BORN HULL 1894. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM THOMPSON ANDREWS & ELEANOR (MARSHALL) AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A BUGLER, IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON THE 13TH JULY 1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES ON THE 2ND MARCH 1916, AGED 21 […]
Able Seaman
BORN READING, BERKSHIRE, 1895. MOTHER JULIA BURFIELD LIVED READING. ABLE SEAMAN. LOST ON HMS 'BULWARK' ON 26/11/1914, AGED 19. THIS WAS HIS NAVAL RECORDS. HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE SYKES STREET MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/10/1916. HMS Bulwark, British, London class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship. Exploded […]
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOSHUA CHARLES & HARRIET ISABELLA BETTS, OF 6 LUCAS SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 12 NELSON SQUARE, GEORGE STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WORKED FOR BON ACCORD OIL MILLS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. TRANSFERRED TO THE 12TH EYR (HULL PALS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 136 LBS WEI […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS AND SUSANNAH BROWN, OF HULL, (CWGC RECORDS). HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 8TH SEPTEMBER 1914. SERVED A CORPORAL, IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/06/1916, AGED 24. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 23/06/1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SIS […]
Private
BORN HULL 1882. ONLY SON OF JAMES BROWN (1853-1901) AND DINAH ROBINSON (1853-1914), OF 8, WEST VIEW, AIR STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD NO SIBLINGS. WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 126 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 06/04/1916, AGED 34 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. POSTED TO […]
BORN SHARROW, YORKSHIRE, 1898. SON OF WILLIAM AND CLARA BROWN, OF 10, KINGS SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL AND 24, SHELDON STREET, SHEFFIELD (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT SHEFFIELD. JOINED THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. SERVED AT GALLIPOLI FROM 14/07/1915. CAPTURED AND DIED AS A TURKISH PRISONER, ON 28/01/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORAT […]
6 BEETON STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/11/1916
Aged
34
BORN COTTINGHAM 1881. SON OF ELIZABETH EMBLEY, OF 3 GOULDINGS BUILDINGS, SYKES STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED ON THE DOCKS AND WAS WELL KNOWN IN FOOTBALL CIRCLES AS "FLIP". HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION IN THE ATTACK ON SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 34. HE WAS MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN, THE OLDEST BEING NINE Y […]
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF GEORGE & ANN GARTON, OF 14 CLARK SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL. HE LIVED AT 9 WILLIAM SQUARE, MASON STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH ADA GARTON, LIVED AT 11, WILLIAM SQUARE, MASON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A COAL FITTER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGL […]
Private
BORN BEVERLEY, 10/06/1883. SON OF HENRY PARK GILLYON (1851-1887) AND SARAH JANE RODEN (1851-1897), DYER LANE BEVERLEY. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. AS A YOUTH GROWING UP IN BEVERLEY, WILLIAM IS FREQUENTLY IN TROUBLE WITH THE POLICE. LOCAL NEWSPAPERS REPORT THAT HE HAS BEEN CRUEL TO ANIMALS, STOLEN PIES, BROKEN A WINDOW, LEADING A GANG AND FIGHTI […]
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF FREDERICK CHARLES GOTT (1853-1936) & ELIZA LANDRICK (1859-1901), AT 12 WALKERS SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. WORKED AS A BUTCHER. MARRIED DORIS LILLIAN CATCHPOLE, IN QUEENSLAND, ON 09/02/1915. HIS WIFE, LILLIAN GOTT AND SON, RICHARD, LIVED IN HANDFORD ROAD, ZILLMERE, BRISBANE, QUEENSL […]
BORN HULL 1892. SCULCOATES. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & ELIZABETH GRIFFIN, ABOVE 1911 ADDRESS. GROCERS ASSISTANT FOR THE HULL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1914, AS A GUNNER IN THE 2ND NORTHUMBRIAN TERRITORIALS, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. POSTED TO FRANCE IN APRIL 1915. SERVED WITH THE 158TH RGA 97TH HEAVY ARTLLERY GROUP). AWARD […]
Company Sergeant Major
BORN WILNE, DERBY 27/12/1894. SON OF ARTHUR GUNN AND MARY EYRE. SON OF A GARDENER. EMPLOYED AS A LACE HAND. HE ENLISTED IN NOTTINGHAM, ON 05/09/1914. SERVED AS COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR, IN THE 13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE IN SEPTEMBER 1915. WAS WOUNDED ON THE SOMME IN JULY 1917. ON RECOVERY, THE FOLLOWING JULY, HE RETUR […]
12 RICHARDSON'S BUILDINGS, SYKES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
26/11/1917
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM HALL, OF 47 SPENCER STREET HULL AND 4, WINDSOR PLACE, COLONIAL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH RUSSELL, SEPARATED FROM HER HUSBAND, LIVED AT 94 CLIFTON TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER, LIVING AT 12 RICHARDSO […]
1 RICHARDSONS BUILDINGS, SYKES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
15/05/1917
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. HULL PAL. SON OF CHRISTOPHER (1868-1906) & MARY ELIZABETH HARLAND, OF 1 PROVIDENCE PLACE, FAWCETT STREET, GREAT PASSAGE STREET, HULL. STEP BROTHER OF NELLIE GLENTON OF BELVOIR STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE GRAMOPHONE STALL, MARKET PLACE, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE HULL PALS IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WAS […]
BORN HULL 1889. NEXT OF KIN WAS HIS SISTER MISS EMILY HAVOUR AT THE ABOVE CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS, AGED 27 AT LONDON GENERAL HOSPITAL. BURIED HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE SYKES STREET, ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 09 October 1916). NB WALTER HAVIER, RNR - 5 MARLBORO AVE, HAMPSHIRE ST;
Private
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOSEPH HOCKLESS (1870-1940) & SARAH JANE DARNELL (1871-1947), AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A OIL MILL PRESSMAN. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN, THREE OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/5892, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/08/1916, AGED 22. BURIED AT FAUBOURG D'AMIE […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOSEPH HOCKLESS (1870-1940) & SARAH JANE DARNELL (1871-1947), AT 4 CLARK'S SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A OIL MILL PRESSMAN. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN, THREE OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 12 ALBORO STREET IN 1901. JAMES HOCKLESS ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY IN HULL. […]
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF THOMAS HOSULEY & HARRIET SARAH YEATS (1852-1925) HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND A SISTER. A FORMER PACKER AND RECKITT'S WORKER. HE JOINED RECKITT'S ON 8TH NOVEMBER 1901. HE WAS ALSO MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY. HE MARRIED ALICE EMILY SMITH (1892-1956), AT HULL, ON 11TH JULY 1915 AND HAD TWO CHILDREN, OLIVE […]
BORN HULL 31/07/1889. SON OF JOSEPH ELI HUNTER (1847-1902) & RACHAEL A. SONLEY (1857-1934), OF 7 , KNGSTON PLACE, AIR STREET, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HIS FATHER AND BROTHERS WORKED IN THE OIL MILLS A GENERAL LABOURER, EMPLOYED BY HULL'S PREMIER OIL MILL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 121 L […]
Hull Pals Memorial Posts. Private, JOHN McNALLY, 11/395. Born at Hull, in 1876, John (James to his friends) was the youngest of two sons to John McNally (1851-1882) and Ann Freeman, of Hull. Both his parents were deceased. John worked as a Labourer before the war but was also a member of the Territorial Army meaning when war broke out he […]
