Area: Hessle, East Riding

BORN BURSTWICK 1888. REGULAR SOLDIER WITH THE 10TH HUSSARS. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF GEORGE & MATILDA BAYSTON. BROTHERS GEORGE, FRED & HAROLD. KILLED IN ACTION ON 13/05/1915, AGED 26. ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER GEORGE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH, WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER FRED […]

BORN SUTTON 1897. SON OF GEORGE & MATILDA BAYSTON, HESSLE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 23/05/1917. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. NB: ARTHUR BAYSTON - 14 WILLIAM TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET.

BORN HESSLE 1883. SON OF RICHARD BEADLE & HANNAH (PERRYMAN). LABOURER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 5354, 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 03/01/1917, AGED 33. COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS BROTHER WAS ALSO KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/10/1917. BOTH THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOU […]

BORN HESSLE 1893. LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADRESS (1911 CENSUS). SON OF RICHARD & HANNAH (PERRYMAN) BEADLE. A FARM WORKER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH 1/5TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/10/1917, AGED 24. BURIED AT RUISSEAU FARM CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. HIS […]

BORN UPPINGHAM, RUTLAND 1876. SON OF DANIEL BILSDON (1844-1918) AND EMMA SCULTHORPE (1847-1936). A LABOURER. HE MARRIED HONOR WALLER (1871-1961), IN LEICESTER, ON 09/11/1904. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN JOHN, RICHARD, ERNEST AND NORA). THEY LIVED AT LOWER HILL, HESSLE (ARMY ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 14/09/1914, AGED 34 YEARS AND 3 MO […]

BORN HESSLE 1895. GRANDSON OF GEORGE & ANNE BLAGG & ELDEST SON OF ELIZABETH BLAGG (1874-1948), OF 6 ITLINGS LANE, HESSLE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE HAD BROTHERS , STANLEY, FRANK AND FRED AND SISTERS, CLARICE, EVERLINE AND MIRRIAM. HE LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL […]

BORN HESSLE 1899. LIVED HESSLE. ENLISTED HULL. EX PRIVATE, 51549, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/09/1918, AGED 19. GRANDSON OF GEORGE & ANNE BLAGG & SECOND SON OF ELIZABETH BLAGG (1874-1948), OF 6 ITlINGS LANE, HESSLE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE HAD BROTHERS , ARTHUR, FRANK AND FRED AND SISTERS, CLARICE, EVERLI […]

BORN HESSLE 1898. SON OF WILLIAM BLAKESTONE & MARY JANE JEWITT, OF 16 VICTORIA STREET. SPRINGVILLE, HESSLE. A BLACKSMITH. UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST SIZE, 148 LBS WEIGHT, "GOOD" PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, ERNEST AND ONE SISTER, RACHEL WHO BOTH LIVED ON HULL ROAD. HIS FATHER WAS A RE […]

BORN HULL 1893. LIVED HESSLE. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN WESLEY (1851-1926) & HANNAH BONTOFT (1853-1893), OF 6 HILDA GROVE, BARROW LANE, HESSLE. A TURNER & FITTER. HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION ON 03/12/1914, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED IN BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WER […]

THE FIRST HESSLE CASUALTY. BORN HESSLE 1885. SON OF JOHN WESLEY & HANNAH BONTOFT - 6 HILDA GROVE, BARROW LANE, HESSLE. A SINGLE MAN. LIVED WITH HIS BROTHERS AT GROVEHILL, HESSLE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVING AS A REGULAR SOLDIER, WHEN WAR BEGAN. FORMERLY, 2ND EYR (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS THE FIRST HESSLE CASUALTY, IN THE FIRST WORLD WA […]

BORN HULL, 1899. SON OF GEORGE HENRY AND JANE ANN CLARKE, OF SOUTHGATE, HESSLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5165, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 330972, THE 2ND ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHAN REGIMENT). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/06/1918, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT […]

BORN BIRMINGHAM 1870. SON OF WILLIAM AND CAROLINE CLARK, OF BIRMINGHAM. HUSBAND OF ADA E. CLARK, OF TOWER HILL, HESSLE (CWGC ADDRESS). PROMOTED TO CORPORAL. DIED SERVING WITH THE 4TH EYR TRAINING BATTALION, AGED 47. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. HE IS BURIED AT HESSLE CHURCH CEMETERY. HIS GR […]

Born Ashbourne, Derbyshire 1873. Son of the late Mathew Cleaver (1831-1916) and Jane Cleaver, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire; He married at Ashbourne, in 1898. Husband of Emma Elizabeth Hughes (1875-1957), of North Gate, Hessle. They had five children. He worked as a day gardener. Served as Sergeant, 375158, 27th Durham Light Infantry. Died a […]

BORN WILLERBY 1893. SON OF ANNIE ELIZABETH KENNINGTON (1857-1926) & WILLIAM HENRY COLLISHAW (1853-1904) OF 1 NORTHFIELD, HESSLE. SON OF A GARDNER. YOUNGEST OF FOUR BROTHERS, WHO ALL SERVED IN THE WAR. A BRUSH MAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HESSLE. FORMERLY, GUNNER, 140775, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 26166, 18TH AND 1ST […]

BORN HESSLE CLIFF, YORKSHIRE, 1886. SON OF HENRY COTTON (1843-1926) AND BETSY COTTON (1849-1915). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A PLATE LAYER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS WORKING IN HULL. HIS WIFE SARAH ELIZABETH COTTON & SEVEN CHILDREN LIVED AT 1 ROSE COTTAGE, SOUGHGATE HESSLE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN LONDON JOINING TH […]

BORN BROUGH 1889. SON OF ALFRED (FREDDY) CRAGGY (1853-1919) & LENA LOUISA WORTH (1860-1923), OF 265 BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE WAS A FARM WORKER ON HIS FTAHER'S FARM OUTSIDE HULL. HE LIVED AT BUSHEY HILL, NEWBALD, YORKSHIRE AND HESSLE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 50380, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. WAS POS […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF EDWARD & MARY HANNAH CROMBIE. MARRIED 1914. WIFE BLANCHE MARY CROMBIE ABOVE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ALL SAINTS CHURCH MEMORIAL, HESSLE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN BROWN CROMBIE 33051. Born September 1886, the only son of Edward and Mary Crombie of 1 Spring Terrace, Hull. John had a younger sister, Mary […]

BORN MAIDENHEAD, BERKSHIRE, 1894. SON OF WALTER AND ELINA CUMING, OF 18 KIRBY ROAD, LEICESTER. YOUNGEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A HOISERY WAREHOUSMAN AND SERVED IN THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY TERRITORIALS. HE ENLISTED IN 1914. HE MARRIED LILIAN ANNIE RAYNER (1892-1976), ON 10/11/1915, AT SCULCOATES, HULL. HE WAS COMMI […]

BORN HESSLE 06/12/1896. SON OF RICHARD DEARING (1863-1951) & MARY JANE NEWCOMBE (1865-1913), OF HESSLE ABOVE ADDRESS. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A FOOTMAN. DESCRIBEDAS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 132 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, ON 08/09/1914. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 14/07/1915. ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH INF […]

BORN HESSLE 1887. LIVED HESSLE MOUNT. HE MARRIED ETHEL MAY CLARK, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, WHEN WAR BEGAN IN 1914. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 231832, DORSET YEOMANRY (QUEENS OWN). DIED IN EGYPT, ON 25/10/1918, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ETHEL M. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS […]