Area: Estcourt Street

BORN HORKSTOW BRIDGE, LINCS 1877. SON OF THE LATE HENRY(1846-1901) AND ELIZA BASLINGTON (1850-1923), OF 48 MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL. MARRIED AT DRYPOOL, HULL, ON 20/08/1910. HIS WIFE, HETTY MARSHALL (COATES), LIVED WITH THEIR TWO SONS, JOHN AND JAMES, AT 76 , ESCOURT STREET, HULL (HIS ARMY ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHES TALL […]

BORN BREIGHTON, DERBYSHIRE, 1888. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS CARLILL BEAULAH & MARY ANN GLEADHILL. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1897. HIS MOTHER REMARRIED FREDERICK MARR COATES & LIVED AT 77, ESCOURT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 32/615, NFUS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 15TH YORK AND […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE PERCY CARRICK 28765. Born at Roos, Yorkshire, 1891, the son of Hannah Maria Carrick, of Burton Road, Roos, East Yorkshire. His home life was complicated and hard to trace. It appears he was born out of wedlock (very much frowned upon at the time) as Percy William Creaser. His mother then married William C […]

BORN BARRY, CARDIFF 1892. SON OF PETER CHRISTENESEN & SARAH ANN GALSWORTHY, OF 8, CROMPTON VILLAS, ESCOURT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS); 267, WINCOLMLEE, HULL & 2, DERBY AVENUE, BRIGHT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE LIVED IN MIDDLESBOROUGH IN 1901. HE WORKED AS A CRANE FIREMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 88 […]

BORN GRIMSBY 1886. SON OF CAROLINE DIXON WHO WAS BORN AT BRIXHAM, DEVON. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH UNCLE, JAMES AND LAVINIA PETHERBRIDGE, IN GRIMSBY, IN 1901, AND WITH HIS COUSINS, GEORGE AND LISA KENNINGTON, AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 232383 ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND DEVONS. […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ISSAC J & HANNAH FAIRBANK ABOVE

BORN BEVERLEY 1899. SON OF JOSEPH GORBERT (1868-1918) & ELIZABETH HUNT (1872-1937). SON OF A DOCKSIDE LABOURER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS WHO ALL LIVED AT 22, ESCOURT STREET, NEWBRIDGE ROAD, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTICE RIVETTER OR "HOLDER UP" IN THE SHIPYARD. DECRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 34.5-36 INCH CHEST S […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1894. SON OF CAROLINE BROCKMAN (1860-1919) & GEORGE WILLIAM GORBERT (1858-1919), OF BEVERLEY AND 2, ELM TREE HOUSE, SUTTON. SON OF A COOPER. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS (SIX DIED IN INFANCY). HE WORKED AS A SAW MILL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 207537, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED […]

BORN ABEFORD, YORKS 1885. SON OF SAMUEL & LOUISA HUNTER. A SHIPYARD GLAZIER. HE MARRIED IN 1910. HIS WIFE ANNIE GEORGINA PHILLIPSON AND DAUGHTER, DOROTHY, LIVED AT 94 , ESCOURT STREET, HULL & 4, VICTORIA TERRACE, BURLEIGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT GARFORTH, YORKS. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 177173 ROYAL ENGINEE […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF RUDOLF EMILE JOHANSON & KAREN (KARI) SIMONSEN JOHANSON. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN, LIVING AT THIS ADDRESS. SECOND MATE ON THE STEAM SHIP 'JUPITER'. DROWNED ON 21/05/1917, AGED 18. HE IS LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE NAVAL MEMORIAL. Jupiter SS was a British Merchant Cargo steamer of 2,124grt built for Hessler Shipping […]

BORN LONDON 1885. WIFE FLORENCE (TAIT) ABOVE. SON OF HENRY WILLIAM & EMILY MAJOR. SHIP'S CARPENTER ON THE STEAMSHIP 'JAFFA'. LOST AT SEA ON 02/02/1918, AGED 33. BORN HULL 1867. LOST AT SEA, ON 02/02/1918, AGED 50. Jaffa SS was built as a steel British Merchant steamship in 1897. Dimensions: 260.1´x35.2´x16´ Powered: Triple expansio […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM McLACHLAN (1868-1918) & MARY ANN SCALES, OF 8, KINGSTON VILLAS, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). PRIOR TO ENLISTING, ALLAN McLACHLAN WAS AN APPRENTICE MOULDER AT THE HUMBER BRASS AND COPPER WORKS, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1914. WENT TO FRANCE JULY 1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 12009, "C" […]

BORN HULL 1871. SON THE LATE JOHN & MARY McLACHLAN, OF 8 KINGSTON VILLAS, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. A SHIP WRIGHT, LIVING AT THIS ADDRESS WITH HIS WIFE MARY ANN AND THREE CHILDREN. (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED ON THE STEAM SHIP "JAFFA", LOST AT SEA, ON 02/02/1918, AGED 47. HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HIS SON AL […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF CHARLES NIX (1839-1910) & CHARLOTTE ADAMS (1840-1903). HE HAD FOUR SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. HE MARRIED 1908. EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. WIFE ANNIE LISTER THACKRAY (1879- 1975) & TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT 8 MAPOPPO VILLAS, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 18TH NORTHUMBERLAND […]

BORN THORNABY, YORKS, 1899. SON OF ROBERT HENRY & LILLIAN PACE, 55 ESTCOURT STREET, HULL & 5, MATLOCK VILLAS, NEWBRIDGE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/03/1918, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTH […]

BORN HULL 1892. SECOND SON OF ALFRED & ELIZA REED ABOVE ADDRESS. SUGAR MILL WORKER. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/03/1918, AGED 26. HIS NAME IS ON ST MARY'S CHURCH MEMORIAL, LOWGATE. HE LEFT BROTHERS ARMOLD AND SYDNEY. SISTERS, ETHEL, DORIS AND GLADYS.

BORN HULL 28/08/1886. SON OF WILLIAM RUFFLES (1862-1918) & ANNIE RAYWARD (1859-1943), OF 197 BELMONT STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EDUCATED AT HULL TRINITY SCHOOL. WORKED AT SEA. RECEIVED HIS MASTER MARRINER CERTIFICATE, ON 26/10/1907. HE MARRIED HANNAH BROWN (1890-1968) AT COTTINGHAM, ON 31/08/1910. THEY LI […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM EDWIN SCOTT (1871-1938) AND JANE ELIZABETH MURRAY (1872-1943), OF 23, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A BOILER MAKER. ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 127 DANSOM LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A BOX CARRIER AND EX RECKITT'S WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HU […]

BORN HULL 1897. AKA 'TED'. SON OF GEORGE & LOUISA ELLEN THOMPSON,OF 157 CRAVEN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 63 ESCOURT STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS, 04/07/1919). HIS FATHER WAS A RAILWAY PLATELAYER. GEORGE WAS A SAW MILL WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED ON 27/03/1918, AGED 21. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE EDWI […]

BORN HULL 1873. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WARD AND MARGARET ENGLAND. MARRIED FRANCES AND LIVED WITH DAUGHTER, ALICE, AT 5 ST STEPHEN'S SQUARE, HULL. BOARDED AT ABOVE ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS) HIS OCCUPATION WAS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 43. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL T […]