Area: Russell Street

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF MARIAN CLARK, OF HULL, AND 'STONE LODGE', RISE, YORKSHIRE. WIFE EMILY MAY CLARK LIVED AT - 2 RUSSELL STREET, HULL. (HDM 10/05/1918). HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA LIVING AT 4 MORGAN STREET, NEWCASTLE. HE ENLISTED AT NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES, ON 19/02/1917, AGED 34 YEARS OLD. OCCUPATION:COOK. A FORMER SOLDIER. EX, 3RD […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF SARAH ANN HEWITT - 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. KIA. WAREHOUSE ASSISTANT. HULL GARDENER SOCIETY.

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE FRED KENDREW 10/1130. Born in Sutton-on-Hull in 1894, Fred was the sixth of seven children to Henry and Mary Ann Kendrew of 14 Russell Street, Hull (CWGC Address). A Rullyman by trade, Fred enlisted at City Hall on 7th January 1914 originally joining the 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 'The Commer […]

BORN HULL 1898. ONLY SON OF FREDERICK AND MARY FRANCIS LOWE, OF 1 ALBERT PLACE, RUSSELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, MARGARET AND LILY. A FITTER'S LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, 119 LBS WEIGHT, ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 23/06/1916. TRAINED AT WITHERNSEA. […]

BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF ERNEST EDWARD MERCER & SELINA (WELDON) MERCER, OF 52 USSELL STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 26459, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 79538, 9TH ROYAL FUSILIERS (LONDON) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/09/1918, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME AT EPEHY WOOD FA […]

BORN HULL 1870. WIFE GETRUDE LIVED ABOVE IN 1901 & MOVED TO CLEETHORPES. COMMEMORATED ON THE HESSLE ROAD, NAVAL MEMORIAL, HULL FV NELSON (GY41) was a British registered fishing vessel of 134grt built in 1896 by Cochrasne & Cooper of Beverley, Hull. She went missing in September 1914. Nine crew were lost. 1. HILL, WILLIAM PETER […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE THOMAS LISLE SMURTHWAITE 29963. Born in September 1895, the fourth of six children to Anthony and Margaret Smurthwaite, Thomas lost both his parents quite young and was raised by his Aunt and Uncle at 59 Russell Street in Middlesbrough. He was a Shop Assistant by trade, but enlisted in the fight for King […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF HARRY WATSON (1853-1912) & RACHEL PORTZ (1856-1915), OF 50 RUSSELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN HULL AND WORKED AS A PAINT FACORY LABOURER. ARTHUR WORKED AS A PAINT MIXER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED […]