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BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS AND SARAH BLACKIE, OF 6 FLORENCE PLACE, GIBSON STREET AND 35 CENTRAL STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). AN EX JOSEPH RANK FLOUR EMPLOYEE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/11/1916, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE, AT GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAUL […]

BORN HULL 25/12/1891. THE FOURTH SON OF MRS ANNIE COX, WHO RAN A BOARDING HOUSE AT 22 MIDDLE STREET, HULL. HE WAS THE FOURTH OF FIVE BROTHER. EMPLOYED AS A  MARINE FIREMAN. EDWARD EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1914. HIS CANADIAN ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 164 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, "GOOD" PHYSICAL CONDITION, BLUE […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JOHN (1842-1898) AND ELIZABETH EDMUNDS (1850-1935), OF HIGH GATE, BEVERLEY. A DOCK LABOURER. HE BOARDED AT 16 WHITE AVENUE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4184 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 30097, 1ST BORDER REGIMENT. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 1 […]

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF SMITH & HARRIET MOOR,OF 29 RAIKES ST. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 8 CENTRAL AVENUE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A SLATER AND TILER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PAL. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EYR IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING, `DURING THE GERMAN […]

BORN WETWANG 1879. SON OF GEORGE AND ANN NICHOLSON, RAILWAY STREET, WET WANG, DRIFFIELD. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. WIFE HANNAH NICHOLSON LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE MARRIED HANNAH TURNER, ON 12/03/1905 AT BARNSLEY. HE WAS A FORMER ROYAL MARINE, RULLEYMAN, AND FIREMAN, LIVING WITH HIS WIFE, AND THREE CHILDREN, AT 67 CARLTON TERRACE, CARLTON, BAR […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN HENRY MAYNARD PICKERING (1861-1933) AND ANNIE SISSONS (1860-1924). BROTHER TO KATE, CHARLES AND LAURA. HE MARRIED ETHEL SMETHURST (1888-1942) AT ST SILAS CHURCH, SCULCOATES, ON 24/07/1910. THEY LIVED WITH DAUGHTER VERA (1912-1993), AT 2 ALPHA TERRACE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). A DOCK WORKER. HE EN […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF ROBERT AND ELIZABETH RUTLEDGE, OF 7 BARMSTON STREET AND 12 CENTRAL AVENUE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/03/1918, AGED 31. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ALFRED RUTLEDGE, 13TH EYR, WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 27. HE LEF […]

BORN HULL 1889. AKA 'JACK'. SON OF GEORGE SLAES. HUSBAND OF  VIOLET AT 50 FOUNTAIN YARD, CENTRAL STREET, HULL. REPORTED MISSING IN THE HULL DAILY  MAIL, 22/12/1916. * CONFIRMED KILLED ON 05//1916, AGED 27. HE LEFT WALTER, AMBROSE, MARY, FLORIE, ETHEL,GLADYS. CHAS, RFA - 6 BONFIELD TERRACE, WALCOTT ST.    

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JOHN AND JANE SMETHURST, OF 42 CENTRAL STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF ROSE ELEANOR (SHAKESBY) SMETHURST. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN AND LIVED AT 7 ALPHA TERRACE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL. (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WAS A CEMENT LABOURER, EMPLOYED AT EARLES CEMENT WORKS, WILMINGTON. HE SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YO […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF GEORGE WARDELL (1858-1936) & EMMA CALEY (1861-1934), OF 7 ROBERTS AVENUE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD A TWIN BROTHER, THOMAS WARDELL. HE SERVED IN THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (3RD HULL PALS BATTALION). WOUNDED AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16/05/1917, AGED 20. HIS […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF WILLIAM YOUNG. MARRIED IN HULL, ON 26/03/1905. HUSBAND OF GERTRUDE (MOORE) & 2 CHILDREN, HILDA AND JOHN AT 3 GLADSTONE TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 2 ROBERTA GROVE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A HOUSE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL […]