Area: Hessle, East Riding

BORN GANSTEAD, HULL 1886. SON OF JOHN NAYLOR (1850-1890) AND HARRIET WRIGHT (1857-1935). AN AGRICULTURAL LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 38-40.5 INCH CHEST, 149 LBS WEIGHT. HIS BROTHER, WRIGHT NAYLOR LIVED ON COWDEN FARM, HATFIELD, YORKSHIRE. HIS SISTER FANNY LIVED AT ANGELO TERRACE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT S […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS JOHN NICHOLSON (1863-1928) & BEATRICE MARGUERITE NICHOLSON (1867-1946). BROTHER TO ETHEL MART NICHOLSON (1893-1974). THE FAMILY LIVED AT 128, GRAFTON STREET, HULL (1891), 22, LOUIS STREET, HULL (1901) AND "SUNNYMEADE", STATION ROAD, HESSLE. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. HE ENLI […]

BORN HESSLE, 23/04/1890. KNOWN AS 'ROLF'. SON OF THOMAS JOHN NICHOLSON (1863-1928) & BEATRICE MARGUERITE NICHOLSON (1867-1946). BROTHER TO ETHEL MART NICHOLSON (1893-1974), THMAS AND ETHEL. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 128, GRAFTON STREET, HULL (1891), 22, LOUIS STREET, HULL (1901) AND "SUNNYMEADE", STATION ROAD, HESSLE. EDUCATED AT HULL […]

BORN NORTON, YORKS, 1887. ONLY SON OF GEORGE & RACHEL (STABLER) PALMER, OF  THE CLIFFE, HESSLE, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS - RACHEL, MAY & FLORENCE. HE LIVED IN TICTON, FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WAS EDUCATED AT ST MARY'S BOY'S SCHOOL, BEVERLEY. HE WAS MARRIED, BUT HAD NO CHILDREN. EMPLOYED BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, COMPANY, IN […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF AMUNDUS FRANCIS CHARLES & HENRIETTA PARKER, OF HESSLE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. LISTED AS KILLED ON CLOWES CHAPEL ROLL OF HONOUR, JARRATT STREET - (HDM 10/11/1916). Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WALTER de PRESTON PARKER 11/1200. Born in April 1894, Walter w […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF WILLIAM & NANCY (FANNY) PARKINSON, OF WESTBOURNE GROVE, HESSLE. BROTHER OF ALFRED ERNEST, AMY & FLORENCE. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1917 AGED 31. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ANLABY WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, […]

BORN COTTINGHAM, HULL, ON 27/01/1873. LIEUTENANT COLONEL, OF THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED AT LYMINGTON HOSPITAL, ON 17/05/1917. BURIED AT HESSLE CEMETERY. HE LEFT £88 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, MARY ISABEL PEASE AND AUGUSTUS GILBERT COLVILLE, ESQ. Son of Henry Joseph Robinson Pease (1843–1892) and Dora Elizabeth Barkworth (849–192 […]

BORN HESSLE, HULL 1894. SON OF EZEKIEL & ESTHER, HESSLE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. NB: WILLIAM HENRY POULTER - 13 BATES TERRACE, WEST PARADE.

BORN HESSLE 1895. SON OF JOHN EDWARD ROBINSON AND JANE ROBISNON, OF PRESTONGATE, HESSLE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS, 13TH EYR IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION 27/05/1918, AGED 23. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS […]

BORN HESSLE 20/12/1894. SON OF JOHN ALFRED ROBINSON (1861-1929) & ADA NICHOLSON (1867-1950), OF 18 SALISBURY STREET, HESSLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS. LIVED IN HULL. EMPLOYED WITH THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 120 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED AT HULL WITH HIS BROTHE […]

BORN HESSLE 10/06/1892. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF JOHN ALFRED ROBINSON (1861-1929) & ADA NICHOLSON (1867-1950), OF 18 SALISBURY STREET, HESSLE. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS. WORKED AS A BUS CONDUCTOR (1911 CENSUS) AND BRICKMAKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 129 LBS WEIGHT, 36-38 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, FAIR COMPLEXION. HE MARRIED HANNAH […]

BORN HESSLE, 1889. SON OF JABEZ & RUTH E SHARP, SOUTHGATE, HESSLE. MARRIED AT ROOS, ON 23/081913. HUSBAND OF ALICE MAUD FOUND (18871979), OF RED HOUSE, TOWER HILL, HESSLE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER RAN A BUTCHER SHOP AT COW LANE, HESSEL AND ALBERT WORKED AS A BUTCHER, WITH HIS BROTHERS IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS. HE ENLIST […]

BORN HESSLE, HULL 13/11/1894. ONLY SON OF JAMES SHEPHERDSON (1845-1912) & MARY JANE (1863-1912), OF 26 VICTORIA GROVE, VICTORIA STREET, HULL ROAD, HESSLE. HE HAD AN ELDER SISTER, SARAH ANN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 31554 LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 239354, LABOUR CORPS. DIED AT THE HULL INFIRMARY, O […]

SON OF WILLIAM & MARY SIBBORN, EASTGATE, HESSLE HIS NAME IS RECORDED WITH HIS BROTHER TOM ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH..

BORN HULL 1901. SON OF JOHN DAVID & SUSAN ELIZABETH SIMKINS. EDUCATED AT BOULEVARD SCHOOL & HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE. LOST ON THE VOYAGE FROM HULL TO GOTHENBURG. HE HAD BEEN AT SEA FOR TWO YEARS AND TWICE TORPEDOED DURING THE WAR. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 16TH JANU […]

BORN HESSLE, HULL 1893. ELDEST SON OF JOHN & AGNES SLATER, OF HESSLE. HIS FATHER WAS A WHOLESALE GROCER. EDUCATED AT HYMERS. HE WORKED AS A GROCER'S ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN AUGUST 1914. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. COMMISSIONED INTO THE 9TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, ON 02/04/1915. WOUNDED AT THE SOMME, ON […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOHN EDWARD SPECK  & BETSY SPECK. HE LIVED IN HESSLE. ENLISTED IN HULL. EX, PRIVATE, 3127 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 353365, 9TH ROYAL SCOTS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/07/1918, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN. H IS BURIED AT BUZANCY MILITARY CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE HI […]

Born East Halton, Lincs, 1883. Son of Isaac and Caroline Spittlehouse, of East Halton, Lincs; Married at Glanfodr, Brigg, Lincs., in 1902. Husband of Harriet Ann Simpson, of Anlaby Park Rd., Hessle, Yorks. They had two sons, Allan and Leonard. Worked as a brickmaker, at Whiting Mill yard, Second Lane, Hessle (1911 census). Described as […]

BORN HESSLE,  24/12/1872.  SON OF WALTER RICHARDSON STAHER & MARY E. STATHER, HESSLE. A GARDENER. HE MARRIED FRANCES MARY RIBY IN 1899. LIVING AT 15 WESTBOURNE GROVE, HESSLE, (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL  SERVED WITH THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/04/1917. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO T […]

BORN MANCHESTER 1896. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED HESSLE. SON OF JOHN ALBERT & BERTHA E SUTTON. KILLED IN ACTION 14/07/1916, AGED 20. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. Somme - The 8th East Yorkshires spent the following weeks alternating between resting, training, and spells in the line near Dicke […]