Area: Gillett Street

BORN HESSLE 1896. SON OF MARY LANGFORD OF  7 QUEENS TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/05/1916, AGED 20 HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE GILLETT STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 30 August 1916)

BORN GRIMSBY 1897. SON OF GEORGE HENRY MASON & LOUISE MASON, OF 14 HESSLE AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE LIVED IN HULL. WORKED AS A BAKER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. SERVED WITH THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/07/1916, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS NAME IS RECORD […]

BORN CORK, IRELAND 1898. SON OF JOHN C MILLER & ROSE MILLER, AT 7 FILEY PARADE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS LONDONER, WHO MARRIED IN IRELAND AND WORKED AS A LABOURER IN HULL IN 1901. GEORGE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/08/1917, AT YPRES, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEF […]

BORN BOSTON, LINCS, 1894. SON OF MARY ANN RASON (1873-1949) & ENOS MOODY (1876-1916), OF 14 JENNET GROVE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC & HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 03/01/1916). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A DOCK GATE MAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL PALS ON 27/11/1914, BUT WAS DICHARGED AS MEDICALLY UNFIT FROM THE 13TH EYR […]

BORN HULL 20/04/1898. MOTHER SARA MORRIS ABOVE. NAVAL RECORDS. LOST ON THE WHALER, "BLACK WHALE" COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT, UK

BORN HULL 1889. WIFE GRACE MAUD LEWIS ABOVE. MOTHER MARY ANN GILLETT ST. HULL PAL. WOUNDED 28/7/16. BROTHER GEORGE MOTHERBY, 6TH EYR - 39 GLASGOW ST; PRIVATE FREDERICK MOTHERBY 12/971. Born December 1889, Frederick (‘Fred’ to his family and friends) was the third of four children to George and Mary Ann Motherby of 5 Arion Terrace, Gillet […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF MAGGIE MOXHAM AT THIS ADDRESS. PRIOR TO THE WAR FRANK WORKED FOR PREMIER OIL MILLS LTD. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AGED 22. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 23RD OCTOBER 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * HE IS BURIED AT ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "AT REST WITH THE LORD"

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WALTER NEWBY AND SARAH ANN HUNT, 75 EDGAR STREET AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN FROM A FISHING FAMILY. A FISHERMAN. SERVED AS A COAL TRIMMER ON THE TITANIA. LOST AT SEA ON 11/05/1916, AGED 16, HIS TWO BROTHERS FRED AND LORENZO NEWBY WERE BOTH LOST ON THE MAGNETA TRAWLER. ON 01/02/1922, DURING THE RUSS […]

BORN WEAVERTHORPE, DRIFFIELD, EAST YORKSHIRE, 1897. ELDEST SON OF FREDERICK NEWLOVE (1875-1940) & EMMA IRELAND (1876-1939), OF 98 GILLETT STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 87 FLINTON STREET., HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A NORTH EASTEN RAILWAY SLATE LAYER. HE WAS ONE OF 8 BROTHERS. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH T […]

HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES. NO CWGC RECORDS. Name: CLANSMAN Launched: 10/11/1902 Completed: 1902 Builder: JP Rennoldson & Son, South Shields Yard Number: 221 Dimensions: 61grt, 5nrt, 75.0 x 15.1 x 7.9ft Engines: C2cyl (12.5 & 26 x 20ins), 30nhp, 200ihp Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Son […]

BORN HULL 1885. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM HENRY PEARSON (1865-1932) AND EMILY PAWLEY JEYNES (1867-1947), AT 1 DAVID'S TERRACE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL AND 82, GILLETT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A FISH CURER EMPLOYER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT […]

BORN HULL 19/12/1897. BETTER KNOWN AS DAVID ROWNTREE. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE PETHERBRIDGE (1856-1934) & LAVINIA MINNS WATERMAN (1872-1949), OF 92 ETON STREET, HULL. 119, GILLETT STREET, HULL WAS HIS NAVY, WAR PENSION AND 1918 ELECTORAL VOTER'S ADDRESS. HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS. SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVES AS A COO […]

BORN HULL 1880. SON OF JOHN (1827-1911) & ANN ELIZABETH PINDER & 11 CHILDREN, HULL. HIS BROTHER JAMES PINDER LIVED AT THISADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 12265, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 45733, 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 04/12/1916, AGED 36. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT CONTA […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM HAWLEY PULLEN (1869-1941) AND MARY ANN LOCK (1865-1934), OF 23 GILLETT STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL AND 2 IRELAND TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (HULL AILY MAIL OBITUARY ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. A HESSLE ROAD, FISH WORKER. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. DESCRIBED AS […]

BORN BOSTON, LINCS, 1897. SON OF GEORGE EDWIN PURCHON (1864-1934) & SARAH ELIZABETH (PETTMAN) (1868-1925), OF 3 GILBERT STREET, GILLETT STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AND THREE BROTHERS LOST IN THE WAR. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT HULL FISH DOCKS BEFORE THE WAR AND WAS VERY POPULAR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGI […]

BORN GRIMSBY 1888. SON OF GEORGE EDWIN PURCHON (1864-1934) & SARAH ELIZABETH (PETTMAN) (1868-1925), OF 3 GILLETT STREET, HULL. A REGULAR SOLDIER. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS CAVALRY. HE HAD SPENT SEVEN YEARS IN THE ARMY, AND SIX YEARS IN INDIA. HE WAS LYING WOUNDED FOR 10 DAYS BEFORE HE WAS RESCUED. HE DIED […]

BORN TADCASTER 20/10/1867. SON OF HENRY & ANN RIDSDILL. FISHERMAN AND TRAWLER SKIPPER. MARRIED IN HULL 1899. WIFE SARAH (LAMB), & 12 CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. LOST AT SEA, ON 27/10/1917, AGED 50. Husband of Sarah Ridsdill, of 28, Gillett St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Hull (Holy Trinity, H […]

BORN HULL 1886. A LABOURER. AND BROTHER OF FRANK ROBERTS, OF 4 THORESBY AVENUE, FLINTON STREET. BOTH PARENTS DECEASED. HE MARRIED ADA ARMSTEAD, A WIDOW, AT HULL, ON 05/04/1914. THEY LIVED AT 1, WORCESTER TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND HAD NO CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 16/11/1914, AGED 28 YEARS AND 60 DA […]

BORN GT YARMOUTH 1858. SON OF CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH & ELIZABETH SAUNDERS. HUSBAND OF ALICE AT THIS ADDRESS. A SAILOR. LOST AT SEA ON 21/02/1915, AGED 57. HE IS NAMED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL RECORDS. NO CWGC RECORDS OF HIS DEATH. On 21/02/1915 the Hull steam trawler KESTREL (H318) sank following a collision with the s.s. HYDRA 75 […]

BORN BRANTINGHAM, SOUTH CAVE 1898. SON OF CHARLES EDWARD SCROWSTON (1872-1947) & ALICE WRIGHT (1874-1958), OF 12 CHESTNUT AVENUE, CONVENT LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 12 , GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 1, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY GUARD. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN THE 1ST EAST RIDING […]