Area: Newcomen Street

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ROBERT JOHN & MARTHA SIMMONS, OF 49 BALFOUR STREET & 101 , NEWCOMEN STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE BLACKSMITH AT EARLE'S SHIP BUILDERS. KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 22. HE SERVED WITH THE 529TH EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE WAS KILLED ON 18/06/1917, AGED 22. HIS DEAT […]

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF FREDERICH EUSEBIUS HORATIO STRAKER (1846-1915) & HARRIET HARRISON (1848-1914), AT 10 HOLBORN STREET. HE HAD SERVED IN THE 5TH ROYAL IRISH LANCERS, FOR 12 YEARS. SAW ACTION IN THE BOER WAR. EMPLOYED AS A CORPORATION STORE WEIGHER (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED IN 1897. HIS WIFE ELLEN PARR (1875-1938), AND THEIR TWO SONS, […]

BORN BASFORD, NOTTINGHAM ON 25/02/1899. SON OF ALBERT EDWARD STRAKER AND ELLEN PARR. HIS MOTHER, LIVED AT THIS HULL ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN NOTTINGHAM. SERVED WITH THE 5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/04/1918, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO HIS MOTHER ELL […]

BORN LIVERSEDGE, YORKSHIRE, 1894. SON OF PERCY BROOKE WOODCOCK & MARY ANN WOODCOCK, OF 5, BARMSTON STREET, HULL, 1, BREWERY HOUSE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES) AND 99, NEWCOMEN STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO DONALD, GERTRUDE AND CLARICE. A STOCK CLERK. HE LIVED IN HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 36.5 INCH […]