BORN HULL 1881. SON OF MATTHEW AND SARAH JANE KIRBY, OF 23, WAINFLEET TERRACE, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A RECKITT'S STARCH LABOURER, LIVING WITH HIS MARRIED SISTER, ANNIE GARBUTT, AT 29, FLEET STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS WIFE MAUD LIVED AT 61 YORK AVENUE, CROSBY. HE ENLISTED AT WARRINGTON. POSTED TO FRANCE […]
BORN WARRINGTON 1897. RESIDED IN HULL ACCORDING TO SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. SON OF PATRICK & MARGARET LYDON OF 25 HOWLEY LANE, WARRINGTON. A BAKER'S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN BURY, LANCASHIRE. SERVED WITH THE 1ST LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. MARRIED MARION CADDEN AT HULL IN 1915. SERVED AT GALLIPOLI. DIED OF NO 17 GENERAL HOSPITAL, MALTA, ON 07/1 […]
