Able Seaman
BORN GRIMSBY 26/05/1888. SON OF ROBERT JAMES CRESSEY (1864-1915) AND MARY ANN READING (1864-1954) OF 11 SHAW STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT CLEETHPORPES, LINCOLNSHIRE, ON 09/01/1908. HIS WIFE LILLY GRAY, AND SON ARTHUR, LIVED AT 17 MONTAGUE STREET, NEWW CLEE, GRIMSBY. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. LOST AT SEA, ON THE TRAWLER, 'HERM […]
Ship Skipper
11 , SHAW STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
24/02/1915
Aged
52
BORN BLOOMSBURY, MIDDLESEX, 1864. SON OF WILLIAM CRESSEY (1830-1873) AND FRANCES ANN BILLINGTON (1832-1910). A FISHERMAN. HE MARRIED MARY READING (1864-1954), IN CAISTOR, LINCS, IN APRIL 1895. AGED 20. THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN, SOME OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. THEY LIVED AT 11 SHAW STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED IN THE MERCH […]
Steward
BORN GOOLE 1884. SON OF SAMUEL HARRISON (1853-1921) & HARRIET TAYLOR (1861-1934). HIS WIFE ALICE LILIAN SOAMES (1890-1969) AND DAUGHTER, ALICE, LIVED AT, 7 SHAW STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A SHIP'S BOILER CHECKER. HE SERVED AS A STEWARD, ON THE LONDON SHIP "NORTH WALES". LOST AT SEA, ON 24/10/1916, AGED 33. HIS BROTHER, […]
5 SHAW STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/03/1918
Aged
22
BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF GEORGE LEONARD (1867-1945) AND CLARA ANN LEONARD (1869-1947), OF 5 SHAW STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A TIM SMITH. WORKED AS A SAWMILL LABOURER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13/1002, IN THE HULL PALS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/03/1918 […]
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JAMES LILLEY (1874-1904) AND ADA BLAKEY (1872-1941), OF 51, QUEEN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS WIDOWED MOTHER MARRIED IN 1908. HIS STEP FATHER WAS JAMES GOLDEN AT 2, KEELING ENTRY, MYTONGATE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS AN ERRAND LAD. ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1546, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN MERCER (1863-1928) & HANNAH TADMAN (1871-1945), OF 36, SHAW STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. FOUR SONS WERE KILLED DURING WW1. PRIOR TO ENLISTING ALFRED WAS A DOCK LABOURER. HE JOINED THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, AND HAD BEEN TRAINING FOR ONLY 12 WE […]
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOHN MERCER (1863-1928) & HANNAH TADMAN (1871-1945), OF 36, SHAW STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. FOUR SONS WERE KILLED DURING WW1. THE MERCER FAMILY LIVED AT 89 BARNSLEY STREET (1901 CENSUS) AND 12 BARNSLEY STREET (1911 CENSUS). HIS FATHER WORKED AS A LIGHTE […]
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN MERCER (1863-1928) & HANNAH TADMAN (1871-1945), OF 36, SHAW STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. FOUR SONS WERE KILLED DURING WW1. HE SERVED WITH THE 10TH EYR (HULL COMMERCIALS). SHOT IN THE THIGH. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 11/09/1918, AGED […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOHN MERCER (1863-1928) & HANNAH TADMAN (1871-1945), OF 36, SHAW STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. FOUR SONS WERE KILLED DURING WW1. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 29, CHRISTOPHER STREET, AND 12 BARNSLEY STREET, HULL. JOHN, ALSO KNOWN AS 'JACK', WAS ONE OF […]
Private
BORN HULL 1886. HULL PAL. PARENTS WILLIAM & EMILY MORFITT OF 37 SHAW STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). REPORTED MISSING HIS BODY WAS FOUND NEAR ST EMILE, FRANCE IN 1919. (HDM 07/08/1919). BURIED AT STE. EMILIE VALLEY CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE […]
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS SMITH SOUTHWICK (1850-1902) & SUSAN ANN WHITESIDE (1851-1936). A BAKERS APPRENTICE.HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE TYNESIDE SCOTS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/06/1917, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SUSAN. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HE LEFT SIBLIN […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF HERBERT WRIGHT & MARY ANN HOPPER, OF 20, SHAW STREET, HULL (1901); 16, KINGSTON PLACE, WITHAM, HULL (1911) AND 64, SOMERCALES STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, AND TWO SISTERS. SON OF A PRINTER. HE WAS AN APPRENTICE LITHOGRAPHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH […]
