Area: Beverley,

BORN DUNSWELL, BEVERLEY, 29/12/1892. ONLY SON OF JOHN FRANCIS PLAXTON (1871-1924) AND ALICE WASTLING (1872-1905), OF WOODMANSEY.  HIS FATHER WAS A MARKET GARDENER IN THEARNE. HE HAD TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. CLARENCE PLAXTON WAS EMPLOYED BY MR F.G. HOBSON, OF BEVERLEY, ALSO AS A MARKET GARDENER. HE ENLISTED AS A STOKER IN […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF SARAH JANE & THE LATE ARTHUR JOHN PRESS, OF ALBERT AVENUE, HULL. HUSBAND OF VIOLET HUMPHREY DAWSON AT THIS ADDRESS. HE NEVER MET HIS ONLY CHILD, JACK PRESS, WHO WAS BORN ON 20/04/1917. VIOLET NEVER REMARRIED AND CONTINUED TO WORK AS A DRESSMAKER. ALBERT PRESS IS LISTED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. SS Vasco, […]

ENLISTED BEVERLEY 1894. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. SHOWN AS G. PRESS. HIS ELDER BROTHER THOMAS WAS KILLED A MONTH LATER ON 17/09/1916, IN THE SAME REGIMENT.

BORN BEVERLEY 1890. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. BROTHER OF GEORGE PREST, 5TH YORKSHIRES KILLED 30/07/1916. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

BORN BRIDLINGTON 1893. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE PRESTON. HIS FATHER WAS A MASTER STONEMASON. HE MARRIED HILDA MARTON, IN 1914 JUST BEFORE WAR STARTED. HIS WIFE HILDA PRESTON LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS WIFE WAS THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF DAVID MALTON, MINSTER MOORGATE, BEVERLEY. BEFORE THE WAR GEORGE WORKED IN BEVERLEY AS A LOCAL JOURNALIST FOR T […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1894. SON OF WALTON EDWARD DAVID QUAID (1866-1953) & ADA HILL (1870- ), OF 98 KELDGATE, BEVERLEY. FROM A MILITARY FAMILY. SERVING AS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. POSTED TO FRANCE, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 0N 08/09/1914. KILLED ON THE MARNE, ON 20/09/1914, AGED 20. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOG […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF WALTON EDWARD DAVID QUAID & ADA HILL. BROTHER CHARLES KILLED IN 1914. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 14TH MAY 1915. * J. Quaid No. 1611, Private James Quaid, 5th Battalion Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Listed as "Quard" in Soldies Died in the Great War. […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1896. SON OF CHARLES HENRY & SARAH JANE ABOVE 1911. NB: ALBERT, NFUS - 2 THORNTON TERRACE, & JOHN, RE'S AT NO: 34, BOTH NEWSTEAD STREET. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX 2116 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 27/06/1918, AGED 22. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

BORN ROWLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE, 1892. SON OF JOHN (1850-1901) & ANNIE E RHODES (1851-1916), OF LITTLE WEIGHTON, HULL. THE FOURTH OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A JOINER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. JOINED AS A SAPPER IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/05/1918, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. BOTH PARENTS DECEASED. HE LEFT £409 IN HIS WILL TO HIS SI […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF HABBERSHAW RICHARDSON (1862-1917) & MARTHA RISPIN (1860-1922), OF BEVERLEY. BROTHER TO DAVID, JAMES, SARAH AND LAURA. WORKED AS A FARM WAGGONER AND LIVED AT FINKLE STREET, MARKET WEIGHTON. HE THEN WORKED FOR THE HULL RADIATOR COMPANY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS GUNNER, 1624. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 20/04/1915. S […]

BORN HULL. SCULCOATES. ENLISTED HULL. SEVERAL POSSIBLE CENSUS MATCHES. HE SERVED WITH THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS. WAS REPORTED MISSING, THEN KILLED,AT THE SOMME, ON 26/09/1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, CHRISTINA RICHARDSON, AT 2 ST GILES CROFT, BEVERLEY (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL […]

BORN 1895. SON OF CLARA THORLEY, OF 17 CHERRY TREE TERRACE, BEVERLEY (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 06/07/1915, AGED 20. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. HE IS BURIED AT R.E. FARM CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS […]

ENLISTED BEVERLEY. KILLED IN ACTION. LISTED ON BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL ROH. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.

ENLISTED BEVERLY. HIS PARENTS LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. KILLED IN ACTION. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. Private John William Robinson (1894-1917) of Beverley John was born on 13 July 1894 in Beverley. He was son of William and Annie Eliza Robinson. He served in the 4th Battalion of the Yorkshire Regi […]

BORN 26/07/1895. ELDEST SON OF HARRY ELLERKER ROSS AND EVA ROSS, OF WHITTINGTON HOUSE, HIGHGATE, BEVERLEY. AKA 'JACK'. THE ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN. A COLOUR SERGEANT IN THE BEVERLEY CHURCH LAD'S BRIGADE. EDUCATED AT ST MARY'S SCHOOL, BEVERLEY AND THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE. HE WORKED IN THE SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT FOR BEVERLEY COUNCIL. EN […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1888. SON OF SAMUEL RULE (1851-1896) & EMMA KITCHING (1854-1930), OF 34 MINSTERMOOR GATE, BEVERLEY, (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A BURTON CONSTABLE HALL GARDENER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EAST LANCS REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 23/12/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/08/1916, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS AND PENS […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF JOHN AND LOUISA RUSTON, OF 41 ST ANDREW STREET, BEVERLEY. A GLUE WORKS LABOURER. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED A PRISONER OF WAR, AT LAINSDOF,  ON 24/09/1918, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, LOUISA, AND THREE BROTHERS, JAMES, ALBERT AND GEORGE HENRY RUST […]

BORN WOODMANSEY 1899. SON OF FREDERICK WILLIAM & CHARLOTTE HANNAH RUSTON, WOODMANSEY. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.

BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF WILLIAM & BETSY SCOFFIN - 37 HIGH GATE, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDRE. AN ERRAND BOY. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. EX, PRIVATE, 2458 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. PROMOTED CORPORAL. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT 1ST FIELD AMBULANCE, HOSPITAL, […]

BORN BEVERLEY 02/05/1876. SON OF JOHN ROBERT SCHRIVENER (1850-1897) AND ANNIE ELIZABETH MASON (1854-1906), OF 20 EAST GATE, BEVERLEY. BROTHER TO JOHN, ROBERT AND HARRIET. A BUTCHER BY TRADE. HE WORKED AT 5 THE MARKET PLACE, BEVERLEY. HE LIVED WITH HIS MARRIED SISTER AND BROTHER IN LAW, AT 8 ALBERT TERRACE, ST MARY'S, BEVERLEY. ENLISTED I […]