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BORN LICHFIELD 1884. ONLY SON OF GEORGE STROUD SHARMAN (1854-1928) AND JANE ANDERSON (1848-1907). HE HAD FIVE SISTERS. A FORMER SOLDIER AND RESERVIST. HE HAD SERVED WITH THE 1ST BORDERERD FOR SIX YEARS. IN HULL, HE WORKED AS ALABOURER, FOR RECKITT'S. HE MARRIED EMMA THOMPSON MIDDLETON (1887-1953), AT ST ANDREWS CHURCH, HULL, ON 25/08 […]

BORN HULL 1898. YOUNGEST SON OF EDWIN SHARP (1868-1943) & MARY ANN GREG (1874-1926), OF 44 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A FARM SERVANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST, 131 LBS WEIGHT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE HULL […]

BORN HESSLE 1891. SON OF JABEZ SHARP (1860-1922) AND ROSE EMMA ATKINSON (1860-1908). HIS FATHER RAN A BUTCHER'S SHOP AT COW LANE, HESSLE. THIS WAS A FAMILY BUSINESS WHICH EMPLOYED HIS BROTHERS. HIS FATHER MARRIED RUTH ANDERSON IN 1910. HARRY WAS APPOINTED AN ASSISTANT POSTMAN, AT HULL IN 1910. HE WAS THEN A BUTCHER, AT 22 ALBION STREET, […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF GEORGE HENRY SHARP (1861-1950) & ALICE MARY SHARP (1867-1946), OF 1, MABELS AVENUE, FRANKLIN STREET, HULL. A BLACK LEAD LABOURER. HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR NINE YEARS, AT THE RECKITT'S WORKS, DANSOM LANE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 12632, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN C […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF DAVID SPENCER AND JANE ESTER SPENCER, OF HULL. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE BOARDED AT 171 MERSEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 33014, 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/03/1918, AGED 30. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON S […]

BORN BIRMINGHAM 1876. WIFE MARTHA STOKES. JOINED RECKITTS 0N 5/2/08. HIS SHIP HIT A MINE IN THE CHANNEL. PHOTO. HULL GARDENER SOCIETY. FIREMAN. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT, UK. HMS Derwent, built by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Ltd., Newcastle in 1903 and owned at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a Briti […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF HENRY & ANNIE TAYLOR, OF 16 CHESTNUT AVENUE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER, ELDEST OF TWO SONS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS AN APPRENTICE HAIR DRESSER, WORKING FOR MESSRS, L. A. RICHARDSONS, OF 279 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, HERBERT, IN HULL, […]

BORN HULL 1900. YOUNGEST SON OF MR JOHN HENRY & MRS HANNAH LOUISE THISTLETON, OF 147 , BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). PART OF THE MERCHANT MARINE RESERVE. HE DIED AT THE ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL, PLYMOUTH, ON 01/10/1918, AGED 18.

BORN HULL 01/06/1891. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM  AND CLARA THOMPSON AND STEPMOTHER, FLORENCE THOMPSON. HE HAD BROTHERS CHARLES AND JACK, SISTERS, MARY, ANNIE AND ETHEL, AND HALF BROTHER, JOHN WILLIAM HE MARRIED OLIVE GRANTHAM (1890-1934) AT SCULCOATES, HULL, ON 17/03/1912. HIS WIFE OLIVE THOMPSON & TWO DAUGHTERS, EDNA AND ANNIE, LIVED A […]

BORN ANTWERP, BELGIUM, ON 18/07/1884. ARMY INTERPRETER. SON OF MRS SONLEY, OF 116, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN SEPTEMBER, 1917. HIS WIFE KATE OMBLER SONLEY, ALSO LIVED AT 116 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. HE SERVED AS SERGEANT, WITH THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS AND ACTED AS INTERPRETER. REPORTED AS DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AT […]

BORN BOSTON, LINCS., 1889. ONLY SON OF EDWARD AND MARY ANN WARD. HE HAD SIX SISTERS. SKIPPER OF THE STEAM SHIP 'DIPLOMAT' TORPEDOED ON 15/02/1915. LOST WITH ALL HANDS, INCLUDING MATE, HERBERT GARDINER, FROM RIPON STREET, EAST HULL. AGED 25. HE LEFT A WIDOW, ALICE MAUD HORNBY. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES ON 27/02 […]

BORN DRIFFIELD 1885. SON OF  JANE ETHEL TURNER (1858-1940) & LATE RICHARD WRIGHT WHO LIVED IN EASINGTON. HE MARRIED ALICE RUSSELL, IN HULL, IN 1904. WORKED AT SEA, FOR THE HULL STAM COMPANIES. HIS WIFE ALICE & FOUR SONS LIVED 187 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, WITH THE 4TH AND 7TH EAST YORKSH […]