Area: St James Street, HU3 2DH

BORN HULL 31/05/1892. SON OF HENRY & SARAH ANN GRANTHAM ABOVE ADDRESS. SINGLE MAN. WAS A CERTIFIED SEAMAN. SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. A DECK HAND ON THE TRAWLER "ERA". DIED AT SEA ON 11TH JULY 1916. HIS PHOTOGRAPH APPEARS IN HULL DAILY MAIL 21/07/1916. THERE IS NO CWGC RECORD OF HIS DEATH. HMT Era was sunk by gunfire from […]

BORN YORK 1858. LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL ADDRESS. On 27/05/1915 the Hull steam trawler SOUTHWARD HO (H456) was lost with all hands due to enemy action 88 miles E.x N. of Spurn Head. Also reported as Missing, lost all hands. Vessel built in 1899 by Doig & Broadley. PEOPLE ON BOARD FISHING VESSEL 'SOUTHWARD HO' ELLIS, THOMAS , Skipper, […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JAMES & SARAH JANE PETTY OF 14 ST JAMES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). FORMERLY A LABOURER AT HULL DOCKS, RESIDING WITH HIS PARENTS. HE ENLISTED WHEN WAR BEGAN SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE BRADFORD PALS. WOUNDED TWICE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 31/08/1917, AGED 25. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL […]

BORN THIXENDALE, MALTON, YORKSHIRE, 1882. SON OF JOHN POTTER (1843-1929) AND ROSANNAH IBSON (1853-1889), OF STAMFORD, BRIDLINGTON, YORKS, AND  33 DISCOUNT COURT, ST JAMES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ENLISTED KNARESBOROUGH. SERVED AS A DRUMMER IN THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (1911 CENSUS). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/10/1914, AGED 32. H […]

BORN HULL 1879. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF CHARLES & ROSE ALICE ROBINSON - 2 EDGAR STREET. WIFE OLIVE & 6 CHILDREN ABOVE 1911. BREWERY WORKER. HE IS BURIED AT CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, NORD, FRANCE.

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF CHARLES SCREETON (1877-1924) & MARY ELLEN SCREETON, OF 9 JOHNS TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND 1 DISCOUNT COURT, ST JAMES STREET, HULL. SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE LABOUR CORPS. DIED OF INFLUENZA, […]