Area: New George Street

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF ROBERT & ELIZABETH HARRISON, AT 3 JOHN'S PLACE DINSDALE SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. SON OF AN OIL MILL LABOURER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. THREE BROTHERS DIED IN THE WAR. HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 26756, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE "LEEDS PALS". KILLED IN ACTION, ON 1 […]

BORN HULL, 1887. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM P. HUSTLER & ANNIE FREEMAN. CWGC ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. FORMER 8412 CAMBRIDGE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/08/1918, AGED 31. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 05/09/1918. BURIED: Daours, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF FREDERICK WILLIAM JORDAN (1863-1929) & CLARA ANN RANDS, OF 6, JOHN'S SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL AND AT 5, PERSEVERANCE TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1908. WORKED AS A BLACKSMITH STRIKER, LIVING WITH HIS WIFE LILY, AT 1, MOUNT TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). THEY HAD FOUR CH […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF RICHARD JUBB (1873-1922) AND LOUISA KERWIN (1872-, OF, 3, ALBERT'S PLACE, YORK STREET, HULL AND 3, UNION SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN. BROTHERS WILLIAM AND JOHN, SISTER'S VIOLET AND ADA. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1.5 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, 11 […]

Born Hull 18/02/1895. Son of Henry (Harry) Kay (1858-1928) and Sarah Ann Birch (1859-1940) of 7 Lucas square, New George Street, Hull. The fifth of ten children. He had five brothers and four sisters. Worked as an Oil Miller. Before the war, he played a few matches for Hull Kingston Rovers. Described as 5 foot, 6.5 inches tall, 159 lbs […]

BORN HULL 20/06/1892. SON OF HARRY KAY (1858-1 1928) & SARAH ANN BIRCH (1857-1940), OF 7, LUCAS SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND FOUR  SISTERS. HE WAS A SPECIAL RESERVE IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. DISCHARGED ONCE, BUT PATRIOTICALLY REJOINED THE COLOURS, IN AUGUST 1 […]

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF THOMAS & ELLEN LEES, AT 6 NELSON'S SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). AN EX GREEN GROCER. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. LOST AT SEA, ON 07/02/1917, AGED 39. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 2ND MARCH 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * The "Shakespeare" was British built in 1908 at […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM & SARAH JANE MOOR, AT 13, OWEN'S SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL,. HE MARRIED AT WEST HAM , EAST LONDON, IN 1917. HIS WIFE, AMELIA GREENHAM, LIVED AT 230 ROMFORD ROAD, FOREST GATE. HE SERVED AS FOURTH ENGINEER, ON THE TANKER, 'POWHATAN'. SUNK BU UB-66, ON 06/04/1917. 36 CREW WERE LOST AND THE CAPTAIN W […]

BORN HULL 11/12/1896. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, HULL, ON 13/12/1896. SON OF JAMES NEEDHAM (1869-1930) & SABINA LOWERY (1873-1964), OF 15, MARINER'S COURT, SYKES STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 76, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS, HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED […]

BORN HULL, 09/04/1886. SON OF EDWARD JAMES OLLETT & CLARA LEDGER, OF NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL AND 36 LABURNHAM AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE BRITISH GAS COMPANY, BANKSIDE, HULL. MARRIED IN 1905. HIS WIFE WAS THE LATE JANE ANN OLLETT, WHO DIED IN 1914, AGED 30. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED, HULL. TR […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF GEORGE W & ANNIE PAYNE OF 43 NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND HODGSON STREET, HULL . ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1915, AGED 18, AT YPRES. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER GEORGE. HE ALSO LEFT SIBLINGS JOSEPH, HAROLD, ANNIE & ETHEL. HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON T […]

BORN BRIDLINGTON 1874. ONLY CHILD OF PETER & SUSANNA PEARCE, OF 16 MATCHELL STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH, HULL ON 18/04/1896. HIS WIFE CHRISTIANA (RHODES) PEARCE, LIVED AT 79 NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). THEY HAD NINE CHILDREN (FIVE DAUGHTERS AND FOUR SONS) AND PREVIOUSLY LIVED AT 9 ANN'S P […]

BORN HESSLE 1894. SON OF HENRY AND SARAH ANN PLUMMER, THIS ADDRESS AND LATER HESSLE. A FORMER BUS CONDUCTOR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/11/1917, AGED 23. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. COMMEMORATED: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF CLARA REED, AT 8 NELSON SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. SHE LOST HER ONLY TWO SONS IN THE WAR. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, LEE SMITHS, OIL MILLS, WINCOLMLEE. ENLISTED IN HULL, IN APRIL 1915. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF HEAD WOUNDS ON 30/07/1917, AGED 26. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL […]

Born Hull 1893. Hull Pal. Mother Clara Reed lived above. Enlisted the Hull Pals in March 1915.  Served with the 13th East Yorkshire Regiment, in Egypt and France. He had survived the battles of the Somme and Oppy Wood and seen much fighting. Killed in action, by a shell explosion, on 30/07/1917, aged 24. A former dock labourer. Unmarri […]

BORN WARWICKS 1877. SON OF LOUISA E ROBERTS, OF 7 GRAHAM ROW, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED WITH THE WORCESTER REGIMENT FOR 16 YEARS AND HAD BEEN THROUGH THE BOER WAR. IN CIVIL LIFE, HE WORKED FOR MESSRS, DARBY, OF MILL STREET, HULL, BUT BEING A RESERVIST WAS CALLED UP WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS […]

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF RICHARD & ELIZABETH SHAKESBY. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A DOCKSIDE LABOURER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1905. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE SOWERBY, AND TWO CHILDREN, AT 7 CRESCENT PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/12/1915. POSTED TO THE 8TH EAST YOKSHIRES. TRANSFERRED […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF WILLIAM SHANN & ELIZABETH SADLER. MARRIED IN 1900. HIS WIFE ELSIE HARLAND SHANN AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 3 ISABELLA TERRACE, YORK STREET, HULL & AT 70 NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILLER. ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 24/10/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN AND MARY ANN SHAW, OF 40 EDGAR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A PAGE BOY. ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 20. BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN SHAW. HIS NAM […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM SIMMONDS (1844- ) & SARAH ELIZABETH JAGGER (1845-1899). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, INCLUDING SIX SISTERS. HE MARRIED, JANE ELIZABETH HARTLEY (1885- ), IN JUNE 1905. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN AND LIVED AT 5, CAVE STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A GENER […]