Area: Grimsby, NE Lincolnshire

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY JORDAN (1864-1938) AND REBECCA HAM JORDAN (1868-1958), OF 349 CONVAMORE ROAD, GRIMSBY (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. HE SERVED AS A SHOEING SMITH IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT NO:9 HOSPITAL, ROUEN, ON 11/09/1918, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS AND £319 WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTH […]

BORN HULL 13/11/1885. WIFE LIZZIE ABOVE. NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS.

BORN RAMSEY, HUNTS, 1878. WIFE BERTHA (HICKS) LIVED IN GRIMSBY. ON ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE ROH. NB: KNOTT - 2 SARAH ANN TER, WALKER ST.

BORN HULL 1880. ENLISTED LEEDS. SON OF JOHN LEAKE (1854-1911) & ANNIE ELIZABETH READ (B.1854). A PRINTERS LABOURER (1911 CENSUS).  HE MARRIED ALICE ANN DUNNE AT BUSLINGTHORPE, LEEDS, IN 1903. HIS WIFE ALICE ANN (HUGHES) AND THREE CHILDREN, LIVED AT 9 BEESTON STREET, GRIMSBY, AND 21 WILMINGTON TERRACE. MEANWOOD ROAD, LEEDS (WAR PENSIO […]

BORN HULL 1889. LIVED GRIMSBY. ENLISTED LINCOLN. DIED AS POW IN GERMANY.

BORN HULL 03/10/1882. HE MARRIED AT GRIMSBY IN 1906. HIS WIDOW ALICE MAUD CLAYTON (1883-1958), LIVED AT 15 FRESHNEY STREET, GRIMSBY, WEST MARSH, NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE (CWGC & NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS). A PUMP HOUSE FIREMAN. THEIR ONLY CHILD CHRISTINA DIED IN 1914, AGED 4. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION. SERVED AS STOKER FIRS […]

BORN HULL 1895. LIVED NEW CLEE, LINCS. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. SON OF GEORGE & MAUD MOSS. KILLED IN ACTION

BORN HULL 31/3/1885. WIFE LIVED 176 WELLINGTON STREET, GRIMSBY. BURIED GRIMSBY.

BORN HULL 1898. ALIAS CHARLES HERBERT BROWN. SON OF FLORENCE BANKS. HE RESIDED IN GRIMSBY. A FORMER LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AS PATRICK O'BRIEN, AT BEVERLEY, ON 10/10/1913. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE EMBARKED WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/10/1914. BURIED AT ERQUINGHEM-LYS […]

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF ARTHUR PARKS (1857-1918) & ANN BUCKLEY (1850-1938), OF GRIMSBY. A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER WITH 1ST LINCS BN - 1911 CENSUS. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 06/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, ON  27/10/1914, AGED 33. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, GRACE HALLIWELL, AT 1 LIVERSAGE STREET, DE […]

BORN HULL 30/09/1878. SON OF ARTHUR PARKS (1857-1918) & ANN BUCKLEY (1850-1938), OF GRIMSBY. HUSBAND OF ADA PARKS, AT 188 AYSCOUGH STREET, GRIMSBY (NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS). LOST ON THE HM TRAWLER "JOHN HIGH", ON 07/08/1916, AGED 37. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ARTHUR PARKS, 5996, 1ST LINCOLNSHIRE […]

BORN HULL 1891. ENLISTED LINCOLN. LIVED MARTON, YORKSHIRE. SON OF JOSEPH & EDITH PEARSON, GRIMSBY. DIED OF WOUNDS.

BORN BROTTON, YORKS 1888. SON OF JOHN AND BETSY PENNOCK, 48 RAILWAY TERRACE, BROTTON, GUISBOROUGH. HE LIVED IN HULL. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. HIS GRANDMOTHER, MRS FRANCES E. TOWERS, LIVED AT 24 WELLINGTON STREET, GRIMSBY (CWGC ADDRESS). JACK SERVED AS PRIVATE, 2089, 1/5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED IN BELGIUM, […]

BORN HULL 1899. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. DOW. Son of Mary Elizabeth Poole, of 19, Elsenham Rd., Little Coates, Grimsby, and the late Lewis L. Poole

BORN HULL 12/12/1873. SON OF WILLIAM & FRANCIS HARRIET (GILL). WIFE ELLEN (CHARLTON) PRETIOUS ABOVE. NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. CENSUS PHOTO. On August 28th, 1915, the British navy hired trawler HMT Dane was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-6 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow), off Aldeburgh. 5 persons were killed. Jan Lettens 04/ […]

BORN HULL 17/06/1898. SON OF JEFFREY BLUMER RICKATSON (1867-1935) & HETTY MALLORY (1874-1941), OF 37 DURBAN ROAD, GRIMSBY. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY. SERVED AS , AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/01/1917, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JEFFREY. HE IS BURIED […]

BORN HULL. SECOND SON OF BENJAMIN RUSHFORTH (1862-1933) AND MARY KEYWORTH (1862-1924), OF DINORWIC HOUSE, 71, CROMWELL ROAD, GRIMSBY. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. SON OF A SLATE MERCHANT MANAGER. HE WORKED AS A SLATER APPRENTICE. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1893, 2ND LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/08/191 […]

BORN 1896. MOTHER LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. THIRD HAND. LOST AT SEA, ON 03/01/1916, AGED 20. The hull steam trawler MALABAR (H754) left Hull for a fishing trip in the North Sea on 20/12/1915 with 9 crew. She was last seen on January 1916 and posted missing:- lost with nine crew during severe weather. CREW LOST ON MALABAR (H754), enemy act […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF MARY HANNAH & LATE WALTER SHAW. On December 12th, 1914, the British steel trawler CYGNUS, built in 1896 by Mackie & Thomson & Co. and owned at the time of her loss by Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co., on voyage from Grimsby to fishing grounds, was sunk by a mine in the North Sea. CREW LOST ON […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ESTHER ELIZABETH CLIPSO & LATE GEORGE HENRY SIMMONS (1855-1907), OF 13 LEE SMITH STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD THWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 2224, SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. LATER SERVED WITH THE 2/4TH GLOUCESTSHIRE REGIMENT (CITY OF BRISTOL) TERRITORIA […]