BORN HULL 01/10/1897. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE ABEL (1872-1938) & MARY ELLEN SNEE (1873-1952), OF MORLEY STRETT, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND TREVOR STREET, HULL. ELDEST SON OF A CARRIER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND/7TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED, HOLDING THE LINE, ON 01/08/1917, IN NI […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE FRANCIS BLACKBURN (1868-1929) & ARABELLA ROWAN (1866-1915). ADDRESS FROM HULL DAILY MAIL. RESIDED IN HORNSEA. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN BELGIUM, ON 17/02/1915, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE, MEMORIAL.HE LEFT A SISTER MATILDA JANE, AND BROTHER, GEORGE F […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF THE LATE J WILLIAM & KATE BLYTHE, OF 7 GREEN LANE, HULL. A COAL MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON THE 12/12/1915, AGED 21 YEARS, AND 8 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS, 5 FOOT 5.5 INCHES TALL, 132 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST. TRAINED AT RUGELEY CAMP, WHERE HE OVERSTAYED HIS PASS, THREE TIMES. ARRIVED IN FRANC […]
Private
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THOMAS CROSSLAND (A TWIN) & MARGARET ANN GREGORY, AT 22 LOCKWOOD TERRACE, LOCKWOOD STREET, IN 10/03/1922. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 5 ST JAMES PLACE, MASON STREET IN 1914 & 5 ST PAUL STREET IN 1919. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BOATMAN AND LIVED AT GREEN LANE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY ON 16/12/1914. POSTED TO F […]
BORN NEW WORTLEY, YORKS, 1880. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF HENRY MOYSER & HARRIET BELL. MARRIED NEWLAND 1900 - WIFE EDITH ATKINSON
Corporal
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF CHARLES HENRY GALTRESS & SARAH E WARD, LIVING AT 3 UNION PLACE, WINCOLMLEE, 8 ALBERT'S TERRACE, NORWOOD STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS) AND 5 ALBERT TERRACE, ORPHAN HOME, GREEN LANE, HULL. HE WAS ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS. ENLISTED IN HULL. WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER, SERVING WITH THE 2ND EYR AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. ACTING CO […]
BORN BEVERLEY 1896. SON OF NATHAN WILLIAM HEBB (1863-1904) AND ELIZA LAZENBY. HIS MOTHER RE-MARRIED A CARETAKER, CHARLES PARROTT. THEY LIVED AT 11 BATE'S TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND AT 29 GREEN LANE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. A FORMER FARM HAND. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1 INCH TALL, 105 LBS […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM & MARTHA HOWELL. A MILK BOY LIVVING AT 10 COOPER STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. YOUNGEST OF FOUR SONS AND THREE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 20. BURIED AT CRAONNELLE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE. 1/4th East York […]
BORN HULL 28/03/1899. SON OF CHARLES JICKELLS & MARY ELIZABETH HALE, OF 3 PLATO TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL, AND THIS ARMY ADDRESS. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 65066, 15TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGH INFANTRY. HE DIED OF FLU, ON 15/11/918, AGED 19. HIS FATHER CHARLES, ENLISTED ON 08/09/1914, WHEN WAR BEGA […]
BORN HULL 27/07/1892. SON OF WILLIAM FRANCIS & CHARLOTTE ANN OXENDALE. EMPLOYED AT MESSRS, AMOS AND SMITHS. HE WAS A COOK ON THE WILSON LINER. HE WAS A SINGLE MAN AND RESIDED WITH HIS PARENTS AT 5 GREEN CRESCENT, GREEN LANE, HULL. THIS WAS HIS FIRST VOYAGE. LOST AT SEA, 12/04/1917, AGED 25. HE WAS TO BE MARRIED ON HIS RETURN, ON E […]
BORN HULL 1880. SON OF CHARLES SOUTHCOAT (1845-1909) & HANNAH SOUTHCOAT (1849-1891). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 9499, 3RD KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 15/02/1915, AGED 35. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MISS ALMA MAY WALKER.
