Area: Cottingham, East Riding

BORN COTTINGHAM 1899. SON OF THOMAS HENRY & ELIZA FAWCETT, OF 240 PARK ROW, NORTHGATE, COTTINGHAM (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A POSTMAN. HE WORKED AS A NEWSBOY AND GARDENER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 27/10/1916, AGED 17 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS, 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 120 LBS WEIGHT, 32 INCH CHEST, SCAR […]

BORN HULL 1891. LIVED COTTINGHAM WITH GRANDPARENTS - JOHN & ELIZA HATFIELDS. ENLISTED LIVERPOOL. KILLED IN ACTION.

BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. ONLY SON OF GEORGE FIELD (1869-1924) AND KATE SCOTT (1870- 1965), OF NEW VILLAGE ROAD, COTTINGHAM. SON OF A PORK BUTCHER. HE WORKED IN HIS FATHER'S SHOP. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 151 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, "VERY GOOD" PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. ENLISTED AT COTTINGHAM, ON 28/03/1816. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 0 […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1890. SON OF THOMAS AND EMILY GLEW, HALLGATE, COTTINGHAM. A SINGLE MAN. WORKED AS A GARDENER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS A CORPORAL WITH THE 23RD REGIMENT TYNESIDE SCOTS. DIED A PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY ON 3/11/1918, AGED 29. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM WW1 MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED AT NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETE […]

BORN KEYINGHAM, 1881. SON OF JOHN GOUNDRILL (1842-1925) AND HARRIET BLAGG (1843-1924), OF MAIN STREET, KEYINGHAM. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. SEVON BROTHERS AND SISTER, EMILY. HE MARRIED IN 1908, AT HULL. WORKED AS A GROOM. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 19/12/1914, AGED 32 YEARS AND 330 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 142 LBS WEIGH […]

BORN 1881. SON OF GEORGE & ANNIE ELIZABETH GRANT, OF WILLERBY. FORMER POST OFFICE WORKER. WIFE ELEANOR, LIVED IN KIRKELLA, WITH THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS, MARGERY AND LILY. HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE KIRKELLA WAR MEMORIAL AT ST ANDREWS' CHURCH AND ALSO ON THE COTTINGHAM ROH. Able Bodied Seaman Thomas Grant served on board the HMS Hogu […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1892. SON OF ALBERT & MARTHA (ADKINS) GRANTHAM ABOVE. LISTED WITH AARON ON THE COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 26TH OCTOBER 1914. * Joshua Grantham (born 1892) was the son of Albert, a labourer, and Martha Grantham, who lived at West Green. They had another son, George, […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1886. SON OF DAVID & HANNAH HALDENBY (1864-1946), FROM GEORGE STREET, COTTINGHAM. SON OF A LABOURER. ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FIVE SISTERS. A DOMESTIC GARDENER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 29/12/1914, AGED 28 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 5.5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST.. SERVED […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1896. ELDEST SON OF JOHN WALTER & EDITH ANNIE HALDENBY, OF 157 KING STREET, COTTINGHAM. BROTHER TO STANLEY HALDENBY. WORKED AS A GARDENER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/12/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST, 120 LBS WEIGHT. SENT TO FRANCE ON 14/06/1916. TRANSFERRED T […]

Born Bridlington 12/05/1885 ; Son of Francis Monkman Hall and Sarah Ann Robinson, of Carnaby, Bridlington. He married on 14/12/1912, at the Roman Catholic church, South Gosforth. His wife, Grace Livingston(1889-1926), lived at 51 Exeter St., Cottingham, East Yorks. This was  his Next-of-Kin & home address: He was a clerk on the North […]

BORN SHIPLEY 12/03/1894. SON OF WILLIAM HALL AND ADA SHARP (1861-1920). A STUDENT NURSE. HE MARRIED ON 03/11/1915. HUSBAND OF  MARY EDWARDS (1893-1969), OF 21 LINDEN AVENUE, COTTINGHAM AND 27 CARR LANE, SHIPLEY, YORKSHIRE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT SHIPLEY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 29/1218, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO […]

BORN MEAUX, YORK 17/10/1891. SON OF JOHN (THOMAS) & MARY ELVIDGE HODGSON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST KENT REGIMENT. LIVED IN COTTINGHAM. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 05/11/1918, AGED 27. HE IS BURIED AT TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE.

BORN SCARBOROUGH 1899. SON OF JOHN HOLLIDAY (1867-1947) & MARY JANE BAXTER (1869-1960). HIS FATHER WAS A GAS ENGINEER. THE FAMILY LIVED AT DEVON STREET, COTTINGHAM (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 61674, 15TH/17TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1918, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGS […]

BORN COTTINGHAM, HULL, 06/05/1887. SON OF THOMAS HOLLIDAY (1854-1922) AND CHARLOTTE KIRK (1858-1940), OF COTTINGHAM, HULL. HE EMIGRATED TO VANCOUVER, CANADA, IN 1909. ENLISTED IN CANADA. SERVED WITH THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ALBERT, ON THE SOMME, ON 20/11/1916, AGED 29. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIMY […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1893. SON OF RICHARD & MARY E HORSAMAN, COTTINGHAM

BORN HULL 18/04/1887. SON OF JOSEPH HENRY HORSLEY (1850-1917) & LUCY DOVE (1851-1937), OF COTTINGHAM AND KEYSTONE MANOR, HUNTINGDON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. SON OF A TIMBER MERCANT. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE ATTENDED MALVERN COLLEGE BETWEEN 1901-1905. Formerly Sheep-grazer in New Zealand and Cattle R […]

Born Manchester 1900. Enlisted Hull. Lived in Cottingham. Son of Elizabeth & the late John J W Hutcheson, of 61, Crosscliffe Street, Moss Side, Manchester. He served with the 53rd Durham Light Infantry,a Training Reserve Battalion. He died of influenza, on 24/10/1918, aged 18.

BORN COTTINGHAM 1894. SON ROBERT & HARRIET ELIZABETH (HANNAH) JACKSON, OF COTTINGHAM, HIS WIFE MRS A SISSONS, LIVED AT THWAITE STREET, COTTINGHAM. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 200956, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/09/1917, AGED 23. HE IS BURIED AT BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1898. STEP SON OF ANDREW AKAM & SON OF EMMA JACKSON. HIS STEP FATHER WAS A BRICKLAYER LABOURER. EX BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 225306, 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 18/08/1916, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HE WAS BROTHER TO ALBERT AND EDI […]

BORN HULL 1889. NEWINGTON. SON OF HUGH JACKSON & FANNY WILSON, OF 42 NORTHGATE, COTTINGHAM. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. EX PRIVATE, 71574, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 26261, 'D' COMPANY, 1ST SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. HE WAS KILLED IN PALESTINE, ON 20/09/1918, AGED 29.