BORN POCKLINGTON, YORKSHIRE, 1861. SON OF WILLIAM HUTCHINSON BLANCHARD, OF HULL. HIS WIFE KATHLEEN BLANCHARD, LIVED 374 CONCORD AVENUE, TORONTO, CANADA. A FORMER SOLDER. HE SERVED AS A VET IN THE BOER WAR. HE EMIGRATED TO PETERBRO, CANADA. AND LIVED THERE FOR 35 YEARS. HE WAS AMEMBER OF PETERBORO VETINARY CORPS, THE FORESTERS AND CHO […]
Fireman
BORN SAINT JOHN, 1892. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY CAMPBELL. WIFE OLIVE (HOVEY), BRUNSWICK. SUNK. 30/04/1918. AGED 26. HULL NAVY RECORDS. The Umba was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, Germany. She was a schooner rigged screw steamer with a gross tonnage of 1501t, and measured 88.39m x […]
BORN HULL, 25/10/1884. SON OF MRS ELEANOR FYSON (1850-1935) AND THE RIGHT REV. PHILIP KEMBAL FYSON (1846-1928), BISHOP IN HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, AND RECTOR, OF EMLEY LOVETT, DROITWICH, WORCESTSHIRE. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1906, SETTLED IN VANCOUVER AND WORKED AS A CLERK. VOLUNTEERED ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, ON 05/08/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FO […]
BORN HULL 24/03/1886. SON OF CLARA ANN BERRIMAN (1857-1924) AND WILLIAM HEBBLEWHITE (1855-1931), OF AND BRANDSBURTON. HE EMIGRATED TO WINNIPEG, CANADA & WORKED AS A FARMER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 100TH WINNIPEG GRENEDIERS A MILITAI REGIMENT. IN CANADA. ENLISTED IN WINNIPEG, ON 03/08/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 37 -40 […]
BORN HULL 25/11/1892. SON OF HENRY LOUIS MAYER (1863-1937) & PAULINE CAROLINE SCHURLE (1867-1945), OF WINIONA, ONTARIO, CANADA. HIS GRANDPARENTS WERE GERMAN. LOUIS' FAMILY MOVED TO SOUTH MANCHESTER (1901 CENSUS). HE EMIGRATED TO WINONA, ONTARIO, CANADA, IN 1914. HE ENLISTED IN CANADA AND SERVED WITH THE 58TH CANADIAN (ONTARIO) INFAN […]
BORN HULL 15/11/1886. SON OF JOHN McKINLEY & CATHERINE JESSIE KEMP, THE BANK HOUSE, FERNLEY ROAD, HESSLE. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. WENT TO CANADA IN 1909 & WORKED AS A LUMBER AGENT IN VANCOUVER. HE MARRIED AT CHRIST'S CHURCH, TORONTO, CANADA, ON 14/08/1909. HIS WIFE GEORGINA EYRE, WAS FROM 59 WINDSOR ROAD, BUXTON. THEY […]
BORN LITTLE WEIGHTON, 1886. SON OF JOHN MOODY AND AMELIA REED, OF BROOMFLEET, HULL. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1907. WORKED AS A BOOK KEEPER AND MARRIED THERE. HIS WIDOW, CLARA LIVED IN BIGGAR, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, NELLIE & LILY. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT […]
BORN GALSGOW, 14/11/1892. SON OF JAMES THOMPSON PHILLIPS & CATHERINE DOHERTY, OF 66 HERBERT AVENUE, KEW BEACH, TORONTO. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. THE FAMILY EMIGRATED TO TORONTO, IN 1911. HE WORKED IN A TAILOR SHOP (1911 CANADIAN CENSUS) AND AS A CLERK (ARMY RECORDS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 33-35 INCH CHEST, […]
BORN 1899. SON OF CECIL POITRAS, OF 9 ST FLORENT STREET, HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER, IN THE 4TH CANADIAN RAILWAY TROOPS. DIED ON 26/09/1918, AGED 19. LISTED AS A HULL CASUALTY ON THE HULL HEROES WEBSITE. ADDRESS UNKNOWN? POSSIBLY HULL, CANADA. HE IS BURIED AT QUEANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
BORN HULL 16/2/1896. SON OF JOHN FRANKS & ADA HELENA (REYNOLDS), HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1912. ENLISTED WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITH THE 28TH CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 06/11/1917, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED […]
1st Lieutenant
BORN HULL 14/09/1885. ONLY SON OF FREDERIC WILLIAM STARR (1847-1928) & ANNIE MARIA MILLS (1856-1917), OF HULL & ELLOUGHTON. EDUCATED WARWICK SCHOOL, ENGLAND. SERVED IN THE 19TH LINCOLN REGIMENT AND ROYAL WARWICK VOLUNTEERS. EMIGRATED TO CANADA. EMPLOYED AS AN ELECTRICAL OPERATOR. HE MARRIED. MABEL VENITA GANDER, ON 11/12/1907 […]
BORN HULL 02/01/1888. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM AND ANNIE ELIZABETH TAYLOR, OF 12 MARSH LANE, BARTON (1911 CENSUS). LIVED PANCRAS, ALBERTA, CANADA. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR. HE ENLISTED IN SASKATOON, CANADA, ON 03/04/1915. SERVED IN THE CANADIAN OVERSEAS RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION […]
BORN HUDDERSFIELD 1872. SON OF ELIZABETH JANE THOMPSON & THE LATE ROBERT WILSON, FROM HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. EDUCATED AT HULL'S TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL. HE HAD JOINED THE ROYAL ENGINEERS IN 1897. EMIGRATED TO CANADA. HIS WIFE LIZ, LIVED IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. HE ENLISTED IN THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. DIED OF A HEART ATTAC […]
