Area: Manchester Street

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & FLORENCE MARY INGRAM - 5 MASSEY ST (1901 CENSUS) & 1911 ADDRESS ABOVE. WIFE MINNIE - 36 ROBERT ST, SHEFFIELD. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/03/1916, AGED 27 HIS BROTHER CHARLES GERALD INGRAM, SERVED WITH THE 1/6TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT AND KILLED IN ACTION, […]

BORN LEEDS 1897. YOUNGEST SON OF ANNIE JACKSON LIVED AT 9 WALKERS TERRACE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (CWGC ARMY ADDRESS). A FORMER FARM LABOURER IN SOUTH CAVE. HE HAD JOINED THE ARMY IN LEICESTER, ON 13/01/1914. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES TALL, 137LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, DARK BROWN HAIR, AND GREY EYES. HE HAD BEEN OUT IN FRANC […]

BORN HULL 1892. . SON OF ARTHUR LEEDHAM (1863-1951) & MARTHA SOPHIA MARKHAM (1859-1913), of 10 BAINTON TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. WORKED AS A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE CLEANER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT FOR THE DARDANELLES, ON 14/07/1915. KILLED I […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE P. MILLER & EMILY MILLER, OF 9 WRIGHTS TERRACE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN AUGUST 1914. SERVED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AT GALLIPOLI. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN FRANCE . REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED […]

BORN HULL 02/03/1885. SON OF CHARLES MOWFORTH (1854-1929) AND JANE FIRTH (1855-1933), WHO WERE FARMERS IN WEST ELLA. THEY LOST THREE SONS IN THE WAR. HE MARRIED LILIAN FARROW, AT BRANTINGHAM, ON 28/09/1912. WORKED AS A GARDENER. HE ENLISTED AS PRIVATE, 24453, IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 50TH MACHINE GUN CORPS AND W […]

BORN HULL 04/08/1896. SON OF JAMES MYERS AND AGNES CLARA (PENNEY) MYERS, OF 8 LINNAEUS GROVE, RUGBY STREET, HULL AT THIS NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, ON HULL'S FISH STAGE. HE WAS KILLED AT SEA, ON A MINSWEEPER, ON 19/02/1917, AGED 21. Picton Castle, built by Smith Dock Co. Ltd., Middle […]

BORN HULL 1898.  SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM PYRAH (1869-1945) & ELIZA DIXON (1873-1966), OF 3 PICTURESQUE TERRACE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 52 WALCOTT STREET, HULL AND 2 GLADYS AVENUE, WEST DOCK STREET, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCKSIDE LABOURER. HE HAD TWO OLDER BROTHERS, WHO WORKED IN THE HULL SAW MILLS AND A YOUNG […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF FREDERICK RICHARD ROWDEN (1865-1930) & MARIA HUDDER (1866-1906). BROTHER TO ALBERT AND FIVE SISTERS. (1901 CENSUS). WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER BEFORE WW1. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE DIED ON THE 12/07/1915, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE L […]

BORN RILLINGTON. YORKSHIRE 1892. SON OF WILLIAM & LOUISA RUSTON ABOVE. Formerly 2482, E. Yorks Regt. DIED OF WOUNDS. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.

BORN SHEFFIELD 1892. ONLY SON OF GEORGE VICTOR ST RUTH (1854-1927) & ELIZABETH FEARNLEY (1851-1927), OF 1 PETTINGELL TERRACE, DALTRY STREET, HULL. WORKED AS AN IRON AND STEEL FITTER FOR AMOS SMITH ENGINEERS, ENGLISH STREET, HULL.  DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 138 LBS WEIGHT, 37-40 INCH CHEST, "GOOD" PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, BROW […]

BORN ECCLES FIELD, SHEFFIELD 1886.  SON OF WILLIAM THORNTON AND AGNES THORNTON, OF  SEWARD STREET, HULL. AND 3 NEW ROW, WOODCOCK STREET,  HULL. SON OF A ARILWAY CLERK . EX BLUNDELL'S LABOURER. LIVING AT 56 JAMES STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL  SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1917, […]