Area: Somerset Street

BORN LONDON 1862. SON OF HENRY WILLIAM & ELIZABETH ASKEY. WIFE FANNY ASKEY LIVED ABOVE. LOST WITH 8 SHIPMATES. NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. Expedient, built by Mackie & Thomson, Govan in 1893 and owned at the time of her loss by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British trawler of 145 tons. On March 28th, 1917, Ex […]

BORN HULL 1852. CHIEF ENGINEER. WIFE ALICE (CURTIS) LIVED AT 82, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF LATE STEPHEN MARLING & SARAH ATKINSON. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/11/1917. COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL. SS Tummel, built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. […]

BORN HULL 11/05/1870. SON OF JOHN SHAW & EMMA (FREEMAN), WARNE STREET SUTTON, HULL. WIFE ELLEN GOWER ABOVE. HDM 24/10/1916. NAVY ADDRESS. SERVED AS CHIEF ENGINEERS ON THE DRIFTER "PELAGIA", LOST AT SEA, ON 28/11/1916. COMMEMORATED ON CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT. HMD Pelagia, built by Smith's Dock Co. Ltd., North Shields in 1900 and […]

L/CPL GEORGE HERBERT BROWN 11/622. Born Hull, in April 1894, George was the third of five children to George and Alice Brown of 164, Somerset Street, Hull (War pension address). A Confectionary Sugar Boiler by trade, he enlisted at Hull City Hall during the second week of September 1914 joining the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM HARRY BLANCHARD BROWN (1857-1917) & MARY ANN CARMICHAEL (1858-1946), OF 188, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 82, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FISHERMAN SKIPPER. HE WAS THE BROTHER OF ALBERT, AND WILLIAM HENRY, OLIVE, MARRION, IDA AND PHYLLIS BROWN. HE WORKED AS A SHIP'S […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JOHN HENRY & ELIZA COWLAM. WIDOW ALICE COWLAM LIVED AT 3, WILLOW GROVE, SOMERSET STREET, HULL. DROWNED ON 15/06/1915, AGED 29. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE SOMERSET STREET ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 06/10/1916. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES ON […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF GEORGE DEAKIN (1861-1923) AND MARY JANE DEAKIN OF 156 , SOMERSET STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) AND 5, WORSHIP STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A CORN MERCHANT'S CLERK. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN CENTRAL HULL, ON 28/08/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 11 INCHES TALL, 126 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, AND " […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF BERTRAM CHARLES & ANNIE FALL, OF 56 SOMERSET STREET, HULL (1918 VOTERS ADDRESS). HE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED ALL OVER THE BODY IN A SHIP EXPLOSION AND SPENT 10 WEEKS IN HOSPITAL AT LERWICK. HIS INJURY IS REPORTED WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 20TH OCTOBER 1915. * HE RECEIVED A WOUND CERTIFICATE, DI […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF SAMUEL HENRY FOOT (1855-1926) & "NELLIE" - ELIZABETH ELLEN COLLINS (1862-1942), OF 23 RUGBY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS SISTER MRS HALL LIVED AT DEE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. A FISHERMAN BY TRADE. HE MARRIED 03/07/1915. HIS WIFE, ALICE MAY SYLVESTER (1893-1966) AND DAUGHTER, MURIEL, LIVED A […]

BORN HULL 01/11/1891. SON OF WILLIAM MOYES FORSTER (1837-1900) & ANN ELIZA WATSON (1848-1929) OF 24 SEWR LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 192 , SOMERSET STREET, HULL. ONE OF FOURTEEN CHILDREN. HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A HOUSE PAINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED, AS A DRIVER AND GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILL […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ALEXANDER GALT (1853-1930) & MARY HORSENA CALLAM (1854-1915)  OF 191, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) ADDRESS, AND 219. WALTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 119 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST SIZE, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, FAIR COMP […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF ELLEN SHARP (1853-1939) & THE LATE GEORGE HENRY HARDEN (1854-1899), OF THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SERVED AS FOURTH HAND ON THE TRAWLER "JERSEY". LOST AT SEA, ON 05/11/1915, AGED 30. HIS BROTHER FRED DIED IN HULL, ALSO IN 1915, AGED 28. On November 5th, 1915, the Hull steam trawler JERSEY (H270), built in 1895 by Cochra […]

BORN LEEDS 1899. SON OF GEORGE & PHOEBE HEMSWORTH, OF 98, SOMERSET STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE OFFICE STAFF, OF THE NATIONAL RADIATOR COMPANY, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN DECEMBER 1915, AT THE AGE OF 17. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SALONIKA, ON 24/08/191 […]

BORN HULL 15/06/1876. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM HEWITT AND MRS CHARLOTTE BATES, OF 9 SANDLEMERE AVENUE, SOMERSET STREET, HULL. LOST AT SEA. BURIED  ON KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, ORKNEY, SCOTLAND. LEFT WIDOW ELIZA AND THREE CHILDREN.

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF WILLIAM JENNINGS (1847-1902) AND RHODA KEWELL. EMPLOYED IN A NEWS OFFICE, LIVING AT 55 GREAT UNION STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS FATHER WAS FROM ROMFORD, ESSEX AND RAN THE OLD LINCOLNS HEAD TAVERN, HUMBER STREET, HULL. (1901 CENSUS). HE MARRIED IN 1911. HUSBAND OF MRS ROSINA CLEMENCE WILSON (1890-1991) AT  15, S […]

BORN HULL 1885. WIFE MRS ELIZA JOHNSON, OF 12 OLIVE GROVE, SOMERSET STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER SOLDIER AND TIMBER MEASURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE WITHTHE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 08/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRES. TRANSFERRED TO 513836, 788TH LABOUR CORPS, AREA EMPLOYMENT COMPANY. DIED IN […]

BORN HULL 1902. ONLY SON OF ALBERT KEMP (1877-1938) & THE LATE FLORENCE BLANCHE USHER (1883-1903), OF 85, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS). HIS FATHER RAN THE BALTIC TAVERN PUB, DOCK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) HE WAS AN APPRENTICE, IN THE STEAM SHIP "FARNHAM". LOST AT SEA ON 19/05/1917, AGED 15. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON TRINITY H […]

BORN SUNK ISLAND 1889.  SON OF CHARLES LANGHAM OR LANHAM (1861-1940) & MARY JANE HARNESS (1852-1920). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, KATE WHO ALL SURVIVED THE WAR. HE WORKED AS A FARM FOREMAN, AT SKEFFLING, PATRINGTON (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED AT PATRINGTON, IN 1909. HIS WIFE, FLORENCE DEARING ( 8/10/1887 - 1967) & THREE SO […]

BORN HULL 16/07/1894. SON OF ELLEN MERRIKIN, OF  2 PALM GROVE, SOMERSET STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EDUCATED AT WEST DOCK AVENUE COUNCIL SCHOOL. KILLED BY SHIP EXPLOSION OFF SHEERNESS, ON 26/11/1914, AGED 20. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 5TH DECEMBER 1914. *

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM PEACHEY (1855-1935) & LAURA HORWOOD HEWITT (1857-1935), OF 84, SOMERSET STREET, HULL. SON OF A BRICKLAYER, ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A WHITESMITH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 209871, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, G/23154, 7TH QUEENS ROYAL WEST SURRE […]