Area: Holmes Street

BORN SHIPTON, OXFORD, IN  1886. HUSBAND OF OLIVE TWIDLE AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A GENERAL LABOURER, FOR IDEAL STANDARD RADIATOR COMPANY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 06/08/1914, GIVING THE AGE OF 30. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 37.5 INCH CHEST. HE SERVED AS A DRIVER WITH THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/04/1915. […]

Born Nafferton, Yorkshire, 1898. Son of John Thomas Cowton (1863-1939) & Mary Agnes Vickerman (1867-1953), of 3 Arch Avenue, Holmes Street, Fountain Road, Hull (1911 Census). Son of a railway porter. He had two brothers, Edward and Albert and a sister, Edith. He enlisted in the Hull Pals. Served with the 13th East Yorkshire Regime […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM FREDERICK DICKINSON & EMILY MARY DICKINSON, 26 ST. MATTHEW STREET AND AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. ONE OF SEVEN SONS. KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Trewyn, built by J. Readhead & Sons, So. Shields in 1903 and owned at the time of her loss by Hain Steamship Co. Ltd. (E […]

BORN CROYDON, 08/05/1885. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY DICKINSON AND LILY DICKINSON. MARRIED AT HULL, ON 22/11/1908. HIS WIFE FLORENCE TAMS, AND FOUR DAUGHTERS LIVED AT 2 MILTON TERRACE, SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 11 RIBBLE AVENUE, RIBBLE STREET, HULL AND 10 ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE SERVED AS SECOND ENGINEER, ON […]

Born Hull 1895. Son of Thomas Huzzard (1867-1940) & Mary Huzzard (1871-1953), of 6 Holmes Street, Hull. Nephew of Mrs Mackrill, of Spring Bank, Hull. He had three brothers. A former Joiner. He worked for the Hull Co-Operative society. He joined the East Riding Engineers on 16/01/1912, aged 17. Served as a Sapper in the 529th East Rid […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ELIZABETH (WHITTLE) & WILLIAM AT 5, EDWARDS PLACE, HOLMES STREET, HULL. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 1, WOODBINE TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HIS CARGO SHIP, WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, ON 16/11/1917, WITH THE LOSS OF FIVE CREW. HIS BROTHER GEORGE, S […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF LEONARD LANGRICK (1861-1914) AND ELIZABETH BRANTON (1862-1959), OF 43 ROSE STREET,  7 CORNWALL GARDENS, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL AND 56, SPRING BANK. HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A FORMER BUTCHER'S LAD. HE ENLISTED AS PRIVATE 6317, IN THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, BEFORE WAR BEGAN, ON 18/06/1 […]

BORN HULL 1896. FIFTH SON OF LEONARD LANGRICK (1861-1914) AND ELIZABETH BRANTON (1862-1959), OF 43 ROSE STREET,  7 CORNWALL GARDENS, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL AND 56 SPRING BANK, HULL, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER, LIVING AT 59 FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/11/1914, AGED 19. HE JOIN […]

BORN HULL 1891. ELDEST SON OF MARY EMMA ROBINSON - 40 ROSE STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL. HUSBAND OF ALICE ROBINSON OF 5 GRANVILLE AVENUE, HOLMES STREET, HULL.BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR TEN YEARS, WITH MESSRS HOLMES TANNERY SERVICES. HE MARRIED IN EASTER 1915. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/11/1916, AGED 23.

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THE LATE JOHN RUSHBY (1841-1911) & MARY ANN DEVINE (1854-1914), OF 3, HOLMES STREET, HULL AND 1, HENRY'S TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). A FORMER OFFICE BOY. HE ENLISTED AT LINCOLN. SERVED AS, PRIVATE, 7392, 20291, 242488,  LINCOLN YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WO […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM & AMY SMITH, OF 7, HOLMEs STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. SON OF A JOINER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 51217 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GIN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/09/1918, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FAT […]

BORN LEEDS 12/10/1896. SON OF ALFRED AND SARAH ANN TOMLINSON, 72 LIDDELL STREET. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN, INCLUDING TWIN SISTERS MARY AND LAURA. WORKED AS A BRUSH MAKER'S APPRENTICE. ENLISTED WITH THE 13TH DEVONS REGIMENT. PTE. ALFRED, DLI, ALSO AT THIS ADDRESS FROM 1918 ABSENT VOTERS. BURIED HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY.

BORN HULL 1897. ELDEST SON OF ARTHUR & ALICE TWIDLE, OF 8 LOUISA'S TERRACE, FINSBURY STREET, HULL, AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/12/1915. SERVED IN THE 335TH ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, ATTACHED TO THE 13TH HEAVY ARTILLERY CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 19/10/1918, AGED 21. […]

BORN HULL 1899. SECOND SON OF ARTHUR & ALICE TWIDLE, OF 8 LOUISA'S TERRACE, FINSBURY STREET, HULL, AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS ACTING LANCE CORPORAL, 201418, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR, IN GERMANY, ON 27/11/1918, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO […]

BORN SOUTH CAVE 1896. SON OF ROBERT AND CHARLOTTE WATSON, OF 21 PARK VIEW, MELWOOD GROVE, HULL. SON OF A GAS COMPANY WORKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE WORKED WITH HIS BROTHERS AS OIL CAKE MANUFACTURERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 26/10/1915, AGED 19. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4711, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS ("C" SPE […]

Born Hull 1876. Son of William Whittle & Kate (Blakey), 24 Williamson Street, Hedon Road and 23 Pelham Street, Hull. Wife Eliza Whittle lived at 2 Sydney Grove s & at 5 Edward Terrace, Holmes Street, Fountain Road. A Labourer, by trade. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 3rd East Yorkshire Labour Battalion. Wounded in the head […]