Area: Victoria Avenue

BORN HULL 20/11/1889. ELDEST SON OF ARTHUR BROOKS & LUCY MOSES, AT 66, VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL & ALSO NO:18 VICTORIA AVENUE. HIS FATHER WAS A MERCHANT ACCOUNTANT. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. PRIOR TO WAR, HE SERVED AS A TROOPER IN THE EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. ALSO EMPLOYED AS A CORN MERCHANT CLERK. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN OCTO […]

BORN PETERBOROUGH 1894. ONLY SON OF THE REVEREND, ROBERT EDGAR CLEGG & ADA EMILY CLEGG, OF 65 MARLBOROUGH AVENUE (1911 CENSUS) AND 95 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHER TO NELLIE CLEGG. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A BANK CLERK. HIS FATHER WAS PASTOR AT HULL'S, FISH STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. HE ENLISTED EARLY IN 1915. ARRIV […]

BORN HULL 1889. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS CRANSWICK (1863-1945) & ANNIE REID (1864-1930), OF 106 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL. SON OF A MERCHANT. HIS TWO BROTHERS WERE FRANK AND NELSON. HE WAS AN OIL MANUFACTURER CLERK. HE ENLISTED AT THE START OF THE WAR. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT AND LATER COMMISSIONED. SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE 1/4TH EA […]

BORN SUTTON, HULL, 1898. ONLY SON OF ERNEST HAWORTH EARLE (1863-1951) & MARY MARSHALL (1869-1939), OF, 168 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS). SON A CHEMIST SHOP OWNER. HE HAD ONE SISTER, PHYLLIS (1893-1936) ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE, 1167, 5TH EYR. COMMISSIONED AS LIEUTENANT IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRES. KILLED IN ACTION ON ON 04/ […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF STEPHEN FAWCETT (1865-1948) & ADA THISTLETON, OF 76 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). CECIL WAS AN OLD HYMERIAN AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF ST AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK, IN A SHIPPING OFFICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. JOINED THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 11/05/ […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY ANN FLINT, OF 85A VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 46 PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (HDM 23/12/1916). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 20978, 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO "B" COMPANY, THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 17/10/1917, AGED 23. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS […]

BORN HULL 1894.  SON OF HERBERT GEORGE & MARTHA MAUD GARDNER, OF 52 PLANE STREET AND 84 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL. A FORMER SEAMAN. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 8/09/1914. REQUESTED TO REJOIN THE MERCHANT SERVICE, ON 27/8/1916. HE WAS KILLED, AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 23. Hull Pals Memorial Post. CORPORAL WILLIAM RICHARD GA […]

BORN HULL SEPT 1894. SECOND SON OF ELI HENRY GOLDTHORPE (1861-1936) & MATILDA WETHERELL (1859-1959), OF 10 ALBANY STREET, HULL AND 77 , VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL,. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. SON OF A HM CUSTOM OFFICER. EDUCATED AT HYMERS AND WAS AN OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR AND ATHLETE. HE WON THE METCALFE EXHIBITION AT CAMBRIDGE FOR MATHMATICS AND […]

BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF WALTER THOMAS HARRISON (1858-1932) & ANNIE TATHER (1869-1958), OF 227 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL. SON OF A MARINER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST BATTALION, GRENADIER GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 01/12/1917, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO HIS FATHER, WALTER. HE WAS BROTHER TO HILDA, EVELY, […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ROBERT LAWSON AND MARY ANN LAWSON, OF 13 ELLA'S AVENUE, WALLER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THE STREET WAS DEMOLISHED DURING WW2 BLITZ. HE JAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EYR. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 27/10/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, 02/03/1916, AGE […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF HARRY WHITE MATTHEWS (1868-1932) & KATE BATTY, AT 38 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WORKED FOR H.W. MATTHEWS & CO, COAL MERCHANTS AND AS A BUSINESS ASSISTANT IN DRIFFIELD. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL 'COMMERCIALS', THE 10TH EAST YORSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRAINED AT RIPON. SERVED […]

BORN WEST BROMWICH, STAFFS, 1889. SON OF THOMAS AND HANNAH PARTRIDGE, OF 166 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL. A CLERK ENGINEER, FOR THE NORTHEASTERN RAILWAYS. RESIDED DARLINGTON. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 165 LBS, 39.5 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES AND DARK BROWN HAIR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/09/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERR […]

BORN YORK 20/11/1882. SON OF WALTER STEAD (1853-1921) & MARY JANE STEVENSON. LISTED AS LIVING AT 80 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (HDM ADDRESS, 05/11/1919), BUT NUMBER 89 IN CWGC RECORDS. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. UNMARRIED. EMPLOYED AS A SHIPPING CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 137 LNS WEIGHT, […]

BORN HULL 04/01/1889. SON OF STAFFORD BEESTON WHITBY (MBE) & HETTIE WHITBY, OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, OTTAWA, CANADA, AND 8 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL. HARRY ALDEN WHITBY WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL, HE HAD A BRILLIANT SCHOLASTIC CAREER. HE ATTENDED PARIS UNIVERSITY, AND SPENT TWO AND HALF YEARS STUDYING IN GERMANY. HE WAS […]

BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF NED JESSOP WILSON & RHODA (HAWLEY) WILSON, OF 36, ALL SAINTS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) HIS SISTERS MABEL & DORIS, LIVED 95 MIDDLETON STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND 9, WHITEHALL GARDENS, VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL AN ARTIST APPRENTICE. HE HAD A PROMISING ART CAREER BEFORE HIM. HE ENLISTED AT MARYLEBO […]