Area: Vauxhall Grove

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF PERCY BLANCHARD (1869-1890) & AMELIA JANE SOUTHCOATES, OF 15 VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL AND 1 PRINCE OF WALES TERRACE, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL. HE MARRIED DOROTHY FANNY LEONARD (1889-1933), IN 1913. THEY LIVED AT 53 , VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL. THEIR DAUGHTER, ELSIE MAUD BLANCHARD, WAS BORN IN 1915. HE WORKED AS A BLACKSM […]

BORN LEEDS 1876. A REGULAR SOLDIER WHO ENLISTED IN THE 2ND WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 26/11/1894. HE LIVED AT 2 ALBERT AVENUE, VAUXHALL GROVE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 126 LBS, 37 INCH CHEST, WAIST 34 INCHES, BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES AND SCAR ON FOREHEAD. HIS SISTER, SARAH, LIVED AT 49 […]

BORN BOSTON, LINCS, 26/05/1869. SON OF GEORGE ROBERT & HANNAH BURSNALL. MARRIED SCULCOATES. HULL, 1895. CATHERINE ELIZABETH FIELDING WHO DIED IN 1896. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER ISOBEL. HIS SECOND WIFE ELIZABETH CLAPHAM AND SON JAMES LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. FRANCIS BURSNALL SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICA WAR. HE WAS A REGULAR ROYAL NAVY STO […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JOHN HENRY & ANNIE DICK, OF 9 LITTLE GOODWIN STREET, HULL. A MERCHANT NAVY STOKER, TRANSFERRED TO ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE. HE WAS ONE OF FIVE SONS AND A SON IN LAW, WHO SERVED. THEY ARE ALL PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE HDM ON 26/05/1916. * HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE NORTH SEA, ON 27/04/1916, WHEN HIS SHIP WAS SUNK BY […]

BORN HULL 1878. SERVED AS 'MARSHALL'. SON OF MARY ANN EMMETT (NEE MARSHALL) & THE LATE JAMES MARSHALL, OF 10, ALFRED TERRACE, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). FORMERLY, OF THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO 237996, 360TH LABOUR CORPS. DIED AFTER DISCHARGE, ON 06/04/1918, AGED 40. HE IS BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETER […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS AND ELIZABETH HARRISON, OF 3 ALFRED TERRACE, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL. HIS WIDOW, ELIZABETH, LIVED AT THE SAME WAR PENSION ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. SERVED WITH THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, AGED 24. BURIED AT FRICOURT MILITARY CEMETERY. . T […]

BORN HULL 1900. LIVED & ENLISTED ABERDEEN. SON OF ELLEN LOCKNER, OF 9. ALEXANDRA TERRACE, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL AND 8, HOLBORN MOUNT, WITHAM, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 32899,1ST CAMERON HIGHLANDERS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 18/09/1918, AGED 18. HE IS BURIED AT HANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE.

BORN HULL 1890. ELDEST SON OF ROBERT CHARLES & MARY ANN PALFREMAN, OF 32 VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AT THE HOLMES BOILER SHOP. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN SEPTEMBER 1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 7TH EYR. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT AND TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 08/06/1918, AGED 27 […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF GEORGE & ESTHER SEATON AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). BEFORE JOINING THE ARMY HE WORKED FOR MESSRS HOLMES, MOULDING WORKS. HE ENLISTED AT THE START OF THE WAR AND LEFT FOR THE FRONT TEN MONTHS AGO. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 18. HE WAS WOUNDED IN FRANCE SOME TIME BEFORE HE WAS KILLED. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN T […]

BORN YORK, 1894. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM SHARP & ELIZA BYCROFT. HE LEFT FOUR SISTERS - ETHEL, EVA, ELSIE AND EDITH SHARP. HIS WIFE, ELIZA (SINDERSON) SHARP, LIVED AT T42 PORTLAND PLACE, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL. SERVED AS THIRD MATE. PRESUMED DROWNED ON 24/10/1916, AGED 22. The British steamship North Wales left Hull bound for Canada on the […]

BORN OTTRINGHAM 1884. SON OF JOHN WELDON (1849-1923) AND ELLEN HARRISON (1853-1900). SON OF A WIDOWED LAND GRAINER IN PATRINGTON. HE WORKED AS A FARM LABOURER. HE MARRIED LOTTIE SWAN, IN HULL, ON 03/10/1909. HIS WIFE LOTTIE SWAN LIVED AT THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 154 LBS, 37 INCH […]

BORN HULL, 1872. SON OF JAMES WRIGHT AND CAROLINE SMITH. EX DOCK LABOURER. SINGLE MAN. LIVED AT 18 NEVILLE'S TERRACE, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL WITH HIS MOTHER (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4016, EYR. HIS ARMY RECORDS STATE THAT HE WAS BORN IN GLASGOW. THE CENSUS RECORDS STATE THAT HE WAS BORN IN HULL. HE SER […]