Area: HULL

BORN BUBWITH, SELBY, YORKSHIRE, 1884. SON OF GEORGE AND SARAH REED, OF,  4, WOODBINE TERRACE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). SON OF A BRICKLAYER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, EMILY. HE MARRIED SARAH ANN ASHTON, AT COTTINGHAM, ON 14/10/1911. THEY LIVED IN SPROATLEY AND COTTINGHAM. HE WAS A PLATE LAYER FOR THE NORTH E […]

BORN HULL, 1895. ONLY SON OF JANE HANNAH SHERWOOD, OF 12, ADA'S TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). LIVED WITH HIS ONLY SISTER, CHARLOTTE SHERWOOD, AT 5, HOPPS TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). UNMARRIED. HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER AND SCALEMAN. ENLISTED HULL, ON 06/11/1915. CALLED UP, ON 18/03/1916. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, […]

BORN ISLINGTON, MIDDLESEX 1886. SON OF JOHN ROBERT RIDLINGTON (1854-1892) AND ANNIE AGNES RIDLINGTON (1858-1902). HE WAS RAISED AT ST MARY'S WORKHOUSE, ISLINGTON. JOINED THE ARMY IN 1900, SERVED WITH THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. A REGULAR SOLDIER AND MUSICIAN IN THE ARMY.  HE RE-ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. L […]

BORN 1891 LERWICK, SCOTLAND. ORDINARY SEAMAN. LISTED ON THE WILSON LINE WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR. NO CWGC RECORDS. IBIS SS was built in 1898 by Neptun AG, Rostock, Germany as the HEDWIG SS a German cargo steamer for Flensburger DG (H. Schuldt), Flensburg, Germany. In 1914 she was renamed IBIS SS when purchased by the Western Russian SS Co. On […]

BORN HULL. SON OF FRANK H. ROBINSON & AGNES E. ROBINSON, OF 3 BEAUMONT TERRACE, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 10 BRIGHTON TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. LEFT FOR FRANCE, ON 25/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 27/09/1916. HIS BROTHER FRANK HORATION ROBINSON, SERVED […]

BORN SEAMER, YORKS 1882. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN ALEXANDER ROBISON (1842-1919) & MARY BELLA ROBISON (1850-1901), OF 403 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE HAD A BROTHER, JAMES, AND SISTER, MIRRIAM MARIA ROBISON.  HE SPENT SOME TIME WORKING IN CANADA, BEFORE RETURNING HOME IN 1911. HE LIVED IN HULL. AND ENSLISTED IN HULL. HE SERVED […]

LISTED ON TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL, HULL. NAME UNTRACED.

BORN HULL 1891. REAL FAMILY NAME WAS 'GROSS' - CWGC RECORDS. ARMY EFFECTS LEFT TO HIS MOTHER LEAH GROSS, AT 120 MARE STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON.  

BORN HULL 1899. AKA HAROLD ROSS. SON OF JOHN & DOROTHY ROSS, OF HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/07/1916, AGED 17. HE LEFT SISTER, ALICE. HIS FAMILY ADDRESS IS UNKNOWN. NO PENSION RECORDS FOUND. BURIED AT LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM.

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF LATE ANNIE ELIZABETH SALTER. ADDRESS NOT FOUND. EX 5608 NFUS. ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO JOHN WILLIAM McNULTY, RFA - 22 SOUTH STREET, HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS AT 2ND CANADIAN HOSPITAL. NO PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS.

BORN ARTAN 1862. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. UNTRACED. Adriatic SS was a British cargo steamer of 3,028grt that sailed from Newport for Marseille with coal (Admiralty charter) on the 31st October 1916 - missing, presumed a war loss. All 29 crew drowned, including the following from Hull 1. BEAL, GEORGE ARTHUR (49), Steward, SS Adriatic, Merc […]

BORN MYTON, HULL 1886. SON OF WILLIAM SHANN & ELIZABETH ANN SADLER, OF 2 ISABELLE TERRACE, YORK STREET, HULL. LEFT TWO BROTHERS FREDERICK & MATTIAS SHANN. AN OIL MILLER, HE JOINED THE ARMY, IN WORCESTER, AGED 18, ON 14/07/1902. SERVING UNDER THE NAME ALBERT FOSTER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 119 LBS WEIGHT, 33 INCH CHE […]

G Sharp; was the ship's Master; of the steam ship, "Hydro". He died aged, 44; Born Great Grimsby, 1871; previous ship, Kelso. His name is listed on the Wilson Line WW1 Roll of Honour. "Hydro" was a cargo steam ship, built in Hull, by Earles shipyard. On 22/01/1915, while on a voyage from Liverpool to Trondheim, the British steamship Hyd […]

BORN OVINGTON, SUFFOLK, 1890. LIVED WITH PARENTS ROBERT SMITH (1852-1928) & ANN SMITH (1851-1931), UP TO 1911. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTER. CAME FROM A FARMING FAMILY AND WORKED AS A FARM LABOURER. EMPLOYED AT WEST ELLA GRANGE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 06/02/1915. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, 13/1300, 13TH EAST YORKSHI […]

BORN SOUTHCOATES, HULL, 1897. SON OF JOHN AND SUSANNAH SMITH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 14/35, OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 83RD MACHINE GUN COMPANY.  DIED OF WOUNDS AT 64TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, GREECE, ON 15/10/1918, AGED 21. BURIED AT SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY, GREECE. HIS DEATH AND ADD […]

BORN HULL. ENLISTED ST ANTHONY, FALMOUTH, CORNWALL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 19/03/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1916. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HULL ADDRESS UNTRACED. NO PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS.

BORN SIERRA LEONNE. DIED OF EXPOSURE, AGED 27, AFTER SHIP TORPEDOED. LOST ON SAME SHIP WITH THOMAS SMITH. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. SEVERAL POSSIBLE CENSUS' MATCHES. UNTRACED ON CWGC RECORDS.On August 28th, 1917, Hidalgo, on a voyage from Manchester to Arkhangelsk with general cargo & munitions, was sunk by the German subma […]

BORN SCARBOROUGH 1887. SON OF HARRY ROBSON SMITH (1857-1923) AND SOPHIA HILDYARD THOMPSON (1859-1936), OF 15 CASTLE HILL, SCARBOROUGH. A BOOT REPAIRER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT ETAPLES, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 31. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON T […]

BORN HULL. PRIVATE, ERNEST STANLEY, 10674, 6TH EYR. DIED OF MALARIA AT GALLIPOLI ON 9TH MAY 1915. HIS NAME IS COMMEMORATED WITH 21,000 OTHERS ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS STATE THAT HE WAS BORN IN HULL AND ENLISTED IN HULL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER WILLIAM STANLEY OF 61 TRAFALGA STREET, SHE […]

BORN SCARTHO, LINCOLNSHIRE. SON OF LOUISA. ENLISTED BIRMINGHAM. LIVED IN HULL. WIDOW KATHLEEN LOUISA STEVENS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 12/10/1915. SERVED AS SERGEANT, WITH THE 10TH YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT. KILLED ON 28/04/1917. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. ADDRESS UNTRACED. NO PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS. NB: STEVENS AT 16 CROMER […]