BORN HULL, ST JUDES, 22/05/1895. SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM & LOUISA ELLEN BROWN, 64a WORTHING STREET, (1911 CENSUS) & 109, CRANBROOK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER AND ELDEST BROTHER, JOSEPH WERE BAKERS. HE WAS A FORMER RAILWAY CLERK AND VAN MAN. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIMAS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 150 LBS WEIGHT, 40 INC […]
GRIMSHAW LANE, PATRINGTON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
09/08/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN CLOSE (1846-1928) AND FANNY WATSON (1849-1932), OF 60 FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL, OF 33 ST LEONARDS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND GRIMSHAW LANE, PATRINGTON. HE WAS A BROKER'S CLERK. LIVED IN HULL AND AT 32 PELHAM GROVE, LIVERPOOL, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL, ON 10/11/1914, AGED 23 YEARS AND 300 DAYS. […]
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BORN PLYMOUTH 1863. SON OF GEORGE BRENT TAYLOR (1837-1891) & MARY ANN (PENROSE). HE HAD BEEN AT SEA SINCE A TEENAGER. HE MARRIED AMY CLARA HOOPER, AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH, POPLAR, ON 22/04/1886. HE RECEIVED HIS MASTER MARINER CERTIFICATE, IN 1888, AGED 25. HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER LYDIA, LIVED AT 13 CRANBROOK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). H […]
