Area: Mersey Street

BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED HULL 20/3/15. ONLY SON OF HERBERT E & JANE AT 44 MASSEY STREET AND 19 LINCOLN STREET. HIS FIANCEE MISS A WILSON - 24 LINCOLN STREET. EDWIN HAD BEEN A HAIRDRESSER BEFORE THE WAR. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 23. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 24TH OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.*

BORN HOLLYM, YORKSHIRE, 1885. SON OF JANE ELIZABETH & THE LATE WILLIAM RICHARD BILTON, OF 138 , MERSEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. ALSO LIVED AT 22 CEYLON STREET, HULL. HE WAS A BRICKLAYER BY TRADE AND WORKED FOR MESSRS, SISSONS BROTHERS, BANKSIDE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON  31/8/1914, JOINING THE THE 10TH HUSSARS. H […]

BORN HOLLYM, YORKSHIRE, 1897. YOUNGEST SON OF JANE ELIZABETH & THE LATE WILLIAM RICHARD BILTON, OF 138 MERSEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN.HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, OLD TOWN GRIMSBY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A BOMBARDIER, IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR SIXTEEN MONTHS […]

BORN HULL 15/4/1887. SON OF FREDERICK BOOTY OF 30 MERSEY STREET, HULL. HMS Defence and HMS Warrior During the battle of Jutland, HMS Warrior and HMS Defence, attracted by the drifting hull of the crippled SMS Wiesbaden, closed in for the kill, only to blunder right into the gun sights of Hipper´s and Scheer´s oncoming capital ships. Def […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH BROWN, OF CHEETHAM, MANCHESTER. HUSBAND OF BLANCHE BROWN & CHILDREN AT 32, MERSEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, JESSIE AND JOHN. ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 26383, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY […]

BORN HULL 1889. ONLY SON OF ALFRED BURDEN (1868-1933) & HARRIET ELIZABETH EDMONDS (1870-1954), OF 6 ELLENS VILLAS, HOLLAND STREET & THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A BOILER MAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. TRAINED AT WOOLWHICH. SERVED AS GUNNER, 35768, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, 55TH BRIGADE, 'C' BATTERY. HE DIED IN MESOPOTANIA, ON 21/10/1918, AGED 29. HE I […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF ANNIE MARY COOPER, OF 8 BYRON STREET, WESCOTT STREET, HULL. A SEAMAN LIKE HIS FATHER. HIS WIFE LAURA COOPER (HANGMAN) LIVED AT 182 , MERSEY STREET, HULL. SEAMAN. HIS FATHER ALSO LEONARD WILLIAM COOPER (1853-1916), WAS LOST ON SAME SHIP, 'VASCO'. HIS MOTHER, ANNIE, WAS REPORTED MISSING AFTER THEIR DEATHS (HULL DAILY […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM DALTON (1855-1917) & FANNY DALTON (1867-1950) OF 133 , MERSEY STREET, HULL. A LIGHT RULLYMAN. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER IN LAW AT 34 PEARSON STREET, OFF PROSPECT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS BROTHER OF ARTHUR DALTON AND FANNY WOOD. HE ENLISTED IN WAKEFIELD. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 7954 KING'S ROYAL RIFL […]

BORN BARTON 1891. SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH, OF BARTON ON HUMBER. HUSBAND OF FRANCES MARY (HORSEFALL), OF 68 MERSY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/06/1918, AGED 27. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 26/07/1918. HE IS BURIED AT AVAL WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, VIEUX-BERQU […]

BORN HULL 1893. STEPSON OF ARTHUR JAMES BOWER AND MARY JANE BOWER. HIS WIFE ETHEL MAY (DADDY) LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS AND THEY HAD A SON, LESLIE, BORN IN 1916. HIS STEP PARENTS LIVED - 19 POPLAR STREET, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A BOILER MAKER AND ENGINE CLEANER. ENLISTED HULL 22/09/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE 23/07/1917 […]

BORN HULL 18/6/1894. SON OF CHARLES HENRY & ANN ELIZABETH, THIS ADDRESS AND LATER 1 HENLEY AVENUE, BRAZIL STREET. HIS WIFE EVA EATON LIVED AT DE LA POLE, WILLERBY. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS A BLACK LEAD WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY AND DIED OF PNEUMONIA ON BOARD HMS 'PENN', AGED 24. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON […]

BORN HULL 1899. THIRD SON OF WILLIAM GEORGE & ELIZABETH FINNEY, OF 16 LEE SMITH STREET, HEDON ROAD (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) AND 86 MERSEY STREET, HULL. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A FITTER. A SINGLE MAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10 INCHES TALL, 35 INCH CHEST SIZE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ALFRED & MARY JANE GIBSON, OF  73 CRAVEN STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 293 HOLDERNESS ROAD (1911 CENSUS) AND 1, MERSEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHER OF HENRY. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A HOUSE PAINTER APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED AT WALKER-ON-TYNE, SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH NORTHUMBE […]

BORN HULL 1884. SOUTHCOATES. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED YORK. KILLED IN ACTION. SON OF JAMES A & SARAH E HAKES AT THIS ADDRESS.

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF CHARLES HALL (1869-1940) & LAURA JANE CREASEY (1868-1955), OF 79 MERSEY STREET, HULL AND LATER 60 QUEEN STREET, WITHERNSEA. HE HAD ONE ELDER BROTHER, GEORGE EDWARD HALL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 81977 TRAINING BATTALION. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACT […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF LEN & SUSAN HUNTER. EX RECKITTS WORKER. ENLISTED HULL. PRIOR TO WAR HE WORKED AS A STONE POLISHER, AT RECKITT'S CANNISTER WORKS, STONEFERRY. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED THREE YEARS IN THE TERRITORIALS. HIS TWO BROTHERS JOHN AND LEONARD ALSO SERVED IN THE ARMY. ANOTHER BROTHER WAS A MEMBER OF THE HULL CITY POLICE […]

BORN HULL JUNE 1887. HULL PAL. SON OF ROBERT BRIEN & SARAH JACKSON,OF130 SEVERN STREET, HULL. A GENERAL LABOURER. ALSO PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR ST JUDES. HIS WIFE, ANNIE, LIVED AT 16 CLUMBER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE 11TH EYR (HULL PALS). SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1918, AGED 30. […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM JACOBS (1848-1887) AND MARIA HERON (1850-1929) OF 143 MERSEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE MARRIED ADA BLAKELEY. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN AT 12 EARLES ROAD, WILMINGTON, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A GREASER. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE EARLES CEMENT WORKS, HULL, WHERE HE HAD BEEN FOR ELEVEN YEARS WHE […]

BORN MALTON 1884. SON OF JOSEPH LING & MARY JANE (ASCOUGH) KING, 67 MERSEY STREET, HULL. HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. EMPLOYED AS A WAREHOUSE MAN. LIVED AT 39 AVONA AVENUE, GLEBE POINT SYDNEY. HE ENLISTED AT THE SPORTS GROUND, SYDNEY, ON 01/05/1916, AGED 31 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT […]

BORN JULY 1898. SON OF KATHRINE LEWENDON. HE LIVED AT 6 CLAREMONT AVENUE, FIELD STREET. GRANDSON OF JACOB & DRUSILLA BURCHELL AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/10/1917, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS GRANDMOTHER, DRUSILLA. HE IS BURIED AT BEDFORD HO […]