Private
BORN STADDLETHORPE, YORK 1885. ONLY CHILD OF JAMES JOSEPH JACKSON AT 48, MYTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HIS SISTER DIED IN INFANCY. HE ALSO LIVED AT 5 CROSS STREET, OFF BROOK STREET, HULL CITY CENTER (ARMY ADDRESS). A SINGLE MAN. WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 22/04/1915, AGED 27 YEARS AND 270 DAYS. […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1900. SON OF JOHN & EMMA BUTTERFIELD, OF 43 MYTON STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). SON OF A BAKER. HE ENLISTED IN SALFORD. LIVED IN PATRICROFT. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL WITH THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE SOMME, ON 02/07/1916, AGED JUST 16.
BORN SADDLEWORTH 1886. SON OF EDWIN & ANNIE (NUTALL). WIFE ALICE HOWARD LIVED ABOVE. ON RAMC MEMORIAL WENLOCK BARRACKS. NB: 9 BOULEVARD.
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM POSTILL (1859- 1936) & FANNY GILBERT POSTILL (1871-1919), OF 52 MYTON STREET, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ELDEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WAS A PAINTER, LIVING AT 4 WHITBY GROVE, WHEELER STREET, HULL (1911). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMEN […]
Private
BORN HULL 1879. ONLY SON OF THOMAS HENRY RILEY (1848-1905) & ELLEANOR (ELLEN) BRAITHWAITE (1851-1940), OF BEVERLEY ROAD WORKHOUSE. HE WAS AN UNMARRIED LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 37-39 INCH CHEST, 150 LBS WEIGHT, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 03/04/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/07/1916. SERVED […]
BORN HULL 30/01/1895. SON OF MR ISSAC ROSENTHALL (1853-1930) & FANNY ROSENTHAL (1858-1929), AT 10, MYTON STREET, HULL & 44 GRAFTON STREET, LEEDS. ONE OF TWELVE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER RAN A TOBACCONIST SHOP. EMPLOYED AS A TAILOR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 01/09/1914, AGED 20 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 F […]
