Area: Charles Street

BORN HULL 1877. ALLIAS "LEGGOTT". SON OF FREDERICK PICKERING AND FRANCES ANN PEARSON. AS A 16-YEAR-OLD HE HAD BEEN A PETTY CRIMINAL AND SERVED TIME FOR BREAKING AND ENTERING. HE MARRIED MAUD CUNNINGHAM AT HULL IN 1896, AGED 19. HUSBAND OF MAGDALEN (MAUD) LEGGOTT, OF 27 PEASE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 8 NORFOLK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDR […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ALEXANDER & AMY LINGARD. ENLISTED IN SEPT 1914. DIED OF WOUNDS IN HOSPITAL. NB FRANK ALEXANDER LINGARD, KOYLI - 16 BEECH STREET

BORN NOTTINGHAM. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITHE THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915, WITH COLONEL SHAW'S "FIGHTING FOURTHS". SURVIVED THE FIERCE BATTLE AT ST JULIAN, IN WHICH THE BATTALION SUFFERED MANY CASUALTIES, INCLUDING COLONEL SHAW IN THE FIRST ATTACK. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 15/09/1916. COMMEMORATED […]

BORN BARNSLEY 1899. SON OF ROBERT OWENS (1873-1932), OF 26, SPENCER STREET, HULL, 8, RUSSELL TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL AND 19 GILLETT STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES) LIVED IN HULL, AT 10, ST MARY'S WALK REDBOURNE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) ENLISTED BEVERLEY.FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 29084, ESSEX REGIMENT, AND PRIVATE, 23790 […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WILSON & ANNIE GEORGINA HUTTON ABOVE ADDRESS. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. BROTHERS WILSON AND RALPH. SISTERS HARRIET AND ANNE. ENLISTED NEWMARKET. CAMBS. DIED ON 21/03/1918, AGED 27, DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS WIDOW ELEANOR M LANGHAM WHO HE MARRIED IN 1914 IN NEWMARKET.

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF SARAH A & JAMES PLATTS, ABOVE 1901 ADDRESS. ARMY RECORDS SHOW HE LIVED AT 8 ELMA VILLAS, BRIDLINGTON. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL, INDIA.

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF OVERTON MASSAM PURDON (1851-1937) AND ANNE ELIZABETH LOFTHOUSE (1855-1917), OF 29, ROSE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 19, WALMSLEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A JOURNEY MAN COOPER. ONE OF FIVE SURVIVING CHILDREN. A COOPER'S APPRENTICE. HE MARRIED IN 1916. HIS WIFE MARY MURPHY AT 19, CHARLES STREET, […]

BORN HULL 1879. SON OF ALBERT RIGNALL (1859-1943) & MARY ELIZABETH SNELL (1862-1933), OF HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, CHARLES RIGNALL. HE MARRIED MARY ELLEN DONOVAN (1881-1956), AT HULL, OCTOBER 1898, AGED 19. THEY LIVED AT 2, COTTINGHAM PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOUR DAUGHTERS, NORAH, LILIAN MAY, ANNE JOSEPH […]

BORN HULL 27/06/1898. SON OF GEORGE E & TAMAR SELBY, OF 2 CORCEL GROVE, GRANGE STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) & 48 CAROLINE PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 33 INCH CHEST SIZE. HE ENLISTED IN THE 3/1ST HUNTS CYCLIST BATTALION, ON 02/11/1915. DISCHARGED AT HOME TO RE- […]

BORN TULLAMOORE, KILBRIDE, KINGS COUNTY, IRELAND 1888. ENLISTED ATHLONE, WESTMEATH. A REGULAR SOLDIER OR RESERVIST. HE WAS POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, AT LA BASSEE, ON 20/10/1914, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CHRISTINA (1888- ). THEY HAD ONE SON PATRICK, […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF ELI JOHN & M WHITTINGHAM. LISTED ON THE WENLOCK BARRACKS ROH. ERRAND BOY

BORN BURTON ON TRENT, STAFFS, 31/05/1875. SON OF JOSEPH & ELIZABETH, BURTON ON TRENT, WIFE SUZANNAH WOOD LIVED AT THIS. NAVAL ADDRESS. SERVED ON THE TRAWLER 'RUBY', SUNK 17/10/1917, AGED 42. HMT Ruby, built by Cochrane & Sons Ltd., Selby in 1916 and owned at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 251 to […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY WOODS AND MARY ANN WOODS. A CRANE DRIVER FOR THE HULL AND BARNSLEY RAILWAYS. HE JOINED THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 18/05/1908. SERVED IN THE RESERVES. MARRIED LOUISA MAUD (NEAL), IN HULL, IN 1914. HE WASS RECALLED FOR SERVICE ON 05/08/1914. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REG […]