Area: HULL

BORN BEVERLEY 20/01/1893. SON OF ALFRED WOOLAS, A FARM FOREMAN, & MARY WRAY, WHO MARRIED IN BEVERLEY IN 1887. FRANK ENLISTED IN WISBECH, UNDER THE SURNAME BROWN. TRUE NAME WAS 'WOOLAS'. HE WAS A SEAMAN BEFORE THE WAR AND BASED IN FELIXSTOWE. HIS NAVAL RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, WITH A 32 INCH CHEST, FRESH COMPLEXIO […]

BORN NORTH CAVE. SON OF WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH BURN, THE BUNGALOW, HOTHAM, YORK. HE ENLISTED IN YORK, WITH THE WEST RIDING REGIMENT ON THE 3RD FEBUARY 1903, AGED 18 YEARS AND SIX MONTHS. HE NEVER MARRIED. DIED OF TYPHOID IN GLASGOW HOSPITAL, ON 11/03/1915, AGED 30. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MRS ELIZABETH BURN, OF HOTHAM, Y […]

REPORTED AS KILLED AT SEA ON 24/03/1916. HDM 20/08/1917. ADDRESS AND DETAILS UNTRACED? NO CWGC RECORD?

BORN 1896, ROCHDALE, LANCS. ENLISTED STOKE ON TRENT. LIVED HULL. SON OF CHIEF CONSTABLE, ROGER JAMES CARTER & MARY FENTON, BRUNSWICK HOUSE, BASFORD, STOKE ON TRENT - CWGC & SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/810111/person/296695689

STRETCHER BEARER. REPORTED DIED IN HDM 30/08/1916. ARMY RECORDS UNTRACED. NO CWGC RECORD?   NOTE: JOHN HENRY CARTER - 11TH ERY - 4 SOVERIEGN TERRACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL-  WOUNDED 28/11/1917.

LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. ADDRESS UNTRACED. LISTED ON THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON. Hull Daily Mail, 6th January 1919:- S.S. GITANO OVERDUE. - No News of Ellerman Wilson Liner. FEARED MINED. - GOTHENBURG. Friday. - Much anxiety is felt here regarding the Wilson Line steamer GITANO (1,687 tons), which was recen […]

BORN PERTH 1894, BUT LIVED IN HULL. DROWNED WITH HIS GIRLFIRIEND IN A BOATING ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER DON. HE IS BURIED HOOTEN PAGNELL (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, DONACSTER. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SENT TO HIS MOTHER, CATHERINE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/SGT FRANK CHALMERS 10/1072. Born 1894 in Perth, but a resident of Hull at the time of enli […]

BORN EASTRINGTON, YORKSHIRE, 1886. SON OF JOHN M & ALICE MARY CHRISTIAN. ENLISTED DONCASTER. SERVED AS ACTING SERGEANT, IN THE 8TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1ST JULY 1916. AGED 30. COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED AS A HULL CASUALTY […]

BORN GRIMSBY, 1890. SON OF ALICE MARY CLAYTON, OF GRIMSBY. ELDEST OF THREE SONS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. LIVED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND HULL PAL. LEFT CHILDREN, VIOLET, ELLEN & JOHN. DIED OF INFLURENZA, THREE DAYS AFTER WAR ENDED. HULL ADDRESS NOT FOUND? Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WILLIAM (AKA CHARLES FREDERICK) CLAYTON 11/670. Bo […]

LISTED ON THE ST JOHN, NEWLAND, CHURCH MEMORIAL. UNTRACED IN MILITARY RECORDS. POSSIBLY GEORGE WILLIAM COLE, 52712, RGA. WOUNDED 24/07/1916. BORN HULL 1883. MARRIED 14/10/1911 AT ST JOHN NEWLAND. WIFE EMILY - 4 BLENHEIM CRESCENT, RUGBY STREET, HULL.

BORN HULL. ENLISTED HULL. HULL PAL. SEVERAL GEORGE COOPER'S ON CENSUS RECORDS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SENT TO HIS SISTER GERTRUDE WHICH SUGGESTS THAT HE WAS GEORGE COOPER, BORN HULL 1899 & LIVED AT 15 ARTHUR TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. THE GUARDIAN OF HIS LEGACY WAS ELLEN BENNETT BUT SHE IS UNTRACED?

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES. NO CWGC RECORDS. THIS WAS HIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS - 81 NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE Name: CLANSMAN Launched: 10/11/1902 Completed: 1902 Builder: JP Rennoldson & Son, South Shields Yard Number: 221 Dimensions: 61grt, 5nrt, 75.0 x 15.1 x 7.9ft Engines: C2cyl (12.5 & […]

BORN HULL 1882. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 55057, 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, IN HULL, ON 22/06/1918, AGED 36. (SOLDIER'S DIED RECORDS) HE MARRIED CHARLOTTE JOHNSON (1880-1955), AT HULL IN 1913. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW AND CHILD, AT 9 CALEDONIA AVENUE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)

BORN SHEFFIELD. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED IN HULL. EX 216885 ARMY SERVICE CORPS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 55612, 10TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIER. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN ITALY, ON 27/10/1918. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO A FRIEND NAMED CAROLINE HEATH. HE IS BURIED AT TEZZE BRITISH CEMETERY, ITALY. CENSUS ADDRESS NOT FOUND.

BORN DUBLIN, 1873. SON OF MRS M DELANEY, 13 UPPER DIGG STREET, DUBLIN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT HE LIVED IN THE CITY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/6723, 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. INVALIDED HOME FROM ACTIVE SERVICE. DIED ON 22/09/1916, AT HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY, AGED 43. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS PENSION WAS LEFT TO HI […]

CHARLES DOUGHTY IS LISTED ON THE ST JOHN NEWLAND CHURCH MEMORIAL, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL. HIS DETAILS ARE SO FAR UNTRACED. POSSIBLY, CHARLES FREDERICK DOUGHTY, 9530, WYR. BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ALICE DOUGHTY - 7 HENLEY VILLAS, ADDERBURY CRESCENT, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL? ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS SECOND HAND, CHARLEY DOUGHTY, 1863SA, HMT "CANT […]

BORN GARGRAVE, YORKS 1898. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF ANTHONY SUMMERSGILL EASTWOOD & MARGARET EASTWOOD, OF 22 GREEN FIELD STREET, BROUGHTON ROAD, SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE. A COTTON SPINNER. HE ENLISTED AT HALIFAX. SERVED IN THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE SOMME, ON 15/07/1916, AGED 18. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMO […]

BORN 1865. LISTED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMAN OF HULL RECORDS. Expedient, built by Mackie & Thomson, Govan in 1893 and owned at the time of her loss by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British trawler of 145 tons. On March 28th, 1917, Expedient was scuttled by the German submarine UC-75 (Johannes Lohs), in the North […]

BORN MIDDLESBROUGH 20/01/1897. SON OF ALEXANDER & SARAH ANN FARQUHAR, OF HULL. WORKED AS A RIVET CATCHER (1911 CENSUS) LIVING AT 101 LOWER EAST STREET, MIDDLESBROUGH (PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN MIDDLESBROUGH, SERVED WITH THE 8TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 11/07/1916, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS AND PENSION, WENT T […]

BORN FLAMBOROUGH 1898. SON OF LATE CHRISTOPHER FENBY (1863-1900) AND SARAH ANN MARTIN (1861-1940), OF 30 NELSON STREET, BRIDLINGTON (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE LIVED IN HULL, AND  ENLISTED IN HULL. ADDRESS NOT FOUND? SERVED AS SERGEANT, IN THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. HE WAS PRESUMED KILLED ON 16/0 […]