Private
4 KINGSTON TERRACE, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
10/08/1916
Aged
40
BORN BRADFORD 07/09/1876. KNOWN AS "VINNY". SON OF JOE GILL (1847-1924) AND ANNIE GILL (1848-1938). HE WAS A HULL DOCK LABOURER AND TIMBER FOREMAN. HE MARRIED ON 02/04/1899 AT HULL TRINITY CHURCH. HUSBAND OF JANE GILL (1876-1937) AND FATHER TO SON ALBERT & DAUGHTERS MARION, CLARICE AND ANNIE. THEY LIVED AT 4 KINGSTON TERRACE, HOPW […]
Private
4, BRIGHTON TERRACE, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
17/02/1915
Aged
42
BORN EAST LEXHAM, NORFOLK 1873. ONLY SON OF EMILY RICHMOND AND MR SWEETING, OF FERRIBY SLUICE, AND WELL KNOWN ON HULL FISH DOCK. ENLISTED BEVERLEY JULY 1914. WENT TO MANCHESTER AND WAS RECEIVED BY THE KING AND LORD KITCHENER, ON 12/01/1915. HE WAS POSTED TO FRANCE ON 15/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS KILL […]
Private
11 , HOPWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
05/06/1917
Aged
30
BORN CLERKENWELL, MIDDLESEX 1887. SON OF THOMAS MAPLESDEN (1854-1933) & MARY EMMA MAPLESDEN (1854-1936), WHO LIVED AT 35 NORWOOD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE WAS BROTHER TO THOMAS MAPLESDEN, AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A SLATER BEFORE THE WAR. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH C […]
Private
1, KINGSTON TERRACE, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
14/05/1917
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF ARTHUR RUSHOLME (1863-1954) & ALICE CLUBLEY (1862-1932), OF 8, MELROSE AVENUE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL & 57 NORWOOD STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). SON OF A HOUSE PAINTER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. THREE SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE LEAMING (1886-1978) AT HULL, ON 28/11/1910, AG […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JAMES SHANKS (1866-1922) & ELIZABETH SWIFT (1862-), OF 53, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A KITCHEN PORTER AND BARMAN AT THE ROYAL STATION HOTEL. ENLISTED AT HULL ON 17/09/1914. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, 15 […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JAMES SHANKS (1866-1922) & ELIZABETH SWIFT (1862-), of 53, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A POSTMAN FOR 7 YEARS, IN HULL POST OFFICE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 33-35 INCH CHEST ENLISTED HULL, ON 10/12/1915 . SERVED AS A VICKERS MACHINE GUNNER, WITH THE MACHINE G […]
44 , HOPWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
25/10/1915
Aged
23
BORN NAFFERTON 1892. ELDEST SON OF BENJAMIN & EMILY SHORT, NAFFERTON. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. STEPSON OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON, AT 44 HOPWOOD STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER'S APPRENTICE. THEN WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LINE. HE ENLISTED AT YORK, IN SEPTEMBER 1914. JOINED THE NER PALS BN, BASED IN HULL. HE DIED AT CODFOR […]
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF THOMAS & ANNIE ELIZABETH STAINFORTH, OF 14, NORTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS) AND 61, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL. SON OF A HOUSE PAINTER. HE WAS ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. WORKED AS A JUNIOR CHEMIST. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 116 LBS WEIGHT,34- 36 INCH CHEST SIZE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/10 […]
29, HOPWOOD STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
30/03/1918
Aged
37
Hull Pals Memorial Post. CORPORAL, THOMAS ABBOTT WILDE, MM, 25089. Born in the summer of 1880, Thomas was the fourth of six children to William Henry Wilde (1850-1906) and Elizabeth Abbott (1852-1926), of 29 Hopwood Street, Hull (CWGC address). He had four sisters and one brother. His entry into the world was already tinged with tragedy. […]
