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BORN HULL 1899. KNOWN AS 'SID'. SON OF JAMES EDGAR & JANET LEWIS - 14 SPRING GARDENS, HAWTHORN AVENUE & 35 BRIGHTON STREET. DIED OF WOUNDS AT HOME ON 30/04/1918, AGED 19. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. LISTED ON ST MARY'S CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL. ADDRESS FROM HULL DAILY MAIL.

BORN HULL 1879. SON OF JANE REBECCA & JOHN FROST LINDO. HE MARRIED 1898. WIFE REBECCA (TAYLOR) AND SIX CHILDREN, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. A FISHERMAN AND DOCK LABOURER. ENLISTED FOR WAR SERVICE. LOST AT SEA, WHEN THE STEAM SHIP 'KHARTOUM', WAS MINED ON 26/03/1916. HE WAS AGED 37. HIS OLDEST SON ALSO CALLED FRED LINDO, WAS LOST AT SEA O […]

BORN HULL 1866. SON OF ROBERT MARSHALL AND SARAH HANNAH JACKSON. ENLISTED 22/10/1899. SERVED IN THE BOER WAR IN THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH. PRIVATE 3423 7TH HUSSARS. DISCHARGED 22/08/1902. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WAS A SHIP PAINTER. MARRIED JANUARY 1905. WIFE ELIZABETH GALE ELLIS ABOVE CWGC ADDRESS. DIED AT HOME ON 31/03/1917, AGED 51. BURIED H […]

BORN FRODINGHAM, 1876. FELL 50 FEET FROM BALCONY AT VICTORIA MANSION BARRACKS & IMPALED ON RAILINGS. HE WAS A SOBER MAN AND REPORTED TO LIKE THE ARMY. HE LEFT A PIECE OF PAPER IN HIS CUBICL WITH JUST HIS NAME WRITTEN ON IT. HIS WIFE SAID HE HAD NEVER TALKED OF SUICIDE AND HIS SERGEANT SAID HE WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO HAVE ACCIDENTALLY F […]

BORN HULL 01/07/1899. SECOND SON OF ERNEST JAMES NEWELL & THE LATE ADA NEWELL, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. SERVED ON A STEAM TRAWLER. PRESUMED DROWNED 14/12/1919, AGED 19. HIS CWGC ADDRESS, WAS 9, CAMBERWELL AVENUE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. HIS OLDER BROTHER, ERNEST NEWELL, WAS LOST AT SEA, ON 03/01/1916, S/S 'MALABAR', AGED 24 AND LI […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF PETER POULSEN (1857-1902). HIS MOTHER CLARA EMILY PETFIELD LIVED AT 5, BLANCHE GROVE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN (SIX SISTERS). PRESUMED DROWNED ON 03/01/1916, AGED 16. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 17TH FEBRUARY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * HIS BROTHER JOHN WILLIAM POULSEN, WAS […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF PETER POULSEN (1857-1902) HIS MOTHER CLARA EMILY PETFIELD LIVED AT 6 BLANCHE GROVE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN INCLUDING SIX SISTERS. LOST AT SEA ON THE TRAWLER "JERSEY". HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 17TH FEBRUARY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * HIS BROTHER ARTHUR F […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ARTHUR JOSEPH & ADA RICHARDSON of 1 CLYDE TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS A CRANE DRIVER AT KINGSTON STREET, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE JOINED THE ARMY IN 1912, TWO YEARS BEFORE THE WAR STARTED AND WAS SENT TO FRANCE ON 08/09/1914. HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 980 […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF HENRY SHAW (1842-1907) & HARRIET HARVEY (1838-1924). HE WAS A COOPER BY TRADE. MARRIED CLARA HORSLEY (1881-1960), IN 1902. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN AND LIVED 2 BURLEIGH GROVE, HAWTHORNE AVENUE (1911 CENSUS) AND AT 50 BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF GAS WOUNDS, RECEIVED IN FRAN […]

BORN HULL 19/04/1889. LIVED IN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED SCUNTHORPE. SON OF EDWIN SHEARSMITH & MARY ANN TONGE, OF MANCHESTER STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1893. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1914. EMPLOYED AS A FURNACE MAN. HE MARRIED ANNIE BOWERS, IN SCULCOATES, IN 1913. HE ENLISTED ON 20/08/1914. SERVED WITH THE 6TH LINCOLN […]

BORN HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF MRS MARTHA SMITH, OF 70 BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). A SINGLE MAN, WHO WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE WAS NEARLY SIX FOOT TALL AND OF GOOD PHYSIQUE. HIS TWO SISTERS LIVED AT 3 COBDEN STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 18//11/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WOUNDED AT TH […]

BORN HULL 25/10/1894. SON OF REUBAN STUBBINS & MARY ANN CRACROFT, AT 29, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. SON OF A FISHERMAN. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 2 BRUNSWICK TERRACE, SCULCOATES (1901 CENSUS) AND 105 SOMERSET STREET, (1911 CENSUS). BEFORE JOINING UP, HE WORKED AT J&A SMITHS. HE ENLIS […]

BORN LONDON 1871. WIFE LORRIE HARRIET WESTON LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE WAS PRESUMED DROWNED ON 03/01/1916, AGED 45. HIS WIFE DIED ON 22/10/1918. THEIR DAUGHTER EDITH ALICE DIED 24/10/1918. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 17TH FEBRUARY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * Malabar was a 171 GRT steam trawler, completed in 19 […]

BORN HULL 26/01/1894. SON OF JAMES CHARLES WHITEHEAD (1870-1938) AND ANNIE ELIZA MILSON (1869-1926), OF 80, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL.  ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN. HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 26/11/1915. HIS WIFE ETHEL PHOEBE MILLS (1896-1983) & SON, JAMES (1916-1985), LIVED AT 4 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS) AND 2 WALTE […]

BORN HULL 26/06/1889. SON OF THOMAS WILDBORE (1865-1937) AND JESSIE DUNCAN (1867-1949). FROM A FISHING FAMILY. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN AND NINE BROTHERS (JAMES, HAROLD, THOMAS, RICHARD, ALBERT, ERNEST, HARRY AND SYDNEY). A FISH DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN APRIL 1909. HIS WIFE GENESTA WILSON (1889-1988) AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 12 E […]