Area: Porter Street

BORN CHELSEA 1867. GEORGE AND SUSAN BACON. HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN LIVED AT 13 CURZON STREET, HULL. IN 1915 HE HELPED RESCUE 50 FRENCH SOLDIERS FROM THEIR SUNKEN TRANSPORT ON THE WAY TO ALGIERS. HE WAS PRAISED AND PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 24/11/1918. * HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 17/11/1917 & ON 18/11/1918. HIS […]

BORN HULL 1883. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN T & BARBARA ELIZABETH BATTARBEE AT THIS ADDRESS. THIS WAS ALSO ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE WAS A DEALER IN SURGICAL DRESSINGS BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ON 12/12/1915, AGED 32. CALLED TO SERVICE ON 18/03/1916. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 145 LBS IN WEIGHT, CHEST 37 INCHES AN […]

BORN GRIMSBY 1887. MR WILLIAM T & MRS JANE E BELLAMY. LIVED IN HULL. hIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL'S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN WILLIAM BELLAMY 3/6868. Born 1887, the eldest of three sons to Edward and Sarah Bellamy. John was working as an Oil Miller before war broke out, and lived at 14 Lorne Street […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JOHN AND ANN BROWN, OF 86 PORTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WAS IN BUSINESS WITH HIS FATHER AND WORKED AS HARNESS MAKER AND LEATHER MERCHANT. HE WAS ALSO A LEADING MEMBER OF THE HULL BOYS CLUB, ROPER STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 02/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE HULL COM […]

BORN HULL 1892. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF HENRY & ANNIE CANTY ABOVE. ALSO LIVED 116 WITHAM. HDM 5/2/19. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CHARLES HENRY CANTY 14/125. Born in September 1892, Charles was the third of five children to Harry and Annie Canty of 116 Witham, Hull. A Shop Assistant before the war, he enlisted at Hull City Hall on […]

BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF HENRY HARMON CLARK & MARY JANE CLARK AT 5 KINGSTON PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSIONS ADDRESS). BROTHER TO JOHN, JANE, HARRIET AND TWINS, ALICE AND MARGARET. A STUDENT AND NEWSBOY. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3330, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE, ON 05/05/1915, […]

BORN HULL 1881. YOUNGEST SON OF EDWARD CONNOR & MARGARET BAKER AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1891 AND HIS MOTHER AND SISTER ALICE BOTH DIED IN 1916. SERVED AS A SHIP'S FIREMAN. THE CARGO SHIP 'SHIPCOTE', WHIVH LEFT ARCHANGEL, RUSSIA, FOR LE HAVRE, CARRYING BAGS OF GRAIN. IT WAS LOST AT SEA ON 13/11/1915 AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN. JA […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF FRED & SARAH DREWERY, OF THIS ADDRESS (1901 CENSUS). THE FAMILY MOVED TO 3, FAITH'S TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS A FLAX MILL LABOURER. HE HAD OLDER BROTHERS. JOE AND FRED, THREE YOUNGER BROTHERS, EDWARD, FRANK AND ROBERT AND AN ELDER SISTERS, BEATRICE AND GERTRUDE. HE ENLISTED IN THE […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF TOM DUNLIN & AMY BODDY, 15 GREGORY'S BUILDING, MOXON STREET. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS. MARRIED IN 1914. HIS WIFE ALICE CHAPMAN LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. EX 13829 EYR. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT SALONIKA ON 09/05/1917, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM FARR (1875-1951) AND ELIZA NICKLIN FARR (1874-1952), OF  8, ELM TREE AVENUE, WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, CHARLES HENRY AND GEORGE PETER AND FIVE SISTERS, EMILY MARY, HARRIET, JESSE MAUD, MARY AND FLORENCE. A LABOURER. UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES […]

BORN HULL 1880. SON OF ARTHUR FREDERICK FARR (1855-1882) AND ELLEN ELIZABETH MARNEY (1847-1909), OF 11 JANE'S PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS. WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED, ADA FARNHILL (1879-1969), AT HULL IN 1901. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR EIGHT CHILDREN AT 24 PRINCE OF WALE […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF HENRY SAMUEL FIELDING & HANNAH MARY PAWSON - 2 MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1904. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1914. HENRY WORKED AS A TOBACCONIST, AT SCALE LANE, HULL. RESIDED AT 2 SARAH ANNS PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL HE ENLISTED IN HULL AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. POSTED […]

BORN HULL 1875. SON OF RALPH FORREST (1851-1898) & EMMA BROWNING (1853-1902). HIS WIFE, ALICE, LIVED AT 21 PORTER PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). CHIEF ENGINEER, OF THE FISHING VESSEL, 'ZARA' LOST WITH ALL HANDS OFF SPURN POINT, ON 07/04/1915. AGED 50. HE IS RECORDED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL RECORDS. On Wednesday 7th […]

BORN HULL 1898. ENLISTED NORWICH. SON OF MARY JANE HARPER. KILLED IN ACTION.

BORN LATVIA, 1898. MYER WAS FROM LIBAU, LIEPAJA, LATVIA. ELDEST CHILD OF HARRY HESSELBERG. LIVING AT 134, PORTER STREET, HULL. LIKE HIS FATHER, MYER WORKED AS A BOOTMAKER AND REPAIRER. MYER'S FATHER, HARRY, CAME TO ENGLAND IN THE EARLY 1900'S, LEAVING HIS WIFE, SHEINA ARONOVICH, IN LATVIA WITH HIS CHILDREN. THIS WAS NOT UNUSUAL. IT IS CO […]

BORN HULL 1879. SON OF CHARLES HOLMES, OF 9 STAVES BUILDINGS, PORTER STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF WIFE FLORENCE HOLMES, OF 15 HOWARDS ROW, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL. AN OIL MILLER (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, HEWITT & THOMPSON, CONFECTIONERS, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED IN 1916. SERVED WITH THE 2ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED AS A […]

BORN HULL 1890. ONLY CHILD OF THE LATE JOHN HOMAN AND FLORENCE JESSIE HOMAN, AT 7, INGRAMS PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL; 71, SOUTH PARADE AND 6, ELLEN'S TERRACE, JACKSON STREET, HULL. A PAINT GRINDER. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS SANDERSON'S PAINT WORKS, ROPERY STREET, HULL. HE WAS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, & 108 LBS WE […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF RICHARD & M KENNEBY ABOVE 1901 CENSUS. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. KIA. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ERNEST KENNEBY 11/627. Born in April 1894, Ernest was one of three children to Richard and Margaret Kenneby of 3 Lorento Place, Porter Street, Hull. He is the last of those killed in action on 8th September 1918 when th […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THE LATE FREDERICK & HELENA MARIE KING, AT 55 PORTER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). A PORK BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/02/1916, AGED 23 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 146 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST AND 'GOOD' PHYSIQUE. TRAINED AS A TRENCH BOMBER. SENT TO FRAN […]

BORN HULL 1893. ONLY SON OF SARAH ANN & THE LATE TOM LIVERSEDGE, OF 9 HESSLE PLACE. PORTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS), 40 HAMPSHIRE STREET, (1917) AND 4 MYTON PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) & 5, EMILY TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A LABOURER. HE HAD A YOUNGER SISTER, NAMED OLIVE […]