Area: Sykes Street

BORN HULL 1898. ONLY SON OF JOHN MURRAY (1862-1934) & ELLEN CATHERINE DUNN (1863-1939), OF 1, QUEENS PLACE, SYKES STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, ELLEN AND ALICE. A FRENCH POLISHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/10/1916. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST, 113 LBS WEIGHT. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 06/0 […]

BORN GOOLE 1898.  SON OF WILLIAM THOMAS PIGOTT (1866-1927) AND RACHEL JAME TOMLINSON. OF 6 PROVIDENCE ROW, ALICIA STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINING THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH BORDER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/09/1916, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT […]

BORN GOOLE 1894. SON OF RACHAEL & ALFRED. LISTED ON CLIFTON ST SCHOOL ROH. BROTHER FRED WAS KILLED ON THE SOMME 18/9/16. STORY - HDM 18/9/17.

BORN HULL, 1891. SON OF ALFRED RALPH (1867-1931) AND (SARAH) JANE O'CONNOR (1867-1932), OF 4, GREENFIELD SQUARE, SALTHOUSE LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). RECORDED AS A WORKHOUSE "PRISONER" AND GENERAL LABOURER IN 1911 CENSUS. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 10/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION ON 28/10/1914, […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM AND LAVINIA RHODES. HE WAS A FARM LABOURER AND ENLISTED IN HULL ON 30/11/1904. HE WAS STILL SERVING AS A REGULAR SOLDIER WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN 1911. HE WENT TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE 1ST EYR, ON 3RD NOVEMBER 1914, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFF […]

BORN HULL 1886. WIFE MARTHA RYALL (NEE ALLEN) ABOVE ADDRESS. SON OF MRS JACKSON - 86 HAVELOCK STREET. DROWNED. AGED 31.HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM, ON 15/04/1918. The British trawler Andromache was on her way back from the fishing grounds of Iceland, when on April 14th 1917, she was stopped west of the Shetlands by the German subma […]

BORN HULL 1895. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF GEORGE & BLANCHE SHIPLEY OF 5 RICHARDS BUILDINGS, SYKES STREET, HULL AND 57 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. PRIOR TO THE WAR, HE WORKED FOR MESSRS. JA SCOTT, LIGHTER OWNERS, HIGH STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1914. SERVED WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/03/1917, AGED 22. […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF GEORGE HENRY SLINGSBY (1848-1891) & MARY ANN FAIRFIELD GARBUTT (1846-1924), OF 19, ALICIA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS AN OIL MILLER, WORKING AT EAGLES OIL MILL, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF MARTIN STARK (1867-1949) & CHARLOTTE MARIA DEALTRY (1865-1937), OF 10, PARAGON PLACE, SYKES STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). A LABOURER. UNMARRIED. SON OF A MERCHANT SEAMAN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/12/1914 AGED 19. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT TALL, 123 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH […]

BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF ROBERT TAYLOR, 14 REGENTS SQUARE, SYKES STREET AND 3 CUMBERLAND VILLAS, EGTON STREET, HULL. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS MATE ON THE HULL TUG, "SWIFT". HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT NO:1 CANADIAN CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 17/06/1916, AGED 22. UNMARRIED. HIS AR […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF CHARLES WHITE, OF 6 CLAPPISON SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL (HDM 19/04/1918). SERVED AS A SAPPER IN THE 529TH ROYAL ENGINEERS. KILLED ON 28/03/1918, AGED 24. HIS WIDOW ELSIE LIVED AT 19 WARMSLEY STREET, HULL. HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON HULL'S CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL ROLL OF HONOUR. ALSO RECORDED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL EN […]

BORN DUNDEE 31/1/1891. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JAMES & KATHLEEN MAY TRAYNOR. EX BRASS FOUNDRY WORKER, WATERHOUSE LANE. DEATH REPORTED IN HDM 14/5/17.

BORN BINGLEY, YORKS 1877. SON OF WHEATER WHITE (1848-1907) & SARAH SOPHIA ANN NEWTON (1853-1938), HALIFAX, YORKSHIRE. A FORMER PAINT GRINDER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/12/1915, AGED 39 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. DESCRIBES AS 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHES TALL, 35 INCH CHEST, AND WORE SPECTACLES. EX 5357 1/4TH EYR. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 28/07/1916. TRA […]