William Theakstone Berridge was born at Bishop Burton on 25/11/1888. William’s mother, Alice, died in 1898 and his father then married Mary Maw of Aike. William attended the school in Bishop Burton. William married Ellen Scott at North Dalton on 1st January 1913. Ellen, known as Nelly, was the only child of John and Alice Scott, a jour […]
Born Hull, 22/11/1894. son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ferguson, of 1, Crowl Avenue, Wyke Street, Hull. Lived at 7, Warwick Terrace Warwick St Hedon Road, Hull (War pension addresses). A labourer (1911 Census). He married Hannah Mary Hagues, in January 1914. They had two children and lived at Church Lane, Marfleet, East Hull. Served as Able […]
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BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ELIZABETH & THE LATE JOSEPH RICHARDSON. LISTED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. Jaffa SS was built as a steel British Merchant steamship in 1897. Dimensions: 260.1´x35.2´x16´ Powered: Triple expansion engine 251nhp. 12 knots. 1,383 grt, defensively-armed. On the 2nd February 1918 when on route from Boulogne for […]
