BORN HULL 1897. HE LIVED AND ENLISTED IN SHREWSBURY. HE WAS THE STEPSON OF WILLIAM DAW, OF HULL, AND THE GRANDSON OF MRS BECKWORTH, OF 11 TYNEMOUTH STREET, HULL. HIS MOTHER, FRANCES DAW, LIVED AT POCKLINGTON, & ALSO AT 'THE MOUNT', SHREWSBURY. HE WAS EDUCATED AT POCKLINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND TRAINED AS AN ACCOUNTANT. HE WORKED FOR C […]
Steward
BORN HULL 1902. SON OF ERNEST EDWIN WILCOCK & LILLIAN MAUD McPHUN, AND GRANDPARENTS JOHN WILSON DONOVAN AND MARY JANE DONOVAN, WHO ALL LIVED AT 9 MILTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HIS FATHER WAS A SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICER. HIS GRANDFATHER A SEED CRUSHING ENGINEER. LAURENCE MCPHUN SERVED AS A STEWARD ON THE A […]
Corporal
BORN HULL 1876. ELDEST SON OF JOHN NESS (1856-1909) AND SARAH ELIZABETH HARTLEY (1859-1900). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS. HIS UNMARRIED WIFE WAS JULIE ANN REASON, OF 14 BOURNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD SERVED IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS DURING THE BOER WAR. ENLISTED WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PR […]
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BORN HULL 1881. SON OF CHARLES HENRY PICKERSGILL (1848-1900) & ELIZA JANE KELL (1853-1894). BROTHER TO GEORGE, ALICE AND MARY, LIVING AT 61, SEVERN STREET, HULL. A LABOURER HE HAD ALSO BEEN A TIME EXPIRED SOLDIER, WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 112 LBS WEIGHT, 34.5 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, […]
