Area: Balfour Street

BORN HULL 02/02/1889. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY STOKES (1859-1943) & ALICE ELIZABETH ROBINSON (1865-), OF 4 SABINA AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TEN SISTERS. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA. WORKING AS A CAR CLEANER, AND LIVING WITH HIS SISTER AT MRS M.E. LANDEN, AT 24, SMITHFIELD AVENUE. HE ENLISTED AT […]

BORN KEYINGHAM 1878. SON OF THOMAS MALTON TARBOTTON (1850-1930) & ELEANOR MARY LAWSON (1851-1929), OF 5 REDCAR VILLARS, REDCAR STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 5476, YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY […]

BORN HULL, 1896. SON OF ESTHER JANE WATSON, OF 47 SOMERSET STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY. RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE BALFOUR STREET MEMORIAL (HDM 06/10/1916). ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. DIED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLE […]

BORN HULL 1889. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM AND LYDIA WEBSTER, OF 1 ALEXANDRA TERRACE, LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. HIS WIFE LIILIAN MAY WEBSTER & 4 CHILDREN LIVED AT 128, BALFOUR STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO WAR HE WORKED AS A FISH & FRUIT SELLER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED M […]

BORN MARKET WEIGHTON, 1893. SON OF JOHN WEST (1865-1918) & LOUISA JACKETTS (1868-1966), OF 62 BALFOUR STREET, HULL AND 11, SOUTHCOATES LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, JOHN PENROSE WEST (1890-1915) WHO DIED IN HULL, ON 27/10/1915, AGED 25 AND THREE SISTERS, LOUISA, AMELIA AND EDITH, LIVING AT GRANVILLE HOUSE […]

BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF GEORGE JOHN & ANNIE ELIZA WILSON, of 122 , BALFOUR STREET, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY SEDDONS PAINT WORKS FOR EIGHT YEARS BEFORE THE WAR. HE SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/07/1916, AGED 23. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 30/08/1916. * […]