Area: Balfour Street

BORN HULL, 09/07/1897. SON OF CHARLES FREDERICK BIRKS (1871-1950) & ELLEN ISABELLA OCKLETON (1872-1940) AT 3 SABINA AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC. NAVAL ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 27/03/1913. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED, 09/07/1917, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED AT THE […]

BORN GLASGOW 1894. ALIAS FRANCIS MCAULEY. HE LIVED IN HULL. STEP SON OF THOMAS CALLAGHAN, AT 97 BALFOUR STREET, HULL (HIS ARMY ADDRESS). A SHOP ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 22/11/1915, AGED 21 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL,  34-36 INCH CHEST SIZE. HE JOINED THE 14TH EYR RESERVE BATTALION. ARRIVED IN FRANCE […]

BORN TRINIDAD 1892. SON OF JOHN & EMMA CUIVELAIR. WIFE MAY (HODGSON) CUIVELAIR LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The British steamship North Wales left Hull bound for Canada on the 20th October, 1916, and on the 10th November the Canadian naval authorities reported her as overdue. On the 9 […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF FREDERICK ISSAC DENNETT (1861-1926) & HARRIET MOTSON, OF 103 BALFOUR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THE SEVENTH OF TEN CHILDREN. SON OF A IRON DRILLER. HE WAS ALSO EMPLOYED AS A METAL MACHINIST. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 10/12/1915 , AGED 18 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 1 INCH TALL, 32 INCH C […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF WILLIAM & FLORENCE FORD - 14 CHESTNUT AVENUE, CONVENT LANE. 1911 CENSUS. BALFOUR STREET ADDRESS FROM HDM. REPORTED AS SERVING WITH DLI & KILLED IN ACTION ON 26/4/18 (NO CWGC RECORDS)

BORN LEICESTER 1892. ELDEST SON OF WALTER FREESTONE (1870-1925) & HARRIET FLORENCE PEGG (1870-1926), OF HULL. HE HAD ONE YOUNGER BROTHER, WALTER HE MARRIED IN DRYPOOL, HULL, ON 05/08/1916. HUSBAND OF ELEANOR ELIZABETH (MELBOURNE) OF 1 GORDON TERRACE, BUCKINGHAM STREET AND 4 HAWTHORNE VILLAS, BALFOUR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A BA […]

BORN LICHFIELD, STAFFORDSHIRE 1885. SON OF JOSEPH GILKES AND HANNAH CLIFTION. WAS BOARDING AS A DOCK LABOURER AT 6 CEYLON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SERVED IN THE HULL PALS - 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, FRANCE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW MABEL AT 10 SABINA AVENUE, BALFOU […]

BORN LEVEN 07/11/1895. SON OF ALFRED HENRY HEBB (1869-1936) & DORA METCALFE (1863-1950), OF 107, BALFOUR STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND LATER 13, EDWARD AVENUE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FOUR SISTERS AND LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS. WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE SHOEMAKER, FOR MR WRIGHT, HOLDERNESS ROAD. DESCRIBED AS 5 […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & ANNIE E HUNT, OF 7, CRAIGMORE AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 9, SHERBURN STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, 15272, 10TH HUSSARS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/10/1916, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED  ON […]

BORN HULL 25/09/1888. SON OF JOHN JEKYLL (1848-1923) & AGNES ELLEN POLLYBLANK (1866-1940), OF 33, BALFOUR STREET, HULL WAR PENSION AND NAVAL ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL MARINES (No 15999), ON 23/09/1907. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 08/04/1911. HE WAS BASED AT CHATHAM BARRACKS (1911 CE […]

BORN HULL 06/12/1895. SON OF JAMES ROBERT AND ANNIE LIVERSEDGE OF THIS CWGC, NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. LOST AT JUTLAND, 31/05/1916, AGED 20. HIS ADDRESS AND DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 19/06/1916. * HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AT THE FRONT, PRIVATE, ARTHUR LIVERSEDGE, FPRMERLY A SCHOLAR OF TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL AND PRIVATE WALTER L […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF ROBERT & SARAH ELIZABETH MCDONALD, OF 119 BALFOUR STREET, HULL AND 17, PROMENEDE, WITHERMSEA (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS AN OFFICE BOY. HE ENLISTED DURING THE FIRST WEEKS OF WAR AND SERVED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AS A PIONEER. HE WAS KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, TAKING THE TEKKE TEPPE H […]

BORN HULL, 17TH OCTOBER, 1894. SON OF JOHN W & ELIZABETH ANN MILNER, OF 2, DE LA POLE AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET, HULL. WORKED AS SEAMAN & MINER. ENLISTED 1917, VANCOUVER. SERVED IN THE 47TH & 4TH ONTARIO, CANADIAN INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/09/1918, AGED 23. BURIED AT  DURY MILL BRITISH CEMETERY

BORN HULL 1873. SON OF JAMES & REBECCA REYNOLDS ABOVE. HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE ELLERMAN -WILSON LINE. HE RESIDED WITH HIS BROTHER ALFRED (WHO SERVED IN FRANCE) AT 6, VINE TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT SEA, ON 08/07/1918, AGED 45. RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE ALSO […]

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF HENRY ROGERSON (1856-1899) & NORAH JULIA BLOWMAN (1861-1932), OF 98, BALFOUR STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 21, HOLLAND STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN BRIMINGHAM. BROTHERS HARRY, SIDNEY & WALTER. SISTERS HANNAH, LIZZIE, MINNIE, NORAH, ALICE,  EMMA & ADA. HE […]

BORN SUNDERLAND 11/09/1897. SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZA ROWE, OF 104, BALFOUR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS SERVED AS DECK HAND, IN THE ROYAL NAVY, HMS "FAIRMAID". KILLED BY MINE EXPLOSION. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 10/11/1919. THERE IS NO CWGC RECORD. HIS ELDER BROTHE […]

BORN HULL 1877. ENLISTED LONDON. BOARDED ABOVE 1901. HIS NAME IS LISTED AS W SIMONS ON THE ANLABY WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, WILSON STREET, ANLABY.Son of Mrs. Simmons and the late Harry Simmons. Seven years' service in India prior to the war.

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF WILLIAM & ALICE STOKES. BROTHER JOHN HENRY FOUGHT FOR CANADIANS & WAS KIA 6/6/16.HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS 16/6/16