Area: Symons Street

BORN HULL 1887. HIS PARENTS DECEASED. HE WAS AN ONLY CHILD. HE MARRIED AT ST STEPHENS CHURCH, HULL, ON 12/01/1911. HIS WIFE ALICE SCHAFER (BORN 16/08/1888), LIVED AT TADMAN STREET, HULL, 6, EDITH TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, HULL & 35, PORTLAND STREET, HULL (CWGC RECORDS). HIS ARMY ADDRESS, WAS 6, EDITH TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, HULL. TH […]

BORN GRINDALE, YORKS 16/08/1881. SON OF JOHN CLAXTON & ALICE (BERRY). A FITTER. HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1902. HIS WIFE ANNIE ANDERSON (BORN 3/3/1879) LIVED AT 72, SYMONS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) & REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, EDITH ELEANOR, ELSIE AND ARTHUR STANLEY. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERV […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WALTER & HELEN CORNWELL, OF 5 EBENEEZER TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A RAILWAY CLERK , FOR THE HULL & BARNSLY LINE, AT THE SCULCOATES DEPOT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 42508, 2ND PRINCE OF WALES OWN, (WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/08/19 […]

BORN HULL 06/03/1881. ELDEST SON OF JOHN JAMES CRACROFT (1855-1938) & CATHERINE SMITH (1854-1925), OF 68, SYMONS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT, FRANCE AND BELGIUM. SURVIVED THE SOMME, AND OPPY WOOD. DIED ON 26/08/19121, AGE […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1888. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM GRAY (1861-1940) & MARY JANE BATTY (1864-1936), OF 1, SYMONS STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 21248, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED […]

BORN MEXBOROUGH, LINCS 1888. SON OF ROBERT & MATILDA HADLOW, OF 10 NICHOLSON STREET, HULL AND 1 ASPEN AVENUE, SYMONS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A GLASS BOTLE MAKER. HIS FATHER ROBERT & BROTHER, HENRY HADLOW ALSO SERVED. HE WORKED FOR SISSSON BROTHER, HULL. HE JOINED THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (TERRITORIALS) ON 29/04/19 […]

BORN HULL 1891. SCULCOATES. SON OF RICHARD & SARAH JEWISON, OF 13 FRED'S TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL; 3, ST GEORGE'S AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, DAISEY & LILLY. HE WAS A FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY PLATER. A RESERVIST. HE WAS CALLED UP ON 04/08/1914 AND JOINED THE COLDSTREAM GU […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF GEORGE & SARAH JANE LEE, OF 15, SYMONS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER. MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1915. HUSBAND OF EMILY WARDROBE, AT 18, LEONARD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BRICKLAYER. ENLISTED AT CHATHAM, KENT, FORMERLY, SAPPER, 203786, ROYAL ENGIN […]

BORN BARROW UPON HUMBER 1891. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM GEORGE MAPLETHORPE (1858-1935) AND ELLEN BUTTON (1852-1905), OF THE MILL SKIRLAUGH. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. HE WORKED ON THE HULL TRAMS BEFORE THE WAR. HE MARRIED, MIRIAM SCALING, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1917. HIS WIFE & CHILD, LIVED AT CORNWALL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND […]

BORN MONTROSE, EDINBURGH 18/10/1896. HE LIVED AT 39, SYMONS STREET, HULL AND 70, BRIGHT STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS 21/07/1916). SON OF  EDWARD ALEXANDER STEWART (1865-1924) AND ELIZABETH MAUD ELLISON (1879-1957), OF 108, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A COAL DEALER. HE WORKED AS A DRAPER'S ERRAND BOY. HE HAD THREE BROTH […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF WILLIAM HERDSMAN & ANN MARIA THEAKSTONE, OF MENTONE AVENUE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH LIVED AT 74 SYMONS STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY. HE WORKED FOR THE IDEAL BOILER COMPANY, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. BURIED AT LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RIC […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF JOHAN HERMAN WAGNER & BESSIE JACKSON, OF DITTON HILL, SURREY. A BRITISH BORN GERMAN. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN LEIPZIEG, GERMANY. BROTHER TO FRANK AND VIOLET. EX BLUNDELLS WORKER. DESCRIBED AS 6 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL, 150LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST SIZE, BROWN HAIR AND BLUE EYES. HE ENLISTED AT HOUNDSLOW, MIDDLESEX ON […]