Area: HULL

BORN SOWERBRIDGE, YORKSHIRE, 1897. STEP MOTHER SARAH J. HOPKINSON. ENLISTED WHITEHALL, MIDDLESEX, LONDON. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 11542, ARMY SERVICE CORPS. TRANSFERRED TO PRIVATE, 36542, 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, 6TH PLATOON, "B" COMPANY. REPORTED MISSING ON 12/04/1918, AGED 21. HE LEFT A SISTER, AT IVY COTTAGE, ROYD LANE, RIPPONDEN. […]

PRIVATE, E. HORACE, 1/4TH EYR, FROM ANLABY, WAS REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION, DUE TO GAS POISONING ON 15/05/1915. (HULL TIMES) NO CWGC RECORDS OF HIS DEATH OR CENSUS RECORDS TRACED? 1/4th Battalion - The Northumbrian Division became part of Central Force in Home Defence, tasked with manning the Tyne Defences, so after some days digging tre […]

BORN POPPLETON, YORKSHIRE 1897. SON OF MARMADUKE HORSLEY AND LOUISA ANN SAWKILL, OF 110 POPPLETON ROAD, YORK. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 19. HIS TWO BROTHERS ALSO DIED IN THE WAR - BOMBARDIER, JAMES HORSLEY, RFA, KILLED IN ACTION ON 07/4/1917, AND SEAMAN, HENR […]

BORN HULL 1879. SON OF GEORGE DAVID HOWARD (1850-1922) AND JANE BULMER DAWSON CARMICHAEL (1853-1907), OF 37, LIME TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE WORKED IN THE OIL & CAKE MILLS (1911 CENSUS). THEN A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SENT TO FRANCE WITH TH […]

BORN BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE 1891. SON OF EDITH ROSE SKINNER & JOHN EDMUND HOWARTH, OF 26 BECKSIDE, BEVERLEY. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL ON 31/10/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 07/04/1915. SERVED AS A BOMBARDIER IN THE 70TH BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE SOMME, ON 22/08/1916, AGED 25. HE LEFT A WIFE AND CHILD. H […]

BORN DURHAM 1891. SON OF ESTHER JEWITT, OF 66 FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A MOULDER IN AN OIL MILL. MARRIED TO ETHEL (PEAT). LIVED IN HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 130 LBS, 34 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/09/1914. SERVED IN THE 10TH […]

BORN ISLINGTON, MIDDLESEX 22/11/1891. SON OF MARY AND BROTHER TO CHARLES. HE WAS LIVING IN THE GREENWICH WORKHOUSE, LONDON, IN 1901. HE ENLISTED IN THE 3RD ROYAL WEST KENT (TERRITORIALS) ON 01/10/1907. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 115 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, EXTENSIVE SCARS AND BURNS OVER LEFT SHOULD […]

W. HURST, RGA WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2. UNTRACED NOTE: GUNNER, WILLIAM HURST, 495, RFA, KILLED 21/08/1916, AGED 18, IS THE ONLY CWGC RECORD. BUT NOT FROM A HULL ADDRESS. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/186356/HURST,%20W

NAME IS LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL. NOTE: R.D. IBBETSON, YORK & LANCS, WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2. UNTRACED. THE NEAREST CWGC MATCH IS:- http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/607222/IBBETSON,%20ALBERT

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ARTHUR JACKSON 12/940. Born in North Dalton, East Yorkshire in 1880. Arthur was the youngest of two sons to Samuel and Betsy Jackson of 10 Queen Street, Driffield (Pension Ledger Address). He worked before enlistment at the NER (Docks) Department in Hull, for some years. His brother served in the Navy. It […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF SGT, HORSON JACKSON, OF THE HULL CITY POLICE FORCE. A WELL KNOWN BANDSMAN AND CORNER PLAYER. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON HMS "EUROPA". HE DIED OF WOUNDS, IN ALEXANDRIA, AGED 26. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 30/10/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM JOHNSON AND FANNY KINSLEY. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED ON 27/05/1918. DIED ON, 10/06/1918. BURIED AT COURMAS BRITISH CEMETERY, MARNE, FRANCE. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN JULY 1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, BEATRICE ALICE WOODCOCK (1890-1977) AND THEIR SON […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WALTER AND ELIZABETH JOHNSON, OF 8, FLORENCE AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HUSBAND, OF ALICE, AT 16, WORSHIP STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A SHIP'S PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS GUNNER, 765714, IN THE 263RD BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/11/1917. HIS ARMY EFF […]

BORN WIGAN. ENLISTED PONTEFRACT. DIED OF GAS POISONING. DEATH REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL 2ND MARCH 1916, STATING THAT "HE WAS A HULL MAN." NO PENSION RECORDS.

BORN EGREMONT, CUMBERLAND 1874. LIVED IN HULL. ONLY SON OF THOMAS & ELIZA JONES, OF 4, MOYLAN ROAD, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON. ENLISTED HULL 14/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION 27/05/1916. HIS UNMARRIED WIFE WAS MATILDA ELLIS AT 4, MOYLAN ROAD, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE PERCIVAL JONES 12/49. Born […]

BORN HULL, 02/10/1881. SON OF ELIZABETH JONES, OF 5, ROSEBERY AVENUE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE MARRIED ETHEL SWINGLER (1890-1916). WORKED AS A MOTOR CAB TAXI DRIVER. LIVED AT 8, PENZANCE TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 30/04/1915. SERVED IN THE ROYAL ARMY SE […]

BORN MILTON HAVEN, WALES, 1895. SON OF GEORGE AND KATE JORDAN, OF 6 PRETORIA AVENUE, FLINTON STREET, HULL. THE FOURTH OF SIX SONS. EX ROYAL NAVY AIR SERVICE. SERVED WITH THE NEWLY FORMED ROYAL AIR FORCE. HE DIED ON 03/03/1919, AGED 24. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS THREE OLDER BROTHERS, ALL SERVED DURING THE WAR.

A. P LAMBERT, 9TH ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS WAS RECORDED ON ST THOMAS CHURCH MEMORIAL, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN WW2. HE IS LISTED WITH ARTHUR STANLEY LAMBERT. THIS MAY BE PETER LAMBERT BELOW THE ONLY CWGC MATCH. SON OF MRS MARGARET LAMBER, 104 KILBOWIE ROAD, CLYDEBANK, GLASGOW. HE IS LISTED ON THE SAME MEMORIAL W […]

BORN KIERMILL, DUMFRIES 1886. ENLISTED HULL. JOINED THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT "HULL COMMERCIALS". SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. DIED OF PARALYSIS, ON 13/06/1918, AGED 32. NO CENSUS ADDRESS FOUND. NO PENSION RECORDS. HIS MEDALS WERE UNCLAIMED.

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE MATTHEW MATTHIAS LAVILL 28758. Born Sheffield, in January 1896, it appears Matthew was orphaned at a very early age. The 1901 Census has him residing with a Lauretta Hepworth, a 32-year-old foster carer who looked after seventeen children. He attended boarding school in Hull and was residing there at the […]