Area: Wassand Street

BORN HULL 1873. SON OF ELIZABETH & LATE WILLIAM FLAY. LOST AT SEA ON 24/03/1916, AGED 42. HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2. SS Treverbyn, built by J. Readhead & Sons, Ltd., So. Shields in 1910 and owned at the time of her loss by Hain SS […]

BORN HULL 1876. SON OF ELIZABETH & WILLIAM FLEY ABOVE NAVY RECORDS ADDRESS. SHIP'S BOSUN. DROWNED 22/05/1915. AGED 38. On May 22nd, 1915, the British steam trawler, 'SEBASTIAN' left Hull, and went missing. She was not heard of ever since. CREW LOST ON SEBASTIAN (H888), missing in the North Sea, 22nd May, 1915. AGNES, W. A (26), 12 Ar […]

BORN SCARBOROUGH 1889. HIS WIFE, SARA ANN FLOUNDERS & BABY LIVED AT, 1, ARTHURS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND 16, MINERVA TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS). The hull steam trawler MALABAR (H754) left Hull for a fishing trip in the North Sea on 20/12/1915 with 9 crew. She was last seen on January 1916 and po […]

BORN HULL 27/12/1885. SON OF THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM & ROSE GLEESON. WIFE MINNIE (COLLEY) ABOVE CWGC ADDRESS. Son of the late John William and Rose Gleeson, of Hull; husband of Minnie Colley (formerly Gleeson), of 65, Wassand St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Hull (Holy Trinity, Hessle Road) Cemetery. http://www […]

BORN HULL 05/07/1887. SON OF JOHN THOMAS GLENTWORTH (1863-1909) & MABEL JANE NEWTON (1862-1922). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. (HDM 12/05/1919). A FORMER FIREMAN, FOR THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE. Married to Lily Wintersgull at 4 Marlbrough Terrace, Westbourne Street, Hull (1911 Census). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE […]

BORN HULL 08/11/1893. SON OF JOHN THOMAS GLENTWORTH (1863-1909) & MABEL JANE NEWTON (1862-1922). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIDOWED MOTHER AT 31 CARLTON STREET, HULL AND 68, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 21863, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRAN […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY A GOMERSALL, OF 4, WASSAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A HULL CORPORATION EMPLOYEE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 18.BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 18TH OCTOBER 1918.

BORN BRADLEY, STAFFS 01/10/1899. HUSBAND OF  MRS MARGARET CARROLL, OF 14 SOHAM TERRACE, WASSAND STREET & 6 ARTHURS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. SON OF SAMUEL AND OLIVE GRINSELL, OF OF 49 THOMPSON STREET, BILSTON, STAFFORDSHIRE. HE ENLISTED AT WEDNESBURY UNDERAGE. SERVED IN THE 6TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE MARRIE […]

BORN HULL 3/08/1875. SON OF MICHAEL HANLON AND MARIA ANN HANNAH HATFIELD. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. MARRIED OCTOBER 1913, HULL. WIFE CHARLOTTE (MISKIN) & THREE DAUGHTERS AND A SON LIVED AT 11 EMILY'S TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. FISHERMAN. SERVED AS 2ND ENGINEER, IN MINESWEEPERS. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY, AGED 42 […]

BORN HULL 1893. STEP SON OF JOSEPH AND ANN HOLMES. HE WAS SAILING FROM IMMINGHAM TO PORT HARBOUR. WENT ASHORE WITH HIS CREW AND WAS 'ACCIDENTALLY SHOT' IN THE HEAD BY POLICE FOLLOWING SOME DISPUTE. HE DIED INTANTLY AND WAS BURIED AT PORT ARTHUR AGED 21. THE INQUIRY FOLLOWING HIS DEATH WAS INCONCLUSIVE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL […]

