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 […]
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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.
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BORN RAMSGATE, KENT, 1893. SON OF HARRIET JANE DRAY (1864-1940) & HENRY GEORGE (1861-1896), OF RAMSGATE, KENT AND HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. A MERCHANT SEAMAN. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN OCTOBER, 1914. HUSBAND OF, EMILY FLORENCE HOLNESS (1892-1961), AT 9 , CONWAY STREET, HULL. LOST AT SEA, ON THE TRAWLER "CORNELIAN", 14/0 […]
