Area: Hessle, East Riding

BORN HEADINGLY, LEEDS, 20/12/1893. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ELLEN DIMMOCK, OF "COPGROVE", BURTON LEONARD, HARROGATE,YORKSHIRE. BROTHER TO JACK DIMMOCK. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/05/1915, AGED 21. JOINED THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 152 […]

BORN GLASGOW, 1883. WIFE ELIZABETH DOBSON, OF 8 CLARE GARDENS, CARDIFF. SON OF MRS JANET & THE LATE THOMAS DOBSON, RAVENSPUR HOUSE, DAVENPORT AVENUE, HESSLE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16/05/1917. SS Zanoni, built by J. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland in 1907 and owned at the time of her loss by Turne […]

BORN HESSLE 1898. SON OF ERNEST (1862-1933) AND EMMIE EARLE, OF PENGUIN, OF HESSLE. SON OF A CEMENT MANUFACTURER FROM HULL. EDUCATED IN POCKLINGTON. SERVED IN THE TERRITORIALS. PROMOTED TO FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE 250TH BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, F […]

LIVED HESSLE. ENLISTED NEWCASTLE. EX 165294 RFA. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 11/09/1917. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.

AKA 'FRANK' . DEATH DETAILS REPORTED IN HDM 6/11/15.

Born Hessle, Hull, 1884. Son of Joel and Mary Farmery; husband of Lily Farmery, of 21, Herbert's Terrace, Westbourne St., Hessle Road, Hull, England. A railway signalman in Driffield. Emigrated to Australia. Arrived at Freemantle, on the 27th April 1912. Settled in Blackboy Hill, Western Australia, living at Stoke Street, Beconsfield, Fr […]

BORN SWANLAND, 1896. SON OF ARTHUR FUSSEY (1863-1938) AND ANNIE ETHELIA ATKINSON (1865-1956). HIS PARENTS LIVED AT WESTBOURNE GROVE, HULL. SON OF A FARM HORSE MAN. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. THE FOURTH OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT SIGNALMAN AT FERRIBY […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FREDERICK E GALE & MABEL EDITH (HART) ABOVE. BELONGED TO 5TH EYR CYCLIST BN & TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EYR. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ALL SAINTS CHURCH MEMORIAL, HESSLE.

BORN HESSLE 1889. SON OF JOSEPH AND HANNAH JANE GIBSON, OF 9 BRUNSWICK GROVE, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SSTERS. A LABOURER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 28/10/1911. HIS WIDOW ANNA MARY MORLEY (1890-1975) AND THREE DAUGHTERS, LIVED AT 51 FLORENCE AVENUE, HULL ROAD, HESSLE, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 15/12 […]

HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.

BORN COTTINGHAM, 1893. FIFTH SON OF WILLIAM FISHER HARRISON (1854-1932) AND ANNIE ALVIN HARRISON (1858-1909), AT 108 NORTHGATE, HESSLE, AND 244 PARK ROW, COTTINGHAM, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A GARDENER. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 1/6TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSIN […]

BORN HESSLE 1900. SON OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH HARRISON, OF HESSLE. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL & JOINED THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN SEPTEMBER 1917. HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD WHEN REPORTED MISSING. CONFIRMED AS KILLED, ON 01/10/1918. ERNEST IS LISTED ON HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEMORIAL. REPORTED MISSING  (HDM 05/10/1918). HIS DEATH […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. SERGEANT RICHARD ERNEST HART 11/704. Born in Brough, East Yorkshire in 1894 Richard was the eldest of four children to William and Annie Hart of 3 Park Row, Hessle. Enlisting at Hull City Hall on 9th September 1914, he joined the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 'The Tradesmen', 2nd Hull Pals. After traini […]

BORN HULL 30/05/1882. ELDEST SON OF OSWALD HILLERNS & HEDWIG ID LEHMMANN, OF "FAIRWAY" DISSEY, CHESHIRE. HIS GERMAN FATHER WAS A RETIRED MERCHANT. HIS MOTHER WAS DAUGHTER OF CHIEF JUSTICE LEHMANN. EDUCATED AT RUGBY SCHOOL, WARWICKSHIRE. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN ARCHITECT, WORKING IN HULL, NEW YORK AND PARIS. RETURNED TO ENGLAND IN 190 […]

Leslie Hinson (1898-1916) was from Hessle and probably joined the ERY in late May 1915. He was the son of Arthur Edward & Emily Hinson, of 3, Grove Hill, Hessle. Leslie Hinson had a very short army career, being killed in a zeppelin raid, on York, on 2nd May 1915. he was killed leading a woman away from the bombing. He was the ERY' […]

BORN BARDNEY, LINCS 19/08/1895. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED HESSLE. GROCERS ASSISTANT. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. HE IS BURIED AT TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE.

BORN HESSLE 1893. SON OF ALICE AND JERIMIAH JOHNSON, OF 4 NORTHGATE PLACE, HESSLE. EMPLOYED AS A BLACKSMITH'S APPRENTICE. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. FORMERLY 481691, K.O.Y.L.I. HE MARRIED IN JULY 1915. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON ARMISTICE DAY, 11/11/1918, THE DAY THE WAR ENDED, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ADA ELIZABETH WETH […]

BORN LICHFIELD, STAFFS 1889. SON OF ROBERT PRICE JONES & MARIA LOUISE SHEPHERD, HOWDEN. WAS A LOCAL HULL TEACHER. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. MARRIED JANE MIRIAM KNIGHTON ON 22/7/1915 WHO WAS A TEACHER FROM BARNSLEY. HULL ADDRESS UNTRACED. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. Hull Pals Memorials write […]

BORN HESSLE 1880. LIVED ABOVE 1911 CENSUS. SON OF WILLIAM & SARAH JANE LOWTHORPE. A FORMER BLACKSMITH. JOINED THE 2ND EYR VOLUNTEER BATTALION AND SAW SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA. HE ENLISTED IN THE 4TH EYR WHEN WAR BEGAN AND WENT TO FRANCE WITH COLONEL SHAW. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN A GERMAN HOSPITAL. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE REPORTED IN […]

BORN HULL 1896.  ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD MANLEY (1867-1937) & MARY MANLEY (1869-1927), KINSDALE VILLA, NORTHFIELD, HESSLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A BUSINESS ASSISTANT, LIVING AT THORNE COTTAGE, HULL ROAD, HESSLE (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 12TH NORTHUMBERLAND FU […]