BORN EAST HALTON, LINCS 1876. SON OF WILLIAM ALTOFT (1831-1888) AND MARY HUNTER SHEPHARD (1839-1912). HE MARRIED, HELEN HOGG, IN GLANFORD, LINCS, IN 1898. AN EX RULLYMAN FOR ROBSON'S BREWERY, IN HULL. HIS WIFE, HELEN & 7 CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS HULL ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 25TH TYNESIDE IRISH. HE DIED B […]
22, ST SILAS TERRACE, SWANN STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/07/1918
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF MR WILLIAM HENRY APPLEBY & MRS EMMA GOWER - 34 BARMSTON STREET, 3 LINCOLN STREET, HULL AND 22, ST SILAS TERRACE, SWANN STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE WORKED FOR MESSRS, KEIGHLEY & SONS OIL MILLS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIME […]
BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED SEPT 1914 & WENT TO EGYPT IN 1915. SON OF RAIMES MORTEN & MARY ANN BELL. KILLED IN ACTION. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE HUNTER BELL 11/1016. Born in April 1893, George was the eldest of four children to Raimas and Mary Ann Bell of 2 Lincoln Street, Hull. A Labourer by trade, he enlisted at Ci […]
Private
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF BENJAMIN BLACKBURN AND ELIZABETH JACKSON, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HIS SISTER LIVED AT 2GREEN LANE CRESCENT, GREEN LANE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY. "HE HAD EXTRAORDINARY GOOD WORK THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND WAS UNIVERALLY POPULAT AMONGST HIS COMREADES." HE WAS KILLED RESCUING A WOUN […]
BORN HULL 1900. SON OF JOSEPH & ELIZA ELIZABETH DYSON, OF 50, LINCOLN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND LATER 106, MOORSIDE STREET, MANCHESTER.. SON OF A SAILOR AWAY AT SEA. HE HAD ONE ELDER BROTHER, JAMES AND TWO SISTERS, ELIZA AND OLIVE. A SINGLE MAN. EMPLOYED AS A BOX PACKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CH […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF EDWARD & ELLEN FENTON OF 3 JOHNSONS YARD, LINCOLN STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) AND 173 WINCOLMLEE (1911 CENSUS). HIS FATHER WAS A SHOP KEEPER. HE WORKED AS A HAWKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 130 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, FAIR COMPLEXION. HE JOINED HULL PAL'S BATTALION. HE […]
Born Hull 13/12/1882. PRIVATE THOMAS CHRISTIAN HOLMES 12/1198. Thomas was one of five children to William and Theodocia Holmes of 18 Lincoln Street, Hull. A Painter by trade, he married Annie Elizabeth Windle in June 1913. They lived at 9 Lime Terrace, Alexandra Street, Hull (War Pension address), with their daughter, Hilda. He enliste […]
Ship's Mate
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES JOSEPH & ARAMINTA MATTHEWS. WIFE ELSIE EMMA MATTHEWS LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A FISHERMAN. LOST AT SEA, AGED 40. S/S 'DURBAN', Built for Humber Steam Fishing & Ice Co., Hull (H378). In December 1914 vessel Rqd by the Royal Navy as an auxiliary vessel No FY 1209. In October 1915 returned to […]
