Area: Severn Street

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF TOM RICHARD BROWN & LAURA HODGSON, OF, 106, SEVERN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR. HDM 9/6/17 & 20/6/17. EMPLOYED BY MR WILLIS, AS A MOTOR DRIVER AND WORKED ONE YEAR WITH THE 'HULL MAIL'. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, IN […]

BORN DRIFFIELD 30/01/1892. SON OF MARY JANE GILL (1860-1898), AND JOSEPH CLIFTON. HIS FATHER & STEPMOTHER SARAH CLIFTON, LIVED CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA, AND THIS HULL CWGC ADDRESS. EX NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY DOCK OFFICES, HULL. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1910. LIVED AT OGDEN, CALGARY, CANADA. WORKED AS A BOOK KEEPER. HE ENLISTED AT […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. CPL FRANCIS FENTON 12/585. Born Hull in 1892, Francis was the youngest of eight children to William Francis Fenton (1852-1927) and Elizabeth Cheesbrough (1851-1923), of 105 Severn Street, Hull. He had three brothers and three sisters. A Ship's Plater by trade, described as 5 foot, 7 inches tall, 137 lbs weight, 3 […]

BORN HULL 1888.SON OF EDWARD & LOUISA FOWLER - 18 MERSEY STREET (CWGC ADDRESS). HUSBAND TO MARGARET FOWLER, AT 31 CRADOCK ST, COCKTON HILL, BISHOP AUCKLAND. A FORMER BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED AT CATTERICK, YORKSHIRE. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 21993, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 17TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY (3RD GALGOW PALS). KILLED […]

BORN HULL 1892. SCULCOATES. SON OF RICHARD PETER FOX (1862-1950) & SARAH ANN ELIZABETH RAWSON (1865-1951), OF 44 NEW BRIODGE RD &91, SEVERN STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE SISTER, JESSIE, LIVING AT 25 HUME STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BAKER. HE WAS A BUSINESS ASSITANT. A SINGLE MAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3 […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF GEORGE BACON JOHNSON AND FLOENCE PREST, OF 120 SEVERN STREET AND 68 KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A LABOURER, LIVING AT 14 FRANCIS STREET, HULL, IN 1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 149 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 16/11/1914. TRAINED AT BEVER […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF AMOS & ELIZABETH NIGHTINGALE -205 NEW BRIDGE ROAD. . EX NER WORKER. NB: FRANK - 43 PEEL ST. CHECKER.

BORN HULL 1893. HULL PAL. SON OF WILLIAM JOSHUA & AMELIA MARY SELLERS. KILLED IN ACTION. BROTHER HERBERT ALSO DIED 19/9/16. Hull Pals Memorial Post. SGT HARRY SELLERS MM 11/772. Born in 1893, Harry was the third of ten children to William and Amelia Sellers of 140 Severn Street, Hull. A Ship's Cook by trade he enlisted in Hull City H […]

BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF JOHN & MARY JANE TAYLOR, OF 140 SEVERN STREET, HULL AND 9, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE FORMERLY WORKED FOR A COAL MERCHANT FOR W. TOWNEND, HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 19473 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS AT EAS […]

BORN SWINTON, NOTTS 1888. SON OF HENRY VICKERS (1850-1914) AND HARRIET RADFORD (1849-1921), OF DAME AGNES STREET, NOTTINGHAM. HIS MOTHER LIVED AT 130 SEVERN STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED NOTTINGHAM. HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, HAVING SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY FOR 12 YEARS ABROAD, INCLUDING CHINA AND […]