Area: English Street

BORN HULL 1864. SON OF WILLIAM AND JANE BEALE, OF HULL. COMMEMORATED ON HULL'S HESSLE ROAD, NAVAL MEMORIAL. The Grimsby steam trawler MERCIA (GY1212) left her home port for the North Sea fishing grounds and was not heard of again. On 20/03/1915 posted missing:- Lost all hands. In the previous month sister-ship BERNICIA (GY1215) was also […]

BORN HULL 1899. SECOND SON OF JAMES LEONARD BIGGS & THEODOCIA (DORNAN), OF 85 , ENGLISH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FRENCH POLISHER OF WOOD. BEFORE THE WAR, WAS AN APPRENTICE, TO MR GEORGE H. SCORRER LTD, OF 9, ST LUKE'S STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/09/1918, AGED 19. Hu […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ROSE HANNAH KENNEY (1873-1946) & THE LATE JOHN BURGESS. HIS STEP FATHER WAS WILLIAM THOMPSON. HIS MOTHER, ROSE, LIVED AT 41, STRICKLAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4011, THE 2/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF PYTHESIS, ON 3/04/1916, AGED 23. HE IS B […]

BORN HULL 27/05/1896. SON OF ROSE HANNAH KENNEY (1873-1946) & THE LATE JOHN BURGESS. HIS STEP FATHER WAS WILLIAM THOMPSON. HIS MOTHER, ROSE, LIVED AT 41 STRICKLAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS TRIMMER IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. DIED ON 06/07/1917, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER PTE, JOHN WIL […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WILLIAM ALBERT EDWARDS MM 11/923. Born in 1883, William was the eldest of two sons to William and Adelaide Edwards. A Dock Labourer before the war, he lived with his Grandfather at 2 Union Place, English Street, Hull. William enlisted at City Hall on 10th September 1914 joining the 11th Battalion East Yor […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF GEORGE HARPER ELGEY & AMELIA ELSIE (HILLIER). HIS ARMY ADDRESS WAS 90B ENGLISH STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN "D" COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1917, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED AT HENINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT T […]

BORN HULL, 1895. SON OF WILLIAM AND ANNIE HALL, OF 13, LOWER UNION STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, LIVING WITH HIS BROTHER WILLIAM AT 114, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). MARRIED AT HULL IN 1915. HUSBAND OF ADA JOANNAH HALL. THEY  LIVED AT 60, JAMES STREET, HULL AND 81, […]

BORN HULL 1889.  ONLY CHILD OF ROBERT THOMAS HOTHAM (1855-1907) & ELEANOR MARTHA HOTHAM (1861-1912), OF 1 HARWOODS PLACE, ENGLISH STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 5, OTTERBURN STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. SON OF A RAILWAY CARTER. HE WORKED AS A LEATHING BELTING AND HOSE MAKER. (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 24253 […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE THOMAS ARTHUR JOHNSON 32852. Born in 1897, Thomas was the eldest of two children and only son of Thomas and Alice Johnson of 45 Canning Street, Hull. Before the war he was employed by Messrs, Sanderson and Company, Paint Manufacturers, English Street, Hull. He was seriously injured during the attack on […]

BORN LOWESTOFT 1877. SON OF LATE WILLIAM ROBERT  MILLS (1839-1883) & ESTHER PARKER (1845-1900), OF 93, ETON STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1904. HUSBAND OF MAUD EDITH MILLS (1882-1971), OF 9, ENGLISH STREET, HULL AND 4, CHURCH STREET, SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL AND THE TOWER HI […]

BORN HULL 14/10/1877. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM MUMBY (1858-1886) & AGNES BENSON MUMBY, AT THIS ADDRESS AND 21 BERKELEY STREET, HULL. A DRAPERY APPRENTICE FOR FIVE YEARS. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE TERRITORIALS FOR 4 YEARS. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA AND WORKED AS A FARMER. HE ENLISTED ON 28/09/1914, AT BLACKBOY HILL, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GIVING THE […]

BORN HULL 25/08/1897. SON OF THOMAS & SARAH JANE NICHOL, 90A ENGLISH STREET. (CWGC ADDRESS). A MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY AS AN ORDINARY SEAMAN. DIED OF DISEASE, ON 28/06/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL.

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM & HANNAH REED, OF HULL. HE MARRIED, AT HULL, IN 1911. HUSBAND OF LILIAN SWALLOW, OF  8, CONSTABLE BUILDINGS, ENGLISH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE DAUGHTERS, LILIAN, DORA AND JESSIE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS SERGEANT, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 13/ […]

BORN HULL 02/01/1859. SON OF JOE RUDGE (1811-1881) & SUSAN REBECCA COX (1831-1887). WORKED AS A TRAWLERMAN. HE MARRIED TWICE. ON 25/07/1883 TO EMMA BARMBY (1863-1897) & THEN ANNIE LAWSON, ON 29/06/1897, WHO LIVED AT 2 VINE COURT, ENGLISH STREET, HULL. HE WAS LOST AT SEA ON 01/06/1915, AGED 56. Trawler Victoria, built by Cook Wel […]

BORN LEEDS 1882. SON OF MARY SHANN, OF 1, FOXES COURT, DAVIS STREET, HULL. HE WAS A SANITARY OFFICIAL AND WORKED AT HULL'S SANATORIUM. HE LIVED AT 4, HARWOOD PLACE, ENGLISH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 14/07/1916, AGED 34. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF  WILLIAM & MARIA TIPPLE, LIVED AT 96 ENGLISH STREET, HULL AND THEN SCARBOROUGH. HE WORKED AT THEIR FISH CURER SHOP, AT 92 ENGLISH STREET, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED ON 19/07/1916, AGED 28. HIS DEATH WAS FINALLY REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 06/05/1920. * HE IS B […]

BORN ROTTERDAM 1882. WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH (LIDSTER), LIVED  AT ALICIA STREET AND 73 ENGLISH STREET, HULL (HDM 26/02/1916). HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. BURIED AT HULL'S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. Dido SS was a British Merchant steamer of 4,769grt. On the 26th February 1916 when on route from Hull for India, she hit a mine […]

BORN HULL 1894. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM WEYMESS (1856-1917) & FANNY MARIA LONG (1859-1934), OF 78, ENGLISH STREET, HULL. SON OF A SCOTTISH, SEA CAPTAIN. THE FOURTH OF FIVE CHILDREN. ELDER SISTERS, JANE AND EDITH WHO LIVED AT 78 ENGLISH STREET. OLDER BROTHER, WILLIAM WHO WORKED IN SCUNTHORPE. YOUNGER BROTHER STANLEY, WHO LIVED AT 2 HALL […]

BORN HULL 1895. THIRD SON OF WILLIAM WEYMESS (1856-1917) & FANNY MARIA LONG (1859-1934), of 78 ENGLISH STREET, HULL. SON OF A SCOTTISH, SEA CAPTAIN, FROM DUNDEE. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE NAVIGATIONAL SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A FRUIT BROKER'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY ON 08/09/1914. SERVED WITH T […]

BORN DUNDEE, SCOTLAND 1856. HE JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY, ON 27/08/1875 AS AN APPRENTICE. RECEIVED HIS MASTER'S CERTIFICATE, ON 17/11/1888. WAS CAPTAIN OF THE CARGO SHIP "NIMROD". DIED OF SICKNESS, ON 18/12/1917, AGED 62. BURIED AT LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE, FRANCE. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON HULL'S TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL. HE M […]