Area: Osborne Street, HU1 2PN

BORN HULL OCT 1899. YOUNGEST SON OF HENRY FARNSWORTH BENTLEY (1858-1926) AND JANE SAYERS (1858-1909), OF 3, JOHNS PLACE, OSBOURNE STREET, HULL,. (WAR PENSION & ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE OLDER BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A RULLYMAN. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 23/04/1917. SERVED IN THE 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLE […]

BORN HULL 11/21872. HULL PAL. ONLY SON OF SAMUEL BLAKESTONE & SARAH ANN FOSTER, THIS ADDRESS. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS THAT LIVED IN HULL. WORKED AS A SHIP'S FIREMAN AND SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE FOR FIVE YEARS. ENLISTED IN THE ARMY ON 25/9/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. KILLED IN ACTION 13/11/1916. LEFT WIDOW MAY ANN BLAKESTONE, OF 8 NOR […]

BORN HULL 1884. HULL PAL. SON OF HENRY & EMILY (COATES) & BROTHERS WILL, FRANK & ALFRED ABOVE ADDRESS. HDM 8/6/16 & 24/5/17. WIFE JENNIE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL GEORGE FREDERICK BURNHAM 12/216. Born in 1884, George was the second of six children and eldest son of Henry and Emily Burnham of Osborne Street, Hull. A […]

BORN WINTERTON, LINCS 1891. SON OF GEORGE & SARAH GREEN, 24 EARLGATE, WINTERTON. BOADING ADDRESS 1911. AN ASSISTANT DRAPER. ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 27/08/1916, AGED 25.  HE IS LISTED ON THE WINTERTON, WW1 MEMORIAL, WITH HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, HAROLD GREEN, 27080, KING'S OWN ROYAL LANCASTER REGIMENT, KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23RD […]

BORN HULL 20/07/1896. SON OF THOMAS HEWITT (1864-1899) & ANNIE ELIZA FROST (1866-1934), OF 6 COTTINGHAM AVENUE, OSBOURNE STREET, HULL & 65 WYNBURG STREET, NEWBRIDGE ROAD, HULL. A FORMER GROCER BOY. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY. AN ORDINARY SIGNALMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR. LO […]

BORN GOOLE 1889. SON OF JOHN (1857-1937) & MARGARET HUNT (1858-1894), OF SUMMER BUILDINGS, NEW MICHAEL STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, JOHN AND THOMAS HUNT AND ONE SISTER, ANNIE. HE MARRIED MARGARET LONGTHORNE, AT THE HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 21/02/1914. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, ANNIE, BORN ON 31/07/1916. LIVED AT 19, CHAPEL COURT, […]

BORN SELBY, 1895. SON OF ROBERT AND EMMA LANGTON, OF 48 UPPER UNION STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTER. HE MARRIED MARY ANN CARTER, AT HULL, IN 1908. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN AND LIVED AT 5 UNION PLACE, OSBOURNE STREET, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A COAL MRECHANT'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YOR […]

BORN 1884, CARLUKE, LANARKSHIRE, 1884. ARMY RECORDS SHOW THAT HE LIVED AT OSBOURNE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED MARY ELLEN BURNETT AND LIVED AT 10 NEW MICHAEL STREET,- 1914. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/07/1916. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOSEPH BELL MEGAHY 11/451. Born in 1884 in Carluke, Lanarkshire Joseph wa […]

BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF GEORGE SMITH & EMMA EKLIZABETH ROGERS, AT 9 WILLIAMS PLACE, OSBOURNE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR HALF SISTERS. A FORMER DOCK LABOURER & FISH FRYER. HE LIVED WITH HIS AUNT, AT 156 WOODCOCK STREET, HULL AND 1 PROVIDENCE COURT, FAWCETT STREET (OFF GREAT PASSAGE STREET) HULL. HE ENLI […]

BORN USA 1888. A FISHERMAN. BOARDING AT 21, OSBOURNE STREET, HULL. LOST WITH JOSEPH SMITH, ON THE STEAM SHIP "HILDALGO", 28/08/1917. THEY ARE COMMEMORATED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Hidalgo, built by Northumberland shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Newcastle in 1908 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman Wilson Line Ltd., Hull, wa […]

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF TIMOTHY TOLAN & CATHERINE HARRIGHTY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 27/05/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT LOOS, ON 29/09/1915, AGED 34..