Area: Harcourt Street

BORN HULL 30/03/1899. SON OF ARTHUR DENTON (1872-1941) & ELIZA AKESTER (1875-1933), OF 4 HARCOURT STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK FOREMAN. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. WORKED AS A MILL HAND. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT,1 INCH TALL, 32 INCH CHEST, BLACK HAIR & GREY EYES (NAVAL RECORDS). HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 04/02 […]

BORN HULL 04/07/1890. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM JOULES (1847-1919) & MARY ANN BUTLER (1851-1918), OF 14 HARCOURT STREET. ONE OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 61 ABBEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS A FORMER BLACKSMITH & SHOE SMITH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINING T […]

BORN HULL 19/04/1888. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM JOULES (1847-1919) & MARY ANN BUTLER (1851-1918), OF 14 HARCOURT STREET, HULL. ONE OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 61 ABBEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD (1911 CENSUS). THREE BROTHERS WERE KILLED IN WW1. HE WAS EDUCATED AT TRINITY NAVAL SCHOOL, […]

BORN HULL 13/10/1892. YOUNGEST SON OF CHARLES JOULES (1847-1919) & MARY ANN BUTLER (1851-1918), OF 14 HARCOURT STREET, HULL. ONE OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 61 ABBEY STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE JOINER, FOR MESSRS HARRISON & CO, HOLDERNESS ROAD. […]

BORN KNOTTINGLEY, HULL 1893. ENLISTED HULL, OCTOBER 1915. SON OF BENJAMIN & SARAH MORTON, 56 GILLETT STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO WAR HE WORKED ON A KEEL. HE WAS KILLED BY A SNIPER ON THE 11TH NOVEMBER 1916. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND BABY TO MOURN HIS LOSS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 13TH DECEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *

BORN HULL 1893. ELDEST SON OF MRS STEPHENSON, 7 HARCOURT STREET, DRYPOOL AND 32 CLEVELAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE ENLISTED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. SERVED IN EGYPT AND THE DARDENELLES CAMPAIGN, ON 14/07/1915. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON THE 5TH SEPTEMBER 1916, AGED 23. HIS STEP FATHER WAS ALSO SERVING IN FRANCE, WHILST A […]