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BORN ARKLOW, COUNTY WICKLOW, IRELAND, ON 07/10/1898. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF CHARLES AUSTIN & JANE O'NEIL, AT THIS ADDRESS (HDM 18/03/1919). HIS FATHER WAS A RETIRED PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, (1ST OXFORD LIGHT INFANTRY), WHO RE-ENLISTED AND SERVED THROUGHOUT THE WAR IN ENGLAND . JOSEPH AUSTIN ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 3057 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIME […]

BORN HULL 1897. YOUNGEST SON OF ARTHUR BARNBY & ELIZABETH EMMA ATKINSON, OF 12 VICTOR STREET, HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS UNCLE AT NEARBY 6 FLORAL GROVE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT COVENTRY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 07/08/1915. SERVED WITH THE 6TH OX & BUCKS REGIMENT. HAD BEEN ON ACTIVE SERVICE FOR 18 MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS KILL […]

BORN HULL 1891. KNOWN AS CHARLES. SON OF JOSHUA CHARLES BETTS (1870-1931) & HARRIET ISABELLA MITCHELL (1871-1956), WHO LIVED AT 6 LUCAS SQUARE, SYKES STREET AND 12 NELSON SQUARE, GEORGE STREET. HE MARRIED IN HULL, 1915. HIS WIFE ALICE BETTS, LIVED AT 8 MYRTLE VILLAS, VICTOR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) .  JOSHUA CHARLES BETTS WAS A […]

BORN SPROATLEY, YORKS 1898. SON OF JOHN & MARY ANNE BRANTON, SWINE & 48 VICTOR STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A FARM HORSEMAN. HE HAD ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 14/10/1916, BUT WAS NOT MOBILISED UNTIL 07/03/1917, AGED 17 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. HIS ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHES TALL, 138 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH […]

BORN GOOLE 1882. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. WIFE VIOLETTA BROWN & 4 CHILDREN ABOVE. A LABOURER. ENLISTED IN THE HULL  PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT & FRANCE. SURVIVED THE BATT;ES OF THE SOMME AND OPPY WOOD. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/07/1917, AGED 35. HIS DEATH WAS REPPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 02/10/1917. * Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVAT […]

BORN DRIFFIELD 1890. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM GILL & MARIA PADLEY (1863-1900) OF 7, CROYDEN AVENUE, VICTOR STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 86, WHEELER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A PRINTER'S COMPOSITER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (1911 CENSUS) HE ENLISTED I […]

BORN MARFLEET, HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM AND ELIZA GRANTHAM AT 91 CRAVEN STREET, HULL. HE LIVED AT 39 VICTOR STREET, HULL AND WAS EMPLOYED AS A MOULDER. HE ENLISTED AT DONCASTER. SERVED IN THE 1/5TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HAD BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR FOUR MONTHS WHEN HE WAS BADLY WOUNDED, ON 01/07/1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT C […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JOHN STEAD LOWTHER (1862-1918) & ANNIE SOPHIA JACKSON (1865-1944). THE ELDEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE MARRIED FLORENCE FILBY (1888-1967) AT HULL, IN 1910. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR TWO SONS, FRED AND JOHN STANLEY LOWTHER, AT 8 BRUNSWICK TERRACE, VICTOR STREET, (1911 CENSUS) AND 62 VICTOR STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS, 24 […]

BORN USWORTH, CO. DURHAM, 1880. LIVED IN HULL. MOTHER JANE LUN LIVED AT 10 OLIVE AVENUE, VICTOR STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS). HE WAS A COAL HEAVER AT ALEXANDRA DOCK. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/04/1916, AGED 36. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN […]

BORN HULL 21/o3/1896. PARENTS CHARLES JOHN MARSH (1851-1891) & ANNIE MARSH, OF 1 BARNSLEY STREET, HULL AND 76, VICTOR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A PLATER'S HELPER, FROM GREENWICH, LONDON. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, & BROWN HAIR, FRESH […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THOMAS MEDFORTH (1854-1925) & EDITH HORNSEA MEDFORTH(1861-1891), OF 60 VICTOR STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT ST MARYS, DRYPOOL, ON 26/01/1911. WORKED AS A SAWMILL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 07/06/1915. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 14/11/191 […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF LATE WILLIAM VALENTINE MONSEY (1858-1909) & HANNAH ELIZABETH MONSEY (1858-1910). A POST OFFICE WORKER FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE WAR BEGAN. HE RESIDED AT 3 VICTOR STREET, HULL. HIS BROTHER, SERGEANT, MONSEY, LIVED AT 252 NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE 2ND/8TH CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT (POST OFFICE RIFLES […]

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF LATE WILLIAM VALENTINE MONSEY (1858-1909) & HANNAH ELIZABETH MONSEY (1858-1910). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER, FRANK WICKMAN MONSEY, AT 10 JESMOND GARDENS, HOLDERNESS ROAD. EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. LIVED AT 41 RIDGE STREET, NORTH SYDNEY. WORKED AS A BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL, N […]

BORN HULL 1893. ELDEST SON OF DAVID THOMAS MOTHERSDALE (1851-1917) & ANN ELIZABETH ROBINSON (1858-1924), OF 5 CROYDEN AVENUE, VICTOR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, STANLEY MACDONALD MOTHERSDALE. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 3070, 2/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS AND THEN TRANSFERR […]

BORN ESSEX 06/11/1885. WORKED AS A DOCK GATEMAN FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS BEFORE THE WAR. HIS WIFE HANNAH NURSE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS LOST AT SEA 20/07/1917. HDM 04/08/1917. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 7TH SEPTEMBER 1917. HMT Robert Smith, built by Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen in 1915 and operated a […]

BORN THORNE 1873. WIFE FRANCES (CHESTER) OLIVER & DAUGHTER FRANCES ABOVE. ARMY ADDRESS. SON OF DRURY OLIVER AND SARAH JANE HATFIELD.

BORN HULL 23/12/1883. SON OF JAMES ASH PARTRIDGE (1856-1938) & REBECCA LICKISS (1859-1946), AT 18, VICTOR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF 12 CHILDREN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 iINCHES TALL, BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR, TATTOO, ON LEFT FOREARM. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 01/01/1902. SERVED AS A NAVAL STOKER AN […]

BORN HULL, 01/12/1886. SON OF JAMES ASH PARTRIDGE AND REBECCA PARTRIDGE, OF 18 VICTOR STREET, HULL. ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. SON OF A MARINE ENGINEER. HIS BROTHERS ALSO SERVED AT SEA. HE SERVED AS A MERCHANT SEAMAN. DIED AT SEA, ON 27/02/1916, AGED 29. BURIED ST MARY'S CHURCH CEMETERY, DOVER, KENT. […]

BORN LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, NORFOLK, 07/08/1886. SON OF HENRY AND ELIZABETH SAMPLE, OF 12 DENTON STREET, AND 16 SLOE LANE, BEVERLEY. HE WAS WORKING ON A FARM HANDLING HORSES. MARRIED ROSANNA AND HAD ONE CHILD. MOVED TO HULL AT THE ABOVE ARMY ADDRESS. HIS SIBLINGS HAD ALSO MOVED TO HULL LIVING AT 6 WARNE TERRACE, WARNE STREET, SPRING BANK, […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JAMES SHAW (1865-1902) AND JULIA FOSTER (1864-1947), OF 18, MONA AVENUE, CAVE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 10, VICTOR STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 12, SPRING TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A FORMER SOLDIER AND LABOURER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTER. HE ENLISTED AS "A1" SOLDIER, ON 01/ […]