Area: Victor Street

BORN HULL 1898. ONLY SON OF HENRY (HARRY) SMITH & LOUISA SMITH, AT 10 CLIFTON AVENUE, VICTOR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE 13TH EYR (HULL PALS). TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 31/03/1918, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL. UNMARR […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ANNIE & THE LATE JOHN SMITHSON, OF 30 VICTOR STREET, HULL. THEY MOVED TO 3951 HEATHER STREET, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. AN EX IRON MOULDER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE WAS KILLED ON 18/07/1916, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH H […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF RICHARD TARBOTTON AND MARTHA HOLROYD, OF 6 JOHNSON'S BUILDINGS, GREEN LANE, HULL. YOUNGEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT FOR THE DARDENELLES, ON 11/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 37. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEF […]

BORN HULL 30/07/1881. SON OF GEORGE (1854-1926) & EUNICE VINER (1857-1919), OF 4 COLUMBINE TERRACE, VICTOR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. ENLISTED IN THE 3RD EYR ON 14/09/1900 AND SERVED AS A TERRITORIAL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 141 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR […]

BORN DARLINGTON 10/08/1886. SON OF BROWN WALKER AND MARGARET POTTS. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN, INCLUDING SEVEN BROTHERS. EMPLOYED AS A SHIP'S MATE ON A HULL TUG. HE MARRIED IN 1905. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE DROWNED MINE SWEEPING, OFF ABERDEEN, ON 07/10/1915, AGED 27. HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED AND BURIED AT […]

BORN HULL 17/10/1893. JAMES WILLIAM WILSON & SARAH FRANCIS COLLINSON, OF 104 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. SON OF A SCHOOL CARETAKER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A WAREHOUSE LABOURER (191 CENSUS). UNMARRIED AND KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, ON 31/05/1916, AGED 22. HE HAD BEEN ON LEAVE, THREE MONTHS BEFORE AND P […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF FLORENCE AND STEP FATHER FOSTER FORD, AT 8, HAWTHORNE VILLAS, VICTOR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 21/09/1916. MOBILISED ON 06/08/1917. TRAINED AT RUGULEY CAMP. SERVED IN THE 22ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 05/04/1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/04/1918 […]