Area: Walmsley Street

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY ASHTON & SARAH ANN ASHTON OF 1 HANNAH'S TERRACE, WALMSLEY STREET, HULL. SIX CHILDREN FROM THE JEWISH WACHOLDER FAMILY  LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS A GROCER'S ASSISTANT CONNECTED WITH HULL'S ROYAL STATION HOTEL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS […]

BORN HULL 1880. SON OF JAMES W & ELLEN ASHTON. HIS WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH ASHTON LIVED AT 3 WALMSLEY TERRACE, WALMSLEY STREET, HULL CWGC ADDRESS. ALSO IN HDM AS LIVING AT 19 FLORENCE AVENUE, QUEENS ROAD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. DIED AT SEA ON 30/12/1917, AGED 38. BURIED IN EGYPT. COMMEMORATED ON CHATBY MEMORIAL, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. HIS DEA […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JAMES & SARAH J FELL ABOVE -1901 CENSUS. WAS A TRINITY CHURCH CHORISTER.

BORN GREAT HATFIELD, YORKS, 1898. SON OF WALTER & MARTHA FOSTER, OF THE LODGE, SIGGLESTHORNE, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HORNSEA. FORMERLEY, PRIVATE, 77663 DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON 27/05/1918, AGED 19. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND AND HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, TO THE […]

BORN KIRK ELLA, HULL, 01/07/1876. SON OF MARK HILL AND FRANCES (FANNY) BUTTON, FROM KIRK ELLA. MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1907. HUSBAND OF MRS CLARA HILL, of 67 WALMSLEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO CHILDREN. SON OF A COACHMAN AND GROOM. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED, ON 21/11/1916. SERVED IN THE R […]

BORN HULL 25/07/1891. ONLY SON OF STEPHEN MONAGHAN (1863-1927) & SELINA JANE CONSETT (1858-1935), OF 55 BEAN STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A MILL HAND AND FORMER BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER. MARRIED ON 03/08/1912, AT ST JOHN'S CHURCH, NEWLAND. HIS WIFE LILY RAMSDEN HUTTY (1892-1958), LIVED AT6 CHARLOTTE'S TERRACE, WALMSL […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ALICE NELSON, OF 55, WALMSLEY STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL (CWGC RECORDS). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EYR. REPORTED MISSING ON THE 08/06/1917 IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL. CONFIRMED AS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE & ST MARYS CHURCH MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LA […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM & MARGARET NORTON, OF 36 HARDY STREET, HULL.  HE RESIDED AT 55 WALMSLEY STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED MISSING DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, ON 29/03/1918. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HDM ON 7TH MARCH 1919. * Spring Offensive - During th […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE HARRY THOMPSON 11/1268. Born in October 1893, Harry, largely down to the common nature of his name, has been a tricky man to nail down, but I believe he was the eldest of eleven children to Harry and Mary Thompson of 50 Walmsley Street, Hull. A Labourer before the war, he enlisted at City Hall on 14th Dec […]

BORN BRANTINGHAM 1900. YOUNGEST CHILD OF  WILLIAM CHARLES THORNHAM (1865-1929) & LOUISA DOUGHTY (1865-1934), OF 52, WALMSLEY STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS) AND 4, WARNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR ELDER BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE SERVED IN THE 51ST TRAINING BATTALION, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF PNEUMONI […]

BORN HULL 1884. YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN KEY WATSON, A FARMER & FRANCES EMMA KEY (JACKSON). EMPLOYED BY MESSRS MAYFIELD, STEPNEY PAPER MILLS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 33. BURIED IN GERMANY. HE IS LISTED ON THE WALMSLEY STREET ROH PUBLISHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 16TH OCTOBER 1917. ALSO FEATURED IN THE HDM 26/02/18 &a […]