BORN HULL 13/04/1871. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE LOST AT SEA ON 22/10/1915. HIS WIDOW, HARRIET HODGSON, LIVED AT 4 HERBERTS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HIS PARENTS LIVED 8 SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL. THEY LOST THREE SONS IN THE WAR. HIS BROTHER, SAPPER, BILLY HODGSON, ROYAL ENGINEERS ALSO DIED IN 1915. JAMES SERVED AS A DECKHAND. THE TRAWLER […]

BORN SCARBOROUGH 10/10/1896. OLDEST SON OF WILLIAM HODGSON (1871-1938) & ELIZABETH HODGSON, (1874-1953), OF 100, WASSAND STREET, HULL. SON OF A FISH SMOKER. ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FOUR SISTERS.  EMPLOYED AS A BOILER MAKER APPRENTICE (1911 CENSUS). HE RESIDED AT 15, HENRY'S TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HE EN […]

BORN BOSTON 1869. WIFE EMMA THORNTON (ELLIS), AT THIS ADDRESS & MOVED TO 58 BEDFORD STREET GRIMSBY. On December 14th, 1919, the British trawler ISLE OF MAN went missing in the North Sea with all on board. She was not heard of ever since. CREW LOST ON ISLE OF MAN (H826), missing in the North Sea, 14th December, 1919. CUNNINGSWORTH, […]

BORN HULL 1893 SON OF THOMAS HOLMES (1854-1939) & MARY GOLIGHTLY (1858-1902), OF 81, WASSAND STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). DISCHARGED WITH SHELL SHOCK AFTER TWO YEARS IN FRANCE. DIED OF INFLUENZA, 21/10/1918, AGED 25. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS WIFE DIED GIVING BIRTH ON 14/10/1918. THEY WERE BURIED TOGETHER, ON 26/10/1918. […]

BORN HULL 1890. DAIRYCOATES.  SON OF JAMES WILLIAM HUNTER & ELIZABETH HUNTER, OF 26 , WASSAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A SINGLE MAN & FISH WORKER. HIS FATHER AND FAMILY WORKED IN THE FISH SMOKE HOUSES. ENLISTED BEVERLEY 02/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EASTYORKS […]

BORN HULL 1893. WIFE MARY IVES. LOST TRAWLERMAN OF HULL RECORDS. On February 1st, 1922, the British trawler MAGNETA, built in 1915 by Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders and owned by Ross, Francis & Thomas, Ltd, was wrecked in a hurrican. 9 crew and 2 Russians lost their lives. The MAGNETA was fishing legally 9 miles from the Russian border. De […]

BORN YORK 1867. LIVED HULL. FISHERMAN SHIP STRUCK MINE. FV Barbados (H938) was a British registered fishing vessel of 183grt built in 1907 by Earles Shipbuilders, Hull. Presumed mined on 6th November 1920. All hands lost. CREW LOST ON BARBADOS (H938), missing, presumed to have struck mine, 6th November, 1920. HUDSON, Joseph (40), 127 C […]

BORN LEEDS, 1887. SON OF GEORGE FREDERICK LANGDALE & ANNE, OF 15, ST JAMES SQUARE, JAMES STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1913. HIS WIFE MARGARET ANN BIELBY LIVED AT 14, RHODA'S TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET AND 11, MINERVA TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, WHERE HE WAS WELL LIKED. HE ENLI […]

BORN BRADFORD 01/12/1869. SON OF FARRAR LANGLEY (1848-1908) & HANNAH HARDAKER (1852-1914). MARRIED, HULL, 1892. WIFE EMILY FEETAM (1875-1947)), OF 7 WILBERFORCE TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. THEY HAD NINE CHILDREN. HE SERVED AS A DECK HAND. ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED NEAR THE DARDENELLES, ON 21/08/1915, AGED 47. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE […]

BORN HULL 1896. MOTHER ABOVE, HULL. LISTED ON MARY ELLENS TERRACE ROH, ST PAULS STREET AS LOST. NO NAVAL RECORDS FOUND. On January 8th, 1915, the British trawler CELIA went missing in the North Sea. She was not heard of ever since and was probably sunk by enemy action. 9 crew lost their lives. CREW LOST ON CELIA (H989), due to enemy acti […]