Area: Mason Street

BORN HULL 1899. SON WILLIAM HOLLINGSWORTH BLAND & ISABEL COLE SEWARD ABOVE CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. TRAINEE BUTCHER. ENLISTED HULL 07/06/1915. EX 2/4TH EYR & TRANSFERRED TO 238419, LABOUR CORPS DUE TO HIS AGE. DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS, COTTINGHAM HOSPITAL ON 17/08/1917, AGED 19. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. NB: JAMES HENRY BLAND […]

BORN GLOUCESTER 1894. ENLISTED HULL. ELDEST SON OF RICHARD & EMILY LIVED AT 6 SORENTO AVENUE, WOODHOUSE STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND AT THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. SON OF AN IRON FOUNDRY WORKER. EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTICE. ENLISTED HULL. PROMOTED SERGEANT. KILLED IN ACTION, 24/03/1918, AGED 24. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RE […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1885. SON OF BENJAMIN GILLYON & ANN GRASBY, OF BEVERLEY. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A BRICKLAYER BY TRADE. MARRIED IN BEVERLEY 1907. WIFE JANE (SHAW) GILLYON LIVED AT 64 LAIRGATE, BEVERLEY AND 5 WILLIAM SQUARE, MASON STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE SOMME, 14/07/1 […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF SARAH WILKINSON & THOMAS HARDCASTLE, OF 11 GROTTO SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES, 10/12/1915, AGED 28. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND AND HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. UNMARRIED. HIS WILL WAS SHARED EVENLY BETWEEN HIS THREE BROTHERS AND SIS […]

BORN HULL 05/09/1885. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH HUNTER AND ISABEL DUGDALE (1868-1935), OF 50 FRANCIS STREET AND 46 MASON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) A FISHERMAN. MARRIED FRANCES MARIA KNUDSON, AT HULL, ON 05/12/1907. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. SERVED AS SECOND HAND ON THE TRAWLER, 'COTSMUIR'. PRESUMED LOST 02/02/1917, AGED 32. […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF DANIEL McDONALD (1863-1931) & SARAH BERESFORD (1866-1941), OF 4 MASON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF TWELVE CHILDREN. FROM A ROMAN CATHOLIC FAMILY. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER AND MILL HAND. HE DIED OF GAS POISONING RECEIVED IN FRANCE. HE HAD BEEN IN BERMONDSEY HOSPITAL SINCE AUGUST BA […]

BORN HULL 24/10/1894. SON OF DANIEL McDONALD (1863-1931) & SARAH BERESFORD (1866-1941), AT 4 MASON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF TWELVE CHILDREN. ROMAN CATHOLIC FAMILY. A BRICKLAYER, BY TRADE. JAMES McDONALD, LIKE HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH, WAS WELL KNOWN IN HULL BOXING CIRCLES AND WON THE FEATHERWEIGHT BOXING […]

BORN HULL, 1865. SON OF SOPHIA J MITTON. WIFE EMMA MITTON LIVED AT THIS CWGC & PROBATE ADDRESS. MARRIED EMMA JANE BROWN, ON 25/03/1888, AT ST JAMES' CHURCH, HULL. THEY LIVED AT 11 BARMSTON STREET WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN (1911 CENSUS). A LONG SERVING, POLICE CONSTABLE, BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE ENLISTED IN THE MILITARY POLICE ON 25/ […]

BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST SON OF JOHN O'CONNER (1876-1943) & JANE ANN KAY (1878-1956), OF 2 MARVEL COURT, MARVEL STREET. ENLISTED IN HULL. EX, PRIVATE, 8193, CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 02/11/1918, AGED 19. BURIED IN FRANCE. HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY PENSION […]

BORN KEADBY, YORKSHIRE, 1890. SON OF RICHARD SCHOFILED (1864-1922) AND ANNIE ELIZABETH STEPHENSON (1865-1943), OF  12 WILLIAM TERRACE, MASON STREET, HULL  A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT GOOLE, 07/06/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE 21/12/1915. GIVEN 7 DAYS FIELD NO:1 PUNISHMENT FOR MISCONDUCT ON 15/02/1916. WOUNDED IN RIGHT THIGH BY A BULLET ON 04/ […]

BORN HULL 10/02/1894. ELDEST SON OF ELIZABETH SHAW, OF 61, SEATON STREET, HULL AND 5, WILLIAM SQUARE, MASON STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). WORKED AS A WATER MAN. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, DURING THE WAR. ON 03/06/1918, HMT 'ST JOHN H81' WAS CAPTURED BY UB-105 AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE, 45 MILES NORTH OF TORY ISLAND. FOUR L […]

BORN HULL 1885. SECOND SON OF HENRY SMITH & MARY ELIZABETH HOLMES., AT 11, MASON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF THREE SONS. HE WAS A SHIPPING LABOURER LIVING AT 18 RODNEY STREET, HULL, IN THE 1911 CENSUS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 29/08/1914. KILLED IN A RAILWAY ACCIDENT, BEVERLEY, AGED 29. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS ARMY […]

BORN HESSLE, HULL 1897. SON OF HENRY WOODWARD (1860-1927) & FRANCES KATE GODWIN (1861-1927), OF 31 MASON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). BROTHERS HENRY, CHARLES, WILLIAM AND PERCY WOODWARD AND SISTER, KITTY, OF 31 MASON STREET. WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY AND COMPOSITOR IN A PRINTING WORKS. ENLISTED HULL, 04/12/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE 02/07/ […]

BORN BARTON ON HUMBER, 1891. SON OF HENRY WOODWARD (1860-1927) & FRANCES KATE GOODWIN (1861-1927), AT 31 MASON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WMPLOYED AS A PACKER IN THE LOCAL LEAD WORKS, MESSERS, HARGREAVES, OF GIPSYVILLE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INF […]