Area: Beverley,

BORN BEVERLEY 1891. SON OF GEORGE WILEY SOWEN (1854-1892) AND EMMA MOORE  (1854-1933), OF 32, WOOD LANE, BEVERLEY (CWGC AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS). FROM A BAPTIST FAMILY. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED  IN BEVERLEY, SERVED WITH THE 2ND EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/05/1915, AGED 24. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH APPEAR I […]

BORN & ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SON OF HENRY & EMILY SOWERBY ABOVE CWGC ADDRESS. HDM 20/09/1917. A SOLICITOR WORKING IN HAMPSTEAD HEATH LONDON (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN LONDON AND JOINED THE 10TH STOCKBROKER RIFLES. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/07/1916, AGED 30. BURIED AT POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE, SOMME, FRAN […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1898. ENLISTED HULL. EX 21260 EYR. SON OF JOHN & ANN SQUIRES ABOVE.

BORN BEVERLEY, 1893. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF THOMAS STRAKER (1850-1913) AND ELIZA IRELAND (1854-1932). SON OF A BLACKSMITH. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WAS CAUGHT PILFERING A FRUIT WHAREHOUSE, IN WALKERGATE, BEVERLEY, AGED 12 AND APPEARED IN THE NEWSPAPERS. HE WORKED AS A DRILLER, LIVING WITH HIS FAMILY AT 21 LAUNDRESS LANE, […]

BORN BEVERLEY, 1877. THIRD AND ONLY SURVIVING SON OF JOHN SUTHERLAND (1832-1896) AND MARGARET MUCKERSIE (1836-1908). HIS FATHER WAS A POLICE INSPECTOR. HE JOINED THE EYR AS A DRUMMER BOY ON LEAVING SCHOOL. SERVED 21 YEARS IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, HOME AND ABROAD BEFORE RETIRING. AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, ENLISTED BEVERLEY. PROMOTE […]

Born Kingstown, Dublin, Ireland, Ireland. 17/10/1873. Son of Patrick Taaffe and Kate Gallagher, Ireland. Enlisted Dublin Resided in Walkington, Beverley (1911 Census( and 78 Keldgate, Beverley (CWGC address). Served with the 5th East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred as Company Sergeant Major, 1st East Yorkshire Regiment. Arrived in France […]

BORN BEVERLEY, 1894. FIFTH SON OF FREDERICK EDWARD TATTERSALL AND ANNIE MARIE SMITH, OF BECKSIDE BEVERLEY. A SHIPYARD LABOURER. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION 15/09/1916, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FREDERICK TAATTERSALL. HIS NAME […]

BORN ST MARY'S, BEVERLEY. LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. REAL SURNAME WAS 'BRIGGS. SERVED AS A GUNNER, WITH THE 1ST EAST RIDING ,ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED IN BASRA, THE PERSIAN GULF, ON 27/04/1916. (SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS). HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY BRIGGS.

BORN HOLME ON THE WOLDS, EAST RIDING, 07/07/1895. SON OF WILLIAM TEAL (1858-1929) AND MARGARET ELIZA THURLOW (1858-1918). SON OF A BLACKSMITH. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A SINGLE MAN. HE RESIDED BEVERLEY. EMPLOYED AS A JOINER FOR MESSERS HOTHAM, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED AT DRIFFIELD, ON 02/02/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 I […]

BORN ALDBROUGH 1893. SON OF JOHN H. TENNISON AND ROSA H. TENNISON, OF HULL AND BEVERLEY. HIS MOTHER LIVED AT CARLTON LANE, ALDBROUGH AND 12, GROVSNER PLACE, KELL GATE, BEVERLEY (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A FARM LABOURER. HIS MOTHER WAS A COW KEEPER. BROTHER TO FRED, NELLIE AND EVA. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. A REGULAR SOLDIER, SERVING […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1892. SON OF EDWARD & FANNY THACKERY WHO RAN THE RED LION LODGING HOUSE - 97 FLEMINGATE. CWGC ADDRESS. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. KILLED IN ACTION. NO SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. BLACKSMITH. HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS THACKERAY ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

ENLISTED BEVERLEY. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

Born Spennymoor, Whitworth, Co. Durham, 1886. Son of John David Tolmie (1847-1924) and Mary Lester (1848-1923), of Rotherham; He had three brothers and two sisters. Husband of Alice McQue Tolmie, of 45, Mintfield Grove, Holme Church Lane, Beverley. Enlisted as Sergeant, 9353, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred as Sergeant, 42518, Roya […]

BORN KIDDERMINSTER 1896. SON OF EDWARD LEIGH TONKINSON (1862-1933) AND SARAH ANN WHALLEY, OF 73 LORNE TERRACE, NORWOOD, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A POST MASTER, AT BEVERLEY POST OFFICE. HE WORKED AS A CLERK. UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 37-40 INCH CHEST, 152 LBS WEIGHT, "GOOD" PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE […]

BORN HULL 1888. YOUNGEST SON OF JAMES TURNER (1841-1910) & BRIDGET HUGHES (1847-1949) OF 54 WOOD LANE, BEVERLEY (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). SON OF A PUBLICAN. BOTH HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN IRELAND. HE ENLISTED HULL. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 04/07/1917, AGED 29 […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1877. SON OF WILLIAM TWIDDLE (1853-1898) AND CHARLOTTE TWIDDLE (1852-1922), OF 4 WALTHAM TERRACE, MILL LANE, BEVERLEY & 55 KELDGATE, BEVERLEY, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. A LABOURER. HE LIVED IN BEVERLEY. MARRIED SARAH JANE WILSON, AT BEVERLEY, IN 1911. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/04/1917. EX 71534, 27TH D […]

BORN BEVERLEY 17/03/1881. SON OF FANNY MARIA TWISS AND THE LATE EDWARD C. TWISS, MAGISTRATE OF HULL. GAZETTED TO SCEOND LIEUTENAT, ROYAL ENGINNERS, ON 2/05/1900. PROMOTED LIEUTENANT, ON 02/05/1903/ PROMOTED CAPTAIN ON 02/05/1910. SERVED WITH THE INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN THE PERSIAN GULF. KILLED IN ACTION ON 17/11/1914, AGED 33. BURI […]

Born Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, 26/09/1881. Son of William Jeremiah Uncles (1855-1911) and Sarah Hannah Uncles (858-936), of "IvyDene", 55 Wood Lane, Beverley, Yorkshire (CWGC address). One of four sons and a daughter. an Accountant's Clerk. He served as Company Sergeant Major, 3595. Promoted to Second Lieutenant, in the 4th King's Own Y […]

BORN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY 08/12/1915. RESIDED BEVERLEY. SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD AND CHARLOTTE JEMMINA WALKER. WIFE EDITH E. WALKER LIVED THIS ADDRESS. DISCHARGED WITH STOMACH CANCER. DIED AT HOME ON 06/11/1916, AGED 36. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

BORN SCARBOROUGH 1875. ELDEST SON OF ADMIRAL, CHARLES FRANCIS WALKER (1836-1925) & EDITH FRANCES DUNCOMBE (1846-1906) ABOVE. HE WAS EDUCATED AT ETON AND BALLIOL COLLEGE AND WAS A QUALIFIED BARRISTER. HE MARRIED IN 1906. HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE RANKIN HEWITT, WAS FROM, COUNTY KILDARE, IRELAND. HE WORKED AS A LEGAL BARRISTER, IN LONDON. H […]