Area: Division Road

BORN NORMANTON, HULL 1896. ONLY CHILD OF ROBERT MITCHELL AND ELIZA SYKES, AT 3, NORTON GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A VAN BOY FOR A FIRM OF DRAPERS. HIS FATHER DIED ON 20/08/1915, AGED 47. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED AS PRIVATE, 41323, WITH THE 1ST GLASGOW PALS (15TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY). HE WAS KILLED IN A […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. Private, CHARLES STEEL NEWBY 13/522. Born in Hull, 1894, Charles was an orphan fostered by Mr Marr Dale, of 7, Heeley Grove, Division Road, Hull. A Labourer by trade he enlisted on 19th November 1914 joining the 13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, "T'Others", 4th Hull Pals. Posted abroad on 29th December 1915 […]

BORN READING 1890. HIS FULL NAME WAS SYDNEY ERNEST RAY POOLE, OF 4, EDWARDS TERRACE, MASSEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY. RESIDING IN HULL AT 5, BEECH GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI AND INVALIDE […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FREDERICK & ELIZA ROBINSON, OF 7, ASH GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL AND 113, MEADOWBANK ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 23923 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.SERVED WITH THE 1/7TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. TAKEN PRISONER ON 27TH MAY 1918. DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR, ON 18/09/1 […]

BORN HULL 1878. WIFE MRS ROBINSON ABOVE. MERCHANT NAVY ADDRESS. The hull steam trawler MALABAR (H754) left Hull for a fishing trip in the North Sea on 20/12/1915 with 9 crew. She was last seen on January 1916 and posted missing:- lost with nine crew during severe weather. CREW LOST ON MALABAR (H754), enemy action in the North Sea, 3rd […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF DANIEL (LATE SHIPWRIGHT) & MARY ROWE, OF 16 DIVISION ROAD, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS FOREMAN RIGGER, AT HELLYER'S STEAM FISHING COMPANY. CHARLES ROWE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS HE WAS A LATE SHIP RIGGER AND WELL KNOWN AT ST ANDREW'S DOCK. FORMER MEMBER OF HULL THURSDAY CYCLING ROAD CLUB. HE WAS WeLL KNOWN […]

BORN HULL 1891. HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1910. HUSBAND OF PHOEBE (BARWICK) AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE ALSO LIVED 1 VERNON AVENUE, RUGBY STREE. EMPLOYED AS A FISH PACKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE 1018, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 30900, CAMERONIAN RIFLES. HE DIED ON 23/04/1918, AGED 27. HE IS BURIED AT HULL W […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ERNEST WALTER SELLERS 10/1054. Born 1897, the only son of Walter James and Minnie Sellers, of 7 Cynthia Grove, Division Road, Hull. The couple had a daughter too, though she was ten years older, and the lack of other siblings suggests that the Ernest's parents may have had trouble conceiving. How they mus […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOSEPH JAMES SHARP & GERTRUDE HUDSON, OF 3 WHITFIELD AVENUE, DIVISION ROAD, HESSLE ROAD, HULL AND 278 SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A SHIPWIRIGHT'S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN ROYAL ENGINEERS (1918 VOTERS). TRANSFERRED TO THE TERRITORIAL, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. AWARDED T […]

BORN DENMARK 1871. SKIPPER, OF THE TRAWLER 'MAURITIUS' SUNK ON 17/05/1915. DROWNED WITH HIS SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD SON HAROLD. PROBATE & CENSUS ADDRESS. COMMEMORATED TOGETHER ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. HE LEFT £413 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, FANNY AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. On 17/05/1915 the Hull steam trawler MAURITIUS (H547 […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF HAROLD & FANNY SUMMER ABOVE. DROWNED WITH HIS FATHER ON THE 'MAURITIUS', AGED 17. On 17/05/1915 the Hull steam trawler MAURITIUS (H547) was posted missing:- Lost with all hands whilst fishing in the North Sea. CREW LOST ON MAURITIUS (H547), missing in the North Sea, presumed to be enemy action, 17th May, 1915. […]

BORN HULL 17/05/1893. THIRD SON OF JOHN THOMAS (JACK) TAYLOR (1860-1928) AND ELLEN MARY ARCHER (1865-1930), OF 1, PALMERSTON VILLAS, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 64 MATTHEWS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & LATER HAWTHORNE, ANLABY, HULL. HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A LERK, FOR RICHARDSON' […]

BORN HULL 1869. SON OF SUSAN (WOOD) & THE LATE JOHN TUTCHER. WIFE ADA SALINA TUTCHER LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HMT Egret. launch Date 30/09/1898; Originally a Hull registered trawler (H.21) and owned by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co., Hull; Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1918; Vessel torpedoed and sunk without warning, 2 miles […]

BORN YARMOUTH 1890. WIFE HILDA WESTGATE AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. 'SHAKESPEARE (H994) Built for Hellyer Bros. (Hellyer Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.) Hull; Yard No 548; Launch Date 31/08/1908; Vessel torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-22. The UB-22 sunk two ships on this day, the SS BOYNE CASTLE was sunk by gunfire and all the crew set adri […]

BORN GRIMSBY 26/06/1893. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED MINE SWEEPING OFF THE COAST OF IRELAND. SON OF JANE CRISP MEGGITT (1873-1967) & THE LATE THOMAS EDWARD WILLIS (1870-1899), OF  110 , DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1901) & LAKESIDE GROVE, GIPSYVILLE. HIS NEXT OF KIN WAS HIS MOTHER, JANE MEGGITT, AT 26, MIDDLETON STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL (CWGC […]

BORN RAWCLIFFE 1867. SON OF MARY & THE LATE JAMES WOOD. WIFE SARAH ANN WOOD LIVED ABOVE. EX BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER. LISTED ON THE ST CHARLES CHURCH MEMORIAL. SS Vasco, built by Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool in 1895 and owned at the time of her loss by T. Wilson, Sons & Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 1. […]

BORN NEWINGTON, HULL 14/04/1892. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM YOUNG (1850-1894) & FRANCES KITCHING (1852-1937) - 1901 CENSUS ADDRESS AND 225 ALBERT AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). AN ASSISTANT CASHIER.. HE MARRIED, MURIEL FLETCHER SMITH (1893-1941), AT HULL, IN APRIL 1915. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A CORPORAL IN THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIM […]