Area: Victor Street

BORN ARKLOW, COUNTY WICKLOW, IRELAND, ON 07/10/1898. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF CHARLES AUSTIN & JANE O'NEIL, AT 3, CARLTON AVENUE, VICTOR STREET, HULL (Hull Daily Mail address, 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 […]

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. ONE OF THREE SONS KILLED IN WW1. HE MARRIED IN HULL, 1915. HIS WIFE, ALICE WAUDBY BETTS (BORN 19/10/1892), LIVED AT 8, MYRTLE VILLAS, VIC […]

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, LIVED AT 8, OLIVE AVENUE, VICTOR STREET, HULL. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL  PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT & FRANCE. SURVIVED THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME AND OPPY WOOD. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/07/1917, AGED 35. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 02 […]

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/ […]