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BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ROGNA CHARLOTTE KASPARA RASMUSSEN (1871-1916) & THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM PEGG. HIS MOTHER WAS NORWEGIAN. SON OF A SOLICTOR'S CLEK. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. GEORGE WAS LOST  AT SEA, ON 24/03/1916, AGED 18. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD. HULL HE IS ALSO COMMEM […]

BORN HULL 22/09/1893. SON OF GEORGE PETHERBRIDGE (1856-1934) & JANE GASCOIGNE NICHOLSON (1857-1897), AT 13 SOMERSET STREET, HULL (CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER DIED IN CHILDBIRTH AND HIS FATHER REMARRIED. HE MARRIED IN JANUARY, 1916. HIS WIFE NORAH WILLIAMS (1893-1947) & TWO SONS, LIVED AT 78 REDBOURNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF GEORGE PETHERBRIDGE (1856-1934) & JANE GASCOIGNE NICHOLSON (1857-1897), AT 13 SOMERSET STREET, HULL (CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER DIED IN CHILDBIRTH AND HIS FATHER REMARRIED. HE MARRIED IN 1911, AGED 26. WIFE FLORENCE WARD (1884-1929) AND SON LESLIE BORN IN 1914, LIVED AT 7 , SOMERSET STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HU […]

BORN GRIMSBY 1895.  SON OF THOMAS SAMUEL RAYTON (1870-1938), THE PILOT, OF GRIMSBY AND ALICE LAX (1873-1935). SERVED AS THIRD ENGINEER, AND AS STEAM TRAWLER, DECKHAND, ON THE ROYAL NAVY TRANSPORT, "REPTON". THIS WAS  TORPEDOED, IN THE MEDITERANEAN, ON 07/05/1917. HE MARRIED IN 1917. HUSBAND OF ELLEN RAYTON, OF 133, SOMERSET STREET, HUL […]

BORN HULL 1895. ELDEST SON OF HARRY & SUSANNAH SCARBOROUGH, OF 177, SOMERSET STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. SERVED AS ABLE SEAMAN, ON HMS "KILLINGHOLME". LOST AT SEA, ON 26/04/1916, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 27/04/1917. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEM […]

BORN HULL 1895. FULL NAME:. HERBERT SEPTIMUS EASTWOOD SHORES. SON OF HENRY & SUSANNAH GERTRUDE SHORES & 9 CHILDREN AT 174 AND 187, SOMERSET STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO THE WAR, WORKED AS A BRASS MOULDER AND COAL MERCHANT. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS IN 1915. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE HAD PR […]

BORN HUTTON CRANSWICK 1893. SON OF ARTHUR SMALES (1850-1937) AND MARY SMITHSON. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH RELATE, EDWARD GILBERT SMALES AT 141 CRAVEN STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED IN 1910, AGED 18. HIS WIFE, MRS CASSANDRA NEAL (1890-1956), LIVED AT 8, SANDLEMERE AV […]

BORN HULL 1895.  A HULL PAL. SON OF JOHN & ALICE SMITH, OF 120, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 1 EASTERN VILLAS, BRAZIL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS AUNTIE, MARY JANE SMITH, LIVED ST JOHNS AVENUE, BRIDLINGTON. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. DIED ON […]

BORN HULL 1889 . ONLY SON OF JAMES WILLIAM SMITH AND EMMA KEY (1871-1925). HIS STEP FATHER, WAS VINER SMITH SALTIN, A RAILWAY CLERK. HORACE ALSO WORKED FOR THE N.E.R. AS A RAILWAY PORTER, BOARDING AT 102 REGENT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED BETSY CLAYTON AT HULL, ON 14/02/ 1914. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YOR […]

BORN HULL 13/071885. ONLY SON OF THE LATE HERBERT HENRY STEVENSON & MARY BARKER, AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE HAD THREE SISTERS. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1898. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1914. A FITTER'S LABOURER. HE WORKED FOR AT THE HULL CORPORATION TRAMWAY DEPOT, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRES. H […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM TAYLOR AND ANNIE ELIZABETH TAYLOR, AT 11 SCARBOROUGH STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. A CLERK, LIVING AT 56 SOMERSET STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE 10TH HULL PALS, ON 19/05/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 09/04/1916. POSTED TO THE 8TH EYR, ON 15/05/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/07/1916, […]

BORN HULL 18/12/1883. SON OF GEORGE & MELINDA ANN WARD, OF 605, SPRING BANK, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A COOK ON THE TRAWLER 'SCOT'. DURING THE WAR HE SERVED IN THE ROAYLA NAVAL RESERVE THE 'KING EMPEROR' WAS INVOLVED WITH MINE SWEEPING WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE SWEDISH STEAMER 'KATAGAR'. OF THE CREW OF SIXTEEN, ONLY SIX WE […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ANN WESTOBY, OF 38 , RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AN ELECTRICAL MACHINIST. HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EAST RAILWAY LINES. ENLISTED AT HULL, JOINING THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. DIED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL. HIS AR,Y EFFECTS WERE […]

BORN BRIDLINGTON 1888. HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVED AT 2 VICTORIA TERRACE, PEASE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 266406, WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/7TH MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/08/1917, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, SARAH WRIGHT AND TWO CHILDREN, AT 4 SAN […]