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BORN BEVERLEY 1883. KNOWN AS 'PERCY BARNES'. SON OF JOHN BARNES (1838-1890) & SARAH GREENWOOD (B. 1842). HE HAD ENLISTED AS PRIVATE, 7073, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT, AT PRESTON, ON 01/08/1902, AGED 19. DISCHARGED AS MEDICALLY UNFIT, ON 09/10/1904. WORKED AS A PAWN BROKER'S ASSISTANT. LIVING AT 36 LINNAEUS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADD […]

BORN BRIGHTON 10/08/1886. SON OF WILLIAM THOMAS BLATCH & MARY ANN (MARTIN). A 'NUMBER TAKER' (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED SARAH ELEANOR COTTAM (1890-1971) IN HULL, IN 1915. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR SON, GLEDHILL (1915-1987) AT 59 LINNAEUS STREET (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT ST PANCRAS, LONDON. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1275, EAST KENT REGIMENT. […]

BORN HORNSEA 1899. ONLY CHILD OF TOM RICHMOND BUCKTROUT AND MRS EDITH MARY WHITING (1871-1957), OF 13 LINNAEUS STREET, HULL, AND 19, VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER RAN A BOARDING HOUSE AT 13, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL. HE WAS EDUCATED AT BRAMPTON HOUSE SCHOOL, HORNSEA. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 41317, […]

BORN THORNE, YORKSHIRE, 14/05/1892. HE MARRIED ANNIE QUEST IN 1913. LEFT  A WIDOW ANNIE AT 5 ASH GROVE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL . SON OF REBEKAH AND WILLIAM CAWKWELL, OF  4 BEATRICE TERRACE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/10/19. PULLED OVERBOARD IN STRONG G […]

BORN HULL 1901. SECOND SON OF CHRISTOPHER & MARY ELIZABETH COPE, OF 5, ALFRED'S TERRACE, DALTRY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS); 3, THE AVENUE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL AND 27, GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF AN IRON YARD LABOURER. THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE C […]

BORN NEWPORT, BROUGH, 1892. SON OF JAMES SMITH AND MARY ANN EVANS, OF 3 BALDERSON BUILDINGS, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT BUTCHER (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED ALICE DAINTY, AT HULL, IN APRIL 1916 AND LIVED AT HER PARENTS ADDRESS, OF 9 BEATRICE AVENUE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS […]

BORN HULL 1894. THE ONLY CHILD OF JOHN GOWEN (DECEASED) & MARY ANN EARY (1852-1924), OF 5 WASSAND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT ST MARY'S CHURCH, SCULCOATES, HULL ON 07/07/1915. HIS WIFE WAS PHYLLIS LEE SHOOTER (1894-1969). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN (GEORGE, BORN 13/01/1916 AND PHYLLIS MAUD, BORN 27/12/1916). EMPLOYED A […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF WILLIAM & SARAH ELIZABETH GREEN. MARRIED 24/12/1904. WIFE ANNIE TIMMONS (FORMERLY GREEN) AND THREE CHILDREEN LIVED AT 4 BEATRICE AVENUE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LABOURER AND SHUNTER. ENLISTED HULL, ON 20/01/1915. POSTED FRANCE 8/09/1915 TO 9/01/1918. SERV […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF CAPTAIN HALL, OF LINNAEUS STREET, HULL & 3, BANK TERRACE, HORNSEA. SERVED AS SUB LIEUTENANT (15/02/1916), TEMPORARY LIEUTENANT (15/06/1916) AND 1ST LIEUTENANT, IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, ON THE MINESWEEPER "BLACKMOREVALE". KILLED BY MINE EXPLOSION, OFF MONTROSE, SCOTLAND, ON 01/05/1918, AGED 29. HE RESIDED AT […]

All Listings BORN HULL 17/12/1894. (AKA AS PTE. A. O. JARRATT). SON OF ARTHUR & MARY JARRETT - 26 FOUNTAIN ROAD AND 1, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A CLERK FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, AT FERRYBRIDGE. JOINED THE HULL PALS. ENLISTED 17/09/1915. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE, ON 08/03/1916. REPORTED […]

BORN HULL 1905. SON OF FREDERICK & ISABEL NURSE, OF 51 CARRINGTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 119 LINNAEUS STREET, HULL. SERVED AS A MOTOR MECHANIC WITH THE LONDON BOAT SECTION DURING THE WAR. LISTED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL RECORDS. On February 1st, 1922, the British trawler MAGNETA, built in 1915 by Cochrane & Sons Shi […]

BORN HULL 28/03/1863. A MARINE ENGINEER. HE DROWNED, ON BOXING DAY 1915, AGED 52. HE MARRIED TWICE - TO EMMA LOUISE LAMB (1865-1906). THEY HAD EIGHT CHILDREN. HE THEN MARRIED, JENNIE  NORTON (1862-1929), AT SCULCOATES IN 1908. SHE LIVED AT 70 , LINNAEUS STREET, HULL. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM PEARSON (1826-1870) AND HARRIET BURRIDGE (1823- […]

BORN ROOS 1896. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF GEORGE THORNTON (1853-1911 & JANE LAWRENCE (1861-1911). HE LIVED IN GOOLE, HOWDEN & ROOS AND THE WITH HIS SISTER MRS EDITH LAWRENCE NAYLOR (1885-1920), AND FOUR BROTHERS, AT 4 THE AVENUE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). A FORMER CLERK AND A SINGLE MAN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL CITY HALL, ON […]

BORN HULL 1894. THIRD SON OF WILLIAM PASHBY WOOD & PHOEBE WOOD, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/05/1917, AT ARRAS, AGED 23. HE IS RECORDED ON THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY WAR MEMORIAL, AT HULL'S HOLY TRINITY MINSTER.UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER, PHOEBE. HE LEFT BROTH […]