Area: Providence Row, Beverley Road

BORN BRISTOL 1875. SON OF FRANCIS HENRY AND ANNIE ELIZABETH SHEARN, MIDSOMER, OF 27 STEAM MILLS, MIDSOMER NORTON, SOMERSET. HE RESIDED IN HULL. WORKED ON HULL DOCKS FOR MESSRS WILSON. WAS RESERVE MAN CALLED UP. HAD SERVED IN THE BOER WAR. SERVED WITH THE 6TH SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY. TWICE WOUNDED IN FRANCE. HE WAS 37 YEARS OLD AND KILL […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF HENRY WILLIAM & ALICE SPOONER AND ALICE BRIGHTON (1860-1935), OF 9 CALTON TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 17/11/1916, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ALICE. HE IS BURIED AT DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXT […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL JOSEPH THIRSK 11/389. Born in 1888, Joseph was the seventh of nine children to Joseph and Jane Thirsk, of 79 Clifton Street, Hull. A Clerk before the war he queued to enlist at City Hall on 8th September 1914 and joined the fledgling 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 'The Tradesmen', 2nd Hull Pals. Af […]

Private BRIAN VAREY 11/283, 11th East Yorkshire Regiment. Born Hull in 1890, Brian was the youngest of seven children to Harry and Annie Varey of 9 Walters Terrace, Providence Row, Beverley Road, Hull. He worked for Messrs, Holmes & Moore, Terry Street, Upholsterers. He enlisted at City Hall on 10th September 1914 joining the 11th B […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF HENRY VAREY (1846-1928) & ANN ELIZABETH VAREY (1845-1929), OF 9 WALTER'S TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 50 PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (HDM 29/11/1916 ADDRESS). HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. A FORMER SOLDIER, HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 12 YEARS, INCLUDING 8 YEARS IN INDIA. HE WOR […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF THOMAS & BETSEY VEAL, OF 24 BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL. A PART TIME GARDENER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORRMERLY, PRIVATE, 23786, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED IN ACTON, ON 23/10/1918, AGED 20. BURIED AT LE CHATEAU CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE […]

BORN GRIMSBY 1895. SON OF DANIEL WHARAM (1853-1917) & MARY ANN WHARAM, OF 14, BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL (1911 CENSUS0 AND 40, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL. SON OF A RETIRED, SLATER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, DANIEL AND THREE SISTERS. A SAW MILL WORKER AND FORMER RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EYR. ARRIVED I […]

BORN DERBY, 30/04/1897. ONLY SON OF ROBERT WHITE & ANNIE HALL, AT 69 PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. (ARMY ADDRESS) HIS FATHER DIED EARLY AND HIS MOTHER MARRIED GEORGE HALL, LIVING AT 10 ARTHUR TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) JOHN WAS WORKED FOR IDEAL STANDARD RADIATOR WORKS. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915, AGED 18 YEA […]