BORN HULL 11/04/1897. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM FAIRWEATHER (1861-1921) & ELIZABETH WALKINGTON (1861-1933), AT 48 BEAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS. SON OF A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY MAN. EDUCATED AT SIR HENRY COOPER COUNCIL SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A GROCER'S ASSISTANT AND WAREHOUSEMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 3 […]
Hull Pals Memorial Post. Private, SEBASTIAN MOORCROFT FLETCHER 52658. Born in April 1899, Sebastian appears to have been an only-child and an orphan. The 1911 Census has him lodging with Fred and Anna Rushton, of 1, Clyde Terrace, Bean Street, Hull. His father, BG Fletcher residing at 134, Chanterlands Avenue, Hull applied for his war pe […]
2nd Lieutenant
10 JOSEPHINE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
05/01/1918
Aged
20
BORN HAXBY, YORKSHIRE, 1898. SON OF RICHARD PERCY GARBETT AND WINIFRED CONSTANCE ANGROVE (1870-1932), OF "FERN BANK", COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS FATHER WAS MANAGER DIRECTOR OF A WINE MAKING COMPANY. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, LESLIE AND ONE SISTER, CALLED ADELINE. EDUCATED AT HULL HYMERS SCHOOL. HE WORKED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR. […]
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF WILLIAM GRANTHAM (1860-1922) & MINNIE MIDDLETON (1859-1944), OF 12 OCKLEY TERRACE, WEST PARADE AND 206 BEAN STREET, HULL WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHERS, HARRY, WILLIAM, GEORGE, ROBERT, FRED & SISTER EDIE. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 206 BEAN STREET. WAS A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED SARAH ANN BATTY IN 1918. HE ENLIS […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM GRANTHAM (1860-1922) & MINNIE MIDDLETON (1859-1944), OF 12 OCKLEY TERRACE, WEST PARADE AND 206 BEAN STREET, HULL WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. BROTHER OF HARRY, TOM, GEORGE, ROBERT, DICK & SISTER EDIE. (1918 MILITARY VOTERS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN T […]
Company Sergeant Major
BORN HULL 1854. SON OF JOHN AND EMMA GRAY. HE ENLISTED IN 1879 AND WAS AN ARMY PENSIONER AND TIME KEEPER, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED AT WALTHAMSTOW. SERVED WITH THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT DEPOT AS A COLOUR SERGEANT. DIED OF DISEASE, WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE, AT GRISBY MILITARY HOSPITAL ON 13/05/1917. HE LEFT £250 IN HIS WILL TO HIS UNMA […]
BORN HULL 11/03/1873. SON OF JAMES ARTHUR GREEN (1846-1891) & FRANCIS FARROW GREEN (1847-1908), AT 9 ALEXANDRA TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL. MARRIED ALICE WALKER, AT HOLY TRINITY, HULL, ON 11/09/1895. HIS WIFE ALICE GREEN (1871-1948) LIVED AT 144 , BEAN STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN. ARTHUR SERVED AS A TRAWLER ENGINEMAN. HE WA […]
BORN HULL 21/8/1863. SON OF WALTER & ANN GRIMSTON - 6 GARDEN STREET, HULL. MARRIED AT HULL, 1884. LEFT WIFE SUSAN GRIMSTON & TWO SONS ALSO SERVING IN THE NAVY. PROBATE ADDRESS ABOVE WHERE HIS BROTHER, ALSO LIVED. JACK WAS LOST WHILE MINE SWEEPING. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 3RD APRIL 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH […]
BORN HULL. SON OF MARIA HALL, OF 4 GIBSON BUILDINGS, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL AND 3 PORTLAND PLACE, VAUSHALL GROVE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). A SINGLE MAN. HE WORKED FOR HULL'S IDEAL BOLIER COMPANY AND LIVED IN THE HESSLE ROAD AREA. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED IN ACTI […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM HANSON (1866-1905) & SARAH ANN WADSWORTH (1864-1950), OF 5, MARS TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVED AT 12, FLETCHER'S TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A SHIP ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 22478, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. T […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1887. A REGULAR SOLDIER IN THE 2ND EYR. IN PEACE TIME HE WAS A LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE, EDITH AT THIS WAR PENSION ADDRESS. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. WENT TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. WOUNDED SEPTEMBER 1914. INVALIDED TO ENGLAND BEFORE RETURNING TO SERVICE. KILLED […]
Donkeyman
9 CAVILL TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
20/02/1918
Aged
42
BORN PHILADELPHIA, USA 1876. MARRIED IN HULL ON 23/05/1904. HUSBAND OF ELIZA TAYLOR WHITTAKER. THEY LIVED AT 9 CAVILL TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL. HIS SHIP WAS MINED OFF NORWAY. HE LEFT A WIDOW, THREE SONS AND FOUR DAUGHTERS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 22ND MARCH 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * THERE IS NO CWGC RECOR […]
BORN HULL 14/10/1883. SON OF ARTHUR HAWCROFT (1857-1887) & EMMA LOUISE BROOKBANKS (1860-1932) AT THIS ADDRESS. A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN 1906. HIS WIFE, RACHEL HAWCROFT, LIVED AT 10 RICHMOND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED HULL IN THE 3RD HULL PALS, THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE SERVED IN EGYPT AND A […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF GEORGE WARD & MARGARET HAWKINS, OF 104 BEAN STREET, HULL. HE FORMERLY RESIDED AT 9 IRELAND TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET. HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY A BOMB, AT INSTRUCTION SCHOOL, ON 2ND AUGUST 1917. HE WAS 25. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED AT MESSRS SANDERSON'S PAINT WORKS, ROPERY STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTE […]
BORN DRIFFIELD 1875. SON OF JOSEPH AND JANE HEBDON. MARRIED AT BEVERLEY IN 1896 HUSBAND OF AMY HEBDON & 4 CHILDREN, AT THIS ADDRESS. A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED HULL.. FORMERLY, DRUMMER, 6537 15TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS 34090, KING'S LIVERPOOL REGIMENT, 1ST GARRISON BATTALION. TRANSFERRED AGAIN AS (35865) 803RD AREA EMP […]
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ARRON & CHRISTIANA HERDSMAN - 1901 CENSUS ADDRESS & HIS SISTER'S HOME AT 1 NEW STREET, HALTEMPRICE STREET, HULL. HE WAS A SERVANT IN BEMPTON, BRIDLINGTON IN 1911. HIS FATHER WAS A PLATELAYER FOR NER. WILLIAM WAS WELL KNOWN IN WEST HULL AS HIS FAMILY HAD LIVED AT BEAN STREET FOR SOME TIME. HE WAS REPORTED KI […]
BORN SHEFFIELD 12/02/1873. ONLY SON OF JOHN HOPKINSON WHO DIED IN 1891. THE FAMILY LIVED AT EPWORTH, LINCS AND LONDON, MOVING TO HULL IN 1891 AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1907. HE LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER, SOPHIA BROCK AND SISTER SARAH, AT 147, BEAN STREET, HULL (1901 ADDRESS) AND WITH HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, MARY JANE TOWN […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN HENRY HUNTER (1871-1950) & AMY MILSOM (1871-1941), OF 7, FILLINGHAM BUILDINGS, WILLIAM STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRSS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, CLARA. A BUTCHER'S ASSISTANT, LIVING AT 11, MIDGELEY TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. FORMERLY, […]
Fireman
During August 1914 the Hull cargo steamer SAPPHO was detained at Hamburg by the Germans on the outbreak of war and 100 tons of sugar compulsorily unloaded before being released. On 7th December 1915 she was trapped in ice in the White Sea near Archangel while on passage Archangel to Hull with a cargo of pitprops. On the 24th December 191 […]
Master
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF REUBEN & ADA E. JACKSON, OF 29 PELHAM STREET, HULL. HE WAS AN OLD TRINITY HOUSE BOY. WORKED FOR THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE FOR 17 YEARS & LATER WITH MESSRS DAVID RUSSELL AT EDINBURGH & LEITH FOR 13 YEARS. HE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE HULL VESSEL, 'CAMBRIC' TORPEDOED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ON 31ST OCTOBER 1917. HE […]