Area: Nicholson Street

BORN HULL 28/02/1890. ELDEST SON OF DAVID BLACKBOURN (1860-1947) & EMMA HICKSON (1865-1896), OF 17, FRANCIS TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 55, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL. SON OF A BAKER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A TRAVELLING SALESMAN FOR WINE AND SPIRITS (1911 CENSUS) AND AS A MACHINE MAN AND DYE […]

BORN HULL 19/02/1895. SON OF BENJAMIN BLENKINSOP (1861-1922) & ALICE MAUD BLENKINSOP, OF 16, COUPLAND TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE (1911 CENSUS) AND 78, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (ARMY AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS, MARGARET AND ALICE. HIS BROTHERS, GEORGE (EYR) & SGT. JOE W. […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF WILLIAM BRIDGES (1860-1938) AND MARY ELLEN MAXWELL (1862-1961), AT 19, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A NEWSAGENT. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. CHARLES WORKED AS A FLOUR MILL LABOURER IN HULL. LATER HE MOVED AND LIVED IN URMSTON, MANCHESTER, WHERE HE ENLISTED IN THE L […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN WILLIAM BROUGH 11/363. Born in July 1898, John was the eldest of four children to James and Emma Brough of 58, Nicholson Street, Beverley Road, Hull. A Slater by trade, he queued to enlist outside City Hall on Tuesday 8th September 1914 joining the newly created 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment […]

BORN SCULCOATES, HULL, 1882. SON OF GEORGE DALE (1854-1928) & SARAH LUMLEY (1856-1935), OF 52 PORTLAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE MARRIED SARAH ANN CRAWFORTH (1883-1972) AT HULL, ON 21/09/1903. HIS WIFE SARAH ANN & 4 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 48 NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS […]

BORN HULL 18/08/1899. ELDEST CHILD OF WILLIAM HENRY ELLEY & LAURA BEATRICE HARDY & HIS GRANDPARENTS, ALL LIVING AT 27 NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. WORKED AS A PACKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 126 LBS, 35 INCH CHEST, DARK BROWN HAIR, GREY EYES HE ENLISTED AS PRIVATE, 239 […]

BORN YORK 1892. SECOND SON OF JOHN ALEXANDER & MARY JANE GARNISS. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS) AND 23 BLAYDES STREET. EMPLOYED AS A MOTOR BUS GREASER AND WIREMAN FOR THE HULL CORPORATION ELECTRICAL TRAMWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AT THE START OF WAR. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1311, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFE […]

BORN RIPLINGHAM, YORKS, 1888. SECOND SON OF GEORGE & ROSE GILBY, OF 14 CLAREMONT AVENEUE, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL AND 32 RODNEY STREET, HULL. A FORMER CLERK. E HE NLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 201754, WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 01/10/1917, AGED 29. HE WAS A SINGLE MAN. HIS ARMY PENSION WAS AWA […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ALFRED & MARGARET HANSON, AT 9, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A VAN DRIVER AT SISSONS & CO. A SINGLE MAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, IN FRANCE, ON 03/12/1915, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WIT […]

BORN HULL 22/10/1895. SON OF WALTER HARE (1868-1949) & LOUISA EASTWOOD (1871-1960), AT 26, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMIGRATED TO BRIGHTON, ONTARIO, CANADA IN 1911. WORKED AS A FARMER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 34-37 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, PRESBYTERIAN RELIGION. ENLISTED […]

BORN HEMPHOLME, YORKS, 1896. SON OF ELIZA FAIRBANK (JUDGE) & TOM FAIRBANK (STEPFATHER) AT 65, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 26/10/1918, AGED 22. BURIED IN FRANCE, HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, "NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH WE MISS HIM ONLY ACHING HEARTS CAN TELL" Hull Pals Memoria […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM LONSDALE (1863-1946) & ANN BELLARD (1865-1943), OF 37, MAY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS THE CHURCH WARDEN OF ST MARY CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AN SISTER, CALLED IVY. FORMERLY AN APPRENTICE SIGN WRITER. HE RESIDED AT 63 , NICHOLSON STREET, […]

BORN HULL 1892. KNOWN AS HAROLD. THIRD SON OF JOHN WILLIAM LOWTHER AND ESTHER MARY ANN ELIZABETH GILL, OF 47 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL AND 6, CLAREMONT AVENEUE, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. A FORMER FRENCH POLISHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, WITH THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILERY. HE WAS WOUNDED ON […]

BORN HULL 1892. PAINT GRINDER AND LABOURER. HULL PAL. ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 11/09/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916. CHARLES AND HIS BROTHER ERNEST MORLEY (BOTH EYR) WERE LISTED ON THE NICHOLSON STREET ROLL OF HONOUR. Hull Pals Memorial Post. SGT CHARLES FREDERICK MORLEY 12/53. Bor […]

BORN HULL 25/10/1896. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM & LETICIA NOBLE. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER AND NEXT OF KIN, MISS ELLEN NOBLE, AT 10, CLOVELLY AVENUE, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (CWGC DDRESS). EMPLOYED BY MESSERS SIMMONS AND POOL, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, AS A GROCER BOY. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 119 LBS, 33 INCH CHEST AND OF 'FAI […]

BORN HULL 1874. SON OF WILLIAM (MINESWEEPER) & ANN (SPRING) PITTS - 41 NICHOLSON ST. MARRIED 1902. WIFE ROSE (WILSON) PITTS & TWO DAUGHTERS LIVED AT 195 BOULEVARD. HE WAS A FIRST MATE AND MASTER SEAMAN. DROWNED AS A RESULT OF AN ENEMY SUBMARINE ATTACK. LISTED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. HE LEFT £264 IN HIS WILL TO H […]

BORN GLOUCESTER 1896. SON OF GEORGE PROWLIN. WAS A BUTCHER FOR MR W NEWTON, OF NICHOLSON STREET. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 14/04/1913, AND SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS. HE RE-ENLISTED ON 5/08/1914 WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED, AGED 17 AND 7 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 5 INCHES TALL. HE WAS UNMARRIED. DIED OF […]

BORN HULL 08/08/1896. SON OF THE LATE JAMES & ALICE (NICHOLS), OF, 159, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS GREAT GRAND FATHER, WILLIAM ROBINSON HAD SERVED ON HMS 'VICTORY' AND CARRIED NELSON BELOW DECKS AT TRAFALGA. GEORGE SERVED ON THE FLAG SHIP HMS 'IRON DUKE', FOR OVER FOUR YEARS. HE DIED OF FLU ON THE HOSPITAL SHIP 'B […]

BORN NORTH FERRIBY 1898. KNOWN AS "TOM". SON OF GEORGE STRAKER & AMELIA CAMPBELL, AT 80 NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A MOULDER, EMPLOYED BY THE BRITANNIA, OIL AND CAKE MILLS, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 3.5 INCHES TALL, 125 LBS, AND 35 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 21/05/1916, AGED 17 AND 9 MONTHS. TRAN […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF GEORGE & EMMA THMPSON. HUSBAND OF EMILY EDITH RHODA THOMPSON, OF YORK. EMIGRATED TO BRAIESIDE, WALLERAWANG, NEW SOUTH WALES. WORKED AS A LABOURER. ENLISTED IN THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE ON 20/09/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 137 LBS, 35 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND R […]