Area: Craven Street

BORN HULL 1889. SECOND SON OF JAMES WILLIAM BANKS (1866-1908) AND EMILY CLAXTON (1868-1952), OF 41 VICTOR STREET, HULL AND AT 4 MARFLEET AVENUE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. JOINED THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. PROMOTED SERGEANT. TR […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF SAMUEL BINNINGTON AND ANNIE ELIZABETH EVERITT. HIS WIFE LUCY MAY BINNINGTON, LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A FORMER DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH EYR (HULL PALS). POSTED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1918, AGED 24. hE LEFT £201 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, LUCY MAY, AT THIS PRO […]

BORN GLASGOW 1898. SON OF JOHN & MARY BROADFOOT, OF EDINBURGH. HUSBAND OF MARY BROADFOOT AT 37 CRAVEN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS LANCE BOMBARDIER, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, 135TH BATTERY. 32ND BRIGADE. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 01/11/1918, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED AT QUERENAING COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, R […]

BORN ROTHERHAM 1895.WIFE EMILY BROOKS LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS AND ALSO LIVED 2 CLAREMONT AVENUE, FIELD STREET,HULL. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION ON 01/07/1916, AGED 23. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 05/10/1916 & 21/10/1916. HE DIED THE SAME DAY AS PTE, JOSEPH COOPER, 8283, 1ST EYR FROM THE SAME CRAVEN STREET.

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF NANCY CHADBURN, OF 8, LORNE STREET, HULL, 12, GEORGE TERRACE, BLUNDELL STREET, AND 39, BOND STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, AND FIVE SISTERS. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE MAY CHADBURN, AT 101, CRAVEN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). THEIR SON, CHARLES WAS BORN ON 14/10/1915. A JUNIOR CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN […]

BORN HULL 22/05/1886. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY COOPER (1863-1942) & CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH FOX (1863-1941), AT 7, EDWARDS SQUARE, COOMMERCIAL ROAD, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. SON OF AN OIL MILLER. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN ENGINEER. HIS WIFE, MARY ISABEL COOPER & DAUGHTER LUCY, LIVED AT 16, CRAVEN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). THEY ALSO RES […]

BORN BOSTON, LINCS 1896. SON OF ROBERT KELL COOPER AND MARY SMALLEY AT 99 , CRAVEN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS BROTHERS, WILLIAM & SYDNEY COOPER ALSO SERVED. HE WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY. HE ENLISTED IN THE 13TH HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 20. BURIED AT LUKE COPSE BRITISH CEME […]

BORN BRADFORD 28/07/1888. SON OF FRED COUPLAND (1863-1947) & ELIZABETH BARTHOLEMEW (1861-1936), AT 13, & 85 , CRAVEN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) SON OF A BOOTMAKER. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, THREE OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. EDUCATED AT BUCKINGHAM STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL, HULL. HIS FAMILY WERE LIVING AT 85, CRAVEN STREET, HULL, […]

BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM COUPLAND (1843-1910) & THE LATE ANN JACKMAN COUPLAND (1850-1901), PEARSONS BUILDINGS, BARROWHAVEN, BRIGG. A BRICKYARD LABOURER, HE LIVED AND WORKED IN HULL. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (4TH HULL PALS BATTALION), ON 21/04/1915. SERVED IN EGYPT AND IN […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF THOMAS & HARRIET, OF 67 CRAVEN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WORKED WITH FATHER AT RECKITTS, AS A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER IN THE EAST RIDING, ROYAL ENGINEERS. WOUNDED ON 30/04/1916. HE DIED OF GAS WOUNDS, ON 09/05/1916, AGED 23. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL DISTRICT GARDENER MEMO […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF WILLIAM DAWSON (1843-1910) & ELIZABETH J COOK (1863-1933), OF THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. YOUNGEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN.SERVED WITH THE MERCHANT NAVY AS STEWARD ON THE STEAM SHIP, "HARBERTON". HE WAS LOST AT SEA ON 29/03/1917, AGED 17, BY ENEMY ACTION. HE IC COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, AND IN THE […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN COOPER NEWLOVE (1862-1902) & PHOEBE ANN NEVIS (1865-1951), OF 117, CRAVEN STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. EDUCATED AT CROWLE STREET BOARD SCHOOL, HULL. EMPLOYED BY THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAYS AS A HYDRAULIC MACHINE MAN ON ONE OF THEIR TUG BOATS. JOINED THE HULL TERRITORIALS, ON 0 […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF HENRY EVANS & ABI NORTON (1851-1915), OF  11 BALFOUR STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED WITH MESSERS PRIESTMANS, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED ALICE CRACKNELL, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN APRIL 1912.  ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/04/1916, AGED 26. HIS WIDO […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF RICHARD WILLIAM FREEMAN & ADA LOUISE (MELDRUM) 8 LINDEN VILLAS, VICTOR STREET & ABOVE ADDRESS. HE IS BURIED AT ARNEKE BRITISH CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "AT REST IN THAT BLEST ABODE OUR BOY AWAITS OUR REUNION WITH GOD".

BORN HULL 28/3/1879. FIFTH SON OF GEORGE GIBSON (1839-1910) & MARY GIBSON (1845-1907). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE MARRIED LILY WOODWARD (BORN 21 NOV 1876), AT HULL, IN 1914. HUSBAND OF LILY (WOODWARD) & SON KENNETH JAMES GIBSON, BORN 16 FEB 1916.. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. K […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JAMES GATRIX (1852-1924) AND LYDIA EVERINGTON (1852-1915), OF 89, HIGH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS PARENTS WERE BOTH FROM LINCOLNSHIRE. SON OF A RULLEYMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A FRUIT PORTER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 123 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN H […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FRANCES HAYTON & WILLIAM TOMLINSON HAYTON OF 31 ARUNDLE STREET, HULL AND 28 ELLIS STREET, CRAVEN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HE W […]

BORN HULL 20/03/1896. SON OF ALFRED (1868-1903) & ROSINA HOLMES (1866-1903) OF HULL & HUNSLET. HIS SISTER, CLARA LOUISE HOLMES, LIVED AT GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 07/02/1912. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 5 INCHES TALL, BLUE EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, SMALL SCARS ON FOREHEAD. WAS LEADING SEAMAN […]

BORN HULL, 1887. SON OF CHARLES HENRY & LYDIA JEFFREY, OF 7 MARFLEET AVENUE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 1 FLORAL GROVE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AT THE CORPORATION CART WORKS, WINCOLMLEE. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM), […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF TOM & ELLEN JOHNSON, OF 28, CRAVEN STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A PORTER FOR THE NORTHEASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, IN THE BALKANS AND IN FRANCE FROM 15/10/1915. HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED, ON 08/08/1916, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE […]