Lance Bombardier
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JAMES ALEXANDER (1851-1918) AND ELLEN (NELLIE) CARTWRIGHT (1861-1961), OF 24 GREY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 5 SPYVEE GROVE, CLIFTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WAS A HULL SCHOOL TEACHER, LIVING AT 72 WALMSLEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SERVED AS LANCE BOMBARDIER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, 88T […]
1st Lieutenant
BORN ESSEX 11/10/1887. PROBATE ADDRESS. LEFT HULL PALS MEMORIAL POST. LIEUTENANT ERNEST JOHN ANDREW. Born in 1887, Ernest was the son of JM and MJ Mann and husband to Ethel Florence Mann of Grafton House, Grafton Street, Hull. Ernest was killed in action near St. Quentin on 23rd March 1918 whilst serving with the 1st Battalion East York […]
BORN HULL 1882. ENLISTED SEPT 1914. SON OF LAWRENCE & JANE. WIFE ETHEL ABOVE. DOW. MECHANICAL ENGINEER. Hull Pals Memorial post:Fitter Sergeant Allison Fitzgerald born 1882 to Laurence and Jane Fitzgerald in the City of Kingston upon Hull, the third child of six children. My Great Uncle, Fitter Sergeant AllIison Fitzgerald, 755305, " […]
BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF JOHN HENRY HALL (1856-1916) & ALICE HALL OF 16 RODNEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 80 GRAFTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, ETHEL AND ALICE. A LITHOGRAPHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/01/1816. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 35.5 INCH CHEST SIZE, 120 LBS WEIGHT. SERVED IN THE R […]
BORN HULL 09/07/1897. SON OF JANE ANNE DOWNES (1858-1951) AND THE LATE WALTER MOORE (1859-1918), LIVING AT 9 NORTH BAR WITHOUT, BEVERLEY AND 43 WOODS LANE, BEVERLEY. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, WALTER AND ONE SISTER, PRUDENCE. EDUCATED AT NEWLAND AVENUE BOARD SCHOOL. WAS A CLERK IN THE ESTATES DEPARTMENT, FOR THE NER RAILWAY COMPANY. UNMARRIED. […]
BORN HULL 03/09/1889. YOUNGEST SON OF MARGARET HANNAH PARKER (1845-1929) & LATE JAMES WILSON (1841-1913), OF 115 GRAFTON STREET, HULL. SON OF A PROVISION'S DEALER. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A CLERK IN AN OIL MERCHANT COMPANY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 16/11/1914, AGED 25 AND 2 MONTHS. HE WAS OV […]
BORN STILLINGTON, DURHAM, 1884. SON OF RICHARD WOOD & HENRIETTA MILNER, AT THE CWGC ADDRESS. A STAGE CARPENTER. ENLISTED IN HULL. CORPORAL IN THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT FOR THE DARDENELLES, ON 11/07/1915. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 22/08/1915, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, RICHARD. HE LEFT SISTER, ELIZABETH, […]
BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF FRANK & ELEANOR MARTHA WRIGHT (1864-1942), OF 5 ST LEONARDS ROAD, HULL (1911) AND 21 Avenue Crescent, Harehills, LEEDS. HE HAD TWO OLDER SISTERS, FLORENCE AND AGNES. EMPLOYED AS AN INSURANCE CLERK. HE LIVED AT 61 GRAFTON STREET HULL. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED WITH THE 1ST GARRISON BATTALION, WEST YORKS […]