Area: Durham, North East England

BORN DURHAM SEPT 1895. ONLY SON OF HENRY GEORGE AVES & SARAH AVES (1874-1913). LOST AT SEA, 30/03/1917, AGED 21. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. Endymion, built by W. Meadus & Son, Poole in 1881 and owned at the time of her loss by Charles H. Truscott, Hull, was a British sailing vessel of 73 tons. On April 1st, 1917, Endymion was su […]

BORN HULL 1894. LIVED BISHOPTON, DURHAM. ENLISTED NEWCASTLE. EX 140527 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 27008, 1ST ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/11/1916, AGED 22. BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, FRANCE.

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM HARRISON AND ELIZABETH THOMPSON, OF CONSETT, DURHAM. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, WILLIAM. A BOOT SHOP MANAGER. HE RAN TWO SHOPS IN CCONSETT AND REQUESTED EXEMPTION FROM MILITARY SERVIE IN 1916. (CONSETT GUARDIAN, 22/09/1916). HE MARRIED AT LANCHESTER, IN 1916. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH ANNIE TURNBALL (1890-1964), AT 13 […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF HAROLD ROBERT HENRICKSEN AND ADA GILLAN, OF NEWBOTTLE, DURHAM, (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A CORPORAL IN THE 7TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED AT DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ..

BORN HULL 1867. ENLISTED SEAHAM HARBOUR, DURHAM. WIFE ELLEN MASON ABOVE. COAL MINER. CWGC SAYS WAS 40 YEARS OLD, BUT BORN HULL 1867. HE IS BURIED AT SEAHAM CEMETERY, DURHAM, UK

ON NEEDLERS ROH. HULL ADDRESS UNTRACED. Son of Joseph Alfred and Mary Ann Lumley, of 17, Pit Row, Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham. Hull Pals Memorial Post. CORPORAL JOSEPH LUMLEY 11/226. Born in 1894, Joseph was the third of four children and only son of Joseph and Mary Ann Lumley of 16 Cross Street, Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham. J […]

BORN HARTLEPOOL, 26/02/1888. SON OF GEORGE MALCOLM (1864-1943) & MARY STOWMAN (1868-1918), OF 14 UNION STREET, STOCKTON ON TEES, DURHAM. HE MARRIED MARY ALICE HENDERSON, AT DURHAM, IN 1909. SERVED AS A STOKER IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. HE DIED AT JUTLAND ON 31/05/1916, AGED 29. HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE HULL TRINITY CHURCH BOOK OF […]

BORN HULL 1903. ONLY SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM PLEWES & MARIA AGNES REDFEARN - 7 KEPPEL STREET, DUNSTON-ON-TYNE, COUNTY DURHAM. HE WAS THE ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN AND HAD THREE SISTERS, FLORENCE, MINNIE AND JANE. A SHIP STEWARD. HE WAS PRESUMED DOWNED, ON THE THE 4TH APRIL 1917, AGED 14. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, […]

BORN HULL SEPT 1894. SON OF SEPTIMUS SMITH (1860-1920) & ADA ARMSTRONG COOK (1870-1898). HE HAD ONE SISTER, CARRIE (1892-1974) AND ONE BROTHER, WILLIAM ARMSTRONG SMITH (1895-1952). HE MARRIED ELIZABETH BIRKBECK (1898-1970), AT AUCKLAND, DURHAM, IN 1915. THEYLIVED AT 8, HIGH ST, CROOK, DURHAM AND 21 FRANCES STREET, CROOK, DURHAM (WAR […]

BORN HULL 1880. WIFE KATHERINE STAINTON - 3 WELLINGTON STREET, NORTH SHIELDS. IS DEATH IS RECORDED ON THE HULL HEROES WEB SITE. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Hilda Lea, built by Wilton's Engineering & Slipway Co., Rotterdam in 1916 and operated at the time of her loss by […]

BORN ABERDEEN 1894. LIVED SOUTH SHIELDS, DURHAM. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. JUPITER SS was a British Merchant Cargo steamer of 2,124grt built for Hessler Shipping Co. (Jacob Hessler & Co,), West Hartlepool by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co, Greenock. In 1915 she was purchased by W. R. Bradley, Hul […]