Company Sergeant Major
BORN ETON 1882, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. SON OF HENRY & MARGARET BATTERBURY OF WINDSOR. HIS FATHER WAS A FORMER SOLDIER AND WORKED AS A STONE MASON. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1915. HIS WIFE JANE ELIZA COWEY AND DAUGHTER, CATHERINE (BORN 26/11/1917) LIVED AT 64 , BRAZIL STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). A REGULAR SOLDIER. HE JOINED THE ROYAL SCOTS […]
BORN HULL 1894. KNOWN AS CYRIL BILLINGTON. SON OF WALTER BILLINGTON (1869-1942) & KATE ADELAIDE (1873-1944), AT 2, ELM VILLAS, BRAZIL STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 27, RENSBURG STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, RAYMOND AND ONE SISTER, LILIAN. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTICE CLERK FOR THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE. HE […]
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WALTER AND AGNES BROWN, OF 32 BRAZIL STREET, HULL. A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, HODGSON AND HARRIS, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN FEBRUARY 1918. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 12816 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DI […]
BORN WHITBY, 1894. SON OF LATE WILLIAM CROSBY & MRS ELIZA ANN EGTON, AT 42 , BRAZIL STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER DIED IN 1905. A FORMER RAILWAY WORKER. HE ENLISTED AT YORK. JOINED THE 17TH NFUS, NER 'RAILWAY PALS' BATTALION. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL. WOUNDED AT THE SOMME, HE DIED ON 06/07/1916, AGED 22, AT THE 38TH CASU […]
11, BRAZIL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
07/05/1917
Aged
22
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ALFRED ERNEST MESSENGER 10/1253. Born 1895, the sixth of eight children, to Robert Messenger (1855-1938) and Elizabeth Thirsk (1858-1930), of 11 Brazil Street, Hull. One of the original Pals, and a member of "A" Company, Alfred worked in a Sawmill before. He enlisted in September 1914. Mobilized on 31/0 […]
BORN HULL 1897. ONLY CHILD OF ALICE SLIGHT, OF 133 BELMONT STREET. 1911 CENSUS. HIS GRANDPARENTS JOSEPH AND FRANCES SLIGHT LIVED IN KIRK ELLA. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. EMPLOYED AS A NER ENGINE CLEANER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 1 INCHES TALL, 108 LBS WEIGHT AND 34 INCH CHEST. ENLISTED HULL, 28/02/1916. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM 18/11/1916. RECEI […]
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN JAMES SUDDABY (1860-1940) & ROSE CLARKE (1865-1953), OF 59 BRAZIL STREET, HULL. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AND SEVEN SONS. A BRICKLAYER BY TRADE. HE SERVED HIS TIME WITH MR J WARD, HOLDERNESS ROAD. E MIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1908. LIVED AT 740 SPRING, NEW ALBANY, INDIANA, USA. ENLISTED AT L […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN JAMES SUDDABY (1860-1940) & ROSE CLARKE SUDDABY ABOVE ADDRESS. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AND SEVEN SONS. ONE OF FIVE BROTHERS SERVING IN THE WAR. A BRICKLAYER'S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS DRIVER, 1060, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 20/04/1915.PROMOTED TO BOMB […]
