BENNINGHOLME GRANGE, SKIRLAUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
22/07/1916
Aged
18
BORN SKIRLAUGH 1898. LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED DARLINGTON. SON OF WILLIAM AND ROSE APPLETON, SKIRLAUGH. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A TAILOR AND DRAPER. KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 22/07/1916, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM APPLETON, WAS A HULL SCHOOL TEACHER A […]
Private
BORN BURTON PIDSEA, EAST YORKS, 1894. LIVED IN HULL. PARENTS LIVED IN ROOS, OTTRINGHAM, HULL. WIFE NELLIE LIVED SKIRLAUGH.
, SKIRLAUGH, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
21/04/1918
Aged
26
Born 1892. Son of George Bryant (1866-1947) and Mary Alice Kirman (1869-1940), of Skirlaugh; He had four brothers and a sister. He married at Skirlaugh, in April 1914. Husband of Edith Bryant (1893-1957), of Elm Tree Cottage, Skirlaugh, Hull. He worked on a farm. He enlisted in Hull. Served as a Gunner, in the Royal Field Artillery. Di […]
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE EDWIN BUCK, OLD RISE, SKIRLAUGH, HULL. HE LIVED SKIRLAUGH. HE ENLISTED IN ILKLEY. HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 12049. WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 19/12/1915, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HE IS RECORDED ON A PLAQUE AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH, HULL ROA […]
BORN BLACKTOFT, YORKS, 1900. SON OF JOSEPH FIELDER (1868-1956) & ANNIE SWIFT (1868-1946), OF BURTON CONSTABLE STATION, ELLERBY, SKIRLAUGH. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE SERVED IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AT THE HULL V.A.D. HOSPITAL, ON 15/11/1918, AGED 18. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WER […]
Private
RAILWAY COTTAGES, SKIRLAUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
05/11/1916
Aged
26
BORN ELLERBY, 1892. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF DANIEL GARDINER (1850-1934) & THERESA HANNAH DEARING (1856-1946), OF RAILWAY COTTAGES, SKIRLAUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 123 LBS WEIGHT, 33-35 INCH CHEST, HE ENLISTED ON 29/12/1915. POSTED TO […]
Lance Corporal
THE FOUNDRY, MARTON, SKIRLAUGH, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
23/04/2017
Aged
21
BORN SKIRLAUGH 1896. SECOND SON OF MR & MRS J. GRASSBY, THE FOUNDRY, MARTON. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY IN JULY 1916 DUE TO ILL HEALTH. RECORDED ON SKIRLAUGH CHURCH MEMORIAL AS DIED ON 15/05/1917. HIS FUNERAL WAS DESCRIBED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 22/05/1917. *
Stoker 1st Class
BAY HORSE INN, SKIRLAUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
22/09/1914
Aged
24
BORN HULL 15/06/1890. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & ALICE (STEPMOTHER) ARNOLD, OF SKIRLAUGH. COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL British cruiser from WWI, torpedoed by U-9. The U-9 was responsible for the killing of 1459 men in one single day, sending Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue or a total of 36.000 tons to the bottom. See docum […]
ELERBY MILL, SKIRLAUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
09/08/1918
Aged
27
BORN FRODDINGHAM 1892. SON OF JOHN HENRY FOSTER KNAGGS (1867-1946) & ANNIE ELIZABETH GREEN (1871-1946), OF MILL HOUSE, LEVEN, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, AND SEVEN SISTERS. SERVED AS, ACTING CORPORAL, RICHARD SPENCER KNAGGS, 64049, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/08/1918, AGED 27 AND IS BURIED AT MAGNABOSCHI B […]
110, NORTHGATE, HESSLE, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
26/10/1917
Aged
32
Born 1885. Son of William Monkman (1832-1902) and Susannah Ellis (1841-1923), of Skirlaugh and 110, Northgate, Hessle (war Pension address). He had three brothers and seven sisters. Worked as a Farm Labourer, in Skirlaugh (1911 Census) and Hessle. He enlisted at Beverley. Served as Private, 4/7275, 5/7350, & 242510, all 1/4 Northumb […]
2nd Lieutenant
BORN SHERBURN IN ELMET, YORKS, 1897. ONLY SON OF REV. WALTER & HARRIET PHILLIPS, of SKIRLAUGH VICARAGE. LISTED ON HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIAL. HE WAS AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND SELWYN COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE TO TAKE HOLY ORDER. HE OBTAINED HIS COMMISSION INTO THE EYR ON 22ND AUGUST 1915. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 19. HIS DEATH WAS RE […]
LONG RISTON, SKIRLAUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/10/1918
Aged
26
BORN HORNSEA 1892. WIFE BEATRICE ROBINSON OF THIS ADDRESS. HE IS BURIED AT DADIZELE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "SAFELY FOLDED ON HIS SAVIOUR'S BREAST HE PASSED INTO ETERNAL REST" .
Private
POST OFFICE, SKIRLAUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/11/1916
Aged
23
BORN SKIRLAUGH 1894. ONLY SON MR FRANCIS WILLIAM & MARIA SWIFT, SKIRLAUGH. WORKED AT SKIRLAUGH POST OFFICE, AS A POSTMAN AND TELEGRAPHIST. HIS FATHER WAS POST MASTER. ENLISTED BEVERLEY, AND MOBILIZED ON 18/02/1916. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10.5 INCHES TALL, 37.5 INCH CHEST, 156 LBS WEIGHT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 09/07/1916. SERVED IN THE […]
, SKIRLAUGH, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
31/08/1917
Aged
37
BORN SKIRLAUGH 1880. ENLISTED HULL. LISTED ON SKIRLAUGH WAR MEMORIAL
Company Sergeant Major
, SKIRLAUGH, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
08/05/1918
Aged
40
Name: Henry West Rank: Coy Sergeant Major Regiment Yorkshire Regiment Birth Date: 19 Sep 1878 Birth Place: Thornton, near Lincoln Educated Skirlaugh school Marriage Date: 1 Dec 1908 Marriage Place: Skirlaugh Enlistment Date: 28 Sep 1914 Served for 7.5 years and in the Boer War Death Date: 8 May 1918 Death Place: Ridgewood, Ypres Fathe […]
