Area: Beverley,

Walter was born in Beverley in July 1892. He was the son of George and Ada Brigham. He enlisted in Beverley and served as a private in the 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment Walter was mortally wounded near Ypres Belgium on 9 May 1915 and died of wounds at Boulogne Hospital. his name is commemorated on the Beverley WW1 Memorial

BORN DRIFFIELD 1878. SECOND SON OF RICHARD COBDEN & SARAH ANN BROWN. ONE OF SIX SONS. HUSBAND TO ANNIE BROWN - 117 NORWOOD, BEVERLEY. EX NER GOODS CLERK AT HULL. ENLISTED DRIFFIELD. SERVED AS SAPPER, 32991, ROYAL ENGINEERS, LIGHT RAILWAYS OPERATIONS COMPANY. DROWNED EN ROUTE TO EGYPT, ON 31/12/1917, AGED 39. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE CHA […]

BEVERLEYS FIRST CASUALTY. BORN PENRITH, CUMBERLAND, 05/01/1867. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. SERVED AS REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR, 1ST DRAGOON GUARDS. SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, LONG SERVICE MEDAL AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. DIED OF A LIVER INFECTION AT BEVERLEY ON 24/08/1914, AGED 47. HIS WIFE, MAY AND TWO CH […]

BORN GUISBOROUGH, YORKS, 1892. SON OF GEORGE BRUCE (1858-1929) AND ELIZA ANN STIMPSON (1858-1944). EMPLOYED AS A TIMBER MERCHANT'S APPRENTICE. LIVING AT 11 ST MARY'S TERRACE, BEVERLEY. HE MARRIED EMILY M LUCAS, AT BEVERLEY, IN AUGUST 1914. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 241709, AT THE YORKSHIRE HUSSARS DEPOT. HE DIED […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1881. SON OF ANNA ELIZABETH BRUCE. EX GARDENER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, ON 10/05/1916, AGED 35 YEARS AND 4 MONTH. HE WAS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL. SERVED AS GUNNER, 77909, IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY,(156TH HEAVY BATTERY). TRAINED AT ALDERSHOT, HAMPSHIRE. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 25/05/1917, AGED 36. HE DIED TEN DAYS LATER, […]

SON OF MARY BRYAN. RESIDED LOWTHORPE, YORKSHIRE. ENLISTED DRIFFIELD. EX EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 28/10/1916. BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS NAME IS LISTED AT BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL.

BORN LEVEN, HULL, 1888. SON OF HODGON BRYAN (1853-1900) AND SELINA DALE (1853-1908). EMPLOYED AS A GLUE BOLIER, AT RICHARD HODGSON & SONS LIMITED. HE HAD SERVED FOR 4 YEARS, AS PRIVATE, 4280, IN THE 5TH EYR, TERRITORIALS. HE MARRIED LUCY DENNIS, AT ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, ON VALENTINES DAY, 14/02/1914 .THEIR DAUGHTER LUCY WAS BORN ON 0 […]

Lance Corporal Arthur Edward Buck (1892-1916) of Beverley. Arthur Edward Buck was born in 1892. He was son of William and Mary Buck. He was one of three brothers who took part in the conflict. Prior to WW1 Arthur was a printer employed by the Beverley Guardian newspaper, he enlisted in the Yorkshire Regiment and was promoted to Lance Cor […]

Born Beverley 1894. Eldest son of George and Lucy Buddle, of 2, George St., Beverley, Yorkshire. His father was a Tupee Dresser. He was employed as a business assistant. He enlisted in Beverley. Served as Private, 57010, Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment. Was killed in action, on 14/08/1918, aged 24. He is commemorated on the […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1892. SON OF JAMES AND FANNY BUGG, 28 BECKSIDE, BEVERLEY. HE WAS A SINGLE MAN. BEVERLEY. FARM LABOURER. HORSES LAD. ENLISTED DRIFFIELD 20/01/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE 22/05/1916. DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE ABDOMEN ON 09/08/1916, AGED 24. HE HAD BEEN IN THE ARMY FOR ONLY EIGHT MONTHS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON BEVERLEY'S WW1 […]

Born Staffordshire, 1895. Husband of Elsie May Caddy, of 3, Hind's Yard, Keldgate, Beverley. Served in the newly formed Royal Air Force. Died on 01/12/1920, aged 20. Buried in Beverley. His Grave inscription, reads, "GOD'S WILL BE DONE IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE FROM HIS SORROWING WIFE AND SON"

BORN ARBROATH 1867. SON OF DAVID & JESSIE ELIZA CAIRD. HE MARRIED IN 1901, AT BRIDLINGTON. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH MARGARET (CROWE), OF 41, WILBERT LANE, BEVERLEY. HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Salmo, built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee in 1900 and owned at the time of her loss […]

BORN SCARBOROUGH, 02/05/1896. SON OF FRANCIS BRIGHAM CALVERT (1866-1940) AND MABEL STEPHENSON (1872-1966), OF 25 NANSEN STREET, SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. SON OF A BANK CASHIER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. EX PRIVATE, 2531 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT & FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 34872, YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/07/1916. COMMISSIONED […]

BORN BEVERLEY JULY 1897. SON OF THOMAS & EDITH CAMPEY, OF BEVERLEY PARK, BEVERLEY. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 22ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/03/1918, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WOODMANSEY. THEARNE. BEVERLEY PARKS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HI MOTH […]

BORN BEVERLEY, 1883.  SON OF THOMAS & EMMA CAMPEY, 50, WOOD LANE, BEVERLEY. HE LIVED HULL AT 84, SELBY STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A CONDUCTOR FOR THE HULL CORPORATION TRAMWAYS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED IN THE 1ST KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. DIED OF FEVER, AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 21/04/1915, AGED 32. HIS WIFE CECILL […]

Born Norwich, Norfolk, 1881. He married at Beverley, in 1908. Husband of Elizabeth (Gooding) Canham, of 2, Hobson's Yard, North Bar St., Beverley, Yorks. His family lived at Coombs Yard North Bar Within. Enlisted Beverley. Regular soldier with the 10th Yorkshire regiment, based in Colchester, Essex (1911 Census). Served as acting Corpora […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1885. ENLISTED HULL. WIFE LILLY ABOVE - 1911 CENSUS. KILLED IN ACTION. DAIRYMAN

SON OF THOMAS ISAAC AND THE LATE MARIA CATTLE, 2 WILBERT TERRACE, WILBERT LANE, BEVERLEY. BORN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. KILLED IN ACTION. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE BEVERLEY'S WW1 MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

Born Lund, Yorkshire 1899. Son of Thomas Chapmman and Lydia Piercy Chapman, of Lund, Beverley, Yorks. Son of a Gardener. He enlisted in Beverley. Served with the Durham Light Infantry. Was killed in action, on 28/03/1918, aged 19. He left brothers Wilfred, Thomas and sisters, Rita, Mary Jane and Nora. His elder brother, Rifleman, William […]

Born Lund, Beverley 1892. Son of Thomas Chapman and Lydia Piercy Chapman, of Lund, Beverley, Yorks. Son of a Gardener. Employed as a Bank Clerk, living at 59 Princes Road, Hull (1911 Census). He enlisted in Beverley, joining the 21st Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Promoted to Lance Corporal. He was killed in action on the Somme, on 17/09/191 […]