Area: Middleton Street

BORN NORFOLK 1881. MOTHER MARY ANN BALLS OF YARMOUTH. MARRIED 13/04/1898. WIFE ADA (SWALES) BALLS (BORN 18/8/1873) OF 42, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL. LOST AT SEA. DETAILS AND ADDRESS FROM CWGC RECORDS. HE LEFT FOUR CHILDREN, EVA, EDGAR, EDITH AND ELSIE (WAR PENSION RECORDS). Nadine, built by Mackie & Thomson, Govan in 1898 and operated a […]

BORN HULL 1880. SON OF HENRY AND FRANCES S. COOKE, OF BICESTER. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. MARRIED IN 1908. HIS WIFE ANNIE CALEY, LIVED AT 30, EAST PARK AVENUE, HULL, 36, CHEVERTEN AVENUE, WITHERNSEA. THEY ALSO LIVED AT 67 MIDDLETON STREET, HULL WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN. (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED IN […]

BORN HELPRINGHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1892. SON OF EDWARD SAMUEL GARTON (1852-1929) & SOPHIA HORTON (1858-1927), OF HELPRINGHAM, LINCS.  SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE WORKED AS A BAKER'S ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS). HUSBAND OF MARY ELIZABETH JACKSON, OF  58, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 03/05/1918). ENLISTED CENTRAL HULL. PO […]

BORN HYDE, CHESHIRE 1886. HUSBAND OF MRS E E GRAHAM OF 4 EBOR AVENUE, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF JOHN GRAHAM, OF EAST ELLA LODGE, ANLABY ROAD, HULL. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED FOR MESSRS MAYFIELD, PAINT WORKS, AT 45 SCULCOATES LANE. HE SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE 30T […]

BORN HULL 1893. ONLY SON OF ALFRED & SARAH A. HOLMES, OF 99, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EDUCATED AT HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE. EMPLOYED IN HIS FATHER'S GROCER BUSINESS, MESSRS, BROWN, HOLMES AND COX, AT 11 CARR LANE, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN 1911. SERVED AS PTE. ALFRED GORDON HOLMES, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY AND WAS MOBILI […]

BORN HESSLE 1873. SON OF SAMUEL & MARY EDWARDS IRELAND, THORN COTTAGE, HULL ROAD, HESSLE. LIVED AT 6 PRINCES WALK, CRAVEN STREET AND RECORDED AS WIDOWED. SECOND MARRIAGE - WIFE LAURA SHARPE LIVED ABOVE (PROBATE ADDRESS). LIEUTENANT AND QUARTERMASTER. SERVED IN INDIA. MACHINE GUN CORPS AND 1ST BORDER REGIMENT. DIED AT BROOKLANDS, HOSP […]

BORN HULL 1870. WIFE MARY KNOX (NEE STEPHENSON) ABOVE. SON OF THE LATE JAMES & JANE KNOX. Lost in the North Sea, on the Hull steam trawler CORNELIAN (H506) Sank with all hands, on 14th January 1916. CREW LOST ON CORNELIAN (H506), ADDY, Thomas (22), 42 Queens Gate St, Hull. Bosun FAIRFIELD, Joseph (21), 38 Walcott St, Hull. Trimmer G […]

BORN HULL 1893. YOUNGEST SON OF JESSE & ELIZA LYON, OF 124 LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS HOIST DRIVER. RESIDED AT 3 EASTFIELD AVENUE, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL, HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE IST EAST KENT REGIMENT "THE BUFFS". HE WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THEIPVAL MEMOR […]

BORN BRIDLINGTON 1895. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM & ADA ELIZABETH MACKRILL, OF 450 ANLABY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 49 MIDDLETON STREET, HULL. ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. SON OF A PAINTER AND DECORATOR. HE WORKED AS A JOINER DRAUGHTSMAN. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 2547, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 18/ […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF EDWARD PICKERING (1850-1921) & EMMA PICKERING (1848-1933), of 85, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 28443, 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE MARRIED VIOLET WOOD (1891-1994), AT NEWLAND, HULL, IN 1916. HE HAD BEEN GASSED ON 14/08/1 […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN THOMAS SAWNEY (1864-1936), AND ADA BOOTH (1866-1936), OF 62, SPRING BANK, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, HERBERT AND KENNETH SAWNEY. EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE. HE MARRIED ON 26/06/1913. HIS WIFE AMY, LIVED AT 1, VICTORIA PARADE, HEDON ROAD (PROBATE & ARMY ADDRESS) & 65, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSIO […]

BORN CHELSEA 1894. ONLY SON OF PETER WALKER SMITH, OF HULL. BOARDING WITH HIS FATHER IN 1911, AT 9 DE LA POLE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL. HE WAS A STONEMASON, WORKING FOR MR PANTON, ON ANALBY ROAD, HULL. HE MOVED TO 16 MIDDLETON STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL, AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YOR […]

BORN MALTON 1888. SON OF GEORGE & ANNA SMITHSON, HULL. WIFE MARY ELIZABETH LIVED IN MIDDLESBROUGH. DIED OF PNEUMONIA.

BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF JOHN SUNLEY & EMMA GARBUTT (1863-1940), OF 20 FANNY TERRACE, GRANGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 39 MIDDLETON STREET, HULL. A FORMER ERRAND BOY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE,  583, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 'ACCRINGTON PALS'. KILLED IN ACTION ON 02/07/1916, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATE […]

BORN HULL 20/09/1891. ONLY SON OF GEORGE EDWARD THRUSSELL (1848-1938) & MARIA JOBLING (1846-1922), OF 29, CHESTNUT AVENUE, QUEENS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A JOINER. HE WAS A PRINTER AND LINOTYPE OPERATER, FOR THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, BESSIE AND LILIAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EYR. […]