Area: Gillett Street

BORN HULL 26/04/1892. SON OF SAMUEL SPENCER, OF 1 JENNET GROVE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. SISTER MRS SARAH FYSON AT 6 DEVON AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. FIREMAN IN SAWMILL. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL. On May 1st, 1915, the British iron minesweeper COLUMBIA, built in 1887 by Matthew Pearse & Co. Ltd. and operated at the t […]

BORN EASINGWOLD 1887. ENLISTED HULL. EX BOER WAR. SON OF STEPHEN R & ELIZABETH E THOMPSON. WIDOW & 7 CHILDREN ADDRESS - HDM 27/1/16. EX GAS WORKER

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF CHARLES EDWARD THURSTON (1853-1894) AND SARAH THURSTON. HIS BROTHER JOSEPH ALSO LIVED IN GILLETT STREET AND HIS SISTER ELIZABETH LIVED IN CARDIFF. MARRIED ST BARNABAS CHURCH, HULL, 25/11/1900. WIFE GERTRUDE DIXON & THEIR TWO SONS CHARLES AND ALBERT, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS, 6 PORTLAND PLACE, VAUXHALL GROVE AND 11 […]

BORN HULL 5/10/1885. SON OF SARAH ELIZA TURNER - 100 EASTBOURNE STREET. MARRIED 25/9/1906. HIS WIFE GLADYS EMILY (HARRISON) TURNER AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 7 DE LA POLE TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO WAR HE WAS A FISH BUYER FOR MESSRS. T. N. TURNER, FISH MERCHANTS, HULL. HE SERVED AS SERGEANT, 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KIL […]

BORN SUFFOLK 1870. SON OF ALBERT AND MARY UNDERWOOD. A FISHERMAN. MARRIED EMILY FIDDY, AT GREAT YARMOUTH, ON 24/12/1893. HIS WIFE EMILY LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. On December 14th, 1919, the British trawler ISLE OF MAN went missing in the North Sea with all on board. She was not heard of ever since. CREW LOST ON ISLE OF MAN (H826), missing […]

BORN NEW ZEALAND 31/12/1891. WIFE OF MRS ANNIE WEST AT 73, EDGAR STREET (CWGC ADDRESS). THIS WAS HIS ADDRESS FROM THE HULL DAILY MAIL, NAVAL RECORDS & 1918 VOTERS. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 12/11/1918, AGED 27. BURIED HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY, AGED 27. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WALKER STREET MEMORIAL […]

BORN HULL 1895. SCULCOATES. ENLISTED HULL. STEPSON OF GEORGE & ELLEN TAYLOR AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS AND 5 SUBWAY STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WORKED AS A BOILER CLEANER. HE ENLISTED IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WITH HIS FRIEND CHARLES GOODEVE, BOTH WERE DRUMMERS AND WERE KILLED TOGETHER, AT GALLI […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF ROBERT & MAY ABOVE - 17 BARROW LANE, HESSLE. WIFE FLORENCE & SON ABOVE - 1911. HULL HEROES WEB SITE. FISH WORKER.

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM ROBERT & ELLEN WHINHAM - TRAVELLERS. LIVED IN CARAVAN SCARBOROUGH ST. WIFE ETHEL WHINHAM AT 6 LITTLE TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC AND  1918 VOTERS ADDRESS) HE IS BURIED AT FAENZA COMMUNAL CEMETERY, ITALY

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF DAVID AND MARY HANNAH WILLIAMSON. BOSUN. LOST AT SEA, ON 18/07/1915, AGED 25. LISTED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL RECORDS. HE DIED WITH TWO OTHER SHIPMATES WHEN THE 'COMMANDER FULERTON', WAS STRANDED AT KILNSEA. THE SHIP WAS LATER SUNK BY THE GERMAN CRUISER, EMDEN ON 18/12/1917. KINGDOM, John (32), 17 Scarborough […]

BORN SOUTH LINCOLN 1891. LIVED IN HULL. WIFE SARAH WILSON.

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF TOM & MARIA WILSON - 13 LORNE TERRACE, LORNE STREET.

BORN HULL 1896. FOURTH SON OF MARK AND ANNIE WILSON, 13 NELLIES TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES ON 13/04/1915, AGED 19. HE WAS KILLED BRINGING RATIONS TO THE TRENCHES. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH APPEAR IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 7TH JULY 1915, AND IN THE HULL TIMES ON 10TH JULY 1915 * HE LEFT SISTERS […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF MARK & THE LATE ANNIE WILSON, AT 13 NELLIES TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS). DECK HAND. DROWNED ON 15/11/1915, AGED 25. HIS TRAWLER WAS MINED OFF SPURN POINT AND LOST WITH ALL HANDS. HE WAS ONE OF THREE WILSON SONS LOST IN THE WAR. HE LEFT SISTERS, MARY AND ELEANOR. HIS BROTHERS, GEORGE AND M […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF MARK AND ANNIE WILSON AT 13 NELLIES TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). ONE OF THREE SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. A FORMER FISH WORKER. HIS MOTHER WAS DECEASED AND HE LEFT SISTERS, MARY AND ELEANOR AND OLDER BROTHER HARRY. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS 23/11/1914. HE WAS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL AND OF 'GO […]

BORN NEWPORT, 1873. WIFE MAUD ALICE WISE LIBED ABOVE. SON OF THE LATE ROBERT & ARABELLA WISE. HIS BROTHER WALTER HERBERT WISE, (EASTBOURNE STREET) WAS LOST ON THE SAME SHIP WHEN IT WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE. THE TWO BROTHER'S PHOTOGRAPHS APPEAR IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 19TH JUNE 1915 AND THE HULL DAILY MAIL 24TH JUNE 1915. * Argyll […]

BORN PETERBOROUGH, NORTHAMPTON, 23/04/1876. SON OF SARAH MALLOWS AND JAMES WOODHOUSE (1834-1918). A TRAWLERMAN. HUSBAND OF MARY WOODHOUSE, LIVED AT 10 MARYS TERRACE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL AND 6 FILEY PARADE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED AS A TRIMMER, ON THE TRAWLER, "MACKENZIE", WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. FOUND DRO […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF SARAH ANN WRIGHT, OF 7 HESSLE AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. HIS BROTHERS, SISTERS AND WIDER FAMILY ALL LIVED IN THE HESSLE ROAD AREA. HE WAS A JOINER'S LABOURER BY TRADE. HE HAD MARRIED ON 22/03/1914. HIS WIFE, ADELINE ROBERTS, AND DAUGHTER FLORENCE LILLIAN WRIGHT, LIVED AT 8 CLAIRMONT AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET. […]

Born Grimsby 1900. Son of John William Wrightham (1868-1947) and Jane Eliza Balch (1868-1941), of 14 Somerset Terrace, Gillette Street, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a Cooper. He had four brothers and one sister. Enlisted Hull. Served with the 5th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action, on 12/09/1918, aged 18. He is […]