BORN LINCOLN 1895. SON OF JAMES JOHN ADAMS & ELIZABETH ADAMS. EMPLOYED AS MINERAL WATER BOTTLER. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 03/09/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 09/11/1915, AGED 20. HE HAD SERVED FOR 1 YEAR AND 68 DAYS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 35 INCH CHEST, 129 LBS WEIGHT, DARK HA […]
Sergeant
BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF JESSE ALLITT AND JULIA ETA CLARK, OF 2 WESTERN VILLAS, HESSLE ROAD, HULL . HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A TUG FIREMAN, MOTOR VAN MAN AND EX HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. WIFE ETHEL MAY ALLITT LIVED AT 2 WESTERN VILLAS, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) AND LATER THE POLICE STA […]
BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF WILSON ANDERTON AND MARIA D'ARCY, 2 SALFORD AVENUE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL. HE HAD ANOTHER BROTHER EDWARD AND FIVE SISTERS. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS A SHOP ASSISTANT, OF MR THOMAS COOK, GENTLEMAN'S OUTFITTER, 113 HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE HESSLE ROAD AREA. HE ENLISTED HULL. ARRIVED FRANCE 2 […]
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ANN BATTY, 5 CONSTABLE STREET, HESSLE ROAD. WAS A HORSE FARRIER AND ENGINE FITTER. ALSO SERVED WITH THE 2ND EYR AND NORTHUMBRIA RGA FROM 01/04/1908. MARRIED MAN, WIFE ANNIE & 3 SONS LIVING AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS MASTER OF THE STEAM TUG BUNTY LOST AT SEA, AGED 35. Bunty was a 73 GRT steam tug co […]
Ship Skipper
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF GEORGE & ALICE BAXTER. STRUCK MINE IN NORTH SEA. ALL CREW LOST, ON 09/03/1919. AGED 31 Built as the SCOTLAND for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Hull; Yard No 182; Launch Date: 17/03/1897; Lloyd´s Register 1918-19 No 758; In Jan 1919 sold to B. Knowles, Hull. The Hull trawler SCOTLAND (H348) sunk 15 miles […]
Ship Skipper
BORN EAST BUTTERWICK, LINCS, 21/07/1861. FISHERMAN. SON OF JOHN BELTON (1837-1915) AND ALICE HOLLINGSWORTH (1841-1891), OF 11, AYLESFORD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) HE MARRIED EDITH GREEN IN 1882. THEY LIVED AT 8 CANOPIAS AVENUE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, WITH WIFE EDITH & BABY SON JOHN, BORN 1907. HE BECAME A SKIPPER, IN THE ROYAL […]
Engineman
12 CLOVELLY GARDENS, SUBWAY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
16/09/1918
Aged
31
BORN HULL 27/05/1887. SON OF WALTER & MARY BENSON. HUSBAND OF LILIAN, AT 12, CLOVELLY GARDENS, & 5, FILEY GROVE, SUBWAY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED FOR THE HUMBER SHIPWRIGHT COMPANY, ST ANDREW S DOCK, HULL. AN ENGINE ROOM ARTICIFER. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS VESSEL EXPLODED, IN DO […]
Able Seaman
BORN HULL 26/02/1885. SON OF WILLIAM BOOT (1860-1931) AND ANN ALLSOP (1862-1893), OF 3, DURHAM GROVE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, HERBERT BOOT (1890-1953), WHO SERVED IN THE WAR, AS PRIVATE, 24187, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. WILLIAM BOOT MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1908. HUSBAND TO MIRIAM MARTHA TAYLOR (1884-1943), AT 83, HESSLE […]
Lance Sergeant
BORN NAFFERTON 1887. SON OF CHRISTOPHER GEORGE & SARAH ANN TEAGLE, OF 109, NORWOOD, BEVERLEY. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A GARDENER AND WAS DESCRIBED OF GOOD BUILD AND NEARLY SIX FOOT TALL. RESIDENT IN HORNSEA IN 1911. HE MARRIED VIOLET, ON 08/08/1914, IN MAPPLETON BEFORE ENLISTING ON 03/10/1914. RELIGION GIVEN WAS PRIMITI […]
2nd Engineer
BORN HULL 1874. SON OF LATE WILLIAM & SARAH BRAY. WIFE OF THE LATE ROSE ANNA BRAY. BROTHERS ARTHUR, EDWIN & PETER BRAY. The British trawler Andromache was on her way back from the fishing grounds of Iceland, when on April 14th 1917, she was stopped west of the Shetlands by the German submarine U-78 (Otto Dröscher). The master wa […]
