Area: Charles Street

BORN KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK, 1890. SON OF ALFRED BARBER (1856-1953), OF LONDON, AND THE LATE LIZZIE (ANN MARIA ELIZABETH WHILEY) (1865-1906). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, LIVING IN LONDON. HE WORKED AS A SAILOR AND LIVED IN HULL. HIS WIFE ADA MAY BARBER (NEE HOODLESS) (1892-1963), LIVED AT 50 CAROLINE PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL ( […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1883. SON OF WILLIAM DYSON BEAUMONT (1861-1937) & HARRIET ANNIE PATRICK (1863-1947). HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1909. HIS WIFE MRS ETHEL MARY EVERITT (1891-1971) & FIVE CHILDREN (ALBERT, LEWIN, HAROLD, ETHEL MARY AND WILLIAM), THEY LIVED AT 11, COTTINGHAM TERRACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION […]

BORN HULL 13/07/1884. SON OF WALTER ERNEST BIGLIN (1864-1935) & MARY ANN (WALKER) BIGLIN, OF 61 ALICIA STREET, HULL, 2 OWENS COURT, NEW GEORGE STREET, & THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. A FORMER BRASS FINISHER. HE ENLISTED AS A ROYAL NAVAL FIREMAN. HE DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS, ON HMS 'VICTORY, ON 14/06/1915, AGED 30. HE IS BUR […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CHARLES SAMUEL CHALLANS 12/51. Born in January 1886 in Portsmouth, Charles was the eldest of two sons to Charles and Alice Challans. The family moved north soon after for his younger brother, Albert was born in Hull in 1888; the pair were lodging together at 6 Caroline Street at the time of the 1911 Censu […]

BORN WAKEFIELD 1894. SON OF CATHERINE GILL (1862-1951) & WALTER CLAPHAM (1858-1903) AT 3, KINGSTON SQUARE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). BROTHER TO WILFRED AND OLIVE CLAPHAM. HIS FATHER WAS ONE TIME MEMBER OF WAKEFIELD CITY COUNCIL. ALAN WAS EDUCATED AT MONASTRY COLLEGE, AMPLEFORTH, NORTH YORKSHIRE. HE WAS ARTICLED WIT […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM CROSS (1860-1951) & JANE (OTTER) CROSS OF 8, RICHMOND TERRACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. SON OF A DOCK. HE ALSO WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED HULL, ON 07/09/1914. JOINED THE 1ST/1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY, "B" SQUARDON. SERVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST. DIED OF WOU […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM DAUBNEY (1869-1932) & JANE HAGUES (1867-1938) AT 39 RICHMOND TERRACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS SECOND MATE IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. HE LIVED AT ALBANY ROAD, LIVERPOOL. HIS SHIP "MERTON HALL", WAS FROM LIVERPOOL. HE WAS LOST AT SEA, ON 20/02/1918, AGED 26. HE LEFT £141 IN HIS WI […]

BORN GOMMERSIDE, RICHMOND, YORK. ENLISTED YORK. EX 457, YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. SERVED AS COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR, 236161, 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/11/1918. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MIRRIAM ELLEANOR DAYKIN. HE ALSO LEFT HER £84 IN HIS WILL. SHE LIVED AT BELLERBY, LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE. HE IS BURIED IN […]

BORN GRIMSBY 1887. ONLY SON OF JOHN FERNS (1854-1913) & ANNIE PAYTON, OF  5, MARLBOROUGH CRESCENT, CHARLES STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD ONE SISTER, MARY SIZER (1884-1970). MARRIED AT SCULCOATES REGISTRY OFFICE, HULL IN 1907. HIS WIFE LYDIA (1886-1952), LIVED AT 10, ST THOMAS PLACE, COLLIER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1, JOH […]

BORN HULL 1879. SON OF CHARLES FOULKES & CLARA DORSEY, OF 8 COTTINGHAM PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED NINE YEARS AS A BOLIER FITTER AT HULL'S NATIONAL RADIATOR WORKS. HE SERVED WITH THE9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 37. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, IN THE […]

BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF VALENTINE HARRISON (1874-1947) & ISABELLA DICKINSON (1878-1961), OF 13, FRANCIS STREET, HULL  (1911 CENSUS) & 13, COTTINGHAM PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4084, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/5TH BORDER REGIMENT. HE DIED, AT HULL ROY […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF TOM HEATH (1858-1895) AND MARY JANE FISHER (1866-1904), OF 5 COTTINGHAM PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1909. HUSBAND OF MAUD HEATH & CHILDREN, OF 19 JENNING'S TERRACE, MERRICK STREET, HULL AND 14, AUSTIN TERRACE, MERRICK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).  DESCRI […]

BORN YARMOUTH 1884. WIFE MINNIE INGRAM ABOVE, HULL. SON OF BENJAMIN & SUSANNAH IN YARMOUTH. HULL HEROES WEBSITE.

BORN HULL 05/12/1890. SON OF VALENTINE KEARNS (1856-1938) & MARY JANE WILSON (1856-1931), LIVING AT 36 CAROLINE PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DISTILLER. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. AN APPRENTICE BOOK BINDER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. CAPTURED 25TH MAY 19 […]

Born at Chatham, New Brunswick, 25/07/1883. Son of Thomas Keating (1841-1902) and Catherine Flanagan (1840-1928), of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada. A Farmer's son. He had four brothers and five sisters. Single man, unmarried. He worked as a Land Agent. He enlisted at Calgary, Canada, on 11/01/1915. Described as 5 foot, 7.5 inches tall, […]

BORN HULL 1894. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION. STEPSON OF JOSEPH & MARGARET YEAMAN ABOVE - 1911 CENSUS. DOCK LABOURER.

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ANNIE HARDMAN (1872-1948) AND STEPFATHER JOSEPH HARDMAN (1871-1934), OF 126 ST MARKS STREET AND 9 CAROLINE PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, JOHN AND FRED AND ONE STEP SISTER, EDITH HARDMAN AN ERRAND BOY AND LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 128 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHE […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ANNIE HARDMAN AND STEPFATHER JOSEPH HARDMAN, 126 ST MARKS STREET AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A BEER BOTTLER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 17TH APRIL 1915. KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS, ON 23RD APRIL 1917, AGED 22. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ANNIE. H […]

BORN HULL 1887.  SON OF THE LATE SARAH E KNIGHT. A GRAIN PORTER. LIVED IN GUILDFORDM SURREY (1901). LIVING AT 2 MARFLEET AVENUE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL (1911). HUSBAND OF ALICE EMMA KNIGHT OF 3, MARKET AVENUE, PRINCES WALK, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED AT HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1649, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE […]

BORN HULL 1885. HULL PAL. SON OF THE LATE SARAH AND JOSEPH KNOWLES. DOCKSIDE LABOURER. BEFORE THE WAR HE HAD BEEN IMPRISONED FOR GAMBLING. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS 14/9/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE 8/3/1916. ON 27/5/1916 HE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT FOOT WHILE CLEANING HIS RIFLE. IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A SELF I […]