24 , SALTBURN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
25/01/1918
Aged
40
BORN HULL 1878. MATHEW JOHNSON HARKER (1841-1919) AND ANNIE HARKER, 14 JAMES PLACE, HULL. SON OF A SHIPPING CLEFK. HE HAD ONE OTHER BROTHER HAROLD. EMPLOYED AS A SHOP ASSISTANT. HIS WIFE EDITH AMY HARKER & THEIR THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25840, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT […]
Lance Corporal
BORN CASTLEFORD, 28/04/1891. SON OF WILLIAM PHIPS (1848-1898) & ESTHER COLLINS (1848-1930), OF 9, CLYDE TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. WORKED AS A FISH PACKER. HE MARRIED FRANCES M. PARKER (1887-1918), AT HULL, IN 1910. HE WIFE THE LATE FRANCIS PHIPPS, LIVED AT 3 , SALTBURN STREET, HULL. THE […]
Stoker 1st Class
15 , SALTBURN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
31/05/1916
Aged
23
BORN BARROW IN FURNESS, 1893. SON OF JOSEPH FOSTER & LATE BRENDA SINGLETON. HIS AUNT ROSE SINGLETON, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. STOKER FIRST CLASS, ROYAL NAVY. KILLED IN ACTION AT JUTLAND, 31/05/1916, AGED 23. THE BATTLE CRUISER 'QUEEN MARY' EXPLODED EARLY IN THE BATTLE, KILLING 1,266 OFFICERS AND MEN. THEY ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSM […]
Engineman
17 , SALTBURN STREET, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
08/12/1916
Aged
26
BORN HULL 25/02/1891. SECOND SON OF GEORGE HARWOOD SMITH (1858-1939) & THE LATE HARRIET MARIA GAMBLE SMITH (1857-1905), OF 17 SALTBURN STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A WOOD BOX MAKER. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH ANN GORMAN, IN 1912. SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, AS AN ENGI […]
