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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 21 MELWOOD GROVE, BE […]

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 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 INTO THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN MAY 1 […]

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 AND ANNIE HANCOCK, OF 58 AUCKLAND AVENUE, HULL. GRANDSON OF MRS M WALTON AT THIS ADDRESS. SON OF A BOOTMAKER. HE WAS A DENTAL STUDENT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/04/1915, AS PRIVATE, 1281, 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, 90TH SIEGE BATTERY. HE DI […]

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. HE ENLISTED UNDERAGE, IN THE CAMERONIAN SCOTS RIFLES. HE DIED IN LEEDS AGED 16. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST JOHN NEWLAND CHURCH MEMORIAL,HULL.. THERE IS NO CWGC RECORD OF HIS BURIAL http://tre […]

BORN HULL 1887. ONLY SON OF JOHN & ISABEL FRASER OF 137, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SISTERS AMY & ELIZABETH. A JOINER. 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, Iraq

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF FREDERICK AND SARAH ANN GOODING AT 23 SIDMOUTH STREET, HULL AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE DROWNED WHEN HIS SHIP WAS ATTACKED BY ENEMY SUBMARINE ON 15/03/1915. HE WAS AGED 19. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED AS HULL CREWS LOST IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON HIS OLDER BROTHER, RIFLEM […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF FREDERICK & SARAH ANN GOODING, 23 SIDMOUTH STREET. 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 HIS POCK […]

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 WOUNDED […]

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 1889.  SON OF WILLIAM & SARAH LAMB, 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 WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 3RD MAY 1917, AGED 28. COMMEMORATED AT THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETU […]

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 […]