Area: Manchester Street

BORN ST JAMES, HULL 1896. SON OF THE LATE WALTER BARBER AND MARY ANN BARBER, AT 27 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AS A STREET ORDERLY MP. WORKED FOR MESSERS, J.S. FRY'S CHOCHOLATE, BRANCH, HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY WHEN WAR BEGAN. WOUNDED IN BOTH THIGHS, BY SHRAPNEL FIRE, SEPTEM […]

BORN HULL 15/02/1889. SON OF JOHN ARTHUR & ANN EDITH BARTRAM. HIS WIFE JANE & CHILDREN, JIMMY & FLORRY, LIVED AT 10 ARTHUR GROVE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (CWGC AND 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR, HE WAS FISHING WITH THE RED CROSS FLEET. HE SERVED AS A DECK HAND IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. STATIONED IN MALTA FOR […]

BORN HULL 1895. KNOWN AS 'JACK'. SON OF JOHN & ANN EDITH BARTRAM. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. EX 12929 13TH HUSSARS. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE BATTLE, ON 01/07/1916, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 28/07/1916, 02/07/1917 & 01/07/1919. HIS BROTHER, DECKHAND, JAMES HENRY CHARLES BA […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF RICHARD & KATE EDITH (CARTER) BLURTON AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. DROWNED. AGED 19 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 owners. In 1917 vessel Rqd by Royal Navy as a fishing t […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF SOPHIE & THE LATE JAMES BRADSHAW, AT 3 SALFORD AVENUE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPOLYED BY MR ROBSON, FISH CURER, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. CORPORAL, IN THE 11TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. ON 1ST JUNE 1918, HE LED HIS SECTION AND CUT OFF THE ENEMY'S RETREAT, SHOWING GREAT SKILL […]

BORN DEWSBURY, YORKSHIRE, 02/05/1872. SON OF WALTER & BETSEY CALVERT, AT 7 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF MARTHA ANN CALVERT, OF PARK STREET, GOMERSALL, LEEDS. A ROYAL NAVAL RESERVIST. HE SERVED AS SECOND HAND, ON THE TRAWLER, 'VIOLA'. HE DIED OF SICKNESS ON 26/11/1915, AGED 43. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY, SPRING BANK. HE I […]

BORN HULL 1896. ONLY CHILD OF HENRY GARABALDI COE (1864-1935) AND SARAH ELLEN BENTLEY (1867-1934), OF 4 ST LEONARD'S AVENUE, HESSLE ROAD (1901 CENSUS) AND 14 BARTON TERRACE MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HIS BROTHER, JOHN COE (1899-1906) HAD DIED YOUNG. EMPLOYED AS A PACKING BOX MAKER. HIS FATHER WAS A DECKHAND IN THE ROYAL N […]

BORN HULL, 05/09/1900. ELDEST SON OF JAMES WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH ELLEN COURTNEY, OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY AS A JUNOIR STOKER. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 04/10/1918, A MONTH AFTER HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL.

BORN HULL 1894. RESIDED IN SCARBOROUGH. SERVED WITH THE 6TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 09/10/1917, AGED 23. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MISS JOSEPHINE HORSFIELD.

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN ROBERT DIXON (1853-1921) & CHRISTINA DIXON (1854-1931), AT 78 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. WORKED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 133 LBS WEIGH, WESLYAN RELIGION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/12/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN ROBERT DIXON (1853-1921) & CHRISTINA DIXON (1854-1931), AT 78 MANCHESTER STREET (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A HORSEMAN. HE SERVED IN EGYPT AND THE DARDENELLES, BEFORE ARRIVING IN FRANCE IN MARCH 1916. HIS TWO BROTHERS ALSO SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND HIS BROTHER ERN […]

BORN HULL 10/4/1897. SON OF GEORGE & ADA FROST ABOVE. NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. HE IS BURIED AT HAIDAR PASHA CEMETERY, TURKEY.

BORN HULL 1873. SON OF ANN SANDERSON AND AMBROSE GLENTON (1838-1920), OF 28 MANCHESTER STREET. HUSBAND OF BEATRICE ANNIE GLENTON, OF 14 VICTORIA STREET, HESSLE. HE SERVED AS THIRD HAND, IN THE MERCHANTILE MARINE. LOST AT SEA, ON 18/05/1915, AGED 42. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 18TH JUNE 1915. * NB: JO […]

BORN SELBY, 15/06/1877. SON OF GEORGE & ANN GRAYSON, HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, ANNIE SMITH, ABOVE. The Arfon was built in 1908 in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire. It worked out of Portland Harbour Naval Base during the First World War, sweeping mines laid by German U-boats along the inshore shipping lanes off the Dorset coast f […]

BORN HULL JULY 1898. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM GUYMER & MARY JANE VICKERMAN, 14 MALVERN TERRACE, GILLETT STREET AND AT THIS ADDRESS. BROTHER JAMES AND SISTERS ELSIE AND LILY. DIED BELFAST ON 24/02/1919, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER JAMES. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. ON HIS CWGC GRAVE ARE THE WORDS " SOMEDAY, SOME […]

BORN SELBY 1882. SON OF ELIZA COLLINS & THE LATE JAMES HATFIELD. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE MARY BOOTH, AT HULL, IN APRIL 1903. THEY LIVED AT 6 MILTON GROVE, SUBWAY STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS 95 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL, (HDM 26/09/1918), WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON. The GITANO was posted […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF BENJAMIN HILL (1858-1938) & PHOEBE ANN GOTHARD (1866-1939), AT 6 SALFORD AVENUE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. SON OF A SHIP BOILER SMITH. HE WORKED AS A STREET TRADER (1911 CENSUS). SEREVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. LOST AT SEA, ON 27/03/1917, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HIL […]

BORN HULL 12/12/1883. SON OF HENRY HOLDER (1852-1932) & EMILY BLAKESTON (1858-1938), AT 1 FAIR VIEW TERRACE AND 8, ASH AVENUE, BOTH ON SUBWAY STREET, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE DIED ON THE TRAWLER. 'COMMANDER BOYLE' ON 23/08/1915, AGED 31. HIS WIDOW MRS W HOLDER LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE SUBWAY STREET MEMORI […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF MARY JANE & GEORGE WILLIAM HOWLETT. HUSBAND TO ALICE MAUD HOWLETT. LOST ON THE FISHING VESSEL 'ST LAWRENCE', ON 03/10/1914, AGED 23. On September 30th, 1914, the British steel trawler ST. LAWRENCE departed Iceland for Hull with fish and went missing with all on board. She was not heard of ever since. Believed t […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY INGRAM & FLORENCE MARY INGRAM, OF 1 BARTON TERRACE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED BY THE HULL CORPORATION TRAMWAYS, AS AN ENGINEER. ENLISTED IN HULLIN MARCH 1917. SERVED WITH THE 1/6TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/04/1918, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT T […]