Area: Edgar Street

BORN HULL 1884. ENLISTED HULL. LISTED ON ST MATHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOSEPH BRITTON 27871. Born 1884, Joseph was the eldest of two sons to Jane Britton of 118 Adelaide Street, Hessle Road, Hull. There is no record of his father and I suspect he died before Joseph even knew him. A Fish Worker on the dock […]

BORN SKIRLAUGH, YORKS, 1896. SON OF GEORGE & ANN BROWN AT 5 EDGAR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN THE BALKANS AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSISVE, ON 22/03/1918, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WEN […]

BORN HULL 1888. SCULCOATES. SECOND SON OF SUSAN BROWN, AT 6, PROVIDENCE PLACE, EDGAR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 30/08/1914, AGED 27 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 11208 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIME A […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN MOSES COULTAS (1858-1919) AND HARRIET ANN GIBSON (1858-1903), OF 47, EDGAR STREET, HESSLE ROAD. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. A GROCER'S ERRAND BOY IN THE 1911 CENSUS AND LATER WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER WHEN HE JOINED UP. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 06/08/1915. KILLED IN ACTION ON 04/10/1917, AGED 21. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND H […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF FREDRICK HENRY DRURY & ELIZABETH PINE, OF 11 IRELAND TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL. BROTHER OF FRED DRURY, OF 9 GRANVILLE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED UNDER AGE IN HULL. GIVING THE AGE OF 18 WHEN HE WAS ONLY 16 YEARS OLD. HE JOINED THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE (PIONEERS) BATTALION BASED IN BEVERLEY. […]

BORN HULL 1891. ONLY SON OF THOMAS ALFRED EMERY (1863-1924) & ADA CRACROFT (1865-1938), OF 4 EDGAR STREET, HULL. HE HAD ONE SISTER, ANNIE WHO WORKED AS A FISH CLEANER. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN APRIL 1913. HUSBAND OF LILY GILBERT, AT 5 MECHANIC LANE, EDGAR STREET, HULL AND 58 EDGAR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRE […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF TOM ANDRW GILBERT & ANNIE GILBERT, OF 15 SARAH ANNS TERRACE., WALKER STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 1 HARRIETS PLACE, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. PREVIOUSLY HE WORKED AS A BLACKSMITH AT MESSRS CD HOLMES, HULL AND THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, HULL. HE MARRIED EVA CROWE (1894-1969), AT ST JAM […]

BORN HULL 1879. SON OF NAYLOR GREEN (1853-1922) & SUSAN GREEN (1860-1899). ONE OF 11 CHILDREN AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE 9TH LANCERS. WORKED A S A LABOURER AND COAL TRIMMER. HE MARRIED, EMMA BLYTHE BATESON, AT HULL, ON 28/03/1998. THEY LIVED AT AT 30 STANIFORTH PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, (1911 CENSUS) AND 2 ANN ELIZA […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF NAYLOR GREEN (1853-1922) & SUSAN GREEN (1860-1899). ONE OF 11 CHILDREN AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. A COAL TRIMMER. HIS WIFE FRANCES, LIVED AT 14 ELY TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN COALVILLE, LEICESTER. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 9TH LEICESTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1917, AGED 34. COMMEMORATED […]

BORN GREENOCK 1865. SON ELIZABETH & WALTER HARDIE. MARRIED GEORGINA PROCTOR IN HULL 1892. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION, ON 31/10/1917, AGED 52. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The British steamship Cambric SS was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-35 when 14 miles W. of Cape Shershel, Algeria, on October 31st, 1917 when on route from Tunis […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM HARMER & LOUISE WOOTON, OF HULL. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1905 AND HIS MOTHER IN 1907. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN, THREE SISTERS AND A BROTHER CALLED ROBERT. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR AUNT AND UNCLE HARRIET ANN RUTTER AND JASPER RUTTER, AT 80, EDGAR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WORKED AS A NORTHEASTERN RAILWAY P […]

BORN HULL 1900. ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS. ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. STEP SON OF JOSEPH & ELLEN CREESE ABOVE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WILLIAM McGUIRE 201869. A tricky man to track down due to different spellings of his name on the two Census records he features in. I think I am right in saying William was born in March 1900, […]

BORN ALFORD, LINCS, 18/02/1868. SON OF SAMUEL MOORE (1832-1868) & EMMA STEEL (1831-1906). HE MARRIED AT ST LUKES CHURCH, HULL, ON 29/06/1890. HIS WIFE, HANNAH MARY HUNT (1871-1933), LIVED AT 73 , EDGAR STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 109, ENGLISH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOURS SONS AND A DAUGHTER. HE WAS A BOILE […]

BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF THOMAS JOHN MORROD (1853-1917) & SARAH JANE EYRE (1856-1928), OF 4, MINERVA TERRACE, PORTER STREET, HULL  (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 3 BARREL COURT, EDGAR STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. SON OF A FRUITIERS LABOURER. HE WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONE […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF EDWARD & MARY ANN MULLINS, OF 6, MECHANIC LANE, EDGAR STREET, HULL AND 2, GILES COURT, ST STEPHENS SQUARE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/03/1916, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER MARY ANN MULLINS, WHO MOVE […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF JOHN PINDER, OF 33 SILVESTER STREET, HULL. WIFE FLORENCE & ONE CHILD. A FORMER BLACKSMITH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN "A" COMPANY. 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 26/02/1916, AGED 32. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 25TH MAY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE E […]