Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JAMES ANDREW COOK 12/350. Born in May 1896 in Battersea, James was the third of four children to Alfred and Marianne Cook of 10 Clovelly Road, Acton Lane, Chiswick. The 1911 Census found him employed as a Helper in Domestic Service, but by the outbreak of war James was a Sailor working out of the bustling […]
BORN YORK 02/05/1887. A FISHERMAN. PARENTS UNKNOWN. SERVED 3 MONTHS IN WAKEFIELD PRISON ON 13/05/1908, FOR STEALING A PAIR OF BOOTS. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. HE MARRIED EDITH WILSON, IN HULL IN 1915. HE DIED OF FLU, ON 28/10/1918, AT NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. BURIED AT HULL'S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. AGED 32. HIS SISTER IN LAW, MRS M […]
BORN HULL 1898. SECOND SON OF CHARLES FRANCIS NIX (1869-1957) & ANNIE MALTSON RHOADES (1871-1932), OF 15, EAST STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND EIGHT SISTERS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A RIVETT HEATER, AT EARLES SHIPYARD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, IN 1914 AGED ONLY 17 YEARS OLD. POSTED TO FR […]
BORN BERMONDSEY 04/11/1887. SON OF JOHN WELBOURNE WRIDE (1853-1891) AND ALICE MAUD JOHNSON (1858-1892), OF 14 EAST STREET, HULL (1891 CENSUS). MARRIED TO ADA TAYLOR & THREE CHILDREN AT, 3 LENDAL TERRACE, DURHAM STREET, HULL. (PENSION ADDRESS). WORKED AS A TRAM DRIVER FOR FIVE YEARS, ON THE HOLDERNESS ROAD, TRAM CARS. DESCRIBED AS […]
