Area: Holderness Road

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF PHILIP SAMUEL BARNES (1838-1918)  AND ELIZA ANN BATTRAM, AT 328, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS). THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 528, HOLDERNESS ROAD & 88, HARDY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. CAPTURED AND DIED OF WOUNDS, AT A FIELD […]

BORN WETWANG, YORKSHIRE 1881. SON OF GEORGE BECKETT (1856-1910) AND MARY HALL. HE WORKED AS A FARM SERVANT IN NAFFERTON (1901 CENSUS). ALSO WELL KNOWN IN WETWANG, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE MARRIED ALICE MAUD MARY GIBSON, AT HULL, IN 1907. THEY HAD TWO SONS. HE WAS BOARDING AT 293, HOLDERNESS ROAD (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS), AND WORKED AS A DRAPER'S […]

BORN ROTHWELL, YORKS 24/02/1878, SON OF JOHN (1855-1950) AND FANNY BERRIDGE (1855-1950), OF ROTHWELL. A COAL MINER (1911 CENSUS) AND EX RECKITT'S WORKER. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA IN 1901. RETURNED TO ENGLAND. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 5TH & 6TH BATTALION OF THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/10/19 […]

Born North Shields, Northumberland, 1881. Chief Engineer on the steam ship, 'Harrogate'. The British cargo ship Harrogate SS, foundered 50 miles off the coast of Norway on February 20th, 1918. She was on a voyage from Hull to Bergen carrying a cargo of coke. He died at sea, aged 37. He left £239 in his will to Marth Elizabeth Blakey, wid […]

BORN HULL 24/11/1881. SON OF GEORGE CALEY (1843-1921) & ELIZA THOMPSON ( 1847-1918), OF HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. FIVE OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. A STEVEDORE AND GRAIN FOREMAN. HE MARRIED ADA TASKER, AT ST JAMES CHURCH, SUTTON ON HULL, ON 23/12/1908. HUSBAND OF ADA CALEY, AT 3 IVY VILLAS, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 8 […]

BORN HULL 1/11/1896. SECOND SON OF TOM CAWKILL (1864-1949) & MARY LOUISA ASHTON (1868- 1929), LIVING AT 190 HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE WAS EDUCATED AT CRAVEN STREET SECONDARY SCHOOL. IN 1911 HE WAS BASED IN BURTON PIDSEA, PATRINGTON, WORKING AS A BUTCHER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN THE EAST RIDING YEOMANRY, NOVEMBER 1914. SERVED WITH THE […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF EDGAR CHILD AND ELIZABETH ANN HEARN. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1914. LEFT BROTHER ERIC, AND SISTERS, WINIFRED, MAJORIE AND NORA. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION ON 14/04/1918. LISTED ON THE SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL. PRIVATE KENNETH HERNE CHILD 220059. Born in October 1898, Kenneth was the fifth of six […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF EDGAR CHILD (1862-1937) AND ELIZABETH ANN HEARN (1861-1914), OF BURLEY HOUSE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A STEVEDORE. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1914. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (RAMC). DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/11/1917, AGED 21. BURIED AT DOZINGHEM MIL […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF WILLIAM COLLINGWOOD (1866-1911) & MARY KATE MOOR (1863-1960), OF 13, CRESCENT AVENUE, NEW BRIDGE ROAD (1901 CENSUS); 4, ROSEDALE VILLAS, ROSEMEAD STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND 9, ELLIS TERRACE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 18/04/1917. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 04/04/1918. SERVED AS PRIV […]

Private, JOSEPH WILLIAM COLLINGWOOD, 10/338. Born in July 1896, Joseph was the youngest of four children to Joseph Collingwood (1852-1924) and Margaret Coupland (1855-1933), of 536 Holderness Road, Hull (CWGC address). When he was born, his father, Joseph, was 45 and his mother, Margaret, was 42. He had one brother and three sisters. On […]

BORN ELBERTHORPE, SKIRLAUGH, 1900. SON OF ROBERT & MARY COOPER, FROM SKIRLAUGH AND 71 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 81302, 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 27/05/1918, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER ROBERT. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL'S MARFLEET MEMORIAL, THE COTTINGH […]

BORN BOSTON, LINCS 1892. SON OF JAMES COULSON AND BERTH EMILY COULSON, OF 141 PLANE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 297 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FISH MERCHANT. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3616, 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HERBERT EDWARD DALTON (MM) (1870-1954) & MARY ANN OLIVER (1871-1950), OF 25 MAY TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE (1911 CENSUS) AND 39, ARUNDEL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER SGT, HERBERT DALTON, WAS EX FOREMAN AT HULL'S OIL & CAKE MILLS. HE WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) A […]

BORN HULL 1880. SON OF CHARLES DAVEY & JANE MEDFORTH, OF THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 201376, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED ON 14/07/1916 AT THE BATTLE FOR BAZENTIN RIDGE, AGED 35. HE IS BURIED AT FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, AT MEMETZ, IN THE SOMME VALLEY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MRS SARAH HILL.

L/CPL, CHARLES ERNEST DIXON 12/334. Born in April 1891, Charles was one of nine children to George Dixon (1845-1924) and Margaret Ann Simpson (1846-1918), of 13 Trent Avenue, Scarborough Street, Hessle Road, Hull (war pension Address). A House Builder by trade, he lived with his wife Lillian at his parents home. He was described as 5 foo […]

BORN HULL 18/081894. SON OF MICHAEL ANGELO DREWRY (1858-1923) & HARRIET DREWRY (1855-1924), OF 42 FRANKLIN STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) AND 316 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A HAIRDRESSER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY, PORTSMOUTH BATTALION, ROYAL NAVY DIVISION. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 06/05/1915, […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS HENRY ELVIN (1859-1933) & LILLIAN ALICE MARY COUPLAND (1860-1931), OF 30, PEMBERTON STREET, HULL AND 700, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A MERCHANT'S CLERK (OIL AND SOAP). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, LATE APRIL 1915. A FORMER PRIVATE IN […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & THE LATE JANE ELIZABETH HORSEMAN, AT 1 YORK TERRACE, RUSTENBERG STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 232 , HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER WAS A NEWSAGENT ON HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE MANAGED THE SHOP AFTER HER DEATH. HE RESIDED IN HULL, BUT ENLISTED IN HORNSEA, ON 27/06/1916, AG […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF ARTHUR & HARRIET ANN FOSTER, AT 330, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. SON OF A TIMBER MERCHANT. HE WORKED AS A TIMBER BROKER. HE MARRIED FLORENCE DIXON IN 1912 AND SHE LIVED AT DROME VILLA, HOWDEN, YORKSHIRE AND CARLAM HILL, WARNE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH PRINCE OF WALES OWN (WEST […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ARTHUR & HARRIET ANN FOSTER, AT 330, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. SON OF A TIMBER MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE SHERWOOD FORRESTERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/04/1917, AGED 24. BURIED AT TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS AUNT, MARY ELLEN AT 3 JESSAMINT VILLAS, FILE […]