BORN WAKEFIELD 1893. SON OF FAITH & THE LATE REVEREND, JAMES AARON, OF EGTON STREET & 29 MARVEL STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR JIM WORKED ON SHIP KEELS, LIKE HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JIM AARON SERVED WITH THE 8TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY AND WAS KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. 1ST […]
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13 PLEASANT PLACE, MARVEL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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Died on
24/07/1915
Aged
17
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM & JANE ELIZABETH BARRETT AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. (MARVEL STREET, IN DRYPOOL. STREET NOW DEMOLISHED). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR SISSONS BROTHER'S SAWMILLS, HEDON ROAD. HE LIED ABOUT HIS AGE TO ENLIST IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE IN APRIL 1915. DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN FRANC […]
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3 MARVEL COURT, MARVEL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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Died on
28/10/1914
Aged
18
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FRANCIS ORR (1858-1937) & JANE ANN ORR (1873-1913), OF 3 MARVEL COURT, MARVEL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 5 FITZROY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS, AND THREE SISTERS. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. WORKED AS A GROCERS ERRAND LAD. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED T […]
BORN HALIFAX 1881. HE MARRIED IN HALIFAX IN 1907. HIS WIFE ANNIE RUSHWORTH LIVED HULL 32 , MARVEL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AS A HULL DOCKER. ENLISTED HALIFAX. HE SERVED WITH THE 8TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 16/08/1917, AGED 36. HIS WIFE HAD DIED ON 19/03/1917. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO THE GUARDIAN O […]
