HULL 1885. SON OF MICHAEL & ANNIE GORDON, OF 13 MARKET PLACE, HULL AND 22, AUCKLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). SON OF A TOBACONIST FROM RUSSIA. ELDEST OF THREE SONS. HIS BROTHERS WERE PERCIVAL & HENRY. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AS A TOBACONIST. HE ENLISTED IN EDINBURGH. SERVED AS […]

BORN HULL 1879. FOURTH SON OF ROBERT HODGSON, AN ACCOUNTANT IN THE CITY OF HULL. CHIEF OFFICER OF THE STEAMER "UMBA". HE WORKED FOR THE ELLERMAN & WILSON SHIPPING LINE. HE WAS  LOST AT SEA, ON 30/04/1918, AGED 39. HE LEFT A WIDOW, FLORENCE GETRUDE HODGSON, LIVING AT 15 AUCKLAND AVENUE, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY M […]

BORN WINTERTON, LINCS, 1889. SON OF THOMAS (1831-1893) AND MARTHA RHODES (1847-1922), OF 166 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A GROCER. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE BRADLEY AT SCULCOATES IN 1913. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/7TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/04/1918, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEF […]