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BORN BEVERLEY 1894. SON OF THE LATE PETER & ELIZABETH SELVIDGE, BEVERLEY. LIVED BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 975 EYR. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 36277, 2ND YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 14/10/1916, AGED 22, AT 37TH FIELD AMBULANCE, 15TH CORPS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. HE IS BURIED AT […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1880. SON OF ROBERT SHARP & SARAH ANN PICKARD. HE MARRIED IN 1906. HUSBAND OF ALICE ANN KNIGHT. OF PIGHILL LANE, BEVERLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE AND 3, CHATHAM AVENUE, MANVERS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, ALAN AND BESSIE DOREEN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER IN THE 529TH EAST RIDING RO […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1889. SON OF CHARLES SHEPHERD AND THE LATE EMILY ANN ADAMS. MARRIED 23/12/1915 - WOOTTON, ISLE OF WHITE, HAMPSHIRE. WIFE ADA HELENA CULL. DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR AND BURIED IN gHENT CEMETERY WHICH WAS LIBERATED BY THE BELGIUMS ON 10TH NOVEMBER 1918.

BORN BRENT KNOLL, SOMERSET, 1881. SON OF WILLIAM AND CAROLINE SKERSTON, OF THE GRANGE, CHURCH LANE, SOMERSET. ATTACHED TO THE KING'S AFRICAN RIFLES. HE DIED AT WYNBERG, SOUTH AFRICA, ON 27/05/1919, AGED 37. HIS HOME ADDRESS WAS THE HALL, BEVERLEY.  IN 1901 AND 1911 HE WORKED AS A BUTLER FOR ADMIRAL CHARLES FRANCIS WALKER, OF THE HILL, BE […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF JAMES SHINGLES (1859-1948) & JANE HEBDEN (1862-1935), OF FLEMINGATE, BEVERLEY (1911 CENSUS) AND DALTON HOLME, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 23/11/1915. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARILLERY. KILL […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1895. LIVED BEVERLEY. SON OF GEORGE & MARGERY P. SHORT, OF 3, CHERRY TREE TERRACE, BEVERLEY. HE WORKED IN A TANNERY AND THEN AS A GROOM. DESCRIBED AS 5'4½", 112lbs, 34" CHEST, FAIR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, WESLEYAN RELIGION. MEMBER OF THE BEVERLEY ODDFELLOWS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 23/10/1915. FORMERLY, 2328, 3/1ST EA […]

BORN ST MARTINS, BEVERLEY 1892. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH SIMPSON, BEVERLEY. EX FARM WORKER. DEATH REPORTED IN HDM 17/11/16.

BORN MOLESCROFT, BEVERLY, 1892. SON OF THOMAS AND ESTHER A. SIMPSON (1851-1926). WORKED AS A FARM WAGGONER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. FORMERLY, OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 241346, TO THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 25. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS A […]

ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX 2761, THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED 30/09/1917. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

BORN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS. LISTED ON BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL ROH. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. Private Tom Smelt (1892-1917) Tom was born in Beverley the 9 May 1892, the son of Samuel and Rachel Smelt. In 1913 he married Maggie Spivey and they had three child […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1882. A PAINTER LIVING WITH HIS WIFE HILDA AND THREE CHILDREN, JOHN, HAROLD AND HILDA, AT 2 NAPIER TERRACE, HOLMECHURCH LANE, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 04/11/1918, AGED 36

BORN BEVERLEY 1893. THIRD SON OF RICHARD SMITH AND MARY SUCH, OF CHERRY BURTON, NEAR BEVERLEY. HE RESIDED AT CHERRY BURTON, WORKING AS A HORSEMAN AT VICARAGE FARM, LUND WOLD. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 18TH QUEEN MARY'S OWN HUSSARS. HE WENT TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 15/08/1914. WAS WOUNDED AT M […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1896. SON OF TOM SMITH (1850-1912) MRS ELIZABETH ELVIDGE (1853-1924), OF 145 KELDGATE, BEVERLEY. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A VALET, DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10.5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY, ON 21/10/1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2611, YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND 201768, ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIE […]

BORN BEVERLEY, 1884. SON OF JOHN AND ANNIE SMITH. MARRIED AT BEVERLEY, IN 1907. HUSBAND OF MAUD RISPIN SMITH, OF 38 ST ANDREW STREET, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRES). HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 24558, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 182592, LABOUR CORPS. DIED AT HOME, DAYS BEFORE THE WAR ENDED, AGED 34. H […]

SON OF JOHN AND ANNIE SMITH, OF 29 LUNK LANE, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 1/5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 22/07/1916, AGED 31. LISTED ON BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL ROH. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE HAROLD SMITH 10/1251. Born 1894, the eighth of eleven children, to William and Rose Smith of 20 Cherry Tree Lane, Beverley. Harold was a Labourer before the war. He enlisted at Hull City Hall on 10th April 1915 and joined the battalion during their training throughout 1915. He sailed for Egypt that Decemb […]

BORN MIDDLETON ON THE WOLDS, DRIFFIELD, 1897. ELDEST SON OF DAVID BRADLEY SOANES (1859-1960) AND ETHEL FRANCES HODGSON (1871-1951), OF MIDDLETON ON THE WOLDS, DRIFFIELD. SON OF A SAND MERCHANT. HE HAD ONE YOUNGER BROTHER, CALLED ROY WHO WAS 13 YEARS HIS JUNIOR. ENLISTED DRIFFIELD. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2622, YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERR […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF GEORGE FERN SOUTHWICK (1855-1946) & JUNE ELIZA SOUTHWICK (1864-1963), OF 16, EASTGATE, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, INTO THE 10TH HUSSARS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARRAS, ON 03/04/19 […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1889. SON OF GEORGE FERN SOUTHWICK (1855-1946) & JUNE ELIZA SOUTHWICK (1864-1963), OF 16, EASTGATE, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A WARHOUSEMAN. HE ENLISTEDA T BEVERLEY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2622, YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE. HE […]

BORN ARRAM, YORKSHIRE, 20/11/1892. SON OF GEORGE WILEY SOWEN (1854-1892) AND EMMA MOORE  (1854-1933), OF 32, WOOD LANE, BEVERLEY. FROM A BAPTIST FAMILY. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS AN IRON MONGER'S APPRENTICE (1911 CENSUS). EMIGRATED TO CANADA ON 10/02/1913, ARRIVING HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. WORKED AS A TEAMSTER. D […]