Area: Courtney Street

BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM HENRY MATTHEWS & ANN (CONROY), OF 4 RILEY TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS) & 6 WENTWORTH STREET, HU3 2AX. (HDM ADDRESS 30/10/1917). HE WAS MARRIED AND LIVED AT 11 HIGSON'S COURT, BLANKET ROW, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A CORPORATION DUSTMAN. ENLISTED HULL. HE WAS DRIVER […]

BORN BOSTON, LINCS, 1897. SON OF JAMES MIDDLETON (1856-1944) AND EMMA JANE GOODWIN (1860-1890), OF 85 LIME STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 15/11/1915, AGED 22 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10.5 INCHES TALL, 35.5 INCH CHEST, 137 LBS WEIGHT, DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT. WORE GLASSES. SERVED […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF GEORGE AND HANNAH MILNER, OF 3 GLADY'S GROVE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL.. BEFORE ENLISTING, HE WAS AN APPRENTICE WHEELWRIGHT, WORKING FOR LAVERACK & GODDARDS, HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE RESIDED AT 3 GLADY'S GROVE, COURTNEY STREET, AND 11 WHITBY AVENUE, WHITBY STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4. […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF WILLIAM ALMA NEWMARCH (1856-1910) & AMY EDDISON DICKENS, OF 21 COURTNEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF FOUR SONS. HE MARRIED MAUD ARRAND (1889-1970) AT HULL, IN JUNE 1917. HIS WIDOW MAUD (ARRAND) NEWMARCH, LIVED AT 12 WALLER STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO WAR, HE WORKED FOR 13 YEARS WITH MESSRS M STRACHAN & SONS, HULL. HE […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF DANIEL & MARGARET PARTIS. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. DIED OF WOUNDS. HIS ELDER BROTHER JOHN PARTIS, WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 05/08/1915 AT GALLIPOLI. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE DANIEL PARTIS 13/1418. Born in September 1897, Daniel was the youngest of six and only son of Daniel and Margaret Partis of 13 Garden Terr […]

BORN CHRISTCHURCH, NOTTINGHAM 1886. SON OF JOHN AND REBECCA PEGG, WHO RAN THE BOAT HOUSE INN, NEWARK. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN HULL. HE WORKED AS  A WOOD SAWYER. HE MARRIED LILY MAY BLOW, AT HULL, IN 1909. HIS WIFE LILLY AND SON RICHARD, LIVED AT 14 LEONARDS AVENUE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 5TH […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF EDWIN PETRIE (1874-1943) and MARY ELIZABETH ANDERSON (1874-1946). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. A SAWMILL LABOURER. CENSUS PHOTO. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON 17/06/1916, AGED 20. BURIED IN BELGIUM. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, EDWIN. H […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ALFRED PIZER (1871-1905) AND (MARY) JANE WYNN (1871-1943), OF 2 MARIN CRESCENT, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. (ARMY ADDRESS). A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST. ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 19/04/1915. DISCHARGED ON 13/07/1915 FOR BEING ONLY 17 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS OLD. HIS VHARACTER WAS REPORTED A […]

BORN SHEFFIELD 1896. SON OF HENRY & CHARLOTTE, OF 11 GLADSTONE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL . The SS CARLO had two lucky escapes during 1916 when on 1 October and 9 November she was intercepted by German submarines and shelled. On each occasion she fought back with her poop gun to such good effect that the attacker broke off the e […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN FISHCROFT RENNARD & AGNES (SHILLING) RENNARD, 10 GARDEN TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A SHIPWRIGHT. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A SHIP'S PLUMBER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 02/05/1910. SERVED AS A SAPPER, (157) IN THE 2/1ST EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS TERRITORIAL FORCE. HE WAS D […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOHN FISHCROFT RENNARD & AGNES (SHILLING) RENNARD AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A SHIPWRIGHT. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. WORKED AT J GIBBINS, BOILER MAKERS, ST ANDREWS DOCK ENLISTED AS A REGULAR SOLDIER, ON 14/07/1905. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 115 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR. DIED OF WOUN […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY SAUNDERS, OF 2 GRANVILLE AVENUE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A WIDOWED COOPER. ELDEST OF THREE SONS. HE WORKED AS AN IRON MOULDER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 05/06/1916, AGED 18. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST, 117 LBS WEIGHT. POSTED TO THE 4TH NORTHANTS REGIMENT. A […]

BORN HULL 15/03/1887. THIRD SON OF DAVID SPENCER (1845-1910) AND JANE ELIZABETH SPENCER (1851-1919), OF 7, GROVE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS, ALL LIVING WITH PARENTS AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YOR […]

BORN HULL 1888. ENLISTED HULL. EX 1095 EYR. SON OF EMMA LOUISE. WIFE ELIZABETH THOMPSON & 2 SONS OF 91 , COURTNEY STREET, HULL, (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 05/10/1918, AGED 30.

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF FRED & HANNAH THORLEY, OF COURTNEY STREET, HULL. SISTERS EMILY AND ALICE AND BROTHER ERNEST THORLEY. BEFORE THE WAR WORKED AS A SHOE MAKER. BOARDED AT 15 WILSON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE,  13/11/1916, AGED 28. HIS BODY WAS UN RECOVERED AND HE IS COMMEMORATED AT TH […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF GEORGE HENRY TODD (1866-1944) & ELIZA ANN ROUGHTON (1871-1926), OF 70 , COURTNEY STREET, HULL. SON A CEMENT WORKS WAGGONER. HE WORKED AS A FLOUR MILL LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HUSBAND OF MARGARET THERESA (ALLEN), OF 15, SYLVANN TERRACE, LEE SMITH, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF DENNIS & ADA TONG. NB: HARRY TONG - 8 GROSVENOR TER, GROSVENOR ST.

BORN NORTH KELSEY, LINCS, 1876. SON OF THE LATE GEORGE (1831-1897) & MARY TRAFFORD (1836-1927), OF BECK HOUSE, NORTH KELSEY, BRIGG, LINCOLNSHIRE. MARRIED AT GROMSBY, IN 1905. HIS WIFE REBECCA (THOMPSON) TRAFFORD LIVED AT 5 FREEHOLD TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN LINCOLN. HAD SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA AND SOMALILAND. WOR […]

BORN HULL 1883. A HORSE RULLEYMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2.5 INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCH CHEST. MARRIED MARGARET HARDWICK, ON 22/11/1915. HIS WIFE, MARGARET WILSON & FOUR SONS (WILLIAM, HERBERT, PERCY AND STANLEY), LIVED AT 6 WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION RECORDS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915. MOBILIZED ON 05/ […]

BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF ALBERT ARTHUR WRIGHT. (1876-1961) & ELIZA SUCH (1879-1944), OF 7, QUAKER'S COURT, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (1901), AND 4, WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 135 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, B […]