Area: Waterloo Street

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM HERBERT COATES (1868-1912) AND CLARA COATES, OF 4 LORRAINE TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL  (ARMY ADDRESS). BROTHER TO WILLIAM, ETHEL & ERNEST. HE WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY AND GARDENER. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 27826, 'B' COMPANY, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/0 […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WALTER & EDITH ELLEN COCKERILL. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, 63RD BRIGADE, AMMUNITION COLUMN. HE DIED IN FRANCE, ON 26/04/1917, AGED 19.

BORN AYSGARTH, HAWES, YORKSHIRE 1887. SON OF ELIZABETH COCKETT (1865-1933), OF 27, SARAH ANN TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN WHOSE SURNAME WAS "MOORE". HE WAS POSSIBLY ADOPTED, BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK OR A HALF SIBLING? HE ENLISTED AT PRESTON. SERVED WITH 1ST BATTALION SCOTS GUARDS, AND POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITIS […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF SAMUEL CONYERS (1864-1928) & PHOEBE ALICE CONYERS (1865-1949), OF 40, RICHMOND TERRACE, LIDDELL STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORD ADDRESS) AND 22 WATERLOO STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY AMIL ADDRESS - 13/06/1916). HE WAS THE ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN (THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS). A  CLERK AND TIME KEEPER, FOR MANY YEARS […]

BORN HESSLE 1887. SON OF JAMES TAMKIN CURTIS (1855-1941) & ANNIE LACEY (1865-1943). ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. A GARDNER BOARDING AT 5 DERBY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED IN THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 16/10/1916, AGED 30. HIS WIDOW MARY CURTIS LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS AND AT 8 CHARLES TERRACE, DERBY STREET. HIS DEAT […]

BORN HULL 1898 SON OF WILLIAM & ADA MARIE DOBBS & 6 CHILDREN AT SAME ADDRESS. SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. A SAW MILL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/02/1916, AGED 18. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1.5 INCHES TALL, 33 INCH CHEST. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. SERVED WITH THE 2ND BATTALION, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. PROMOTED CORPORAL. KILLED IN ACTION […]

BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM EARLEY (1861-1940) & MARY ALICE DREWERY (1864-1941) OF 226, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A BAKER AND CONFECTIONER. HE MARRIED IN 1916. HIS WIFE, MARY HANNAH HYDE, LIVED IN PONTEFRACT (CWGC). THEY HAD ONE SON, FREDERICK, BORN 13/03/ […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ARTHUR ERNEST ELSTON 11/1342. Born in April 1893, Arthur was the youngest of four children to Robert and Agnes Elston of 13 Albert's Terrace, Waterloo Street, Hull. A Labourer before the war, he enlisted at Hull City Hall on 28th December 1914 joining the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 'The Trade […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN J. & KATE ELSTON, OF 9, PERTH STREET, HULL  (1911),  17 WEST VIEW, SPRING BANK, HULL AND 204 BLENHEIM STREET, HULL. A FORMER BRICKLAYER. HE WORKED AS A STONEMASON FOR THE HULL CORPORATION ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT. HE RESIDED AT 5 VERONA TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL. HE SERVED AS A COLOUR SERGEANT IN THE 1/ […]

BORN HULL 1877. SON OF JOHN FLAIR (1847-1929) AND SOPHIA BUTTERS (1847-1902). HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. MARRIED AT HULL, 1900, AGED 23. HIS WIFE ALICE MAUD HOLT (1878-1937), LIVED AT  104, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE DAUGHTERS. HE WORKED AS A BARMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, DRIVER, 213 […]

BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF THOMAS & MARY GARLAND. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS LIVING AT 257 WATERLOO STREET, HULL. HE ALSO LIVED AT GRANGE STREET, HULL - 1901 CENSUS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A MACHINE GUNNER IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 16/11/1916, AGED 21. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S WATERLOO STREET RO […]

BORN SUTTON 1873. ENLISTED HULL. BOARDED ABOVE 1901 AS A SAILOR. NB: ARTHUR GIBBONS - 25 TERRY STREET. HAROLD GIBBONS, EYR - 1 WRAY'S TERRACE, LIVERPOOL STREET.

Born Limehouse, London,  13/06/1872. Son of the late Walter Gibbs & Phoebe Horton, (1847–1937). Married  Florence Harris, on 25/04/1905, at All Saints, Birmingham, Warwick, England. A stationary Engine man (1911 Census). Wife Florence lived at 1 Blucher Terrace, Waterloo Street, Hull (CWGC address). Served as a Trimmer, in the Royal […]

BORN HULL 1880. ELEANOR ABOVE. ELDEST SON OF FRED & HARRIET GIBSON - 8 SAXBY TERRACE, HODGSON STREET. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS A WELL KNOWN COAL CARRIER FOR MESSRS. WADE & SONS. HE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS WITH HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN. HE WAS A KNOWN AS A LOCAL ATHLETE AND FOOTBALLER. HE ENLISTED 6TH AUGUST 1914. HE WAS REPORTED […]

Born Hull 1897. Eldest son of George Henry Glew and Mary Hannah Glew, of 3, Bower's Terrace, Waterloo Street, Hull. Third of eight children. He was employed at a wholesale newsagents on Waterloo Street and was working for the Brittania Oil Mills, when war began. He enlisted in Hull on 05/08/1914, aged 17 years and 34 days and served w […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JAMES GARYBURN (1857-1907)  & MARY ANNIE GRAYBURN, OF 10, ARTHUR TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. ONE OF THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN THE WAR. A FLOUR MILLER. HUSBAND OF ANNIE AT 2, ARTHUR TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL AND 8, FAWCETT TERRACE, DERBY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION […]

BORN HULL 1886. WIFE ALICE & TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT 11 BLUCHER STREET, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4 MARY'S TERRACE, OSBORNE STREET, HULL. A HULL METAL WORKER, FOR MESSRS ROBINSON * CO, LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL. A FORMER ARMY RESERVE. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/09/1914, AGED 28. HE WAS […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ARTHUR AND HARRIET HALLAS. HIS PARENTS DIED WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND HE WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS TWO BROTHERS, JOHN AND WILLIAM HALLAS. EMPLOYED AS A TANNER. HE BOARDED AT 6 CLIFTON TERRACE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (1911). HE ENLISTED THE TERRITORIALS, IN HULL, ON 11/01/1912. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. […]

BORN HULL 29/12/1896. ELDEST SON OF JOHN HARAN (1870-1937) & CATHERINE BRENNEN (1872-1930), OF 8, AGNES TERRACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 22, BOWERS TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, THOMAS AND ONE SISTER, KATHLEEN. HE WORKED AS A GROCERS BOY AND OIL PRESSMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, […]

BORN HULL 1900. ELDEST SON OF JOHN HARAN (1870-1937) & CATHERINE BRENNEN (1872-1930), OF 8, AGNES TERRACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 22, BOWERS TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, THOMAS AND ONE SISTER, KATHLEEN. ANOTHER SISTER,HARRIET HAD DIED IN 1914, AGED  7. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. […]