Area: Manvers Street

BORN HULL 16/1/1895. Son of Herbert Elvin and Mary Elizabeth Beecroft, of 16, Clinton Avenue, Manvers St., Hull, England (Canadian CWGC address). Emigrated to Canada at the age of 17. Arrived Montreal, Quebec on 3/09/1912. Lived in Deloraine, Manitoba and worked as a farm hand. He enlisted in Canada, on 19/07/1916. Killed in action on 1 […]

BORN WORLABY, LINCS 1885. ONLY SON OF GEORGE BRANTON HOODLASS (1859-1955) & JANE WITHERS HOODLASS (1864-1946). HE HAD A YOUNGER SISTER CALLED GERTRUDE. HE MARRIED CHARLOTTE ANN TURNER (1887-1934), ON 04/05/1912, IN HULL. HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE LIVED AT 5 CARRINGTON AVENUE, MANVERS STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). THEIR DAUGHTER, NORA […]

BORN HULL 09/09/1883. SON OF JAMES & JANE LEE, OF 230 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS. HE MARRIED IN 1916. HIS WIFE ALICE C. WAINWRIGHT, LIVED 8, CLINTON AVENUE, MANVERS STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR WORKED AS A STOCK KEEPER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, 09/04/191 […]

BORN CROWLE 1891. HUSBAND OF MAUD E. CARTLEDGE OF 20 MAPLE STREET, HULL). HIS BROTHER HARRY MARRIED MAUD'S SISTER NORA CARTLEDGE. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL The steam tug BUNTY was on passage from Hull to Rosyth when she struck a mine, laid by the German submerine UC-49, at midnight, and was blown to pieces, all […]

BORN HULL 30/04/1890. SON OF ELLEN & RUBEN HUDSON MASON, OF 147 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF, MARY EDITH MASON, AT 16, MANVERS STREET, HULL. THEY HAD ONE CHILD. SERVED AS SECOND MATE, ON THE STEAM SHIP "FREMONA". LOST AT SEA ON 31ST JULY 1917, AGED 27. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS & ON THE WW1 MEMOR […]

BORN HULL 18/8/1878. SON OF THE LATE GEORGE AND MARY JANE MILLINGTON. A CAKE MILL LABOURER. MARRIED 1900. WIFE HANNAH MARY (FALLOWFIELD) AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED 5 WILSON AVE, RHODES STREET IN 1901 & THE ABOVE ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HIS DAUGHTER LILY DIED IN 1907 LEAVING HIM WITH TWO SONS. HE ENLISTED HULL AND DIED AT HOME ON 15TH NOVEMB […]

BORN HULL 06/12/1893. SON OF FRED PEARSON (1863-1942) AND EMILY PEARSON (1867-1943), OF  3, BLAYDES STREET, HULL AND 7, CHESTER AVENUE, MANVERS STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT ST JOHNS SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS A HORSE DRIVER FOR THE HULL CORPORATION, HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 12/08/1914. SERVED WITH THE 3RD BATTALION, COLDSTREAM G […]

BORN NOTTS, 5/5/1883. WIFE MARGARET ABOVE. JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY ON 11TH MAY 1901. STOKER FIRST CLASS. BURIED IN GILLINGHAM, KENT. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S TRINITY NAVAL MEMORIAL. NB: GEORGE WILLIAM RAYNOR, RN - 7 BRIGHTON TERRACE, HOPWOOD STREET; 492 HESSLE RD;