BORN GOOLE 1888. KNOWN AS 'FIELD' BROWN. HE WAS A RESIDENT IN NEWINGTON WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE JOINED THE 12TH HULL PALS. HIS MOTHER MRS E. JANE BROWN LIVED AT 47 PORTLAND STREET, HULL AND 20, WILTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER, EDWARD BROWN, WAS LOST AT SEA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1N JUNE 1916, SUNK BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE. […]
Born Hull, 24th October, 1899. Son of Clara Furze, of Toronto, Ontario. He stated being born in 1895, in Leeds, England, but the 1901 British census and a Canadian customs document recording his immigration in 1911 prove that he was born in 1899. In 1901, he was residing with his mother and his grandparents, Charles Furze and Isabella […]
Chief Engineer
BORN HULL 1876. SON OF JOSHUA MILNE (1841-1902) AND ELIZA DIXON (1840-1922). HE MARRIED ANNETTE BURLAND (1875-1960), ON 01/07/1907. WENT TO SEA, IN 1896. SERVED AS A MASTER MARINER. SERVED AS FIRST MATE, ON THE STEAM SHIP, "ANTINOE". DROWNED DURING A SUBMARINE ATTACK ON 28/05/1917, AGED 41. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMO […]
Ordinary Seaman
BORN HULL 23/02/1898. SECOND SON OF GEORGE WILKIN (1861-1945) & MARY JANE COLLINS, OF 34 VANE STREET, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A CLERK FOR THE STEAM OWNERS. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY. SERVED AS AN ORDINARY SEAMAN. DIED AT SEA, ON 19/03/1918, AGED 20. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE RO […]
