BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM ANDREW (1854-1917) & GEORGINA SANDYS (1853-1930), OF 38 WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. BROTHERS ARTHUR, FRANK, HENRY AND WILLIAM AND SISTER ANNIE AT 38 WESTBOURNE AVENUE. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WAS A KEEN OARSMAN WITH THE KINGSTON ROWING CLUB, HULL. A FORMER ACCOUNTANT […]
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF ROBERT BARKER (1843-1929) & HARRIET THRUSSLE (1861-1941), AT 70, PARK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 94721, 4TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRAINED WITH THE 9TH LINCOLNS. SERVED WITH THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE 2ND CANADIAN HOSPITAL, ON 02/04/1918, AGED […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY CRANSWICK (1868-1941) & LOUISA HOLMES (1868-1933), AT 65, PARK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF THREE BROTHERS. SON OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELER. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE. EMPLOYED AS A SHIPPING CLERK. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, C/12407, 21ST KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF WALTER DREWERY (1865-1940) & ADA ELIZABETH DREWERY (1870-1904), OF 29 WALTON STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS RICHARDSON & CO. AND HAD A WIDE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. HE WAS IN THE TERRITORIAL ARMY FOR 11 YEARS. HE ENLISTED IN THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE CYCLISTS, IN 1914. HE WAS SOON PROMOTED TO COMPANY QUARTERMASTER […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN MANCHESTER 1898. ONLY SON OF BENJAMIN FRANKS (1862-1940) & HELEANA (NELLIE) MINDELSOHN (1871-1961), OF 18, PARK AVENUE, HULL. SON OF AN OPTICIAN. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS ABOVE. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE AND WORKED IN HIS FATHER'S BUSINESS, IN SAVILLE STREET, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE OFFICER CADETS AT SCHOOL, THE 4TH EYR TER […]
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ARTHUR & MARY HEWITSON, OF 39 , PARK AVENUE, HULL & THEN BRISTOL. SON OF A MASTER MARINER. EMPLOYED AS A TELEPHONE OPERATOR. ENLISTED BRISTOL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 31/05/1915. SERVED AS SERGEANT, IN THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENTAL DEPOT. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AT PUTNEY HOSPITAL, 25/10/1918, AGED 31. HIS ARMY […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN SCARBORO 1895. SON OF LAVINIA & CHARLES WESLEY HOMERSHAM ABOVE PROBATE ADDRESS, 61 THORSBY STREET, & 7 SPRING COTTAGES, MIDDLETON STREET. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CLERK AT A LOCAL PAINT WORKS. ENLISTED HULL. EX 1ST & 4TH BN EYR. ATTACHED TO THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION ON 30TH APRIL 1918, AGED 23. HE LEFT £107 IN HIS WILL TO […]
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JAMES FRANCIS HEIDRICH (1860-1941) & MARTHA RADFORD FULSTOW (1861-1946), of WEST GARTH, THE LEYS, HORNSEA (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, LEONARD, AND TWO SISTERS, DOROTHY AND MARION. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/04/1916, AGED 25. HIS NAME IS RECO […]
BORN HULL 1897. LIVED HAMPTON HILL. ENLISTED HOUNSLOW. SON OF ROBERT & GRACE INNES ABOVE. KILLED IN ACTION. BURIED NORD.
1st Lieutenant
BORN CRAGG HILL, HORSFORTH, YORKSHIRE, 1879. SON OF JOHN MIDGELEY RISHWORTH (1850-1936) AND IDA MARIA SMITH (1851-1883). SON OF A CORN MILLER FROM LEEDS. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. JAMES RISHWORTH WAS EMPLOYED AS A CORN MILLER (1901 CENSUS), AND LIVED IN KIRK ELLA (1911 CENSUS). HE BECAME A COMPANY MANAGER WITH MR T. M. LOFTHO […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HEATON CHAPEL, LANCASHIRE, 10/02/1899. ONLY SON OF ALBERT HENRY RISHWORTH AND MELICENT ESCOURT BRADLEY, 59 PARK AVENUE. (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS. DIED ON DUTY, ON 06/08/1917, AGED 18. BURIED IN HULL.NORTHERN CEMETERY.
BORN LANARKSHIRE 1872. ELDEST SON OF JAMES RUTHVEN (1838-1922) & AGNES RUTHVEN (1841-1901), OF 'HAZELMERE' HOUSE, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FIVE SISTERS. HIS FATHER WAS FROM EDINBURGH AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HULL STEAM TRAWLER COMPANY. HIS FATHER JAMES WAS AN OIL MERCHANT. HE MARRIED FLORENCE OLGA TULLEY IN 1896, WHO […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN DURHAM, 1881. SON OF WILLIAM (1848-1913) & CHARLOTTE SNOWDEN (1849-1912), OF 4 BURTON ROAD, HORNSEA. HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE HORNSEA PARISH CHOIR. HE WAS BRANCH CASHIER OF THE HULL SAVINGS BANK AND LIVED AT 182 PARK AVENUE, HULL. MEMBER OF THE HORNSEA PARISH CHOIR. HE ENLISTED AT HULL SEPT 1914. JOINED THE 10TH EAST YORKS […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JAMES FRANCIS HERBERT STAPLES (1865-1949) & EMMA MARIA HOPPER (1864-1934), OF 24, PARL ABENUE, HULL. SON OF A MOTOR DEALER. BROTHERS, JAMES AND BRYAM AND ONE SISTER, MABEL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 29940, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFRRED TO THE 2/4TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED I […]
BORN HULL 1893. ONLY SON OF PHILIP HENRY WARD (1855-1927) & MARGARET ELIZABETH WARD, OF 87, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 228, PARK GROVE, HULL. HE HAD AN OLDER SISTER EDITH. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. LIKE HIS FATHER, HE WORKED AS A HOUSE DECORATOR AND PAINTER. WENT TO ST JOHN'S HALL, DURHAM UNIVERSITY AND TRA […]
