Area: Courtney Street

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF THE ROBERT BACON, A CRIMEA WAR VETERAN WHO DIED IN 1911 AND MRS BACON, 155 HODGSON STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE NELLIE & 2 DAUGHTERS LIVED AT 62 HIGH STREET. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A HULL DOCKER. HE ENLITED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF ROBERT & ANN BARNES, OF 44 NORNABELL STREET (1901 CENSUS) & 18 BERKSHIRE STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. ONE OF THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN THE WAR. HIS WIFE EDITH BARNES LIVED AT 2 ROSE VIEW, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 28/12/1915. KILL […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ALFRED EDWARD BATESON (1866-1939) AND EASTER REBECCA WILCOX (1867-1910), OF 53, WOODHOUSE STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD 6 SISTERS HE MARRIED AT HOLY TRINITY, HULL, ON 08/06/1908. HUSBAND OF  ELIZABETH DAVIES & FOUR CHILDREN, OF OF 3, JOSEPH TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (1911), 8, BRUNSWICK […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. SERGEANT HENRY BAXTER 11/14. Born in 1889, Henry was the fourth of six sons to Francis and Eliza Baxter, of 84, Courtney Street, Holderness Road, Hull. An Iron Moulder before the war, he queued outside Hull City Hall on Monday 7th September 1914 to join the new Pals Battalion, the 11th East Yorkshire's, 2nd Hul […]

BORN BRADFORD, 07/02/1892. SON OF BENJAMIN BEANLAND (1862-1941) & LYDIA BARRACLOUGH (1864-1945), OF 99 SEVERN STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS BOTH KILLED IN THE WAR AND THREE SISTERS, AMANDA, BEATRICE AND ELSIE. A STOKER AND WOOD SAWYER BY TRADE. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 25/12/1913. HIS WIFE ELLEN WAINWRIGHT AND SON JOSEPH (1914-191 […]

BORN HULL 1897. SECOND SON OF JAMES & EMILY ANN BILLANY, AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A FORMER SAW MILL WORKER. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. LOST AT SEA 10/03/1917, AGED 19. HIS ELDER BROTHER JAMES HENRY BILLANY ALSO DIED AT SEA ON 14/10/1917. S.S. Polandia was built at Hamburg in 1898 by Blohm & Voss […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JAMES & EMILY ANN BILLANY ABOVE ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. MARRIED ST PERTERS, CHURCH, LIVERPOOL, ON 06/08/1917. HIS WIFE BERTHA READE, CAME FROM WARRINGTON. EMPLOYED AS A FITTER APPRENTICE.HE WAS THIRD ENGINEER ON A SHIP FROM LIVERPOOL. DIED AT SEA, 14/10/1917, AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT […]

BORN HULL 05/04/1885. SON OF THOMAS BUSBY (1846-1908) & ELIZABETH BRADBURY (1852-1889), OF 22, NEW PARADE, SUTTON BANK, DANSOM LANE, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HIS THREE BROTHERS, BILL, SAM AND JOEL,  LIVED AT 11, GLADYS GROVE, COURTNEY STREET, WITH HIS MARRIED SISTER, EDITH LYONS. HIS OTHER MARRIED SISTER, ALICE DRAPER, LIVED AT […]

BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM BUXTON AND ANNIE ELIZABETH WINTER, OF, 21, WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, ANN AND FLORENCE. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL, 98 LBS WEIGHT, 32 INCH CHEST AND OF 'POOR' PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, PASSED FIT FOR OVERSEAS […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF ROBERT BUXTON (1833-1891) & SARAH ANN JACKSON (1840-1888), OF 21 COURTNEY STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED ADA TOOD (4/9/1880-1957), AT HULL, IN 1907. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN AT 7, WELTON TERRACE, AND 19, FREHOLD TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN, THOMAS ROBERT, […]

BORN HULL 12/08/1880. SCULCOATES. SON OF THOMAS CHIPCHASE AND SARAH LEADLEY, OF SCOTT STREET, HULL, EDUCATED AT HULL'S CHARTERHOUSE LANE BOARD SCHOOL. HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/08/1901, JOINING THE 2ND BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. HE ARRIVED FRANCE, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 12/08/1914. KILL […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF ROBERT AND HARRIET CLARE, OF 2 GORDON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. A MILWRIGHT'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 22054, 7TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 16/09/1916, AGED 34. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF CORNELIUS CLYNES (1850-1890) AND SARAH ELIZABETH FOSTON (1860-1923). A SHIP'S FIREMAN. HE MARRIED NANCY PARK (1882-1952), AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN JULY 1898. HIS WIFE NANCY & FIVE CHILDREN LIVED AT 7 GERTRUDES TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY. ARRIVED IN NEW YORK, ON 21/0 […]

BORN GOOLE 29/6/1891. SON OF LUCY ELLEN & LATE THOMAS COCKING, OF 11, GERTRUDES TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER. A FORMER PRISONER, WHO HAD SERVED TIME AT HMP WAKEFIELD IN 1911 & 1912, FOR THEFT AND BEING DRUNK. HE RESIDED AT FOURTH AVENUE, GOOLE, WHERE HE WAS WELL KNOWN. HE ENLISTED IN HUL […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF GEORGE COLE (1845-1921) OF WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND AND THE LATE MARY ANN WILD (1854-1907). AS PER SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS, HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4497, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 26/09/1916, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER GEORGE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JAMES CONLON (1856-1933) & ANN MARIA (MARY) SUDDABY (1857-1927), OF 95 COURTNEY STREET (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHER TO JAMES, MARY ANN WHITE & ELSIE M CONLON. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE SERGEANT, WITH THE 6TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. DISCHARGED AS DISABLED ON 10/05/1919. AWARDED SILV […]

BORN HULL 1895. BATTALION SIGNALLER. SON OF FRANCES JANE DUNN (1874-1964) & THE LATE GEORGE CORNTHWAITE (1876-1917), OF 4 GLADSTONE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR ATKINS & CO, DAIRYCOATES, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YO […]

BORN THORNGUMBALD, HULL 1890. SON OF WILLIAM GEORGE CRACKNELL & EMILY ANN PECK (1865-1908). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A BRICK YARD LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED FOR THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, BANKSIDE, HULL. HE MARRIED MATHILDA HEPWORTH, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1909. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN AND LIVED AT 17 CLAREMONT VENUE, COU […]

BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF JAMES CROPPER AND ALICE CROPPER, OF 61 ROSEMEAD STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE MARRIED ON 16/09/1911, AT ST ANDREWS CHURCH, HULL. HIS FIRST CHILD ELLEN WAS BORN TWO MONTHS LATER, ON 14/12/1911. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH SMITH (1891–1979) & THEIR THREE DAUGHTERS ELLEN, MARJORIE AND EVELYN, LIVED AT 8 D […]