BORN HULL 1898. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM & HARRIET MARIA ABOVE. LISTED AS EX 712 KILLED - HDM 21/12/16. IN THE TRINITY REGISTER. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CLARENCE ROBINSON 220021. Born in April 1897, Clarence was the fourth of six children to Thomas and Harriet Robinson. His father died in 1899 and the family moved in with Cla […]
BORN HULL 1875. SON OF JOHN AND MARY SIMPSON. A FOREMAN. HE MARRIED HANNAH WILSON (1873-1931), AT DRIFFIELD IN 1900. THEY LIVED AT 2 ETTY'S GROVE WYNDHAM STREET, HULL ENLISTED LEEDS. SERVED WITH THE 6TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 42. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
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BORN HULL 1877. SON OF SELLERS WILLIAM SPECK & MARTHA PENDRELL JEFFRIES SPECK, OF 170 CHILTERN STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE MARRIED IN HULL IN 1900. KILLED BY MINE, ON THE STEAM TUG 'BUNTY', 21/10/1917, AGED 49. HIS WIDOW MARY ELIZABETH (LEWIS) SPECK LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS, WITH THEIR SIX CHILDREN. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER […]
BORN HULL 26/08/1898. SON OF CHARLES STANDLAND (1873-1944) & ALICE MOVERLY (1876-1945). THIS WAS HIS 1918 ABSENT VOTERS AND CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A COAL DOCK LABOURER. HE WAS THE ELDEST OF FIVE BROTHERS. A HULL POST OFFICE WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTARY RESERVE. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 03/11/1918, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED […]
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BORN SPILSBY, LINCS, 1852. SON OF JONAS AND ELIZA THORNLEY. MARRIED LONDON, 1875. WIFE ANNA DEBUHR. EX DOCK LABOURER. BOSUN, OF THE STEAM SHIP 'DIDO', MINED OFF SPURN, IN HEAVY WEATHER ON 26/02/1916, AGED 62. HE IS BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HE IS LISTED ON THE WALKER STREET CHURCH MEMORIAL. 16 HARROW STREET, HESSLE ROAD, WAS HIS C […]
BORN HULL 1895. SECOND SON OF CHARLES TOWNLEY (1857-1920) & ADA TOWNLEY (1860-1943), OF 96, GOULTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A BOILERMAKER. BERNARD WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/5TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/09/1917, AGED […]
6 RICHMOND TERRACE, HARROW STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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08/11/1917
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21
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE WHITELEY 22356. Born in October 1896, George was one of ten children to Walter and Elizabeth Whiteley of 6 Richmond Terrace, Harrow Street, Hessle Road, Hull. A Rullyman by trade, he enlisted at Hull City Hall on 9th December 1915, just days before the passing of the dreaded Conscription Act meanin […]
9 WINDSOR TERRACE, HARROW STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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09/05/1917
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43
BORN HULL 1874. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 31 ROSAMOND STREET AND 9 WINDSOR TERRACE, HARROW STREET, HULL (CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS). WILLIAM HENRY WILSON WAS A SHIP'S BOSUN, HE DROWNED ON 09/05/1917, AGED 43. HIS SHIP WAS MINED OFF PETERHEAD. EIGHT LIVES WERE LOST, INCLUDING THE SKIPPER. http://www.buchandivers.com/windward-ho.html The fishing vesse […]
