Area: Stoneferry

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE LEONARD BLANCHARD 29766. Born in Sutton-on-Hull in, I believe, 1899 though records are thin on the ground once again. I think Leonard was the eldest of two sons to John and Eliza Blanchard of 12, Garbutt Row, Stoneferry, Hull. There is also a Hull Daily Mail address of 23 Haddon Street, Hull and a 1918 Mi […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN MUNRO CLARK (1859-1932) & MARTHA MINNIE SOWERBY (1869-1949). SON OF AN 'OIL FILLER'. SON OF AN OIL REFINER. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. THE FAMILY WERE LIVING AT 9 SYMONS STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD (1911 CENSUS). WORKED AS A CLERK. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AT GALLIPOLI. COMMISSIONED INTO THE 10TH EYR. AWARDED THE […]

BORN STANFORD, NORFOLK, 1893. ONLY CHILD OF JAMES & JANE MARCO, FROM NORFOLK. HE MARRIED IN HULL ON 19/09/1915. HUSBAND OF ALICE MAUD MARCO (1895-1947) OF 16 FERRY AVENUE, STONEFERRY, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 160 LBS WEIGHT, 39 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 30/10/1915, AGED 22 YEARS AND 270 DAYS. SERVED ABROAD […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JOSEPH H & CHARLOTTE RILEY OF 14, CLYDE TERRACE, STONEFERRY. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED IN TOTTENHAM, NORTH LONDON. SERVED WITH THE 2ND ROYAL FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 14/05/1915, AGED 31. COMMEMORATED AT THE HELLES MEMORIAL, TURKEY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY […]

BORN HULL 1894. FOSTER MUM ELIZA MILLER. AND PETER MILLER.  EX RECKITT'S WORKER. LIVED AT 9 CEDAR GROVE, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL AND BRICKYARD COTTAGES, STONEFERRY, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 31/08/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 12/05/1915. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 22. BURIED AT […]

BORN HULL 1900. ONLY SON OF JOHN HENRY & ANNIE SLATOR, OF 11 CARLTON AVENUE, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 10 FERRY AVENUE, STONEFERRY, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A RULLYMAN. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DEID OF WOUNDS, ON 16/08/1920, AGED 19. BURIED AT HULL NORTHERN C […]

BORN HUNSLET, YORKSHIRE, 1896. ENLISTED LEEDS. SON OF MARGARET COATES ABOVE IN HULL.