BORN BEVERLEY 20/01/1893. SON OF ALFRED WOOLAS (1869-1946), A FARM FOREMAN, & MARY WRAY (1868-1942), WHO MARRIED IN BEVERLEY IN 1887. HE RESIDED AT THE MARKET PLACE, TICKHILL, ROTHERHAM. WORKED AS A SEAMAN. (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS A SEAMAN BEFORE THE WAR AND BASED IN FELIXSTOWE. HIS NAVAL RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, W […]
BORN NORTH CAVE, 1885. 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 H […]
REPORTED AS KILLED AT SEA ON 24/03/1916. HDM 20/08/1917. ADDRESS AND DETAILS UNTRACED? NO CWGC RECORD?
Lance Corporal
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 AS "DIED ON 05/08/1915", IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 30/08/1916. ARMY RECORDS UNTRACED. NO CWGC RECORD? NOTE: JOHN HENRY CARTER - 11TH ERY, LIVED AT 4, SOVERIEGN TERRACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL- WOUNDED 28/11/1917.
Fireman
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 enl […]
Acting Sergeant
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 CA […]
BORN GRIMSBY, 1890. SON OF ALICE MARY CLAYTON, OF GRIMSBY. ELDEST OF THREE SONS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. HUSBAND OF VIOLET MAY, AT 38, STANIFORTH PLACE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SERVED WITH THE 2ND HULL PALS. LEFT CHILDREN, VIOLET, ELLEN & JOHN. DIED OF INFLURENZA, THREE DAYS AFTER WAR ENDED. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WILLIAM […]
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.
Private
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?
Deck Hand
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 & […]
Private
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. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 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.
Private
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 "CAN […]
Private
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 MEM […]
Ship Skipper
BORN HULL 30/10/1884. SON OF ELIZABETH ANN ELLIS (1859-1939) & JOHN THOMAS ELLIS (1844-1892). HIS FATHER WAS A FISHERMAN. HIS WIDOWED MOTHER REMARRIED IN 1893, BECAME MRS THARRATT AND LIVED AT 10 DORSET STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE LIVED AT 74, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL (ADDRESS FROM REGISTER OF […]
Private
BORN MIDDLESBROUGH 20/01/1897. SON OF ALEXANDER FARQUHARSON (1869-1930) & SARAH ANN HATTON (1872-1958), OF 101, LOWER EAST STREET, MIDDLESBROUGH, YORKSHIRE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WORKED AS A RIVET CATCHER (1911 CENSUS) LIVING AT 101 LOWER EAST STREET, MIDDLESBROUGH (PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A WOOD YARD LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHER […]
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 […]
