BORN HULL 09/03/1896. SON OF GEORGE FREDERICK & MINNIE FLORENCE AINLEY. EDUCATED AT SOUTH MYTON SCHOOL, HULL. A FORMER APPRENTICE WITH MESSRS, KING & CO, HULL HE ENLISTEDIN THE ARMY, IN HULL ON 18/08/1912. SERVING AS A REGULAR SOLDIER AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AT HILL 60, BY A SNIPER, ON LEAVING HIS TRENCH […]
BORN 05/03/1897. SON OF EMILY MAY ANDREWS (1876-1930) & CHARLES COWBURN (1863-1924), OF 76 & 83 COGAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A LAW CLERK, FOR JB WALKER & CO.. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, INTO THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE CYCLIST, ON 06/04/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST. AFTER 3 YEARS AND 72 DAYS ARMY […]
PRIVATE, EDWARD JOHN GOHL 11/489. Born in August 1889, Edward was the second of ten children to Julius Gohl (1865-1922) and Susannah Carter (1867-1925), of 49, Waverley Street, Hull. He had five brothers and four sisters. His father Julius Gohl was a well known confectioner in Hull and Withernsea. His shop was located at 6 George Stre […]
COMMERCIAL HOTEL, COGAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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BORN HULL SEPTEMBER 1891. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & ADA BOND HARWOOD, COMMERCIAL HOTEL, COGAN STREET, HULL. HIS GRANDPARENTS, THOMAS AND HANNAH FALKINGHAM, LIVED AT 84 BEAN STREET, HULL. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA AND MARRIED ELLEN ELIZABETH HARWOOD THERE. THEY HAD A SON, JASON CLIFFORD HARWOOD. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A COOK. JAMES ENLISTED I […]
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BORN HULL 21/04/1889. ONLY SON OF JOHN WILLIAM LEAKE (1864-1937) AND ETHEL HARRISON, OF 67 WASSAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. A PAINT GRINDER LIVING WITH HIS MOTHER AT 108 DAY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED KATE BAILEY IN JUNE 1916. THEY HAD A SON NAMED ROYAL (1917-1997). HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND SERVED AS A DECKHAND IN THE ROYAL […]
BORN KIRKWALL, ORKNEYS, SCOTLAND, 1898. SON OF MARY SHEPHERD (FORMERLY SINCLAIR) AND THE LATE JAMES SINCLAIR, OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS. WORKED AS A BAKER AT 47 LIME STREET, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED OF PHEUMONIA. HE IS BURIED AT LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS A […]
