BORN SWINE 1896. SON OF WILLIAM & CLARA BAKER, OF SWINE, HULL. A WHEELWRIGHT APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL IN MARCH 1915. SERVED AS SAPPER IN THE 1ST/1ST EAST RIDING ENGINEERS. HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 10 MONTHS AND RECENTLY RETURNED HOME FOR 5 WEEKS LEAVE. DIED OF WOUNDS IN HOSPITAL, ON 19/07/1916, AGED 20. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED […]
BORN SWINE 1883. SON OF JOSEPH BLENKINSOP (1853-1931) & MARY ANN KIRBY (1858-1932), OF SWINE. SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER. ENLISTED HULL. HE MARRIED LAURA MARY GRAHAM, AT HULL, IN 1915. THEY LIVED AT THE SCHOOL HOUSE, SWINE, HULL. SERVED AS A CORPORAL IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 22/09/1915. TRA […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOSEPH BLENKINSOP (1853-1931) & MARY ANN KIRBY (1858-1932), OF SWINE. SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTER. HE WORKED AS A FARM HORSEMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 12215, 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, AT RICHEBOUG, FRANCE, ON 31/03/1915, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HI […]
BORN SWINE 1898. SON OF WILLIAM ENGLAND (1861-1937) & ELEANOR KATE ENGLAND (1866-1941), FROM HILL FARM, SWINE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FARMER WHO EMPLOYED FIVE LIVE IN STAFF (1911 CENSUS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, HENRY AND ARTHUR AND ONE SISTER, MARY. EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE, HULL AND RECORDED […]
BORN SUNK ISLAND 1885. SON OF CHARLES & AGNES M STABLER, OF SUNK ISLAND, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, 4442, 146Th HULL HEAVY BRIGADE, R.G.A. TRANSFERRED AS A GUNNER, WITH 146TH ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1917, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HI […]
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BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN CARRICK TAYLOR (1855-1942) & ROSE TAYLOR, FROM SWINE. SON OF A MARKET GARDENER. HE HAD ONE OLDER BROTHER, GEORGE AND TWO YOUNGER SISTERS, REBECCA AND MARGARET. HE JOINED THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, IN HULL, IN JULY 1912. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE LOCAMOTIVE DEPARTMENT IN NOVEMBER 1 […]
