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BORN CAISTOR, LINCOLNSHIRE 1888. SON OF NICHOLSON BANCROFT (1847-1920) & MARY ANN PARKER BANCROFT (1848-1909). A GROCER'S ASSISTANT. HE BOARDED AT 40 VANE STREET, SPRINGBANK WEST (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED MARY ELLEN KIRBY ON 11/12/1913. THEY LIVED AT 8 CEDAR GROVE, EXCHANGE STREET AND 67, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THE LATE HENRY BILLANY. HIS MOTHER ROSE COYLE (FORMERLY BILLANY), LIVED AT 399 WINCOLMLEE, WITH HER NEW HUSBAND, THOMAS COYLE, AND AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON THE SOMME, ON 23/07/1916, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT FRED, JOSEPH, ANNIE, ROSE & ALICE. […]

BORN 1899. SON OF THE LATE HENRY BILLANY. HIS MOTHER ROSE COYLE (FORMERLY BILLANY), LIVED AT 399 WINCOLMLEE, WITH HER NEW HUSBAND, THOMAS COYLE, AND AT 136 , CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH 'D' COMPANY, THE 2ND LINCOLN'S REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 19TH APRIL 1918, AGED 19. HIS […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF BENJAMIN CHARLES BOLTON (1842-1905) & HENRIETTA JEWITT (1844-1903), OF HULL. AN OIL MILL MOULDER. HUSBAND TO CATHERINE, AT, 88, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL AND 19, BRIGHTON TERRACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) . THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN - ANNIE, CATHERINE & BENJAMIN (KIA 1940 DUNKIRK). HE EN […]

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF WILLIAM BROWN (1858-1948) & ELIZABETH BUCK, AT 1 KINGSTON TERRACE, AND 85 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE, MARY ELLEN, LIVED AT SAYNER'S BUILDINGS, STANIFORTH PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. A FORMER SOLDIER, AND RESERVIST. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL COOPER AND BLACKSMITH FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. HE ENLISTED HULL. […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN & SARAH CHAPMAN At THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA, ON 10/11/1918, AGED 20. A DAY BEFORE THE WAR ENDED. HE IS BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY, GRAVE/PLOT 367/76. HIS CWGC GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "IN LOVING MEMORY HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS C […]

BORN HOWDEN, YORKSHIRE, 1891. SON OF GEORGE CLARK WINTER AND ALICE ANN CRISP, OF OLD MILL, GILBERDYKE. HE LIVED IN GILBERDYKE. WORKED AS A FARM SERVANT. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS, ON 07/08/1914, AGED 23 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS. EX 2138, 7TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, "GOOD" VISION. HE TRANSFERRED A […]

BORN BISHOPHILL, YORK, 1878. SON OF JAMES CREASER (1850-1910) & PHOEBE ELIZABETH JOHNSON (1849-1931). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE MARRIED CHARLOTTE HUNT, IN HULL, IN 1901. HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE, AND DAUGHTERS, PHOEBE AND DORA, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENUS). A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMEN […]

BORN HULL 1883. THIRD SON OF JOHN DALE (1845-1916) & ISABELLA RHODES (1853-1926), OF 16 BRIGHTON TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS) AND 16 BRIGHTON TERRACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A LABOURER. HE WORKED FOR THE EAGLE OIL MILLS, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 31/07/1915 […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF HENRY DEMPSEY (1855-1905) & ELIZABETH BAXTER (1860-1958), OF 23 WORSHIP STREET, HULL AND 124 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER, LIVING AT COOPER STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 25/01/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT […]

BORN HULL 05/07/1892. SON OF ALFRED DICK (1861-1926) & SARAH ELLEN FORMAN (1859-1915), OF 3 WOOLER STREET, SCARBOROUGH AND HULL. AN OIL MILL LABOURER, LIVING AT 2 MAIN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 200732, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED AT TH […]

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF GEORGE THOMAS DOUGLAS (1851-1909) & MARY ANN DOUGLAS, OF 147 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH OF 140 , CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (1901 ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A GAS COKE WEIGHER, FOR THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, HULL. HE WAS ALSO A LAY PREACHER, WITH FOUR DAUGHTERS. WHEN ALL HIS SONS DIED IN INFANC […]

BORN HULL 1880. SON OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH EVANS & 5 CHILDREN, AT 96 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/08/1916, AGED 36. BURIED AT BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY, BELGIUM. GIVEN NO; 3368 IN HULL TRINITY MINSTER RECORDS.

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF MARY ANN & ROBERT FARMES - 14 EDWARDS TERRACE, WATERLOO ST & 5 FINSBURY STREET. HDM 13/3/18. PAINT MILL LABOURER.

BORN OLDHAM 28/08/1867. MARRIED MILLICENT. HAD 9 CHILDREN & LIVED IN NOTTINGHAM. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HIS NAVAL EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, EMMA STOTT, AT 19 LUDWORTH STREET, OLDHAM, LANCS. JAFFA SS was built as a steel British Merchant steamship in 1897. Dimensions: 260.1´x35.2´x16´ Powered: Trip […]

BORN MARYLEBONE, MIDDLESEX, 1885. SON OF RICHARD JOHNSON OF LONDON. WIFE ALICE ANN JOHNSON & DAUGHTER, GLADYS, LIVED AT 2 LEO PLACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER AT THE HULL STEARINE COMPANY, CLEVELAND STREET, WHERE HE WAS KNOWN AS "COCKNEY BILL". HE ENLISTED IN AMPTHILL. JOINING THE 1ST BE […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY LEEMING, OF 140 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL.WORKED AT EARLES CEMENT WORKS WITH HIS BROTHER IN LAW JOHN SPARKS & LIVED WITH HIS SISTER AT 7 EARLS COURT, WILMINGTON IN 1911. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL WITH THE 9TH (SERVICE( YORK AND LANCS BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE FIRST […]

BORN GRIMSBY 1884. WIFE GERTRUDE NICKSON LIVED AT 98A CUMBERLAND STREET (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED GRIMSBY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 25310, 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1917, AGED 33. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF HENRY & MARY NIXON ABOVE ADDRESS 1911. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. A LAW CLERK SERVED AS WIRELESS OPERATOR ON THE STAM SHIP "CALYPSO". LOST AT SEA ON 11/07/1916, AGED 24. Calypso SS was a 2,876grt British Merchantship built in 1904 by Earle’s SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull and owned by T. Wilson, Sons & Co., […]