Area: Kent Street

BORN HULL 30/3/1881. SON OF MARY JANE HUMPHREY. LOST AT SEA DURING THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, AGED 34. COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, HAMPSHIRE, UK

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF HARRY & ELLEN JARRETT. EX RECKITTS STOREMAN. JOINED FACTORY ON 06/12/09. HE WAS A WELL KNOWN FOOTBALLER, HAVING PLAYED FOR RECKITT'S AND HULL CITY RESERVES. HE ENLISTED ON 16TH FEBRUARY 1916, AT THE AGE OF 21. SERVED WITH THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917. AGED 22. HE IS COMME […]

BORN HULL 1886. WIFE KATE ABOVE. SON OF THOMAS DAVID & EMMA KIRKMAN, CLEETHORPES. DOCK LABOURER.

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN ALFRED LEE & JANE (LONGSTAFF) - 15 ALPHA TER, BUCKINGHAM STREET. EX NER WORKER.

BORN BURFORD, OXFORD, 1890. ELDEST SON OF FRANK LONGSHAW (1866-1935) & LAURA SMITH (BORN 1866), OF 8 MAY TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, FLORENCE MARY LONGSHAW (1892-1959). AN ASSISTANT SCHOOL TEACHER. HE MARRIED ELSIE BALDING, AT HULL, IN 1915. HIS WIFE ELSIE LIVED AT 9 RIPON T […]

BORN WALTHAM, LINCS 1891. SON OF WILLIAM TOWELL LOWE (1848-1916) & MARY ELIZABETH LOWE (1854-1896), OF 24, KENT STREET, HULL AND "HAVENSIDE", HEDON (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE LIVED WITH SISTER ELIZABETH PORTYILL, AT 4, MAIN ROAD, PRESTON, HEDON. EX FARM WORKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 145 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37.5 INCH CHEST. H […]

BORN HULL 20/05/1898. SON OF GEORGE MAGSON (1861-1950) & MARIA DENMAN (1860-1936), OF 16, GEORGES TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 8, WORKINGTON AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. EX RECKITT'S WORKER. MEMBER OF THE RECKITT'S SPORTS BOYS CLUB. ENLISTED AT HULL, ON […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF RICHARD HENRY MAWSON (1854-1919) & HARRIET GONERSALL (1858-1939), OF 6 NAPOLEON AVENUE, KENT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TOW BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WAS A MEMBER OF THE QUEENS HALL, HULL. WORKED AS A SWA MILL LABOURER. HE SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED MISSING AND KI […]

BORN HULL 1877. ELDEST SON OF JOHN MIDDLETON & ANNIE ELIZABETH (COULTAS), OF 7 BRIGHTON TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A SINGLE MAN. EMPLOYED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 38. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SENT TO H […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF ARTHUR (1854-1925) & ADA NEEDLEY (1856-190), AT 161, PERTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 5, STEPNEY LANE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS, WHO ALL LIVED AROUND BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE MARRIED FLORENCE JOHNSON, AT ST ANDREWS CHURCH, HULL, ON 24/08/1912 AND […]

BORN HORNSEA 1892. SON OF WILLIAM JOHN & MARY ELIZABETH PARSONS, 79 KENT STREET. HE WORKED ON ALEXANDRA DOCK AND FOR SISSON'S PAINT MANUFACTURERS. ADDRESS FROM THE HDM ON 04/10/1916. HE JOINED THE TERRITORIALS, AGED18. ENLISTED IN HULL AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 04/10/1915, AGED 24. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE RE […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM & AMELIA (MILLIE) PECK, OF 17 ELIZABETH TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 1/8TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/08/1918, AGED 21. BURIED AT FOUQUIERES CHURCHYARD EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "ONE OF THE BEST".

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM PULFORD & AMELIA (MATHEWS), OF 18 BALFOUR CRESCENT, NORNABELL STREET, HULL. SONN OF A COOPER. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE MARRIED AT ST PHILLIP'S CHURCH, HULL, ON 02/10/1909. HUSBAND OF JANE TAYLOR (1889-1961), OF 4 GEORGES TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL, 10 ALEXANDRA TERRACE, LONDESBOROUGH STREET, H […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF RICHARD FREAR RHODES AND ANNIE ELIZABETH RHODES OF 100 KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND RUSTENBURG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A REGULAR SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (1911 CENSUS). TRANSFERRED TO THE THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIR […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE HAROLD RICHARDSON 11/103. Born in 1895, Harold was the eldest of four sons to Charles and Alice Richardson of 10 Kent Terrace, Holderness Road, Hull. A Saw Mill Labourer before the war, he queued outside City Hall on 8th September 1914 to enlist in the fledgling 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 'Th […]

BORN HULL 14/11/1892. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM ROBINSON (1861-1930) & ISABELLA (BELL) KIDD (1871-1923), OF 3 JOHNS TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, 39, BEETON STREET, HULL AND 14, CHARLOTTE TERRACE, BEETON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A LABOURER. HE MARRIED ETHEL DAVISON IN 1914 WHEN WAR BEGAN. THEY LIVED AT 20 NAPOLEON AVENUE, KEN […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM ROBINSON (1859-1908) & ANN ELIZABETH ROBINSON (1863-1911), OF 46 KENT STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A SAWMILL LABOURER AND FORMER RECKITT'S WORKER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN AUGUST 1914. SERVED WITH THE 2ND FIELD AMBULANCE. KILLED BY SHELLFIRE, ON 27/10/1916, AG […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF HENRY/NORAH. BROTHERS JOSEPH, FRED & WALTER. SISTERS HANNAH, LIZ & ROSE.

BORN HULL 10/01/1897. SON OF GEORGE EDWARD SHAW AND ELIZABETH SHAW, OF 22 NAPOLEON AVENUE, KENT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS ROYAL NAVY, BOY SAILOR. LOST AT SEA ON 01/01/1915, AGED 18. Formidable HMS; 15.000 ton battleship, built Portsmouth 1898. 430ftx75ft. 15,000hp triple-expansion engines. Armed: four 12in, twelve 6in, sixt […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN ROBERT SIMPSON (1861-1933) & SARAH SIMPSON, OF 83 KENT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). A FORMER BUTCHER'S ERRAND BOY. HE WS EMPLOYED BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 242316, 5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE DIED ON 26/10/1917, AGED 22. HE IS […]