Lance Bombardier
Lance Bombardier MASTERS, FRANK Service Number 765532 Died 22/08/1918 Aged 29 "B" Bty., 223rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery Son of Harriett Masters, of Long Riston, Holderness, Hull and the late Matthew Masters; Husband of the late Annie Masters. He is buried at Serre Cemetery no: 2, Somme, France His grave inscription, reads, "G […]
BORN EAST MERSEA, ESSEX 1897. ONLY SON OF CHARLES HENRY & LUCY ANN APPLEBY, OF SOUTH PARADE, LEVEN, (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT DRIFFIELD. FORMERLY, 3213 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION 16/09/1916, AGED 19. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND. HE LEFT A FIANNCEE AND CHILD. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER. HE IS COMM […]
BORN LEVEN, HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM ATKIN (1868-1954) AND HARRIET ANN WALLIS (1872-1959), VERNON STREET, LEVEN. LIVED LEVEN. A FARM LABOURER LIKE HIS FATHER AN BROTHERS. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 01/07/1916, AGED 22. BURIED AT MAMETZ. HIS ARMY EF […]
Private
BORN LEVEN, YORKSHIRE, 1897. SON OF GEORGE DAWSON, A FARM LABOURER, AND WIDOWER. LIVED HULL. GRANDSON OF HENRY AND RACHEL DAWSON, OF EAST STREET, LEVEN. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX 4392 NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 30643, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT ME […]
BORN LEVEN, 1894. WORKED AS A HORSEMAN ON WEST FIELD FARM, KILHAM, NEAR DRIFFIELD. HE ENLISTED AT DRIFFIELD. FORMERLEY, PRIVATE, 872 ARMY SERVICE CORPS. TRANSFERED TO THE 8TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED IN ITALY, ON 24/08/1918, AGED 24. BURIED AT MONTECCHIO PRECALCINO COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, ITALY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEF […]
Lieutenant Colonel
HEIGHOLME HALL, LEVEN, HULL, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
21/07/1915
Aged
61
BORN ARGYLL, SCOTLAND, 1854. SON OF JOHN MACDOUGALL, OF LUNGA. HUSBAND OF WILHELMINA. A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER WHEN WAR BEGAN. A LONG STANDING SOLDIER. HE SERVED AS LIEUTENANT COLONEL, 10TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS. HIS SISTER MRS PETERSON, LIVED AT HEIGHOLME HALL, LEVEN. HE WAS ACTING TEMPORARY LIEUTENANT COLONEL. WHEN KILLED, ON 21/07/1915, AG […]
Private
BORN CATTERICK, YORKSHIRE, 1896. SON OF AMOS & ANNIE MADDISON, OF WATERLOO FARM, LEVEN, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A FARM BAILIFF. FOURTH OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 18/04/1915, SERVED WITH "C" COMPANY, 5TH YORSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS […]
BORN CATWICK, LEVEN, 1894. SON OF WILLIAM & ANNIE PANTON. RESIDED AT WEST STREET, LEVEN, EMPLOYED AS A FARM HORSEMAN. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON 27/03/1918, AGED 24. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE LEVEN ROLL OF HONOUR. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
Private, STEPHENSON, ARTHUR, Service Number, 44770, Enlisted Beverley. Reported Missing. Presumed Killed on 20/09/1917, 10th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. His name is recorded on the Leven, Roll of Honour, St Peter's Church, Leven, East Yorkshire. Born Riston, Leven, 1882. Son of John and Sarah Ann Stephenson, of Leven. Eldest of four so […]
Private
Service Number 19484 Died 13/06/1918. Accidentally killed while on active service. Aged 44 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment Husband of Mary Stephenson, of East Street, Leven. They had two daughters, Maud and Mirriam. Buried at Strauma Military Cemetery Greece. His Grave inscription reads, "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" His name is re […]
BORN WINTERINGHAM, LINCS 1888. ENLISTED HORNSEA. SON OF MR S & AGNES THORPE, WEST STREET, LEVEN. HE WAS GROOM TO THE RECTOR AT SIGGLESTONE. A MARRIED MAN. HIS BATTERY RECEIVED A DIRECT HIT AND HE WAS KILLED WITH FOUR OTHERS. HIS BROTHER SERVED IN THE SAME BATTERY BUT WAS AT REST CAMP AT THE TIME. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DA […]
BORN COTTINGHAM 1886. LIVED LEVEN. EX 92384 RASC. DIED OF WOUNDS. SON OF JOSEPH & SARAH WALKER - ARMY RECORDS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE LEVEN ROLL OF HONOUR.
