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BORN HULL 1873. SON OF JOHN HOTHAM (1842-1907) & ANN HORSMAN (1835-1915) A MARINE FIREMAN. HUSBAND OF ELLEN HOTHAM & 6 CHILDREN, AT THIS NAVAL ADDRESS. HE IS RECORDED ON THE SOUTH BOULEVARD ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL (Hull Daily Mail 11 October 1916). Calypso SS was a 2,876grt British Merchantship built in 1904 by Earle’s SB. & E […]

BORN HULL 1862. SON OF THE LATE JOHN SOWERBY & MARTHA JACKSON, OF HULL. HUSBAND OF MARTHA JACKSON OF 236 BOULEVARD, HULL. The Hull trawler EARL (H436) was reported missing in the North Sea on 21/1/1916. The Hull trawler EARL (1916), owned by the Great Northern Steam Fishing Company, was on Saturday given up for lost. The vessel which […]

BORN HULL 1881. MARRIED WIFE KATE ANN BARR, IN APRIL, 1915, HULL. HE BOARDED at 1 ST GEORGES AVENUE, BOULEVARD, HULL, WITH HER FAMILY. LATER THEY MOVED TO 7 IVY DENE, PARROTT STREET, OFF SELBY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A RAILWAY RULLEYMAN AND LOADER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, AT KINGSTON STREET WAREHOUSE. HE ENLIS […]

BORN DENMARK 1873. LOST AT SEA. HIS WIFE BERTHA JOHNSEN LIVED HERE. On February 15th, 1915, the British cargo ship MEMBLAND, built in 1900 by William Gray & Co., Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss by Macbeth & Co., West Harlepool, left Hull for Tyne in ballast, and went missing. She was not heard of ever since. 25 people lost […]

BORN HULL 1889. SECOND SON OF SAMUEL LEYMAN (1843-1914) & ELIZABETH JANE CAWLEY (1841-1919), OF 8 LAUREL GROVE, BOULEVARD, HULL (1911 CENSUS).  A SHIP ENGINEER (FITTER). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 27. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MI […]

BORN HULL 11/04/1899. ONLY SON OF HENRY COLLEGE LITTLE & FLORENCE LITTLE, OF 64, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL  AND 90, PLANE STREET, HULL. (1918 MILITARY VOTERS REGISTER). EDUCATED AT THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL, WOOD GREEN, LONDON. A FORMER BANK CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/05/1917. SERVED IN THE 2ND EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. SERVED IN IRELAN […]

Born Hull 1878. Skipper, of the Hull steam trawler "CORNELIAN" (H506). He sank with all hands, on 14th January 1916, in the North sea, aged 37. He lived at 107 Boulevard, Hull. His death was reported  in the Hull daily Mail, on 15/01/1917. CREW LOST ON CORNELIAN (H506), ADDY, Thomas (22), 42 Queens Gate St, Hull. Bosun FAIRFIELD, Joseph […]

BORN FIFTH 1871. SON OF JOHN MITCHINSON, AND MARGARET ISABEL ANDERSON. SKIPPER OF THE CARGO SHIP 'LENA'. HIS WIFE GERTRUDE PERCIVAL MITCHINSON LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Lena, built by Craig, Taylor & Co., Stockton in […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN ERENST JOHN PITMAN (1864-1921) & SARAH JANE NAYLOR (1864-1934), OF  317, BOULEVARD, HULL. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, SARAH JANE & ANNIE. HIS TWO BROTHERS JOSEPH & ABBOTT TAYLOR PITMAN, LIVED AT 342 BOULEVARD. HE JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY AGED 17. SAILED WIDELY AND BECAME A SKIPPER IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESE […]

