Area: Spencer Street, HU2 8NG

BORN LEEDS 1877. ENLISTED LEEDS. BROTHER OF THOMAS BURKE, OF 38 , SPENCER STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED WITH THE 1ST KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/05/1915, AGED 37. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIS GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, ANNIE RYDER AT 6 […]

BORN HUGGET ,YORKS, 1887. ENLISTED BEVERLEY.  SON OF REUBEN AND ALICE DAWSON, POCKLINGTON. A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER, AND EMPLOYED BY THE HULL' STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, PRINCES DOCK. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE SARAH AT 9 CLEO TERRACE, WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL. CHARLES DAWSON WAS HULL'S FIRST WINNER OF THE DCM. HE WON THE MED […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY HOLBROOK (1844-1885) AND LUCY MEEK (1844-1912) OF SPENCER STREET, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLSTED IN HULL, ON 17/03/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIEMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 1ST JULY 1916, ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. AGED 34. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOM […]

BORN HULL 06/06/1877. SON OF JOHN I'ANSON, of 34 , SPENCER STREET, HULL . HIS SISTER ANNIE LIVED 1 TALBOT STREET, HULL. NAVAL RECORDS.

BORN HULL. ENLISTED LEEDS. SON JOHN & ANNIE KEELTY - 54 BANKSIDE STREET, LEEDS.

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WALTER & MARGARET MORROD, OF 17, SPENCER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN ALBERT MORROD WAS A LOCOMOTIVE FIREMAN. HE ENLISTED HULL. ON 02/11/1914, JOINING THE 2ND EAST RIDING ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. HE WAS DESCRIBED AT 5FOOT 9.5 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, 'GOOD' PHYSIQUE. ROSE THROUGH THE […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN NEYLON (1853-1933) & MARY LEYDON (1853-1894), of 4 JOHN COURT, SPENCER STREET, HULL, 3, SISTER'S PLACE, MARLBOROUGH PLACE, HULL, 3, BEADLE TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL AND 18, GARDEN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD FOUR SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS, MICHAEL & EDWARD NEYLON. HE ENLISTED IN HU […]

BORN HULL 1887. SCULCOATES. SON OF DANIEL O'HARA, AND MARIA GRADY, OF 12, CLINTON TERRACE, LORNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1906. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER AT 9, SPENCER SQUARE, SPENCER STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY. JOINED THE 2ND LIN […]

BORN HULL 27/03/1890. SON OF JOHN ROBERT & SELINA JOY, OF 57 , SPENCER STREET, HULL. A HULL CORPORATION WORKER. HE WAS GROOM TO LIEUTENAT COLONEL EASTON. SERVED AS A GRENADIER IN "E"PLATOON, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED 5 DAYS BEFORE HIS 26TH BIRTHDAY. HE WAS KILLED WHEN A GRENADE IN THE HANDS OF ANOTHER PLATOON MAN EXPLODED […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF PATRICK & ELIZABETH REGAN, OF 10, WITHERWEEK'S YARD, SPENCER STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 65, CANNING STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS AN ENGINE CLEANER, FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY. MARRIED JESSIE HENGLER, AT HULL, IN 1911. HUSBAND OF WIFE JESSIE REGAN (BORN 13 JUNE 1889), OF 12, BONFIELD T […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF ELIZA & THE LATE THOMAS TAYLOR, OF NORNABELL STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH TAYLOR LIVED AT 4, EAST CHEAP, SPENCER STREET, HULL. HE RESIDED AT COURTNEY STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 05/05/1915, AGED 27. HIS ARMY EFFEC […]

BORN BURNLEY, LANCS, 1874. SON OF JAMES TYMON (1851-1895) AND MARY JANE SHEA. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE WAS A TOOL MAKER AND PAINTER AND WORKED AS AN ENGINEER'S LABOURER. WHILE PAINTING TRAWLERS, HE JUMPED INTO HULL FISH DOCK TO SAVE A BOY DROWNING (HULL DAILY MAIL, 08/08/1910). HE BOARDED AT 7, SYMONS STREET, HULL […]