BORN ALDBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE 1878. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, JOINING THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (2ND HULL PALS) ON 09/09/1914, AGED OF 35 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES TALL, 163 LBS WEIGHT, 39 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES AND DARK HAIR. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, ON 12/10/1914. DISCHARGED WITH HEAR […]
NORTHOLMBY STREET, HOWDEN, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
28/04/1916
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1884. LIVED WETHERBY. ENLISTED HARROGATE. WIFE ELIZABETH GOODYEAR, NORTHOLMBY STREET, HOWDEN, YORKS.
Private
BORN LAXTON, YORKS, 1896. HULL PAL. KILLED IN ACTION. SON OF GEORGE SIDNEY NEWMAN (1860-1941) & ANN SIMMS (1859-1937), OF LAXTON, HOWDEN, EAST YORKS. SON OF A BRICKLAYER, LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, HARRY, JOHN AND JOSEPH AND ONE SISTER, SARAH ANN NEWMEN WHO ALL LIVED IN BROUGH. A FARM SERVANT, WHO WAS UNMARRIED AND HAD NO CHI […]
Private
BORN HOLME 1876. SON OF GEORGE SMITH. A FARMER. LIVED HOLM, NEAR HULL. ENLISTED HOWDEN EX 130918 RFA. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 12/08/1918, AGED 42. COMMEMORATED AT VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
HULL CITY ASYLUM, WILLERBY, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
01/09/1918
Aged
30
BORN WESTCOTTINGWITH, YORKSHIRE, 10/04/1887. SON OF JAMES SHARP WILSON (1850-1924) AND ELIZABETH (ELIZA) NEWSOME (1851-1920), OF THE "STEAM PACKET INN", HOWDENDYKE. THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. AN EX FARM HAND & HULL CITY ASYLUM ATTENDANT. HE MARRIED ANNIE WALKER (1888-1975), AT LASTINGHAM, ON 12/06/1915. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN SEPTEMB […]
Able Seaman
PROVIDENCE VILLAS, HOWDEN DYKE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/02/1919
Aged
24
BORN HULL 19/10/1895. SON OF FREDERICK AUGUSTUS WOOD AND CECILIA AGNES DIWELL, OF 16 VICTORIA VILLAS, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL AND PROVIDENCE VILLAS, HOWDEN DYKE, YORKSHIRE. SERVED AS ABLE SEAMAN, ROYAL NAVY. KILLED BY MINE EXPLOSION IN THE NORTH SEA. AGED 24. HMS Penarth was a British Royal Navy Paddlesteamer Minesweeper of 800 tons built […]