BORN 1888. SON OF CHARLES ALTOFT (1867-1901) & MARIA HOTCHIN (1868-1929). HE MARRIED MARY JANE HARPER, IN PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, IN JUNE 1913. THEY LIVED IN MOSTON, MANCHESTER. HE ENLISTED IN MANCHESTER. SERVED WITH THE 2ND/7TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 29. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY […]
Donkeyman
BORN DROGHEDA 1881, SON OF PATRICK & BRIDGET CAROLAN. WIFE JANET (DARROCH) LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Hidalgo, built by Northumberland shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Newcastle in 1908 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman Wilson Line Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 4271 tons. On August 28th, 1917, Hida […]
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THE REVEREND JAMES HALLIDAY (WESLEYAN MINISTER). HE ENLISTED IN MANCHESTER. EX, PRIVATE, 551 ASC. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1917, AGED 26. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS MOTHER, LUCY. NOTE. "SOLDIERS DIED" RE […]
56 CHEETHAM STREET, MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE, NORTH WEST ENGLAND, UK
Area
Died on
07/06/1915
Aged
30
BORN HULL, 1886. REAL NAME WAS 'JULIUS EPSTEIN'. ELDEST SON OF LEAH HILLELSON (1861-1915) & BARNETT EPSTEIN (1860-1922). HE WAS THE ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SON OF A CABINET MAKER, FROM 'RUSSIA'. THE FAMILY WAS JEWISH AND MOVED FROM HULL, TO LEEDS AND THEN TO MANCHESTER. HE WORKED AS A TAILOR. HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY, IN WARRINGT […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF HERBERT EDWARD LEASON (1860-1921) & ELIZABETH WALLIS (1858-1941), OF 30, LINK AVENUE, URMSTON, LANCASHIRE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A COACH BUILDING BLACKSMITH. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. HE WAS EMPLOYED IN A COTTON WAREHOUSE. ENLISTED MANCHESTER. EX 4490 MANCHESTER REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH […]
Fireman
BORN BURSLEM 1887. SON OF CHARLES HENRY LONGSDALE & MARY ELLEN LONGSDALE (FORMERLY WOODWARD. HUSBAND OF ANNIE LONGSDALE (NEE STEELE) OF 3 POLAND STREET, AUDENSHAW, MANCHESTER. LOST AT SEA, ON 30/04/1918, AGED 31. CWGC & HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. The UMBA was built as Adelheid Menzell (Constru […]
, MANCHESTER, NORTH WEST ENGLAND, LANCASHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
14/09/1914
Aged
38
ALIAS THOMAS MALE. BORN HULL 1876. LIVED MANCHESTER. ENLISTED MANCHESTER. LEFT WIFE LILY MALE & SON BENJAMIN. SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. HULL ADDRESS UNTRACED. HE IS BURIED AT LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, SEINE-ET-MARNE, FRANCE
Sailor
BORN OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER, 1898. SON OF ADELE & JON McFARLANE. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The Umba was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, Germany. She was a schooner rigged screw steamer with a gross tonnage of 1501t, and measured 88.39m x 12.5m x 5.8m. She was equipped wi […]
BORN HULL. SON OF CHARLES NEEDLEY (1859-1908) AND KATE NEEDLEY (1863-1937), OF 8 LINTON STREET, HARPURHEY, MANCHESTER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN MANCHESTER. SERVED WITH THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT. KILLED AT DEVILLE WOOD, AT THE SOMME, ON 18/08/1916, AGED 28. HE IS BURIED AT DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPT […]
Air Mechanic
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF FRED WILLIAM & SARAH NOBLE. MARRIED 28/5/1917 - WIFE ALICE (POWELL) LIVED HULME MANCHESTER. ON HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL ROH.
Wireless Operator
BORN MANCHESTER 1899. SON OF FRANK OSBORNE, GLAN, NORTH WALES. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. SS 'CITO': Wilsons & North Eastern Railway Shipping Co; 1899; Earle´s Co.; 819 tons; 219.1x30.1x16.5; 144 nhp; 9.5 knots; triple expansion engines. The steamship Cito was intercepted by German torpedo boat destroyers S-53 and V-73, 20 miles East of […]
Company Sergeant Major
BORN MANCHESTER 1883. SON OF GEORGE OWEN (1860-1920) AND ANNIE LLOYD (1862-1930). ELDEST OF NINE CHILDREN. HE MARRIED REBECCA MULLIN (1886-1964), AT ST PHILIPS, MANCHESTER, ON 04/09/1909. EMPLOYED AS A COKE STOKER. HE ENLISTED MANCHESTER. SERVED AS COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR, 7903, 11TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. HE WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHE […]
174 WHEALLAND LANE, , MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
15/07/1915
Aged
FYZABAD CANTONMENT CEMETERY, INDIA
BORN HULL, 28/03/1868. SON OF THE LATE GARDENER RICHARDSON AND JANE RICHARDSON. EDUCATED AT SCARBOROUGH. WAS A BUTCHER. ENLISTED IN AUGUST 1914. SERVED WITH THE INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, FROM MAY 1915. DROWNED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT IYZABAD, INDIA, ON 15/07/1915, AGED 47. HE MARRIED MARY ELIZABETH SEACOMBE, IN LIVERPOOL, ON 07/04/1890. T […]
BORN HULL 1894. LIVED & ENLISTED CHEETHAM, MANCHESTER. EX 5551 30TH ROYAL FUSILIERS. SON OF J ROSENBERG, 21 CUMBERLAND STREET, BRISTOL.
BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED MANCHESTER.
BORN HATFIELD, YORKSHIRE 1882. SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH THOMPSON, OF HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL'S HYMERS COLLEGE. MARRIED ETHEL WILSON AND LIVED WITH HER FAMILY IN RUSHOLME, MANCHESTER. EMPLOYED AS A HOSIER. HE ENLISTED IN MANCHESTER. SERVED WITH THE 7TH KING'S OWN SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/05/1917, AGED 35. […]
BORN HESSLE, 1891. SON OF JOHN AND SARAH WAUGH, OF HESSLE, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WAS A FOREMAN OF THE GARDENS AT HESSLE MOUNT, FOR NINE YEARS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRES. KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE H […]
Trooper
BORN HULL. LIVED MANCHESTER. ENLISTED LEEDS. HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY TROOPER. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1917. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CAROLINE.
