Area: Blenheim Street

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF ROSALIND & LATE ROBERT BLACK. WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH (BARON) BLACK LIVED AT THIS CWGC. NAVY ADDRESS. SS Hazelwood, built by Ropner & Son, Stockton in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Gascony SS. Co. Ltd. (L. Walford Ltd.), was a British steamer of 3120 tons. On October 19th, 1917, Hazelwood, on a voy […]

BORN ST ANDREWS, FIFE, SCOTLAND, 1882. SON OF AGNES TERRAS (1856-1927) & THE LATE ROBERT BLAIR, OF 9, ENDSLEIGH VILLAS, WELLSTED STREET STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 15, WELLSTED STREET. HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED AT HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, IN 1915. WIFE ELSIE FISHER (1891-1966) & WINNIE (1917-2001), LIVED AT, 16 , BLENHEIM ST […]

BORN SANDAL, WAKEFIELD 1877. WIFE ELIZABETH BOLTON & 2 SONS LIVED AT 10 BELENHEIM STREET, HULL. A CLERK ACCOUNTANT (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A BOMBARDIER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/06/1917, AGED 39. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 06/07/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS […]

BORN ROTHERHAM 1896. ONLY SON OF CHARLES AND MARIA CARD, OF 81 HENLY GROVE ROAD, ROTHERHAM. A FORMER MINER. HE ENLISTED AT HARROGATE. SERVED IN THE 9TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS, AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 25/08/1918, AGED 22. HE HAD MARRIED EDITH CHERREY MASON, IN HULL, IN 1918. HIS WIFE EDITH, BABY, AND MOTHER-IN […]

BORN THWING, 30/08/1874. SON OF FRANCIS RUDD (1849-1881) & ELIZABETH CHAMPLIN (1844-1911). HE MARRIED MARGARET ROBSON (1877-1963), AT FOXHOLES, GANTON, YORKSHIRE, ON 09/12/1898. THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN AND LIVED AT 26, GRANGE STREET, HULL, AND 201, BLENHEIM STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLIS […]

BORN SHEFFIELD 1891. ONLY CHILD OF THOMAS PATRICK COLLINS & JANE MARGARET COLLINS, OF 164 BLENHEIM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A WAREHOUSE CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EYR (HULL PALS). WOUNDED ON 05/08/1916, HE DIED ON A HOSPITAL SHIP AT ST OMER, ON 06/10/1916, AGED 26. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST VINCENT'S CHURCH ME […]

BORN HULL 1895. YOUNGEST SON OF LATE GILDING COOPER & ANNIE ELIZABETH COOPER,OF 350 BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A CHIEF BALLIFF. A SINGLE MAN. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WORKED AS A JUNIOR ASSISTANT IN THE CLERK'S DEPARTMENT, HUMBER CONVEYANCY BOARD. HE ENLISTED IN THE "HULL COMMERCIALS" WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED W […]

BORN READING, BERKSHIRE, 1893. SON OF JOHN JAMES MOORE & AMELIA JANE PALMER (1861-1948), OF 17 BLENHEIM STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 205258, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT POPERINGE, ON 25/02/1918, AGED 25. HE LEFT SIBLINGS, DORA, PERCY AND DAISEY (WHO DIED IN 1916, AGED 24). […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF LESLIE KIDD (1868-1924) AND MARY ELIZABETH KNOWLES, AT 58, BLENHEIM STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. ENLISTED HULL. ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HULL PALS. HE SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS). HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE SOMME, ON 16/08/1 […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM BLAKESTONE KIDD (1863-1908) & LATE MARY ELIZABETH SMITH (1867-1912), OF 39, AND 70, BLENHEIM STREET, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE DAIRYCOATES ENGINE SHEDS BEFORE THE WAR. ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HULL & DISTRICT DRUIDS ORDER WHICH HAD 1,096 MEMBERS SERVING IN THE WAR. HIS BROTHER, JOHN KIDD LIV […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF FERDINAND KLEIN (1852-1891) & FANNY ANN MINEDEW (1846-1906), OF 190 , BLENHEIM STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED ANNIE HODDER (1880-1953), AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1909. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN (FERDINAND, GILBERT, DOROTHY AND KENNETH). THEY LIVED AT AND 12, CONVENT LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A SCHOOL […]

BORN IMMINGHAM 1863. SON OF VINCENT KNOWLES AND EMMA ANN WINDASS. MARRIED CAISTOR, LINCS, SEPTEMBER 1889. WIFE SARAH BLACKBURN KNOWLES LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS & 25 MORPETH STREET, HULL. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN. HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER AND SERVED IN EGYPT AS A RE'S QUARTERMASTER (1911 CENSUS). HE DIED IN HULL AGED 52 AND LEFT £527 […]

BORN HOLLETH, LINCS 1885. NEPHEW OF JAMES & ALICE PLOWRIGHT. BROTHER PTE. ARTHUR WILLIAM, RAMC AT SAME ADDRESS. NB: JOHN, SEAMAN - 2 GROVE ST.

BORN HULL 1883. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. ADOPTED SON OF GEORGE & HARRIET QUICK - 1 JOSEPH TER, DAY ST. WIFE ETHEL POULSON LIVED ABOVE. HE HAD COMPLETED TWELVE YEARS OF SERVICE ON 14TH JULY 1914. WAS RECALLED WHEN WAR BEGAN. IN PRIVATE LIFE WAS A HULL POST MAN. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 23RD OCTOBER 1914. *

BORN HULL 1883. ATTACHED TO 138TH RAMC. SECOND SON OF HENRY & EMILY SHORES, OF 43 LOUIS STREET AND 199 PARK AVENUE, HULL. HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH SHORES AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT 155 BLENHEIM STREET, HULL AND LATER MOVED TO DONCASTER. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED FOR THE POST OFFICE AND CORPORATION TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. HE JOINED […]

BORN WAKEFIELD 1896. SON OF ALBERT  EDWARD WIGGLESWORTH (1897–1943) AND  ANNIE CONSERDINE (1873-1929), OF 2 WATERLOO STREET, THORNE LANE, WAKEFIELD. THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. WORKED AS A TRAIN BOOKER, IN SIGNAL BOX. ENLISTED NORMANTON. SERVED WITH THE 3RD KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED AT SUTTON, NEAR HULL, ON 15/06/1915, AGED […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JOHN WILSON (1836-1887) AND SARAH ANN WILSON. HE MARRIED MARGARET BLAKE, AT HULL IN 1907. HIS WIFE MARGARET, LIVED 17 NORFOLK STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND STEPNEY LANE, HULL. HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT 3RD CANADIAN HOSPITAL, ETAPLES, ON 2 […]

BORN KILLINGHOLME, 14.6.1881. WIFE MARY ALICE WISEMAN & 5 CHILDREN ABOVE. SON OF ROBERT & EMMA, SOUTH KILLINGHOLME. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.