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BORN HULL 1877. SON OF THE LATE ROBERT BAKER & ELIZABETH BAKER, OF 14 THORSEBY STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A BAKER AT MESSRS RYNERS, SPRINGBANK FOR 25 YEARS. HE MARRIED AT ST. ANDREWS CHURCH, HULL, ON 27/05/1899. HIS WIFE ANNIE FENWICK & FIVE DAUGHTERS LIVED 89 , NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, (1911 CENSUS) & ALSO 27, MELWOOD GROVE, […]

BORN HULL 24/09/1901. SON OF FREDERICK WILLIAM BUTCHER & MARY ELIZABETH (WASS), AT 4 PROVIDENCE PLACE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE NAVIGATION SCHOOL. HE JOINED THE MERCHANTILE MARINE, ON 18/02/1915. SERVED ON THE STEAM SHIP 'INGLESIDE', FROM THAT DATE. THE SHIP WAS SUNK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, ON 08/05/1918. WILLI […]

BORN BRAMLEY, LEEDS 1886. ELDEST SON OF WALTER & JANE (MELLOR) BUTTERY, OF 143 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. A FORMER CLERK FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. A SUCCESSFUL SPRINTER AND MEMBER OF THE KINGSTON ROWING CLUB AND HULL GYMNASTIC SOCIETY. WORKED FOR THE GOOLE STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY. ENLISTED IN THE ARTIST RIFLES IN 1916. COMMISSIONED […]

BORN WARNE, 1867. SON OF WILLIAM JENNINGS CLARIDGE. HIS FIRST WIFE WAS EVERLYN CLUBLEY (1853-1891). REMARRIED 30/06/1906. WIFE SUSANNAH JOHNSON ABOVE 1911 ADDRESS & LATER 6 WINSOR GROVE, MAIDEN ROW, LOUTH LINCS. EMPLOYED AS A GAS STOKER, FRO THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/09/1914, AS A SPECIAL RESERV […]

BORN EGREMONT, CHESHIRE 1894. SON OF FRANK COCKER (1865-1922) AND ANNIE HANCOCK (1871- ), OF 58, AUCKLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 22, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). GRANDSON OF MRS M WALTON AT 34, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. SON OF A BOOTMAKER AND SHOE SHOP MANAGER. HE HAD TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS, ARNOLD AND ERIC. EDUCATED AT […]

BORN WARMINSTER, WILTSHIRE 1899. SON OF SAMUEL WALTER & FLORENCE EVA CORT, OF 130 CLUMBER STREET, HULL, AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE LIVED IN HULL. AND ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 270651, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, MECHANICAL TRANSPORT. HE DIED AT WOOLWICH HOSPITAL, LONDON, ON 26/02/1917, AGED 18. HE IS BURIED […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM COX (1861-1930) & HANNAH COX (1863-1913) AT 121 , NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, LIVING WITH ERNEST, LILY, ETHEL, & IRENE. A RAILWAY PORTER. WORKED IN GILBERDYKE. ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, ON ARMISTICE DAY, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTSWERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOSEPH. HE IS BURIED AT ETAPLES MILI […]

BORN HULL JUNE 1898. ONLY SON OF ERNEST DALBY (1875-1943) & ALICE FISH (1870-1971). SON OF A HOUSE PAINTER. HE HAD A YOUNGER SISTER, GLADYS AND FLORENCE MAY (1897-1905) WHO DIED YOUNG. HE ENLISTED UNDERAGE. SERVED  IN THE 5/6TH & 18TH CAMERONIAN SCOTS RIFLES. HE DIED, ON 04/09/1918, AGED 19. HIS DATE OF DEATH WHERE CONFIRMED IN […]

BORN HULL 1887. ONLY SON OF JOHN & ISABEL FRASER OF 137, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SISTERS AMY & ELIZABETH. HE WAS A JOINER BY TRADE (1911 CENSUS) ENLISTED LIVERPOOL. SERVED IN THE 8TH CHESHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/04/1917, AGED 30. COMMEMORATED ON THE BASRA MEMORIAL: AL Basrah, Basra, I […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF FREDERICK & SARAH ANN GOODING, 23 SIDMOUTH STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WORKED FOR HULL CORPORATION. HE WAS A FORMER MESSENGER BOY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE BATTLE OF HOOGE, ON 30/07/1915, AGED 18. HIS BODY WAS FOUND WITH THREE OTHER MEN. A LETTER IN […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF FREDERICK AND SARAH ANN GOODING AT 23 SIDMOUTH STREET, HULL AND 1, SALISBURY CRESCENT, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY ON THE STEAM SHIP "HYNDFORD" (Glasgow). DROWNED WHEN HIS SHIP WAS ATTACKED BY ENEMY SUBMARINE ON 15/03/1915. HE WAS AGED 19. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED AS HULL CREWS […]

BORN 1863. FIRST ENGINEER OF THE STEAM SHIP 'ALICE'. DIED AT SEA ON 21/12/1914, AGED 53. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 20/03/1915.

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF FRED JOHNSON (1857-1944) & ELEANOR JANE HARDY (1856-1924), AT 242, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. (HIS FULL NAME WAS FRED CLIFFORD HARDY JOHNSON) THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. SON OF A TAILOR. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FIVE SISTERS, ANNIE, FLORENCE, BEATRICE, KATE AND GRACE. A FORMER LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF FRED & ELEANOR JANE JOHNSON, OF, 242 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. HIS WIFE, ELSIE MATTHEWS, LIVED AT 4, SAVANNAH AVENUE, MINTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A MOTORMAN FOR HULL CITY TRAMWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN THE 13TH EYR HULL PALS IN NOVEMBER 1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. SEVERELY WOUND […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOSEPH A. JOHNSON AND GRACE ALICE JOHNSON, OF 168, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVED AT 240 SPRING BANK, HULL. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE SOMME, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 17. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF RICHARD & EDITH KENT, 28 TORRINGTON STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE AND THIS ADDRESS. AN ERRAND BOY. ENLISTED HULL. EX 26749 NFUS. TRANSFERRED TO THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS, SERVED IN THE BRECKNOCK BATTALION. DIED IN INDIA, ON 27/10/1918, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER, RICHARD.

BORN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, 1889.  SON OF WILLIAM & SARAH LAMB, OF 57, STANLEY STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL. HE WAS A TINSMITH (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS WIFE, ROSE CLARA LAMB LIVED AT 5, SALISBURY CRESCENT, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED & LIVED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND/5TH WE […]

BORN CHORLTON, LANCS 08/07/1886. SON OF WILLIAM & HANNAH LAWTON, OF  116 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. SERVED IN THE GLOUCESTER TERRITORIALS FOR THREE YEARS. HE EMIGRATED TO HAZENMORE, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA AND BECAME A FARMER. ENLISTED 14/01/1916. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK HAIR AND DARK COMPLEXION AND […]

BORN HULL 1897. THIRD SON OF HERBERT LEGGOTT & ESTHER CHARLOTTE ADAMS - 7 NORWOOD TERRACE, NORWOOD ST & THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. WORKED FOR THE NER ENLISTED HULL, ON 11/12/1915. EX 32/286, THE NER RAILWAY PALS. ARRIVED FRANCE, ON 18/06/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED ON THE SOMME, 10/07/1916, AGED 19. HE IS C […]