Area: Beverley,

BORN BEVERLEY 19/12/1892. ONLY SON OF HERBERT WALTERS AND MARTHA ELIZABETH BIRD, OF 9, QUEENS GATE ROAD, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A TANNER'S LABOURER. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 18/04/1915. SERVED IN THE 1/5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/03/1916, AGED 23. BURIED AT MA […]

BORN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX 2191 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

BORN BEVERLEY 1887. SON OF EMMA BROOKS (1846-1922) & FREDERICK WATSON (1843-1904), AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS.  HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. LIVED IN BEVERLEY. WORKED AS A CLERK FOR A COAL MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE SERGEANT, IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 21/09/1916, AGED 30. BURIED AT CORBIE, ON […]

BORN ALDERSHOT, 1875, INTO AN ARMY FAMILY. ONE OF FOUNTEEN CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH ALSO JOINED THE FORCES. HE MOVED FROM ALDERSHOT TO BEVERLEY VIA SHEFFIELD. HE MARRIED ROSA BUTTERS, IN BEVERLEY, IN 1903 AND HAD TWO CHILDREN, CHARLES AND WILFRED. HE HAD SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT FROM 1891-1908 AND THEN WORKED IN A LOCA […]

BORN EASTRINGTON 1898. SON OF ALBERT WEBSTER (1864-1916) & LYDIA BOYNTON (1867-1926). LIVED IN COTTINGHAM (1901 CENSUS), EASTRINGHAM (1911 CENSUS) & BEVERLEY. HIS FATHER WAS A POLICE CONSTABLE, WHO ALSO DIED IN 1916. HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, GEORGE AND THREE SISTERS, ELIZABETH, LILIAN AND ELEANOR. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN FRANC […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1894. SON OF JAMES MATHEW & EMMA (BOWSER), BEVERLEY. MARRIED JANE BIRD IN HULL 1912. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

BORN HULL 1895. LIVED 7 QUEENSGATE VILLAS, BEVERLEY  (1911 CENSUS). SON OF  CHARLES & ELIZABETH WELBOURN WHO LIVED AT 25, Sandown Rd., Seaforth, Liverpool. (CWGC RECORDS). SERVED WITH THE 4TH LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. KILLED ON 25/09/1917, AGED 23. BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "HIS MEMORY IS AS DEAR TO-DAY AS IN THE H […]

BORN HULL 1889. PARENTS CHARLES & ELIZABETH WELBOURN LIVED IN LIVERPOOL. LISTED ON COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL.

BORN BEVERLEY 1899. JAMES THOMAS WESTERBY, SERVED AS 2ND LIEUTENANT, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED AT BEAUMONT HAMEL/ 5TH JUNE 1918 AGED 19 YEARS. HE IS  BURIED AT THE MILITARY CEMETERY, ETAPLES, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S HYMER COLLEGE MEMORIAL. SON OF MARTIN MICHAEL (DRY SALTER) & E J WESTERBY. HE LEF […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1876. SON OF ARTHUR WILLIAM WESTERMAN (1852-1914) AND ELIZABETH ANN CARR (1851-1931). WIFE MARY BEATRICE WESTERMAN (1885-1925). A REGULAR SOLDIER AND ACTING COLOUR SERGEANT, IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED IN INDIA IN 1907. PROMOTED TO SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE 21ST KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, O […]

BORN BEVERLEY, 1892. SON OF WILLIAM AND FANNY TAYLOR WHITTAKER, OF 233 GROVEHILL ROAD, BEVERLEY. HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVED AT 20 RAIWAY STREET, BEVERLEY. EMPLOYED AS A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO 847TH LABOUR CORPS. KILLED 12/07/1918. AGED 26. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON BEVER […]

BORN BEVERLEY, ON 14/09/1887. SON OF CHARLES ARTHUR WIDDAS (1860-1909) AND CHRISTIAN WELBURN (1861-1931). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HIS MOTHER WAS THE WIDOWED LANDLADY OF THE "DOG AND DUCK" PUB, IN BEVERLEY. HE WAS A HOUSE AND SHIP PAINTER. HE MARRIED ALICE MAUD SCHOFIELD, AT BEVERLEY, ON 01/10/1911. THEY HAD TWO SONS, ARTHUR AND SIDNE […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1895. SON OF THE REVEREND, WILLIAM ELLIOT WIGFALL & CLARA WIGFALL, OF 18 WESTWOOD ROAD, BEVERLEY AND "RENISHAW" HOUSE, MOLESCROFT. HIS FATHER WAS RECTOR OF BEVERLEY MINSTER. WILLIAM WAS EDUCATED AT BEVERLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL UNTIL AGED 13 AND THEN REPTON SCHOOL, BURTON ON TRENT. HE WENT TO QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD TO STUD […]

BORN BEVERLEY 19/02/1892. SON OF JAMES WILD (1840-1912) & MARY SANDERS (1847-1918), OF 8 ASH TREE GROVE, HOME CHURCH LANE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING. SON OF A RETIRED COAL MERCHANT. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS AN ACCOUNTS CLERK FOR MR SCOTT, ACCOUNTANTS, HULL. FATALLY WOUNDED AT YPRES. THE 2ND LIFE GUARDS BAT […]

BORN BEVERLEY, 1897. SON OF ROBERT WILLIAM WILLIAMSON (1859-1918) AND AGNES WILLIAMSON (1868-1944), OF BISHOP BURTON.  A CHURCH LAD'S BRIGADE MEMBER IN BEVERLEY AND THE FIRST TO BE KILLED IN THE WAR. ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY IN 1914. SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD, BY A SNIPER, ON 05/07/1915, AGED 18. UNMARRI […]

BORN ANLABY, HULL 1895. SON OF JAMES AND ELIZA WISE, OF BEVERLEY. LIVED WOODMANSEY. FARM SERVANT. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. DIED OF WOUNDS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WOODMANSEY. THEARNE. BEVERLEY PARKS MEMORIAL.

BORN COPLEY, HALIFAX 01/10/1874. SON OF JOHN EDWARD WOOD (1835-1906) AND LEAH MOORE (1835-1918). HIS FATHER WAS A MARKET GARDENER. HE ENLISTED AT BRADFORD. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER SERVING WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN INDIA, BEFORE WAR BEGAN. HE MARRIED ETTIE AMELIA NUGENT (1871-1949), AT LEEDS, IN 1908. THEY HAD A SON WILLIA […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1878. SON OF JOHN AND HARRIET WOOD. A CABINET MAKER. HE RESIDED IN BEVERLEY AT 57 TRINITY LANE (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED SCARBOROUGH. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/03/1918, AGED 40. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW SARAH, AND DAUGHTERS, MARJORY AND DOROTHY. COMMEMORATED A […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1893. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 240637, 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/07/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN EDMUND WOOD. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

BORN BEVERLEY 1890. SON OF JOHN EDWARD WOODTHORPE AND ISABELLA DAVIS. A LABOURER. ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ISABELLA. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE B […]