THE VICARAGE, BURSTWICK, HULL, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
28/04/1915
Aged
25
Born Kimberworth, Rotherham, 12/09/1889. Son of James Rawson Adams of Koolong, Mildura, Victoria, Australia and Sarah Elizabeth Colbeck, of the Vicarage, Burstwick, Hull (CWGC address). Educated at St Margaret's grammar School, Mildura, Australia. Employed as a fruit grower with his father. described as 5 foot, 8 inches tall, 36 inch che […]
BORN ERITH, KENT, 24/04/1891. SON OF WILLIAM AND ANNIE COULSON, OF ELSTERNWICK, BURSTWICK, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AS PRIVATE, 21898 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 142131, 18TH MACHINE GUN CORPS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT ROUEN HOSPITAL, ON 13/09/1918, AGED 26. HE LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO BOTH PARENTS, SISTER ANNIE, AN […]
Submarine Lieutenant
BORN LEICESTER, 04/12/1884. SON OF REV JEREMIAH ALEXANDER DONOVAN (1849-1926), THE VICAR OF GARTON IN HOLDERNESS. HIS MOTHER WAS ESTHER BELL O'CALLAGHAN (1857-1942), DAUGHTER OF REVEREND, JOHN O'CALLAGHAN, RECTOR OF ROSS, COUNTY GALWAY. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. EDUCATED PRIVATELY AT ENGLEFIELD GREEN AND HM SCHOOLSHIP CONWAY. WORKED FOR […]
Born LLandongh, Wales, on o1/11/1883. A former Blacksmith, He had served in the Royal Navy for six years before emigrating to Canada. described as 5 foot, 3 inches tall, 37-40 inch chest, grey eyes, black hair, dark complexion, appendix scar. He enlisted on 12/10/1915. Posted to France, on 14/08/1916. Admitted to hospital with heart trou […]
2nd Lieutenant
KELSEY HILL COTTAGE, BURSTWICK, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/12/1917
Aged
24
BORN FIFE, SCOTLAND, 18/06/1892. SON OF SERGEANT MAJOR, ALEXANDER HENRY PEGG HUITT (1870-1929) & CAROLINE FURMIDGE (1870-1951). HIS FATHER WAS AN "EXEMPLARY" SOLDIER, WITH 21 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERYHE HAD FOUGHT IN THE BOER WAR CAMPAIGN AND MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES BY LORD ROBERTS. HE RE-ENLISTED AND SERVED […]
BORN BURSTWICK, 1893. SON OF THOMAS & MARTHA KITCHEN. ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 12454, 7TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/02/1917. COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. Notes: 'Burstwick Shrine', Hull Daily Mail, 5 December 1916 Yorkshire Heroes, Vol I: A Journey from Hu […]
BORN BURSTWICK 1895. ENLISTED IN THE RGA AT HULL IN 1914. WENT TO FRANCE IN MAY 1916. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE SONS SERVING OF JOHN WALKER, BURKS ROW, BURSTWICK. HIS BROTHER HARRY 25 YEARS OLD SERVED IN THE SAME RGA REGIMENT. ALBERT WAS KILLED BY SHELL FIRE ON THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 1916, AGED 21. A TRIBUTE LETTER DESCRIBED HIM AS "A […]
BORN BURSTWICK 1892. SON OF GEORGE (1855-1904) & ADA LANGDALE WALKER (1858-1934), HE HAD 3 BROTHERS, AND 5 SISTERS. WORKED AS A FARM HORSEMAN. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4TH NFUS (285066). TRANSFERRED TO THE 497TH AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. DIED AT ST JOHN'S VAD HOSPITAL, HULL, ON 08/12/1918, AGED 26. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN […]
Private
BORN BURSTWICK 04/10/1895. SON OF FRED ESCREET WALKER (1871-1937) & SARAH LEVETT (1871-1916), OF BURSTWICK HALL, BURSTWICK, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. A FARM SERVANT. SINGLE MAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 121 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 29/02/1916. POSTED T […]
BORN THORNGUMBALD 1897. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF MARY ANN TUTTON & GEORGE ALONZO WILLINGHAM, OF BURSTWICK, PATRINGTON. EMPLOYED AS A FARM LAD BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 20097 EAST YORKSHIRE YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 22ND MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1917, AGED 20. HE WAS MENTIONED IN DESPAT […]
