Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1892. KNOWN AS 'SONNY'. ONLY SON OF HARRY ERNEST BOWEN (1868-1920) & FLORENCE TAYLOR TULLOCK (1870-1966), OF 647, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 34, PLANE STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE YOUNGER SISTERS, HILDA, LILIAN AND ANNIE. A FORMER FISH PACKER, TRINITY CHOIR BOY AND CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, […]
BORN VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, 1896. AKA FRANCIS JAMES. SECOND SON OF JAMES CLARKE BROCKLEHURST (1860-1944) & MARGARET McCANN (1865-1944), OF 56 , PLANE STREET, HULL. HIS GRANDFATHER WAS WILLIAM McCANN. SON OF A SHIPPING CLERK. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A CLERK, IN THE FRUIT TRADE. […]
BORN GIBRALTA, 1900. SON OF 2/LT GEORGE CRANSTON & MARIE CARRUTHERS - 37 ST GEORGES RD. EX HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. EX QUEEN VICTORIA RIFLES. HE IS BURIED AT ST. VENANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
4th Engineer
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ALBERT COBBY & ANNIE ISABELLA SHIPLEY, OF 108 PLANE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF THREE SONS. A MARINE ENGINEER'S APPRENTICE. THE S/S 'DIDO' WAS SUNK BY A MINE ON 26/02/1916, WITH THE LOSS OF 28 MEN FROM THE 30 MAN CREW. HIS BODY WAS INTERRED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY ON 3/03/1916. HDM 28/02/1916. Dido SS […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WALTER COPELAND (1871-1945) & MARY JANE VIVIAN (1869-1916), OF 31 PLANE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF THREE SONS. ALBERT WAS A AN OFFICE CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN NEWCASTLE, ON 19/11/1915, AGED 19. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 106921, 60TH ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (RAMC). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 120 LBS, 34. […]
BORN BOSTON, LINCS 1896. SON OF JAMES COULSON AND BERTH EMILY COULSON, OF 141 PLANE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 297 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FISH MERCHANT. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, O […]
BORN ORMASTON, DERBY 06/12/1886. SON OF WILLIAM DUMELOW (1852-1925) AND MARY ANN TOWLE (1857-1924), OF ORMASTON, DERBY. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN APRIL 1915. HIS WIFE, MAUDE MARY PORTER (1883-1977), LIVED AT 111 , PLANE STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED A […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1884. HULL PAL. YOUNGEST SON OF MARY & THE LATE SKELTON FOWLER. GNR. JOHN SKELTON FOWLER, RGA SERVED AT SAME ADDRESS. CLERK Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WILLIAM ERNEST FOWLER 10/1291. Born in June 1884, William was the youngest son of Skelton and Mary Fowler of 112 Plane Street, Anlaby Road, Hull. The fourth of five childre […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1883. PROBATE ADDRESS. LEFT
1st Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1886. ONLY SON OF EDWARD MACKEY (1850-1929) & CHRISTINA M FOX (1862-1928), OF 133, PLANE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A RETIRED POLICEMAN. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A TELEGRAPH MESSENGER. HE JOINED THE ARMY AGED 16. DESCRIBED THEN, AS 5 FOOT TALL, 95 LBS WEIGHT, 29 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, BROWN HAIR, SCAR ON R […]
BORN OWSTON FERRY, LINCOLN, 1875. SON OF SAMUEL PEARSON (1841-1906) & CHARLOTTE PEARSON (1846-1920). THREE OF THEIR FOUR SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. JOHN PEARSON WAS A SEAMAN BEFORE THE WAR AND WELL KNOWN ON HULL DOCKS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND GLOUCESTER REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/08/1915, AGED 41. HIS […]
Steward
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ARTHUR POPPLETON (1861-1955) & ADA OLIPHANT HOWARD (HARWOODD) (1869-1920), OF 38, GLASGOW STREET, HULL AND 152, PLANE STREET, HULL. SON OF A SHIP SMITH. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HIS BROTHER, HAROLD POPPLETON SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WALTER WAS A STEWARD IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. HE DRO […]
BORN HULL 1900. ONLY CHILD OF ARTHUR & (SARAH) ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, OF 644 PRINCES AVENUE, AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 537102, OF THE LONDON REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE 51ST HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY, MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/04/1918, AGED 18. […]
1st Engineer
BORN HULL 12/03/1867. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM ROWAN (1828-1903) & SARAH KILBY DUNBAR (1827-1874). MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL, 1888. HIS WIFE EMILY PICKERING, LIVED AT 113, PLANE STREET, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS). CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE "DAGO" SHIP. DIED OF HEART FAILURE, AT MALTA HOSPITAL, ON 03/10/1915, AGED 48. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST […]
1st Lieutenant
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF CAPTAIN & MRS G T. BROTHER OF MRS E PASKELL ABOVE. KILLED WHILE FLYING. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 04/03/1919. HE IS BURIED AT KNOTTINGLEY CEMETERY, DRIFFIELD, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOSEPH THOMAS STEVENS (1860-1932) AND SARAH GERTRUDE (GRACE) BENNETT, OF 497 HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 157 , PLANE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS, TWO OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. A FORMER INSURANCE CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4. […]
Steward
BORN HULL 1874. WIFE KATE WHITING LIVED 126 PLANE STREET. HE IS LISTED ON THE LOCKWOOD STREET MEMORIAL. SON OF JOHN WHITING, TRNITY HOUSE, POSTERNGATE. DEATH REPORTED IN HDM 29/7/18 & 30/7/18. NOTE: ALBERT WHITING, SEAMAN - 135 NEWSTEAD STREET & ARTHUR WHITING -104 NEWSTEAD STREET, & WHITING'S AT 4 DERWENT AVENUE, ETON STRE […]
Sergeant
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY WILKINSON (1853-1896) AND MARY ANN ELSEY (1854-1925), AT 9, SOUTH VIEW, ST GEORGE'S ROAD, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE MARRIED IVY OSBOURNE (1892-1967), AT HULL, IN 1914. HUSBAND OF IVY (BORN 06/01/1892) & 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, MARJORIE (BORN 15/07/1915), LIVING AT 94, PLANE […]