Fisherman
Thank You to Kim Semmence for the following information sent on 04/11/2015 - Sam Brockington was a fisherman, born around 1855. He married Elizabeth Wilson at St Barnabas Church in 1913 & died at sea on 19/04/1916 on the fishing vessel 'Hawk'. His name was listed in St Barnbas Church, Book of Remembrance. On 19/04/1916 the Hull steam […]
BORN HULL 03/01/1893. ONLY SON OF LEWIS CHADWICK (1867-1947) & ELIZABETH CHADWICK (1869-1938), OF 'OAK VILLA', HULL ROAD, HESSLE. BROTHER TO MABEL CHADWICK (1891-1980). HIS WIFE, RUTH, LIVED AT 140 HESSLE ROAD (1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS) AND 5 CLOVELLY AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE HULL (HDM 22/09/1919). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, […]
Born Minsk, Russia, 1891. Son of Berko and Sarah Chayet, of 6 Sergeyevskia Street, Minsk. Max worked as a dispenser and was studying medicine in England when War began. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), in Hull, on 2 July 1915, aged 23. He was resident at 338 Hessle Road. His “Soldier’s Small Book” gave his religion as Jew […]
4th Officer
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & GERTRUDE COCKIN. LOST AT SEA, ON 09/08/1918, AGED 20. SGT. HAROLD COCKIN, RAMC SERVED AT SAME ADDRESS. SS Tewfikieh, built by R. Napier & Sons, Glasgow in 1893 and owned at the time of her loss by Khedivial Mail SS. & Graving Dock Co., London, was a British steamer of 2.490 tons. On June […]
Company Sergeant Major
Born North Ferriby 1876. Son of Sarah Ashby (formerly Coggan), of North Ferriby, Yorks, and the late William Coggan; A Professional Soldier. Married on 13th July 1907, in Leeds. Husband of Ada (Padley) Coggan, of 2, Chapel St., Headingley, Leeds and 576 Hessle Road, Hull. An army pensioner, formerly (Sergeant Major) Bombay, Baroda and Ce […]
Waiter (1st Class)
BORN ABERDEEN 06/03/1894. SON OF CHARLES COOK (1863-1913), & CHRISTINA (CORBET, 6 MAYFIELD STREET, HULL). SON OF A HM CUSTOMS OFFICER. HE WORKED AS A SHIPPING CLERK. MARRIED IN HULL, IN 1914. HIS WIFE CECILIA MAUD (SPEECHLEY), LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. DIED ON 19/04/1919, AGED 25. BURIED: Hull Western Cemetery Grave ref: 532. 51353. Western […]
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN GEORGE COPEMAN (1854-1930) & SUSANNAH AUGUSTA SALLABANK (1861-1934), OF THIS ADDRESS. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. THE FAMILY MOVED TO 27 COLEPSO MOUNT, HOLBECK, LEEDS. A SINGLE MAN. HE WORKED AS A FOREMAN. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS, ON 12/09/1914, AGED 26 YEARS AND 180 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 […]
3rd Officer
BORN HULL 1895. RECEIVED HIS MASTER CERTIFICATE ON 20/10/1913. SERVED AS MERCHANT NAVAL THIRD OFFICER. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 07/03/1919. NO CWGC RECORDS
Lance Corporal
1 ST DAVIDS TERRACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
21/04/1918
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF THOMAS HAIGH DIMMACK (1860-1902) & SARAH ANN GILL (1861-1915), FROM DAVID'S TERRACE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HESSLE ROAD, AND 11 CONWAY TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN AND THREE BROTHERS, KILLED DURING THE WAR. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1902. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1915. HE MARRIED BEATRI […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILKINSON DUFFILL (1856-1909) AND HARRIET ELIZABETH KAVELL (1856-1909). ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. BOTH HIS PARENTS DIED IN 1909. A MEMBER OF THE HULL DISTRICT GARDENER. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER GERTRUDE WOOLASS, AT 12, FLORENCE AVENUE, HESSLE ROAD, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. WENT TO FRANCE WITH THE "FIGHTI […]
