Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOSEPH HENRY FOSTER (1872-1952) & MARY JANE NETTLETON, OF 54, FREEHOLD STREET, HULL, 198, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, AND 52, LOUIS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. A FORMER CRAVEN STREET SCHOOL SCHOLAR, AND SCHOOL TEACHER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH EYR (HULL PALS), ON 25/10/1915, AGED 19. SENT TO FRANCE O […]
Company Sergeant Major
BORN HULL 1886. ELDEST SON OF JOHN HENRY FOX (1858-1943), AND ANNIE MARIE FOX OF 42, LOUIS STREET, HULL. SON OF A GLASS WINDOW MANUFACTURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, CYRIL AND CLIFFORD. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. WORKED AS A COAL EXPORTER MANAGER (1911 CENSUS). MARRIED IN 1913. HUSBAND OF ETHEL MAY (1892-1985), AT 42, LOUIS S […]
BORN HULL 1878. ENLISTED BRIDLINGTON. DIED AT SEA. BURIED ITALY. SON OF JOHN HENRY & REBECCA HOGARTH ABOVE ADDRESS & 45 WELLINGTON ROAD, BRIDLINGTON.
Master
BORN HULL 1868. SHIP'S SKIPPER KILLED AT SEA, ON 16/04/1917. BROTHER OF J. W. JACKSON, AT 59 , LOUIS STREET, HULL. SON OF EDMUND AND ANN JACKSON, OF KNOTTINGLEY, YORKSHIRE. HIS WIFE, ALICE JACKSON LIVED NORTH SHIELDS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 25/04/1917. SS Marden, built by Smith's Dock Co. Ltd., North Shields i […]
Private
BORN HULL 06/09/1895. SON OFGEORGE & RUTH MOWFORTH LIVED AT 13 PRINCE DOCKSIDE AND 40 LOUIS STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR MR WILLIAM SUMPTON, CONTRACTOR, ON HULL DOCKS. DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION AT SALONIKA, ON 01/06/1917, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 12/06/1917. * BURIED AT SARIG […]
1st Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1887. ONLY SON OF PIER VAN OPPEN (1857-1922) & ANNIE HEBBLETHWAITE (1862-1923), OF 83 PEEL STREET, HULL (1901), 16 DOVER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A DUTCH WHOLESALE FRUIT MERCHANT. HE WORKED AS A COAL TRAVELLER AND CASHIER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS. PROMOTED TO LIEUTENA […]