Area: Franklin Street

BORN HULL 20/02/1894. SON OF JOHN AND ELEANOR HARRISON. HIS SISTER FANNY LIVED AT 1 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, FRANKLIN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A SINGLE MAN WHO WORKED AS A SAW MILLER BEFORE THE WAR. HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY ON 03/08/1912. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4.5 INCHES TALL, 33.5 INCH CHEST, BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES, TATOOS ON BOTH ARM […]

BORN HULL 18/08/1899. ONLY SON OF FREDERICK & LUCY ELIZABETH METHAM. LEFT SISTERS ENA & LYNDA AT 5 FRANKLIN AVENUE, FRANKLIN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). JOINED THE NAVY ON 04/10/1917. TRANSFERRED TO AIR MECHANIC 2ND CLASS. DIED ON  16/07/1918, AGED 18. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. Shirley Hare writes on 16/07/2016 - Firstbor […]

BORN HULL 1886. ELDEST SON OF FREDERICK KEMPTON & MARY ELIZABETH SEARBY, 46 FRANKLIN STREET. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. A WOOD SAWYER BY TRADE. MARRIED 1911. WIFE LUCY GERTRUDE (LING) LIVED ABOVE. ENLISTED 22/9/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE 8/3/1916. KILLED IN ACTION 13/11/1916. AGED 30. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE FREDER […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ALBERT & ALICE SMITH,OF 3 SOMERSET TERRACE, FRANKLIN STREET, HULL. A BLACKSMITH STRIKER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/5TH EYR CYCLING CORPS. STATIONED AT WITHERNSEA. DROWNED SWIMMING, ON 17/07/1915, AGED 24. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/07/1915. NO CWGC OR SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS.

BORN HULL 05/05/1898. SON OF GEORGE SAMUEL & SARAH JANE SMITH (1865-1940), OF 487 HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1901 CENUS), 169 ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4 ENDEAN AVENUE, TORONTO. A STUDENT WHO EMIGRATED TO CANADA ENLISTED AT TORONTO, CANADA, ON 06/05/1916, AGED 18. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF WILLIAM DOUGHTY SPINK (1857-1919) & CATHERINE ELLEN MOODY (1858-1941), OF 8 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, FRANKLIN STREET, HULL. (HDM ADDRESS 31/07/1917).HIS BROTHER WILLIAM SPINK WAS ALSO KILLED IN ACTION ON 01/06/1918. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GILBERT SPINK 12/100. Born in 1887, Gilbert was the second of three so […]

Born Bermondsey, 1895. Son of George William Tennison and Ruth Ann Race, of 130 Buckingham Street & 40, Franklin Street, Hull (War pension  address). One of six children. Worked for Rank Flour Mills. Enlisted Hull. Killed in action on 18/10/1916, aged 22. His army effects were left to his father George. This is his CWGC address. Re […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JOHN & LOUISA YOUNG - 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. NOT FOUND ON SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS.