Area: Villa Place

BORN BEVERLEY 25/02/1895. SON OF SAMUEL & RACHAEL CHAPMAN - 34 WALKERGATE, BEVERLEY. EDUCATED AT MINSTER SCHOOL, BEVERLEY. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. JOINED THE 4TH EYR, TERRITORIAL FORCE IN 1914. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM APRIL 1915. WOUNDED AT PASCHENDAELE. DIED AT NO:4 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 28/10/1917, AGED 22. A FRIEND OF HIS WROTE […]

BORN BEVERLEY 06/03/1898. SON OF SAMUEL CHAPMAN AND RACHAEL BANHAMCHAPMAN, OF MYTON HOUSE, VILLA PLACE, HULL AND 34 WALKERGATE, BEVERLEY. EDUCATED BEVERLEY. WORKED AS ASSISTANT STEWARD ON THE S/S 'ROMEO' ENLISTED IN HULL., MARCH 1915. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM AUGUST 1916. KILLED AT PASCHENDAELE, ON 14/12/1917, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HE IS CO […]

BORN HULL 01/07/1893. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER & ELIZABETH CAPES, OF 102 WALKER STREET, HULL AND 48 BEAN STREET, HULL. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS A SHOP PORTER AND WORKED FOR MESSRS. HARPER'S FRUITIERS ON HESSLE ROAD. HE MARRIED MABEL ANNIE LAMBERT (1894-1953), AT HULL, IN 1915. HIS WIFE MABEL LIVED AT 7, HOLLY GROVE, WOODCOCK […]

Born Hull 1895. Eldest son of Charles Frederick Grosneckand Elizabeth Grosneck, of 3 Princes Avenue, Hull. One of five children. His father was a German born seaman and fisherman, living Hull. He served as Merchant Navy, coal trimmer, on the Grimsby trawler, "Andronmarche". Lost at sea, on 12/04/1917, aged 21. His name is recorded in the […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF ADA JORDAN (FORMERLY JACKSON) & THE LATE THOMAS CRATHORNE JACKSON (1873-1936), OF 113 ADELAIDE STREET, HULL AND 14 FLORENCE TERRACE, VILLA PLACE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER. HE HAD TRIED TO ENLIST, ON 02/03/1916 UNDERAGE. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, O […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOHN & SOPHIA LANE, OF 3 MORRELL'S BUILDINGS, VILLA PLACE, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HAROLD LANE WORKED AS A MAST & BLOCK MAKER. HE SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY AND DIED SHORTLY AFTER THE WAR ENDED, ON 08/05/1919, AGED 25. HIS TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS WERE KILLED IN ACTION, DURING THE WAR. BROT […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOHN & SOPHIA LANE, OF 3 MORRELL'S BUILDINGS, VILLA PLACE, HULL. SON OF A HORSE KEEPER. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS AS ERRAND BOY (1911 CENSUS) . HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 4341 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH BORDER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 29/04/1918, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURN […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN LANE (1864-1917) & SOPHIA WILSON (1868-1944), OF 3 MORRELL'S BUILDINGS, VILLA PLACE, HULL, WHO LOST 3 SONS DURING THE WAR. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. NORMAN LANE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 11/08/1917, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1899. ONLY SON OF EDWARD PINKNEY LINGWOOD & JANE LINGWOOD ABOVE & 2 VILLA TERRACE, VILLA PLACE. HIS SISTER MABEL LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. FORMERLY 38526, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/04/1918, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED AT POPERINGE, BELGIUM.

BORN COTTINGHAM 12/02/1880. SON OF THE LATE NATHANIEL PEACOCK (1846-1904) & FANNY MARIA HOGGARD (1858-1931), OF COTTINGHAM. HE WAS EDUCATED AT STANIFORTH PLACE SCHOOL, HULL. JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE, ON 22/05/1915, AND SERVED ON HMS 'GEORGE FENWICK'. HE DIED AT HOLYHEAD HOSPITAL, ON 24/03/1918, AGED 38, FOLLOWING A SHIP ACCIDENT […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF HANNAH & LATE GEORGE SMITH ABOVE ADDRESS OFF HESSLE ROAD 1891.

BORN HULL 12/3/1894. SON OF LATE JOHN HENRY & SARAH ANN STANIFORTH, OF 52, WHITE STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 10, WAVERLEY TERRACE, VILLA PLACE, HULL. A PLUMBER'S LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION, COLSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/10/1917, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT […]