Area: Middleburg Street

BORN HULL 11/12/1894. ELDEST SON FRANCIS JULIAN BODDY & ALICE ELIZABETH BODDY OF 6, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS WIFE, MINNIE MAY OSMOND, LIVED 6 EPWORTH GROVE, EPWORTH STREET, AND 10, AMY'S CRESCENT SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, ELSIE MAY, BORN ON 24 […]

BORN HULL 1899. SECOND SON OF SYDNEY CLARK (1868-1945) AND FLORENCE ADA THOMPSON (1874-1964), OF MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THE THIRD OF FIVE CHILDREN. SON OF A RAILWAY MAN. HE WAS EMPOYED AT THE TROY TOWING COMPANY. HE SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. SERVED IN FRANCE FOR 17 MONTHS BEFORE BEING BADLY […]

BORN HULL 1898. FIFTH SON OF WILLIAM CLIFTON COOK & SARAH ANNE (BURDON). SON OF A SHIPPING CLERK. ONE OF EIGHT BROTHERS LIVING AT 65 CRAVEN STREET, HULL AND THIS ADDRESS. BROTHERS HENRY, HORACE, WILLIAM & JOHN COOK ALSO SERVED. ARTHUR ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (4TH HULL PALS BATTALION). WAS KI […]

BORN HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF EDITH JANE ELLIS & THE LATE HAROLD THOMAS ELLIS, OF 16 WELLESLEY AVENUE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS EDUCATED AT FULNICH, NEAR LEEDS AND KOENIGSFELD, NEAR BADEN, GERMANY. LEAVING SCHOOL, HE BECAME A PUPIL OF MESSRS, WELLSTED-DOSSRS, CIVIL ENGINEERS. HE WORKED FOR A FIRM IN COLYWY […]

BORN WAKEFIELD, 25/12/1896. KNOWN AS STANLEY SMITH GILL. ONLY SON OF HERBERT & CAROLINE GILL, OF MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL. HIS AUNT MRS BLACK LIVED AT, WESTMINSTER AVENUE, EAST HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A POLICE SERGEANT IN THE WEST RIDING. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN HULL. EMPLOYED AS A FARMER, HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 2.5 I […]

BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF WALTER HACKETT (1865-1934) & ALICE WILFORD (1869-1934), OF 47, JAMES STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS FROM IRELAND AND WORKED AS A 'JOBBING DRYER'. HIS MOTHER WAS FROM BRIDLINGTON. BOTH PARENTS DIED IN 1934. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. AN APPRENTICE ENGINEER AND TIN WORKS FITTER. HIS WIFE ALICE MAUD (ADDEY), LIVE […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM HELM (1852-1894) & SARAH JANE HALL (1854-1932) AT 7 ALLANDALE, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE HAD AN OLDER BROTHER, WILLIAM, AND SISTER, GERTRUDE. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1894. HIS MOTHER MARRIED JAMES MITTON AND DIED IN 1932. ARTHUR HELM WAS AN UPHOLSTERER, LIVING WITH HIS WIFE, AT 1 WY […]

BORN WAINFLEET, LINCS 1887. SON OF FRANK WRIGHT HOPE (1845-1912) & JANE SARGENSON (1844-1902). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. THE FAMILY RESIDED AT BARTON AND GREAT GRIMSBY. HE LIVED ABOVE A SHOP IN CHARIOT STREET, HULL (1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2917, MACHINE GUN CORP. TRANSFERRED AS SERGEANT, 20092, […]

BORN HULL 08/03/1896. SON OF ANNIE ELIZABETH (BROOKS) & THE LATE HARRY KING, OF 2 DURHAM VILLAS, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL. EDUCATED MERSEY STREET, BOARD SCHOOL. MEMBER OF THE BRUNSWICK WESLYEAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A SAWYER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 08/01/1914. ARRIVED FRANCE 19/10/1914. KILLED IN ACTION AT HOOGE, 09/0 […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JAMES COPPOCK & FANNY JANE McPHERSON. EX RECKITT'S WORKER. HE JOINED RECKITTS, ON 2ND NOVEMBER 1903 AND WORKED AS A CLEK IN THE KINGSTON OFFICE. ENLISTED HULL, ON 07/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EYR. WOUNDED ON 04/06/1916. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 05/06/1916, AGED 26. HE LEFT £247 IN HIS WILL, TO HIS FATHER, JAMES, […]

BORN HULL 1898. ONLY SON OF JOHN ROBERT & MARY ELIZABETH MEDCALF, OF 5 WYKE STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, MARIA, ELIZABETH AND LILY. HIS WIFE ESTHER MEDCALF LIVED AT 13, FERN AVENUE, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED WITH THE 1/7TH SOUTH LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED ALMA PARK MILITARY HOSPITAL, MANCHE […]

HULL'S FIRST WAR CASUALTY. BORN HULL, ON  16/11/1884. FOURTH SON OF GEORGE MILEHAM (1855-1932) & MARY ANN CAVE (1860-1896), OF 7 , MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE WAS EDUCATED AT CONSTABLE STREET SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS OF A SUPERIOR, HIGH STANDARD, FOR READING, WRITING AND MA […]

BORN HULL 1888. SECOND SON OF CHARLES SALMOND (DIED 1910) & ANN EMMERSON, OF 7, IVY VILLAS, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL AND 63, SEVERN STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SISTER ELSIE. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY PORTER AND LOADER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 147 LBS, 35 INCH CHEST. HE ENLI […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM SIMPSON (1865-1940) & AMELIA SIMPSON (1866-1932), OF 6, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 6, BEATRICE AVENUE, BALFOUR STREET, HULL AND 7, RHODES STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (WAR  PENSION ADDRESSES). A SHIPWRIGHT. EMPLOYED AS A RIVERTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE "FIGHTING", 1/ […]