Area: Barrow-on-Humber, North Lincolnshire

BORN BARTON UPON HUMBER, LINCOLN, 1889. SON OF ROBERT AND JANE BARKER, OF BARTON ON HUMBER. A REGULAR SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/09/1914, AGED 25. HE IS BURIED AT GUARDS GRAVE, VILLERS COTTERETS FOREST, FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED I […]

BORN HULL 1884. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF ARTHUR WILLIAM & MARY COOK, OF 4 HESSLE VIEW, BARTON UPON HUMBER, , NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ARTHUR BARTON COOK 11/742. Born in Hull in 1884, Arthur was one of three sons to Arthur and Mary Cook of 4 Hessle View, Barton-on-Humber. Arthur had married in 1 […]

SERGEANT FRANK COX 11/49. Born in 1890, Frank was the third of eleven children to Alfred and Mary Jane Cox of Roseville, East Acridge, Barton-on-Humber. A Cycle Polisher before the war, Frank was married in late 1914 and fathered two sons, Hubert and Clive. He enlisted in early September 1914, one of the first men to join the fledgling 1 […]

BORN WINTERINGHAM, LINCS. SON OF THOMAS DAWSON (1851-1908), AND CECILIA TRIPP (1856-1942), OF WINTERINGHAM, LINCS.  HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER, WALTER. EMPLOYED AS A BUTCHER. HE MARRIED ANNIE OGLESBY (1883-1974), AT GLANFORD, IN 1909. THY LIVED AT 16 QUEEN STREET, BARTON AND HAD TWO SONS, THOMAS AND HARRY. HE ENLISTED AT SCUNTH […]

BORN HULL 09/08/1888. SON OF ELIZABETH ANN DOUGHTY, OF 14 WHITECROSS STREET, BARTON UPON HUMBER. A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF HOPPER ELSWICK CYCLE WORKS. HE EMIGRATED TO CANAD IN 1911. RESIDED IN EDMONTON, CANADA AND WORKED AS A LUMBER YARD, TEAMSTER. HE ENLISTED AT EDMONTON, ON 18TH JANUARY 1915, AGED 26 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOO […]

BORN BARTON 1896. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JAMES & MARY J GLOVER, BARTON. KILLED IN ACTION,

BORN BARTON 1882. SON OF CHARLES & BETSEY A HEWITT, BARTON. MARRIED IN HULL JULY 1909. HULL POSTAL WORKER. HULL ADDRESS NOT FOUND

BORN BELSHILL, LANARK 1886. ENLISTED BARTON. MARRIED 1912. WIFE NELLIE (DICKINSON) ABOVE DIED 1922. HULL HEROES WEBSITE.

BORN BARTON 1894. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF IRA & POLLY KIRK ABOVE. CWGC ADDRESS. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN WILLIAM KIRK 11/51. Born on the 27th March 1894, John was the second of three children and eldest son of Ira and Polly Kirk of 197 King Street, Barton-on-Humber. When war came he travelled over the river to enlist. He queue […]

Born Blyton, Gainsborough, 1877. Son of Walter Leeman; Husband of Ellen Leeman, of Brigg Road., Barton-on-Humber (CWGC address). They had one son, Walter, born on 15/11/1914. A former soldier and Reservist. He landed with the British Expeditionary Force, in France, on 21/08/1914. Served with the 1st Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in act […]

BORN BARTON 1895. SON OF THOMAS ENDERBY LING (1867-1909)  AND KATE EMILY SMITH (1861-1905), OF 12 FLEETGATE, BARTON UPON HUMBER, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A POLISHER (1911 CENSUS) AND WAS AN EMPLOYEE AT THE CYCLE WORKS, LIVING AT 82 HIGH STREET, BARTON. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 112 LBS WEIGHT, 33-35 […]

BORN CAISTOR, LINCS, 23/12/1887. LIVED AT QUEENS AVENUE, BARTON. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM & HARRIET TRACY PARKER. SERVED IN THE 13TH HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIFE, EDITH DICKINSON. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 24/11/1916. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE […]

BORN BARTON, LINCS, 1886. SON OF TOM PROCTOR AND MARY JANE COLLINGWOOD. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT LOOS, ON 13/10/1915, AGED 29. HE LEFT A WIDOW, EDITH ANNIE DIXON AND FIVE CHILDREN. HIS SISTER ALICE COLGRAVE, LIVED AT 57 WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIM […]

Only son of the late Richard Richardson & Susanannah Richardson. He enlisted two years and two months ago. He had just turned 21 before being lost at sea. In civilian life he had been a mate on the sloop 'Violet' and was well known on the Humber. News of his death and his photograph were printed in the Hull Daily Mail on 3rd November […]

BORN HULL 22/07/1895. FULL NAME; GEORGE ROBERT MARMADUKE STANBURY-TAYLOR. ONLY SON OF ROBERT WRIGHT & CLARA LOUISE HODGSON TAYLOR, OF BAYSGARTH PARK, BARTON UPON HUMBER. HIS FATHER WAS A BARRISTER AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. GEORGE WAS EDUCATED AT ETON AND TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. HE WAS GAZETTED TO 2ND LIEUTENANT, THE ROYAL FIEL […]

BORN BARTON ON HUMBER, 1892. SECOND SON OF FRED AND SARAH ANN TAYLOR. SON OF A GROCER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS. WORKED AS A NURSERY GARDENER. ENLISTED IN BARTON ON HUMBER. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 307647, IN THE 7TH LEEDS RIFLES. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/09/1918, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH ANN, AND FIANCEE, SARAH E NAYLOR. […]

BORN PETERBROUGH 1896. SON OF THOMAS DAVID & MARY ELLEN. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED ABOVE 1911 & IN HULL, EX 26139 EYR. KILLED IN ACTION. ROPE WORKER

BORN GOXHILL, LINCS, 1890. MARRIED 28/2/1911. SON OF THOMAS WEST. HUSBAND OF ANNIE GETRUDE WEST, LIVING AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE IS BURIED AT BARTON-UPON-HUMBER NEW CEMETERY, LINCOLNSHIRE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL".

Born Barton, Lincs, 1871. Son of George Wood & Jane Hammond. He married Charlotte Thompson, in Glanford in 1909. They had eight children. Soldiers Died records state that he lived in Hull. He enlisted in Barton. Ex 25147, South Staffs. Transferred to the 3rd Worcestershire regiment. He married Amy M Richards in Hull, in 1916. He was kill […]

BORN EAST HALTON, LINCS 1877. RESIDENT IN HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 40. SON OF GEORGE WRIGHT & MARIA FREEBOROUGH. HE WAS AWIDOWER, WITH THREE CHILDREN. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MRS ALICE ANN REVELL, & THEIR SON ARTHUR & DAUGHTER IVY. HIS HULL ADDRESS IS UNKNOWN […]