Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM BRAY (1845-1903) AND JANE LAVERACK (1852-1896). BOTH PARENTS DECEASED. HE HAD NO BROTHERS OR SISTERS. WORKED AS A TIMBER CHECKER. LIVED WITH HIS UNMARRIED WIFE ANN MARIE SPPOSE FOR 15 YEARS, AT THIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE HAD TWO CHILDREN - WILLIAM SPOOSE AND PHYLLIS METCALFE (ADOPTED). ALBERT BRAY WAS DESC […]
3 GARDEN PLACE, RAIKES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
30/12/1915
Aged
18
BORN HULL 26/02/1897. SON OF JOHN BURNS ABOVE. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT, UK. HMS Natal, British, Warrior class Armoured Cruiser, blew up and sank at her moorings in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland. Over 400 lives lost. The cause was speculated about at the time and there were conspiracy theories; sabotage was feared […]
14, TELFORD STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
09/04/1917
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF OSCAR NATHANIAL HANSEN (156-1894) & MARTHA TALLETTE LARSEN (1860-1951), OF 14, TELFORD STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS WIDOWED MOTHER WAS BORN IN NORWAY. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, OTTO AND HANS AND ONE SISTER, INGA. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MERCHANT CLERK. HE RESIDED AT 20, RAIKES STREET, HULL […]
8 WOLLERTON AVENUE, DANSOM LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
03/05/1916
Aged
31
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF THOMAS KEMP (1847- 1905) & EMMA LOUISA LAMB (1866-1929), OF 9, RAIKES STREET, HULL. ONE OF FOUR SONS. HE MARRIED ELLEN LANGAN, IN 1908. A FORMER CORN LABOURER, LIVING AT 23, WHITBY STREET, HULL. (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS WATER INLAND TRANSPORT COMPANY. HE AC […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM STEPHENSON (1871-1943) & HARRIET JENNISON (1876- 1914), OF 28 , RAIKES STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE MARRIED LAURA A. CATTLE (1899-1947), AT HULL, IN 1917. HIS WIFE, LAURA A (NORA) DAVIES, LIVED AT 11, GORDON TERRACE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADD […]
26 , RAIKES STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
24/08/1917
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF RICHARD & SARAH THOMAS, OF 26 , RAIKES STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL AND 74 LIME STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED FOR MESSRS, CHAMBERS & FARGUS OIL MILLS, LIME STREET, HULL. HE SERVED WITH THE 7TH CAMERON HIGHLANDERS. REPORTED MISSING AND THEN KILLED, ON 24/08/1917, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS […]
Engineman
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF GEORGE & CHRISTINA RENNIE THOMPSON. 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS ABOVE. BARMAN. SERVED AS ENGINEMAN ON THE STEAM SHIP "JUPITER". LOST AT SEA, ON 21/05/1917, AGED 31. RECORDED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR AND TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON
