Area: Goodwin Street

BORN HULL 1893. KNOWN AS 'JACK'. SON OF WILLIAM BETTINSON (1855-1912) AND ALICE BELL (1862-1943), OF  1 GOODWIN TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST. HIS FINANCEE WAS JENNIE KIRBY. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL P […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM BETTINSON (1855-1912) AND ALICE BELL (1862-1943), OF  1 GOODWIN TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A FITTERS ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS) AND AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER, WITH HIS BROTHER, JOHN. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, WITH HIS BROTHER, JOHN […]

BORN LEEDS 1883. SON OF HENRY BROWN & ELLEN GERTRUDE SAGG. A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED, GERTRUDE MAY WILES, AT HULL, IN 1904. HE WIFE, GERTRUDE MAY BROWN (1886-1973) AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 90, CLIFTON TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WA […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF PATRICK & ELIZABETH CAVENEY. LIVED 8 WHITBOURNE TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL. A BOILER CLEANER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/6612, 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY ANN. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE, MEMO […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & LOUISA DAWSON. ADOPTED SON OF MR ENVOY COLLINSON, AT 89 , GOODWIN STREET, HULL, (CWGC RECORDS) AND 35, ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE FITTER'S SHOP AT EARLES SHIPYARD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTION […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM DEAN. SISTER HANNAH AND BROTHER WILLIAM DEAN. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 51 GOODWIN STREET. BEFORE THE WAR WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT BUTCHER, (1911 CENSUS) AND MANAGER OF THE GALLONS STORE, AT PEASE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. DIED OF WOUNDS, […]

BORN HULL 1898. KNOWN AS 'JACK' HATFIELD. ELDEST SON OF JOHN HATFIELD & MARY (HOGGARD), OF 6 WELLINGTON TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE AND AT 3 PLEASANT PLACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN INCLUDING FOUR SISTERS. A BUTCHER'S ERRAND BOY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 49948, 82ND TRAINING RESERVE BATTALION. TRANSFERRED AS PRIV […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN & FANNY HAWKSLEY, OF 1 SUSANS TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS. HIS BROTHER ARTHUR HAWKSLEY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, IN 1914.  

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM HAWKSLEY (1864-1926) AND FANNY FOSTER PETCH (1849-1923), OF  1 SUSAN TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS), 2 GOMMERSALL TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL AND 2 DUMBARTON TERRACE, CLYDE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER (1 […]

BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF THE LATE ROBERT HARLAND KINGSTON (1865-1909). HIS MOTHER WAS HELENA MAUD, OF 4, GOODWIN TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY PORTER, IN WEST HULL. HE WAS 5 FOOT. 1 INCHE TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, CHURCH OF EN […]

BORN LINCS, 1887. A SIGNALMAN IN THE ROYAL NAVY. HE HAD ONLY TRANSFERRED TO HMS 'QUEEN MARY' IN FEBRUARY 1916 AND HAVING COMPLETED HIS TIME, ANTICIPATED RETURNING HOME TO HIS WIFE, IN BERMONDSEY, WHO HE HAD MARRIED SIX MONTHS BEFORE. HE WAS LOST ON HMS "QUEEN MARY", AT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, ON 31/05/1916, AGED 29. HIS WIDOW ETHEL LAMMIN […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1897. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF ALBERT MAWER ABOVE.

BORN HULL 1879. SON OF ROBERT NICHOLSON (18441893) AND CHARLOTTE NICHOLSON (1852-1934), OF 73 PORTLAND STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13046, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 36590, 7TH SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON […]

BORN SALFORD, 1900. SON OF JOHN HENRY AND ANNIE SIMPSON, OF ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE WORKED AS A FITTER, AND WAS EMPLOYED BY HULL'S RECKITTS, SINCE 06/07/1914. HE LIVED WITH HIS AUNTIE, MARY ELIZABETH MANEY, AT 84 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN 1918. SERVED IN THE 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS, O […]

BORN HULL, 32/12/1892. SON OF ALFRED SQUIRES (1862-1894) AND MARTHA TUTIN (1861-1917). HIS MOTHER REMARRIIED AND LIVED A 8, VILLAGE PLACE, OSBORNE STREET, HULL. HIS STEP FATHER, JOHN NEWTON WAS A FISHERMAN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, ALFRED AND FOUR SISTERS. EDUCATED AT OSBORNE STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS SENT TO EAST MOOR, REFORNATORY […]

BORN PLAISTOW, EAST LONDON, 22/09/1887. SON OF JAMES HENRY TANNER (1860-1934) AND MARY ANN TANNER. A REGULAR SOLDIER. ENLISTED WARLEY, ESSEX. HE SERVED WITH THE 10TH ESSEX REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 22/08/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/11/1914, AGED 27. HIS PENSION WAS LEFT TO HENRY TANNER AND HIS SISTER, MRS JONES, AT, 68, GOODWIN […]

BORN PLAISTOW 1899. SON OF HENRY & MARY A. TANNER, OF  PLAISTOW, LONDON. THE EIGHTH OF NINE CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR MESSRS. MARKS & SUGARMAN, CABINET MAKERS, OSBORNE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 6TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/11/1916, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEP […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JAMES & ADA SARAH VERNEY, OF 12 GOODWIN STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE 5TH EYR CYCLISTS IN SEPTEMBER 1914. TRANSFERRED THEN TO THE INFANTRY. HE HAD BEEN BADLY WOUNDED ON THE SOMME IN JULY 1916. REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 19TH JULY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * HE DIED JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE WAR ENDED AG […]

BORN WEMBDON, BRIDGEWATER, SOMERSET 1851. SON OF THE LATE JOHN (1809-1871) & ELIZABETH WEBBER (1813-1899). ABLE SEAMAN. MARRIED ON 27/06/1875, AT SCULCOATES TO 1ST WIFE ALICE MARY WHITING (1854-1904). THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN. MARRIED AT HULL IN APRIL 1916, TO 2ND WIFE SARA ASHLEY OF 4 PLEASANT PLACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL. LISTED ON T […]

BORN MAYOS, PEMROKESHIRE, 1887. SON OF JOHN & ANN WILLIAMS AT THIS ADDRESS ADDRESS. MARRIED GLADYS BUTLER. LIVING AT 4 EMMAS BUILDINGS, HILL STREET, HULL. SERVED AS AN ACTING CORPORAL IN THE LIFE GUARDS, CAVALRY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 15/10/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/05/1915 AT YPRES, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW G […]