Area: Goole, East Riding

BORN GOOLE 1893. SON OF GEORGE HENRY & JANE ELIZABETH BATEMAN, OF GOOLE. HIS WIFE SOPHIA BURDEN, LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION, ON 02/05/1918, AGED 24. HE IS LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Unity, built by Murdoch & Murray, Port Glasgow in 1902 and owned at the time of her loss by Lancashire & […]

BORN GOOLE 1894. HULL PAL. LIVED IN GOOLE BUT ENLISTED IN HULL. SON OF FREDERICK BRUNYEE & ADA ANN (KITCHING). BROTHER STANLEY WAS KIA 30/3/1917. Born in December 1894, John was the sixth of eight children to Frederick and Ada Brunyee of 86 Jefferson Street, Goole. A Shipping Clerk by trade, he travelled to Hull to enlist on 3rd Se […]

Born Hull 1891. Husband of Eva Clarke (nee Dowson), of 61, Carter St., Goole. Remus was a British Cargo Steamer of 1,079 tons built in 1908 by J. Fullerton & Co., Paisley. On the 23rd February 1918 she struck a mine laid by German submarine UC-59 and sunk. 5 men lost. Port side lifeboat was destroyed in explosion. Starboard lifeboat […]

BORN DONCASTER 1885. SON OF JOHN FRANCIS CREASER (1856-1912) & HARRIET ADAMSON (1858-1948). HE MARRIED IN GOOLE, IN 1915. HUSBAND OF EVA BRANHAM, OF 20 FIFTH AVENUE, GOOLE. A SECOND MATE (1911) AND ABLE SEAMAN IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. LOST ON THE STEAM SHIP "UNITY", BY ENEMY ACTION, ON 02/05/1918, AGED 32. RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT […]

BORN GOOLE 1895. ONLY SON OF JOHN FREDERICK DOUGHERTY (1862-1937) & ANNIE THOMPSON, OF 10 BEVERLEY COTTAGES,  GOOLE. SON OF A FARMER. HE LIVED IN HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIAL PALS), ON 07/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, 150 LBS, 38 INCH CHEST. SERVED IN EGYPT IN 1915 AND IN FRANC […]

BORN GOOLE 1888. SON OF WILLIAM BIELBY & ANNIE DUFFILL, GOOLE. MARRIED GOOLE 1910. WIFE ADA (HEMMINGWAY). MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Burma, built by S. P. Austin & Son, Sunderland in 1891 and owned at the time of her loss by Bennett Steamship Co. Ltd., Goole, was a British steamer of 706 tons. On June 23rd, 1916, Burma, on a voyag […]

BORN HULL 1888. LIVED IN GOOLE. HE ENLISTED IN GOOLE. SERVED IN THE 6TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOODS AT LONDON MILITARY HOSPITAL. ON 17/08/1915, AGED 27. HE IS BURIED AT GOOLE CEMETERY, YORKSHIRE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MRS SOPHIA GRASSBY.

BORN HULL 1891. LIVED IN GOOLE. SON OF HARRIET ANN & SAMUEL HARRISON, OF 3 GEORGES TERRACE, STATION ROAD, RAWCLIFFE, AND 18 KINGSTON STREET, GOOLE. HE SERVED WITH THE 6TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 02/09/1915, AGED 24. HE IS COMMEMORSATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MO […]

Born Hull 1870. Son of John George Heterick Junior (1832-1895) and Adelaide Hounslow (1833-1896). He married Harriet Elizabeth Simmons (1874-1956), at Patrington, in 1897. They lived at 54 Great Thornton Street, Hull (1911 Census) and Osgoldcross, West Yorkshire, with their four children. He served in the Merchant Navy during the war. Ch […]

BORN HULL 1892. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED IN GOOLE. SON OF SAMUEL JOHNSTON (1854-1930) AND ANNIE CUTTS (1853-1913), OF 11, ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 53, CLIFTON GARDEN, GOOLE (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND EIGHT SISTERS. A SINGLE MAN. HE WORKED AS A CIVIL SERVANT, LIKE HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A HM CUSTOMS OFFICE. HE ENLIS […]

BORN EASTOFT, LINCS 1889. SON OF THOMAS KELLY, SWINEFLEET AND GOOLE. THIS WAS HIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS SERVING (THREE WERE KILLED, ANOTHER TAKEN PRISONER). SERVED WITH THE 3RD KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT DANSOM LANE HOSPITAL, ON 15/08/1915, AGED 26. BURIED HULL (HDM 18/8/15 PHOTO). HIS DEATH A […]

BORN GOOLE 1885. SON OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH PEARSON, OF GOOLE. HE LIVED IN HULL. (HULL ADDRESS UNKNOWN). HE ENLISTED AT LEEDS. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 302914, 12TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/10/1917, AGED 32. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM.

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE THOMAS EDWARD PEARSON 12/410. Born in Goole, but a conundrum this one. The only Thomas E Pearson I can find born in Goole is a Thomas EDWIN Pearson, the son of James and Lilian Pearson. His grandmother was Sarah Elizabeth Brown, at 5, Kingston Terrace, Tomlinson Street, Hull (War Pension address). He is l […]

BORN HULL 04/04/1895. ENLISTED IN HULL. LIVED IN GOOLE. SON OF THE LATE FREDERICK AND ELLEN ROBINSON - 75 GEORGE STREET, GOOLE (CWGC ADDRESS). EDUCATED AT GOOLE BOARD SCHOOL. ENLISTED IN THE ARMY ON 15/10/1912. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/10/1914, AGED 19. BURIED […]

BORN HULL 14/04/1889. ELDEST SON OF THE LATE FREDERICK AND ELLEN ROBINSON - 75 GEORGE STREET, GOOLE. EDUCATED AT GOOLE BOARD SCHOOL. WORKED AS A LABOURER IN WEBSTER AND BICKERTON YARD. ENLISTED IN THE 1ST KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. SERVED IN CHINA FOR SIX YEARS, COMPLETING HIS COLOUR SERVICE IN JANUARY 1914. RE-JOINED FROM THE A […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post: Born in September 1897, Harry was the youngest of twelve children to Samuel and Charlotte Storr of 72 Weatherill Street, Goole. An Office Boy at the time of the 1911 Census, Harry was underage when he enlisted at Hull City Hall during the first week of September 1914. At best he was 17, at worst still only 16. Pe […]

BORN HULL 19/03/1888. SON OF  WILLIAM THORNTON (1863-1933) AND ALICE MARIA WHITING (1863-1927). SON OF AN ENGINE DRIVER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LINE.HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND A SISTER.  HE LIVED AT 70 FAXLEY ROAD, SELBY, 27 HILDA STREET, GOOLE & 70 PASTURE ROAD, GOOLE. (NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS).  SERVED ON HMS  "GOOD HOPE". KILLE […]

BORN GOOLE 1895. SON OF NATHANIEL VAUSE & EMMA TREDGETT (1868-1958), OF 65 NEWPORT STREET, GOOLE. SON OF A RAILWAY COAL PORTER. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS, AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AT THE LOCAL ALUMINIUM WORKS. HE ENLISTED AT GOOLE. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 242154, EAST SURREY REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 4TH BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KIL […]

BORN HULL. LIVED GOOLE. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF THE LATE JAMES & SARAH WALSH.

BORN HULL 1887. LIVED GOOLE. KILLED IN ACTION. REGULAR SOLDIER. BURIED AT VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE