BORN HULL 1899. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM HALL & ROSE ANN LITTLE, OF 1 BEATRICE AVENUE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1911) & 4 CONWAY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A STEEL METAL WORKER. ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 11TH ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT. THIS WAS HIS 1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS. HE DIE […]
Bosun
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF ELIZABETH MARSH & THE LATE RICHARD ALBERT HOLNESS (1848–1898). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. BOATSWAIN OF THE TRAWLER 'EROS, SUNK BY A MINE ON 08/06/1918. HIS BROTHER WILLIAM ALBERT HOLNESS WAS ALSO LOST AT SEA ON 05/11/1915, AGED 33. BOTH BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON LONDON'S TOWER HILL MEMORIAL TO MISSING SAILORS.
Merchant Mariner
BORN RAMSGATE 1893. SON OF HARRIET (SACKETT) & HENRY GEORGE. WIFE EMILY FLORENCE (HOLNESS) AT THIS ADDRESS. NB: HENRY KEMBER, RNR - 2 PARK VIEW COTTAGE, DIVISION RD. Lost in the North Sea, on the Hull steam trawler CORNELIAN (H506) Sank with all hands, on 14th January 1916. CREW LOST ON CORNELIAN (H506), ADDY, Thomas (22), 42 Queens […]
