Area: Sproatley, East Riding

BORN SPROATLEY 1899. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF JOSEPH & FANNY ATKINSON, OF SPROATLEY. EX 1873 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 4TH ROAYL SCOTS REGIMENT. DIED AT HOME. ON 24/06/1917, AGED 18. HE IS BURIED AT SPROATLEY (ST. SWITHIN) CHURCHYARD, YORKSHIRE, UK HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE SPROATLEY VILLAGE MEMORIAL ONE OF […]

Born Wyton, Hull, on 12th May 1891. Son of George Coates and Eleanor Mason, of 14, Windsor Terrace, Hexham. Son of a Gardener. Brother to Thomas and Elsie Coates. He attended Sproatley Endowed School, Sproatley, Yorks. Served for some time in the Halifax Territorials, joining the 4th West Riding Regiment on 24/03/1911. Emigrated to Austr […]

Private 30720. 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 46490 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 28th May 1918, aged 33 years. Son of James and Mary Fairbank of Winter Hill, Sproatley, East Yorkshire. A farmer's son, working on a farm (1911 Census) and later a Meat Salesman (Army Records). Described as % foot, 7.5 inched tall […]

Born Sproatley, East Yorkshire, 1891. Gunner 2392. 1st (East Riding) Battery, 2nd (Northumbrian) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 14th February 1916, aged 25 years. Husband of Ethel M Fox. Commemorated Railway Dugouts Burial Ground. III.A.7. His widow, Ethel, (born 26/04/1890), lived at 119, Selby Street, Hull (War Pensi […]

Born Marton, Yorkshire, 1897. Son of William Hodgson (1862-1913) and Isabella Sweeting (1862-1904). Son of a gardener. One of eight children. He enlisted at Stockton-on- Tees, Yorks. Served as Private, 35406, William James Hodgson, 1st/7th Northumberland Fusilier. Killed on 24/10/1917, aged 20. He is commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial. […]

Born Marton, Yorkshire, 1891. Son of William Hodgson (1862-1913) and Isabella Sweeting (1862-1904). Son of a gardener. One of eight children. An apprentice brick layer. He enlisted Middlesbrough, Yorks. Served as Sapper 40366. 62nd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 18th September 1917. He is commemorated at Messines Ridge […]

Sproatley gravestone has mention of Sergeant Henry Cecil Horner, 325th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Died 23rd January 1919, aged 36 years. Fourth son of Henry S and Mary E Horner of Sproatley, Yorkshire. Born Sproatley, and present Sproatley 1901 census. No trace CWGC or Australian War Memorial/Nominal Roll records. Commemorated on […]

BORN BILTON 1894. SON OF JOHN THOMAS LAVERACK (1858-1938) & ANN BALNCHARD (1863-1942), OF SPROATLEY. ONE OF FIVE SONS. HE WORKED AS A HORSEMAN ON A FARM IN PRESTON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 39876, OF THE 22ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY PIONEERS. HE WAS KILLED DURING THE 1918 GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, ON 26/02/1918, AGED 24. […]

Private 52619. 22nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, formerly 24634 East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 4th March 1917, aged 19 years. Son of Robert and Rose Peckitt of New Lodge, Sproatley, Yorkshire. Born Patrington 1898, enlisted Hull and resident Sproatley, Yks. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 14A and 15C. His […]

Born Sproatley, 1890. Only Son of Robert Hunton Riley (1858-1926) and Rosa Rebecca Saxe (1863-1934).  Son of a Carpenter. He had one sister, May Rebecca Riley. Husband of Edith Mary Dann (1890-1971) of 2089, 48th Avenue West, Vancouver, Canada. Born Swine (as SDGW) or Sproatley (as 1901 census) and enlisted Hull, Yorkshire, and army […]

Born Fridaythorpe, Yorkshire, 1893. Son of Robert and Alice, of Norton, Malton, Yorkshire. A Farmer's Son. Working On Farm (1911 Census). Enlisted at Driffield. Served as Rifleman in the 18th King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds, on 03/10/1916, aged 23. He left his army effects and £579 in his will to his father, Robert His name […]