BORN HULL 1889. SECOND SON OF HENRY HIND AMOS & RUTH (JACKSON) AT 4 LINDEN GROVE, TEMPLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A RETIRED POLICEMAN. ONE OF THREE SONS. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 17/04/1915. SERVED WITH 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/05/1915, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED […]
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BORN DOVER 1885. SON OF ELEANOR JANE DIXON (1863-1929) & EDWARD JARVIS CHRISTIAN (1856-1927), OF 11 TEMPLE STREET, HULL. HIS FAMILY HAD MOVED TO HULL, IN 1901 AND KEPT A DOGS HOME. 'BILLY' BECAME A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. SERVED AS COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR, 5867, 2ND BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED AT BULLECOURT, ON 27/08/1918, AGE […]
BORN BEVERLEY, 1886. FOURTH SON OF CHARLES MARSHALL & ELIZABETH HORNER, BEVERLEY. ADOPTED SON OF MR DIXON, AT 16 , TEMPLE STREET, HULL (ADDRESS FROM HULL DAILY MAIL, 28/05/1918). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 17/05/1918, AGED 34. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, GEORGE HORNER, 38234, YORK & […]
BORN HULL 1898. ENLISTED HULL. 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS ABOVE.
BORN HULL 1897. SON JAMES MEEKEN (1852-1918) & MARIA MEEKEN (1858-1924), OF 3 LINDEN GROVE, TEMPLE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS)) AND 47 MASON STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). WORKED AS A PACKER. ENLISTED HULL, ON 20/04/1914. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 19/04/1915. WOUNDED, ON 24/05/1915. […]
BORN SOUTHCOATES, HULL 13/04/1894, AT 15 COURTNEY STREET, HULL. SON OF PAUL ROBERT PENTON (1866-1940) AND ANNIE BEKIELEWSKI (1868-1901), OF 7 MODEL AVENUE, TEMPLE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 2 ARGLYLE STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN NORWICH. HIS MOTHER CAME FROM POLAND. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS. WORKED AS A PAPER MILL CROPPER. ENL […]
BORN HULL 1900. ENLISTED HIGH WYCOMBE. EX 68278 DEVONS. SON OF WILLIAM & BERTHA EMMA THOMPSON, HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKS IN 1911. ON ST MARYS SCULCOATES. HE IS BURIED AT SENLIS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY,OISE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "A LOVABLE AND MUCH BELOVED SON GOD BLESS HIM".
