Area: Princes Road

BORN HULL 1898. KNOWN AS "BRICKY". ELDEST SON OF HERBERT & CHARLOTTE BRIGNALL & NINE CHILDREN AT THIS NAVAL ADDRESS. HE HAD SERVED THREE YEARS IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, ON MINESWEEPERS. HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO BE LOST ON HIS FIRST VOYAGE ON THE S/S DURBAN, WHICH STRUCK A MINE AFTER THE WAR. HE WAS 20 YEARS OLD. HIS PHOTOGRAPH W […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF GEORGE CHAPMAN & HANNAH DIXON, 2 HOPPS TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET AND AT 41A PRINCES ROAD AND 59 NEWLAND AVENUE. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN AND SIX BROTHERS. HIS FATHER ALSO SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT DURING THE WAR. HERBERT WORKED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED IN HIS ARMY RECORDS, AS NEARLY 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL, 33 I […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF GEORGE CHAPMAN & HANNAH DIXON, 2 HOPPS TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET AND AT 41A PRINCES ROAD AND 59 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN AND SIX BROTHERS. HIS FATHER ALSO SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT DURING THE WAR. WALTER ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION, EYR. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, FOUR DA […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF EDWARD ALFRED GOODIER (1856-1911) & ALICE GOODIER, OF 4 , PRINCES ROAD, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 71 ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 13, BRENTWWOD VILLAS, MARSHALL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A LIFE INSURANCE AGENT. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN AND FIVE SONS. BROTHERS, WALTER, ARTHUR, TOM HAROLD, WILLI […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1885. SON OF WILLIAM HORNER (1852-1927) & EMILY ANN RUSSELL (1856-1917), OF 86, LEONARD STREET, HULL. SON OF A TANNER'S LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE MARRIED FLORENCE CLUBLEY (1884-1955), AT ALL SAINTS, HULL, ON 25/08/1914. HIS WIFE, FLORENCE LIVED AT 4, BEECH GROVE, PRINCES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION […]

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF ROBERT AND JANE KIRK, OF 72 MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, RUSSELL STREET, HULL. SON OF A SLATER HUSBAND OF ADA BELL KIRK 91882-1923), OF 5 MIDLAND STREET, HULL & 37 PRINCES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. FORMERLY, 245, 2ND HULL HEAVY BATTERY. TRANSFERRED AS A GUNNER, IN THE 124 […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOHN ROBERT & MARY ELIZABETH SISSONS, OF 25 , PRINCES ROAD, HULL & 64 TRINITY LANE, BEVERLEY. SON OF A BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/08/1918, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN ROBERT SISSONS. HE IS BURIE […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF MARY ANN WESTELL (1852-1949)& LATE THOMAS WALLACE TURNBALL (1849-1915), OF 13, BEECH GROVE, PRINCES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A TIMBER YARD LABOURER. HIS FATHER WAS LOST AT SEA, ON THE VESSEL "LUCIDA", ON 31/01/1915, AGED 65. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. LANCE CORPORAL, STANLEY TURNBULL, OF THE 4TH EAST YORKSH […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF LAURA WELLS, OF 1, ST ANDREW VILLAS, PRINCES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 66, PRINCES ROAD, NEWLAND, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE HULL CO-OPERATIVE, WORKING IN THE BAKERY DEPARTMENT. HE ENLISTED AT HULL AND SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE HAS SURVIVED THE SOMME AND THE BATTLE AT OPPY W […]