2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL 20/06/1894. SECOND SON OF ANNIE QUEST (1871-1940) & THE LATE WILLIAM HENRY HOPPER (1868-1909), OF 144 COLTMAN STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER HAD DIED OF FEVER DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND AT LONDON UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE WAS A TUTOR. HE ENLISTED IN THE 1ST PUBLIC SCHOOL BATALLION IN DECEMBE […]
44 , DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
05/05/1915
Aged
19
BORN BRIDLINGTON 1896. SON OF FREDERICK ARTHUR AND MARY HUTCHINSON. LIVED IN HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 5TH MAY 1915, AGED 19. BURIED HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS ADDRESS, DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 29TH MAY 1915. *
Private
4, CARRINGTON AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
14/04/1916
Aged
30
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JANE JOYCE, OF 13 BURLEIGH STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO ELDER BROTHERS AND ONE ELDER, SISTER, LUCY PENNINGTON, WHO LIVED AT 104, BALFOUR STREET, HULL HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 24/12/1908. HIS WDOW ADA LOUISE MAJOR AND FOUR CHILDREN AT 4, CARRINGTON AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS), & 1, SUNBEAM TERRACE […]
3, CATO TERRACE, ARUNDEL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
30/07/1916
Aged
36
BORN HULL 1881. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH, OF 192, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL. SON OF JOHN & MARY MATTHEWS, OF 12, REDCAR STREET, ST MARKS STREET, HULL. HIS SISTER MRS BOTTERILL, LIVED AT 4 MAYE GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. EMPLOYED AT NEWSOM TIMBER MERCHANTS, VICTORIA DOCK, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EYR. […]
34, BLAIR HOUSE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/09/1916
Aged
23
BORN STAFFS 1893. ONLY SON OF ARTHUR JOHN & MARY HELEN -'DANETRE' HOUSE, ROUNDWAY, HULL AND 34, BLAIR HOUSE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED WITH THE OFFICE STAFF AT THE OIL CAKE MERCHANT FOR WATERLOO MILLS, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/6TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED I […]
Private
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN & MARY ANN MYERS, THIS ADDRESS AND LATER ROTHERHAM. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. MARRIED 12/12/1914 IN ELLOUGHTON. HIS WIFE HILDA ANN (CARTER) LIVED BRIDGE COTTAGE, BROUGH WITH THEIR DAUGHTER SUZIE. HE LIVED WITH HER PARENTS, WORKING AS A HOUSE JOINER. ENLISTED BEVERLEY 07/12/1915. MOBILIZED 10/04/1916. ARRIVED FR […]
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF CHARLES E & ANNIE DAWSON, WINDSOR CRESCENT, WHITLEY BAY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 05/12/1918, AGED 28.
Private
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF WILLIAM POINTER (1853-1926) & ANN MARIA MIDDLETON (1853-1948), OF 7 ALBRT TERRACE, STANIFORTH PLACE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A HOTEL WAITER. HE MARRIED, MARTHA ANN BARLEY, IN 1911. THEY LIVED AT 4, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORM […]
BORN HULL 1897. THIRD SON OF KARL FREDERICK MAX RAETTIG (1864-1938) & EDITH BELL (1870-1946), OF 12 DEE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. THEIR FATHER WAS FROM WITTENBERG, GERMANY AND A NATURALISED BRITISH CITIZEN. HE CHANGED HIS NAME TO CHARLES RAETIGG. JOHN RAETTIG ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER, WITH THE […]
2nd Mate
BORN HULL 1894. SECOND SON OF KARL FREDERICK MAX RAETTIG (1864-1938) & EDITH BELL (1870-1946), OF 12 DEE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. THEIR FATHER WAS FROM WITTENBERG, GERMANY AND A NATURALISED BRITISH CITIZEN. HE CHANGED HIS NAME TO CHARLES RAETIGG. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1916. HIS WIFE EVA MURIAL (APPLETON) RA […]
18, TRENT AVENUE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
16/09/1916
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF FREDERICK STONES (1852-1932) & CAROLINE LONGTHORNE (1854-1922), OF 49, ST ANDREWS STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. SON OF A FISH SALESMAN. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE COURTNEY (1881-1949), IN HULL, IN 1902. WORKED AS A BOX WOOD SAWYER. HE LIVED AT 10, FERN AVENUE, EASTBOURNE STREET, 18, TRENT AVENUE, EASTBOURNE ST […]
6 CLEVELAND AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
20/10/1914
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1881. SCULCOATES, HULL. SON OF JAMES MARTIN TURNBULL (1848- 1914) & MARY JANE TURNBULL (1851-1949), OF 3 SYDHAM VILLAS, STANLEY STREET, HULL. SON OF A PUB LANDLORD. SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE EBGINEER (1901 CENSUS) AND IRON MOULDER (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1910. HIS WIFE, DAISEY GIBSON, LI […]
5 FAIRMOUNT AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
17/03/1918
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF THOMAS & ELIZABETH TURNER, OF 33, CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 5, FAIRMOUNT AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A MARINE ENGINEER. HE HAD A YOUNGER SISTER. HE WORKED AS A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE FIREMAN FOR THE HULL AND BARNSLEY RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/19 […]
BORN HULL 1900. SON OF JOHN TWELL & JANE HART, OF 2, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 2, PARK VIEW, MELWOOD GROVE (1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. SERVED IN THE 52ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, ON 25/11/1918, AGED 18, AT CATTERICK HOSPITAL, RICHMOND, YORKS. BURIED IN HULL.NORTHERN […]
1st Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JANE A & WILLIAM GEORGE TWIGG (COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER) ABOVE. LEFT
8 OBAN AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
39
BORN HULL 1878. WORKED AT RANKS FLOUR MILLS, HULL FOR 21 YEARS. HIS WIFE ALICE WAITES & FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 8 OBAN AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL. SHE LATER MOVED TO 32 CLAY PITS LANE, PELLON, HALIFAX. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, JANUARY 1915. SERVED AS A SADDLER, SERGEANT IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/191 […]
Ship Skipper
BORN WORKSOP, 1870. SON OF ROBERT H. WALKER ABOVE ADDRESS. HUSBAND OF THE LATE HARRIET A WALKER. Lord Roberts, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1907 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 293 tons. On October 26th, 1916, Lord Roberts was sunk by a mine from the G […]
1 CLOVELLY AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
07/02/1918
Aged
32
BORN STOCKTON, DURHAM, 1886. SON OF AGNES WOODCOCK. HIS WIFE KATE & TWO SONS, LIVED AT 4 NORTON GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1 CLOVELLY AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL. A HOUSE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 4/16826, 61ST TRAINING BATTALION. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUND […]
Master
BORN HULL 1861. SON OF LATE WILLIAM YOUNG & MARY ANN ASHTON. HIS WIFE ZILAH YOUNG LIVED GREYTHORN, WITHERNSEA. HE WAS EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL AND HAD SPENT HIS LIVE AT SEA. HE WAS PRESUMED DROWNED ON 30/04/1918, AGED 56. HIS NAME IS REMEMBERED ON TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL, HULL. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIA […]