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BORN DRIFFIELD 1890. SON OF DAVID EDWARD BOURNER (1854-1899) & MARY ANN ROBSON (1858-1940), OF 20 CHESTNUT AVENUE, PARK ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS & PARISH MAGAZINE). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. FOUR BROTHERS SERVED IN THE WAR. THREE OF THEM WERE KILLED. GEORGE BOURNER WAS A SINGLE MAN. HE WORKED AS A CRANE DRIVER, F […]
BORN DRIFFIELD 1887. SON OF DAVID EDWARD BOURNER (1854-1899) & MARY ANN ROBSON (1858-1940), OF 20 CHESTNUT AVENUE, PARK ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ALL FIVE SONS SERVED IN ARMY & THREE WERE KILLED. HAROLD BOURNER WAS A BOOT MAKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 143 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST. HE MARRIED IN 1912. HUSBAND OF […]
BORN DRIFFIELD 1884. SON OF DAVID EDWARD BOURNER (1854-1899) & MARY ANN ROBSON (1858-1940), OF 20 CHESTNUT AVENUE, PARK ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS & PARISH MAGAZINE). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. FOUR BROTHERS SERVED IN THE WAR, AND THREE DIED WITHIN TWO YEARS. HAROLD & GEORGE BOURNER, WERE ALSO KILLED IN ACTION. […]
BORN ENFIELD, MIDDLESEX 1885. SON OF FREDERICK WARR & ELIZABETH DAVIS. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN OCTOBER 1916. HUSBAND OF ETHEL MARY PYM, AT 4, PARK ROAD, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT PONTEFRACT. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 39625. KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED AS PR […]
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BORN HULL 1888. SON OF ALFRED GOULD & ELIZABETH J. BRADSTREET, OF 1 LAUREL GROVE, PARK ROAD, HULL. LOST AT SEA ON 13/11/1915, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. On November 26th, 1915, the British cargo ship SHIPCOTE, left Archangel for Le Havre with a cargo of grain in bags, and went missing. She was no […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN & ANN GREEN, AT 17 BARROW AVENUE, CAVE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN THE 2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 16/01/1915. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 19/02/1915, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MENIN GATE MEMORIAL […]
BORN HARROGATE 1886. ELDEST SON OF JAMES AND ALICE JACKSON, OF 3, ASH GROVE, PARK ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A BUGLER IN THE 2ND VOLUNTEER EAST RIDING TERRIRORIALS. AN APPRENTICE WHITE SMITH AT MESSRS. YOUNG AND PECK, JAMESON STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED AT CHEMIN DES DAMES […]
BORN HOWDEN, 1899. SECOND SON OF CHARLES & ADA KEMP, OF 25 PARK ROAD, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 20TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, A PIONEER BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/09/1918, AGED 19. "MAY HE REST IN PEACE". FROM HIS HEART BROKEN MOTHER AND FATHER, AND BROTHERS, CHARLEY AND HAROLD, (HDM 14/10/1918).
BORN NEWLAND, HULL 1878. ONLY SON OF HENRY PONSONBY TOLCHARD (1846-1908) & LOUISE BROOKES WRIGHT (1845-1901). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE HAD SIX SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A SHIP'S STEWARD. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 15/11/1914, AGED 35 YEARS AND 14 DAYS. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 13/260, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 […]
