Area: Grimsby, NE Lincolnshire

BORN HULL 18/3/1885.SON OF GEORGE EDWIN BALDERSON (1854-1924) AND HENRIETTA ELIZA JEWITT (1861-1943). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. BAPTISED AT ST SILAS CHURCH, HULL. THE FAMILY MOVED TO GRIMSBY. HIS FATHER BEING AN ENGINEER ON STEAM FISHING VESSELS. HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY BEFORE THE WAR. SERVED AS AN ABLE SEAMAN. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT T […]

BORN HULL 18/06/1901. SON OF GEORGE CAREY AT THIS ADDRESS. DROWNED ON 15/02/1918, AGED 18. BURIED AT GRIMSBY (SCARTHO ROAD) CEMETERY. COSMOS, was a hired Admiralty drifter (No 1435), built in 1914 of 91grt, Lowestoft registered LT.477. Armed with 1 x 3 pdr AA, she was in service since April 1915 as a net vessel. COSMOS was sunk on Februa […]

BORN HULL 27/07/1896. SON OF CHARLES CLARKE (1863-1946) AND MARY JANE LUTHWAITE (1872-1931), AT 14 FREESTONE STREET, GRIMSBY, , NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTERS AND FOUR SISTERS. SERVED AS A ROYAL NAVY DECKHAND. HE DIED IN MALTA, ON 29/03/1919, AGED 25. HIS MOTHER LIVED AT THIS. NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. HE I […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF LOUIS & EMMA COHEN, AT 96 LORD STREET, GRIMSBY. SERVED WITH THE 22ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL. AS PER CWGC & UK SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS

BORN HULL 03/09/1889. SON OF HENRY COPESTEAK (1866-1938) & ANNIE ELIZABETH FUSSEY (1861-1951), OF HULL AND 93 WILLINGHAM STREET, GRIMSBY (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE MARRIED JESSIE BROWN (1888-1977), IN ALFORD, LINCOLN, ON 07/08/1911. HIS WIFE JESSIE AND TWO CHILDREN, LIVED AT 23 HENRY STREET, GRIMSBY. A HOUSE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED AT G […]

BORN HULL 02/05/1885. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE CULLEN, OF OXFORD STREET, GRIMSBY, NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE. On May 4th, 1916, the British navy trawler HMT Crownsin was sunk by a mine from the German submarine U-73 (Gustav Sieß), off Malta. 11 persons were killed. PEOPLE ON BOARD HMT 'CROWNSIN' 1. BREEZE, ERNEST HENRY , Second Hand (no. 8326D […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF WILLIAM SAMUEL DAY & ANNIE ELIZA DAY, OF 77 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 128 TUNNARD STREET GRIMSBY (CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE SERVED AS A DECKHAND, ON THE GRIMSBY TRAWLER, "EQUINOX". LOST AT SEA, ON 25/08/1916, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.  […]

BORN HULL 22/08/1893. SON OF JONAS BAILEY EARBY (1862-1917) AND ELIZA JANE SWANN (1861-1896). A SERVANT IN EAST HALTON, GRIMSBY IN 1911 CENSUS. HE WAS LIVING IN MANCHESTER WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED. ENLISTED IN MANCHESTER. JOINED THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM 24/08/1915. DIED ON 09/12/1915, AGED 22. BURIED AT ERQUINGHEM- […]

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF WILLIAM FEENEY, AT 151 NEWMARKET STREET, AND 85 WELLINGTON STREET, GRIMSBY. A DOCK LABOURER AND FORMER SOLDIER. HE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE HAD JOINED THE ARMY, IN GRIMSBY, IN 1897. SERVED WITH THE 1ST & 2ND LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 136 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, BLACK H […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JANE ELIZABETH & JOHN FEENEY. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. POSTED TO THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/03/1918, AGED 34. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SENT TO HIS SISTER, MRS AGNES BURNETT.

BORN HULL 27/07/1886. SON OF ARTHUR EDWARD FISHER (1865-1944) AND ISABELLA FORSTER (1865-1946), OF 236 DURBAN ROAD, GRIMSBY. A TRAWLER ENGINEER. HE MARRIED KITTY JACKSON, IN CLEETHORPES, ON 11/03/1908. SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, AS AN ENGINEER, ON THE TRAWLER "FENNEW". DIED AT SEA, ON 22/06/1917, AGED 31. HIS WIDOW KATE, LIVED A […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF CHARLES FYTCHE (1851-1901) AND SARAH ANN POTTAGE (1861-1939). A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE SOMME, ON 12/08/1918, AGED 26. BURIED AT VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY, CEMETERY, SOMME NOTE: CENSUS RECORDS SAY THAT WILLIAM WAS BORN IN CAISTER, […]

BORN HULL 1896. MOTHER ALICE GARBUTT LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. A WOOD MOULDING MILL WORKER. DIED ON THE FISHING VESSEL, 'WESSEX' ON 05/11/1914, AGED 18. On 05/11/1914, the Grimsby steam trawler WESSEX (GY1231) was posted missing:- Lost all 9 hands, left Grimsby for North Sea fishing grounds and not heard of again. PEOPLE ON BOARD FV WESSEX1 […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF KATHERINE HARRISON, A WIDOW. HE LIVED IN GRIMSBY. WORKED AS A FISH CLEANER, LIVING AT 139 WEELSBY STREET, GRIMSBY (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. SERVED WITH THE 2ND SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/03/1918, AGED 21. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO […]

BORN HULL 1889. LIVED GRIMSBY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF MICHAEL & ELIZABETH HEENEY - 93 MACAULEY STREET, GRIMSBY.

BORN GRIMSBY 1899. SON OF JOHN & KATE HUTTON, OF 72, AYSCOUGH STREET, WEST MARSH, GRIMSBY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. SERGEANT IN THE 2/5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL. ALSO LISTED ON HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIAL […]

BORN HULL 1863. WIFE LIVED ABOVE. CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE GRIMSBY STEAM TRAWLER, SUNK BY A SUBMARINE, ON 21/03/1917. DROWNED. AGED 54. Queenborough, built by Mackie & Thomson, Govan in 1898 and owned at the time of her loss by Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd., Grimsby, was a British trawler of 165 tons. On March 23rd, 191 […]

BORN HULL 1877. WIFE MARGARET ANN JICKELLS ABOVE. WAS IN HULL PRISON IN 1911. DEEP SEA FISHERMAN. LIVED AT THIS NAVAL ADDRESS. DROWNED ON 26/03/1916, AGED 39. Khartoum, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull in 1899 and owned at the time of her loss by Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British fishing vessel of 303 to […]