BORN DUNDEE 1860. WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN LIVED ABOVE ADDRESS. HE HAD WORKED FOR HIS FIRM FOR 36 YEARS,  HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF HUMBER LODGE OF FREEMASONS. HE WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. .  HIS DEATH WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 29TH NOVEMBER 1916, * SS Vasco, built by Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., West […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ALBERT & MARY ELIZABETH RAPER - 65 FLINTON STREET (1901 CENSUS) & 333 BOULEVARD, HULL. EDUCATED AT SCARBOROUGH STREET SCHOOL. ASSISTANT SCOUT MASTER IN WELLINGTON TROOP BOY SCOUTS. EX NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER - PARCEL VAN BOY AND THEN SIGNALMAN AT HULL'S BOTANIC STATION. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN 1S […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOSEPH ROSE (1861-1933) & ANNA MARIE GELHARD (1862-1919), OF 29, SEATON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 91 BARMSTON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). SON OF A GAS WORKS STOKER. HE HAD BROTHERS, RICHARD, THOMAS AND HAROLD ROSE, SISTERS, RACHEL AND ETHEL. HE WORKED  IN A PAPER PRESS, AS A MACHINE PRINTER. HIS […]

BORN HULL 1890, SON OF ERNEST GEORGE & KATE EMILY RYMER, OF 56 PARK ROAD, HULL AND 234, BOULEVARD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED WITH THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. TRANSFERRED TO "B" SPECIAL COMPANY, RE'S. HE DIED ON 05/08/1917, AGED 28. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE ROLL OF HONOUR. ALSO REMEMBERED ON THE EAS […]

BORN SHEFFIELD 1892. SON OF CHARLES S. SALTFLEET (1863-1940) & FANNY ELLIOT (1863-1953), OF 14 OSBERTON PLACE, SHEFFIELD. HE WORKED AS A CARVER, IN A RESTAURANT (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL, JUNE 1916. HUSBAND OF ESTHER AGNES ROGERS (1892-1975). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KIL […]

BORN SUTTON, HULL 1888. SON OF BENJAMIN SMALES (1859-1937) & SARAH ANN BARNES (1863-1913), OF 15 HOWE STREET, HULL AND 113 LIME STREET, HULL. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. AN OIL MILL PRESSMAN. WORKED FOR ROBSON'S OIL AND CAKE MILLS, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH ANN DUFFEY , AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1907, THEY LIVE […]

BORN HULL 25/09/1887. SON OF EDWARD ALEXANDER TAYLOR (1845-1907) & MILDRED CROSS (1848-1932), OF 44 FULFORD STREET, MANCHESTER AND THIS ADDRESS. SON A DOCK SUPERINTENDENT. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A CLERK. ENLISTED STRETFORD, MANCHESTER. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 12TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACT […]

Born Hull, 1893. Son of William Alfred Tuke (1850–1922) and Hannah Maria Hatfield (1855–1926), of 294, South Boulevard, Hull. He had two brothers, William and George and a sister, Florence, who also lived in the Boulevard area. He worked as a Clerical Secretary. Described as 5 foot, 9 inches tall, 34-36 inch chest, 130 lbs weight and " […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF JOHN EDWARD AND RACHEL TURNER OF 5 CARLTON TERRACE, BOULEVARD, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS).  EMPLOYED WITH MESSRS LOCKING & SCOTT, AS AN ACCOUNTANT'S CLERK AT PARLIAMENTS STREET. EDUCATED AT CONSTABLE STREET SCHOOL & HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE, PARK STREET. CONNECTED WITH THE BOULEVARD BABTIST CHURCH. ENLISTED 17/09 […]

BORN BURY, LANCASHIRE 1887. ONLY SON OF JAMES WATSON & SARAH FIRTH (1863-1918), OF, 18, AYLESFORD STREET, BOULEVARD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF AN ENGINE FITTER. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, MARY ANN AND SARAH. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN BUSINESS CIRCLES AS AN ACCOUNTANT'S CLERK, BEING IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF WILKINSON ACCOUNTANTS, SCALE LANE, HUL […]

LISTED ON ST MATHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD. UNTRACED. NB: GEORGE & FRANK WHITHEAD, BOTH SEAMAN - 42 LANSDOWNE ST.