Area: Courtney Street

BORN HULL 1880. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM & FRANCIS ELIZA, 10 FLORENCE AVENUE, COURTNEY STREET. LEFT WIDOW ANNIE & 5 CHILDREN, 8 ALBERT PLACE, BEETON STREET (1911 CENUS) AND 101 COURTNEY STREET (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). EX RECKITT'S WORKER AND JOINER'S LABOURER ENLISTED HULL 31/5/1915. JOINED AS GUNNER, 332 2ND EAST RIDING RGA. TRANSFERRED TO […]

BORN HULL 1891.  SON OF SARAH J ELLERBY, OF 51 , COURTNEY STREET, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER AND THEN IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF T. SINGLETON, CARTING AGENT, DRYPOOL. HE RESIDED AT  8 VICTORIA TERRACE, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS 10/05/1917). * HE ENLISTED HEXHAM. SERVED AS A LEWIS GUNNER,IN THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE HAD BEEN W […]

BORN HULL 1883. HULL PAL. SON OF THOMAS COLBRIDGE & SARAH ANN FARMERY. MARRIED 24/7/1904. WIFE ALICE ELEANOR AND FIVE CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. EX RULLYMAN. ENLISTED 22/12/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/16, AGED 33. HIS WIFE DIED SOON AFTER AND BY 1921 THEIR CHIL […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM HENRY FEATHERSTONE & JANET FEATHERSTONE, OF 14 NORNABELL STREET. AN OIL MILLER. HIS WIFE MARY FEATHERSTONE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS AND 1 OXFORD TERRACE, HODGSON STREET (ARMY ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/11/1914. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 8.5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, "SOBER AND […]

BORN HULL 19/09/1896. HULL PAL. FENWICK. SON OF MOSES FENWICK (1872-1946) & ANNIE FENWICK. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE SOMME, ON 28/05/1916, AGED 19. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JAMES WILLIAM LANCELOT FENWICK 12/1468. Born 19th September 1896, James was the eldest of three children to Moses and Annie Fenwick of Bay House, Courtney St […]

BORN SALFORD 1893. WIFE MARY A (KIRKMAN) ABOVE. SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH GILLESPIE, MANCHESTER. CWGC FAMILY DETAILS.

BORN HULL 12/09/1879. SON OF ELIZABETH GREENWOOD, AT THIS CWGC, NAVAL ADDRESS. COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL HMS Ghurka, built by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd., Newcastle in 1907 and owned at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British destroyer of 880 tons. On February 8th, 1917, HMS Ghurka was sunk by a mine fr […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ISSAC & JANE HOFFMAN, OF 92 AND 51 COURTNEY STREET, HULL . A GLAZIER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO THE 2/5TH DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S (WEST RIDING) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1918, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW DORA. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON […]

BORN HULL 26/3/1887. WIFE ELIZABETH HORNSBY AT THIS NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. HE HAD JOINED THE NER IN AUGUST 1913 AND WAS EMPLOYED ON THE DOCKS MARINE ENGINEER STAFF, WORKING AS A FIREMAN ON THE DREDGER DAVID DALE. HE HAD SERVED AS A STOKER IN THE ROYAL NAVY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FLEET RESERVE. HE WAS RECALLED ON THE OUTBREAK OF WA […]

BORN HULL. LEFT WIDOW MARY HORSEMAN & 2 DAUGHTERS IRENE & LILLY AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. DEATH REPORTED IN THE HDM 17/05/1918. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. Wilsons & North Eastern Railway Shipping Co; 1899; Earle´s Co.; 819 tons; 219.1x30.1x16.5; 144 nhp; 9.5 knots; triple expansion engines. The […]

BORN MARKET WEIGHTON, 1895. SON OF JOHN HUSDON AND ROSE HANNAH GRAY. LIVED AT 64 , COURTNEY STREET, HULL. A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED GRIMSBY, ON 09/11/1914. SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/05/1915, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/08/1917.

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF AGNES JOYCE (1867-1929) & EDWIN JOSEPH JOYCE (1864-1946), OF 14 HANNAH'S TERRACE, DALTON STREET, HULL. (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS ARMY ADDRESS. ONE OF 8 CHILDREN ABOVE. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 11/01/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. ESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 137 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH C […]

BORN HULL 1891 SON OF AGNES JOYCE (1867-1929) & EDWIN JOSEPH JOYCE (1864-1946), OF 14 HANNAH'S TERRACE, DALTON STREET, HULL. (1911 CENSUS) AND 17 CRYSTAL TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL  (ARMY ADDRESS). ONE OF 8 CHILDREN. THREE BROTHERS, AND FOUR SISTERS, HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER AT HARGREAVES, BLACK LEAD MILL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOO […]

BORN 1896. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM & EDITH JUBB, OF 6 ARTHUR TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE JOINED RECKITT'S CANISTER WORKS ON 19/9/1912. ENLISTED AUGUST 1914, SERVED IN EGYPT, SALONICA & FRANCE. LISTED ON ST MARKS MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 8TH NOVEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.* […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF WALTER ERNEST & SARAH J KAYE AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIEMNT. DIED AT YPRES, ON 19/06/1917, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH. HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "IN LOVING MEMORY DIED OF WOUNDS THY WILL BE DONE FROM M […]

BORN HULL 1894. HULL PAL. SON OF JOSEPH KERSHAW (1865-1901) AND SARAH McDERMOTT (1867-1951). HE LIVED AT 8 BURLEIGH GROVE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS), WITH BROTHERS, JOSEPH AND OSWALD AND SISTER SARAH KERSHAW. EX BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER. HE WAS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 18/11/1 […]

BORN HULL 1879. HULL PAL. ELDEST SON OF MR & MRS W LAWSON, 216 DANSOM LANE. WIFE MARY ELIZABETH LAWSON LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. BEFORE THE WAR WORKED AS FOREMAN FOR MESSRS. BEECROFT & WRIGHTMANS, SAW MILLS, BURLEIGH STREET. ENLISTED NOVEMBER 1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION. LISTED ON THE PORTLAND STREET & GAR […]

BORN HULL 10/06/1894. SON OF WILLIAM & EMMA LOWSLEY, OF  3 FREEHOLD TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. SON OF A TIMBER MERCHANT. ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS. HE MARRIED AT SOUTHWARK, IN 1915. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH ELLEN (ROBINSON), LIVED AT 64 UNION ROAD, NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY,  LONDON. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY. SERVED ON HMS "VICTORY". DIED AT […]

BORN SUNK ISLAND, HULL 1887. SON OF WILLIAM & EMMA LOWSLEY, OF 3 FREEHOLD TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 21976, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST TYNSIDE SCOTTISH. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/04/1917, AGED 30. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER […]

BORN HULL 1881. WIFE MARTHA & 2 DAUGHTERS ABOVE 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. LISTED ON WILMINGTON ROH WITH ANTHONY MARR.