Area: Porter Street

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOHN AND ISABELLA LOWSON. THE SIXTH OF SEVEN CHILDREN. OLDER SISTERS ADA, EMMA AND FLORENCE LOWSON. BROTHERS WILLIAM, JOHN AND THOMAS LOWSON. HE WAS BROUGHT UP BY SARAH AND SAMUEL BROD, WHO WERE RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS. HE WAS LIVING AT 21 LUCY'S PLACE, PORTER STREET, WITH HIS SIBLINGS IN THE 1911 CENSUS. HE WAS A FORME […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF CATHERINE McCABE (1857-1909), OF 13, WILSON BUILDINGS, SOUTH STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED BETHA ELIZA SAPCOTE, AT HULL, IN 1909. A SHIPPING LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN (ELIZABETH AND HAROLD) AT 10, HESSLE PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND BERTH'S HOME TOWN, MARKET WEIGHTON, EAST YORKSH […]

BORN GRIMSBY 1893. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. SON OF ELIZABETH & THE LATE GEORGE OAKES. KILLED IN ACTION. AWARDED TH MILITARY MEDAL (HDM 13/09/1918) Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE OAKES 11/874. Born in Grimsby on 26th January 1893, George was the youngest of four children to George and Ellen Oakes of 123 Porter Street, Hull. Educa […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM OFFEN & HARRIET OFFEN, 24 LUCY'S PLACE, PORTER STREET. HE WAS SINGLE AND LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED SIX YEARS IN CHINA WITH THE 1ST KOYLI, BASED IN HONG KONG. HE CAME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS IN 1914, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS. HE RETURNED TO THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILL […]

BORN HORSHAM, ST FAITHS, NORFOLK, 14/12/1884. SON OF SUSANNAH ROGERS (1854-1919) AND BENJAMIN PLATTEN (1857-1927), OF NORWICH. HUSBAND OF ROSA MANDALL HALL, WHO HE MARRIED AT HORSHAM, ON 14/04/1914, AGED 29.  A FORMER SOLDIER AND PLATELAYER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, LIVING AT 24 MICHAEL STREET, PORTER STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REP […]

BORN HULL 12/06/1892. HULL PAL. SON OF ELIZABETH PLATTS. A BOILER SCALER, BOARDING AT 7 YORK TERRACE, MARMADUKE STREET IN 1911. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 23. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER. https://ww1hull.com/serre-1916/

BORN HULL 1879. ONLY CHILD OF FREDERICK PUNDERSON (1838-1899) AND REBECCA MARSHALL CARRITT (1838-1905). HE MARRIED MARY HOGGARD, AT HULL IN 1916. EX HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. HIS ARMY ADDRESS WAS 8 KINGSTON PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 133 LBS WEIGHT, 35 […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF ELIZABETH BROCKWELL, OF 50 RUGBY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HIS FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS YOUING AND HIS MOTHER MARRIED WILLIAM BROCKWELL. HE WAS HUSBAND OF ANNIE PINDER. (NEE BOOTH) AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A BOX MAKER. HE MARRIED ANNIE PINDER, AT HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 21/01/1911, AND HAD THREE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTE […]

BORN MONTROSE, FORFAR 05/08/1863. SON OF LATE JAMES SHARP & ANN McDONALD. MARRIED ST JAMES CHURCH, HULL ON 12/05/1892. WORKED IN HULL AS AN ABLE SEAMAN. KILLED IN ACTION WHEN ATTACKED BY SUBMARINE. HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH HUNT LIVED AT 5 PORTER PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED IN THE CWGC RECORDS. HIS NAME IS LISTED […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF DIANA SKINN, OF 1, JOHNSON'S PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN 1914, AGED 16, WITHOUT HIS PARENTS KNOWLEDGE. HE HAD BEEN DISCHARGED BEFORE RE-ENLISTING. SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED MISSING AND PRESUMED KILLED ON 09/04/1917, AGED 20. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON […]

BORN HULL 1896. STEP SON OF WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON AND ONLY SON OF ANNIE JOHNSON ABOVE. UNMARRIED. GROCERS CLERK AND RULLY LAD. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS 16/11/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. https://ww1hull.com/serre-1916/

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ALFRED & ELIZA TAYLOR, 49 MILL STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS, ARTHUR, JOHN, EDWARD AND HERBERT TAYLOR AND ONE SISTER ELIZA WHO ALL LIVED AT 49 MILL STREET, BROOK STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH ON 22/03/1913. WIFE OLIVE WALKER LATER (SIMPSON). LIVED AT 10 RUTH'S TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, 2 […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF HENRY DAVID TAYLOR & SARAH ANNE TAYLOR, OF 8 ALEXANDRIA TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4 PEASE PLACE, PEASE STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HIS OLDER BROTHER GEORGE LIVED AT 1 HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL AND SISTERS MARY ELLEN STEEL LIVED AT 3 HADDON COURT, PEASE STREET AND ROSE SM […]

PRIVATE LEONARD WHITE 12/129. Born Hull in 1880, Leonard was the youngest of seven children to Leonard and Martha White of 1 Isaacs Terrace, Hull. A Labourer by trade he lived with his wife, Mary Jane, and son, Leonard Jnr, at 8 Hessle Place, Porter Street, Hull. He enlisted at City Hall in September 1914 joining the 12th Battalion East […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THE LATE LUCY YOULTON, (WHO DIED 06/06/1915). A SINGLE MAN. HE LIVED WITH HIS LATE MOTHER AT 6 JOHNSON'S PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL. HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF MESSRS F. PLUMMER & LATTERLY ON HULL DOCKS. HE SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915 […]