Area: Wassand Street

Private, 27082, James Brown, Labour Corps, died on 22/11/1918. (HDM 23/11/1919), Son of James and Emma, of 97 Wassand Street, Hull (War Pension Address). A former dock labourer. Formerly served as Private, 34863, 7th Lincolnshire Regiment. James (Jim) Brown, reported as died of influenza, in France, on 22/11/1918, aged 36. His death and […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ARTHUR & MARGARET BAINBRIDGE, AT 12 ,CROWN PLACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL (ARMY & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A LABOURER AND HULL TRAMWAYS CONDUCTOR.HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/02/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. DISCHARGED WITH TUBERULOCIS, ON 18/10/1915, AFTER 245 DAYS ARMY SERVICE. DIED ON 29/12/1917, AGED 22. HI […]

BORN HULL 07/09/1883. SON OF WILLIAM BALL (1861-1945) ELLEN LEADHAM ROACH (1863-1938), OF 5 HARRY TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A FISH DOCK LABOURER. HIS BROTHER LIVED AT 90 NEWSTED STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE, ESTHER (BORN 14/12/1895) AND DAUGHTER, HETTY (BORN 26/9/1916), LIVED AT 9 CLAREMONT […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS BARNES (1870-1938) AND ISABELLA ANDERSON (1871-1953), OF 80 ETON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 10 MARMADUKE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY RULLEYMAN. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY CRANE DRIVER, LIVING AT 44 WASSAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT […]

BORN ST JAMES, YORK, 1877. SON OF JOHN AND BETSEY BENNYWORTH, OF 80, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS FROM DUBLIN. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, NELLIE MAPPLEBECK, OF 54, REDBOURNE STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 16/11/1915) & 14, CECIL GROVE, EDINGBURGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION AD […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN XERXES BISHOPBRIGG (1854-1910) & MARY ELIZABETH MEARNS (1856-1925), OF 83 GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL. A COAL HOIST RAILWAY LABOURER. HE ALSO WORKED IN MUNITIONS, AS A SHELL TURNER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 03/03/1917, AGED 19 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. HE MARRIED ON 15/071917. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 45397, IN THE YO […]

BORN HULL 1895. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. SON OF JOHN AND SARAH BLACKBURN. NAME APPEARS IN ST BARNABAS CHURCH. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 27TH MARCH 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE SIDNEY BLACKBURN 12/760. Born in March 1895 Sidney was the son of John and Sarah Blackburn of 12 Ellis Terrac […]

BORN BATLEY 1895. SON OF THOMAS BODDY & SARAH PULLEN, OF 2 BARLEY CORN YARD, TOWN STREET, ARMLEY, LEEDS. HE WORKED AS A FACTORY OPERATIVE IN WARHOUSES. HE MARRIED IN HULL IN 1911. RESIDED AT 12, WELTON TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. ENLISTED IN THE 1ST KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION AT LOOS, ON 04/10/1915, AGE […]

BORN HULL NOVEMBER, 1893. SON OF MAUD M BOLTON THIS ADDRESS. FROM THE AGE OF 14, HE WORKED FOR MR J SPRING, FISH CURER, ENGLISH STREET. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 07/10/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WAS DUE HOME ON LEAVE WHEN REPORTED MISSING ON 13TH NOVEMBER 1916. KNOWN AS 'SAM'. HE WAS MARRIED AND LIVED AT 4 EMMA TERRACE, M […]

BORN HULL 13/11/1882. SON OF JAMES & SUSAN BOOTH, AS PER CWGC RECORDS. SERVED AS A TRAWLER ENGINEER, IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. HE DROWNED IN THE RIVER THAMES, ON 15/07/1917, AGED 34. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/07/1918. HE LEFT BROTHERS, JAMES, WALTER, CHARLES AND FREDERICK, AND SISTERS, EVA AND VIOLET

BORN DONCASTER, 1887. SON OF CHARLES AND MARIA BOOTH, OF BELL LANE, RAWCLIFFE. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS AND AGAIN IN BEVERLEY, ON 17/09/1915, AGED 28 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, TATTOOS ON BOTH ARMS. HE MARRIED HIS LAND LADY, MAY RIGGLE, AT THE HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 09 […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF MARGARET ALICE SIMPSON (1871-1946) & THE LATE PLATO BRINKLEY (1858-1920), OF 4 FLORENCE TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL,  45 GREEN LANE (1911 CENSUS) AND 2, OXFORD TERRACE, DERBY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A HOTEL PORTER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE ELISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2 […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF MR & MRS ANNIE ELIZABETH CLARK, OF 1 WELTON TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR HORNER'S SAWMILL, MADELEY STREET, HULL AND WORKED ON THE TRAWLERS AT SEA. HE ENLISTED AT OTLEY, YORKSHIRE. EX PRIVATE, 24832 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 45958, 11TH NORTHUMBE […]

BORN LINCOLN 1889. SON OF ALEXANDER RANDOLPH COLBY AND ELIZABETH FISH, OF 21 MORTON STREET. A FORMER TIMBER YARD WORKER, ON HESSLE ROAD. HE ENLISTED IN LINCOLN, ON 13/04/1907. SERVED SEVEN YEARS WITH THE 1ST LINCOLNS (FOUR YEARS IN INDIA). ARRIVED IN BELGIUM WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 8803, 1ST LINCOLNSHIRE […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE COOK & ADA (MOORE). REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER WITH THE KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. SENT TO FRANCE ON 20/12/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/08/1917, AGED 29. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MOTHER, ADA MOORE. BURIED AT HAPPY VALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF GEORGE & MARTHA CROSSLAND, OF 9 FLORENCE TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A CRANE LAD, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1721, WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WHICH WENT TO FRANCE IN MARCH 1915. HE WAS KILLED AT YPRES, ON 24/04/1915, AGED 17. HE IS COMMEM […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JAMES CHRISTOPHER DAVIS. HE MARRIED ETHEL WILSON, AT HULL, IN 1911. HE THEN MARRIED CLARISSA MILEHAM (1877-1929), ON 09/02/1915, AT ST BARNABAS CHURCH, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. THIS WAS HIS 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 38477, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/0 […]

BORN SUNDERLAND 1885. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY ANN DINSDALE. A FARM CARTMAN. HE MARRIED MARGARET JANE LEYSHON, (1894-1968), AT GATESHEAD, DURHAM, ON 20/03/1916. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/03/1918, AGED 33. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HS WIDOW, MARGARET. (NOTE: J W DINSDALE, ASC, LIVED AT 1 […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF HENRY FIELDS (1842-1906) & MARY ELVIN WARD (1853-1915),, OF 5, ALBERT TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE MARRIED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, ON 24TH APRIL 1915. HIS WIFE RHOAD BAKER (1888-1943) LIVED AT 5, COMBERMERE AVENUE, WOODCOCK S […]