Area: West Dock Avenue

Born Hull 1875, served as Second Officer on the 'Sappho'. Died of exposure. aged 40. During August 1914 the Hull cargo steamer SAPPO was detained at Hamburg by the Germans on the outbreak of war and 100 tons of sugar compulsorily unloaded before being released. On 7th December 1915 she was trapped in ice in the White Sea near Archangel w […]

BORN RAMSGATE 1886. WIFE BERTHA LOUISA AVERY (NEE LIKINS). SON OF ROBERT & THE LATE FLORENCE AVERY. SHIP STRUCK A MINE 36 MILES N.E. OF SPURN POINT. Eros, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley in 1903 and owned at the time of her loss by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British trawler of 181 tons. In 19 […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WALTER AND SUSANNAH BROUGHTON, OF  24, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). NEPHEW AND ADOPTED CHILD OF MARY DIXON, OF 9, WALCOTT AVENUE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL AND 1, LILLIES TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL.  EMPLOYED AS A HULL FISH WORKER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KIL […]

BORN HULL 21/01/1888. SON OF MATHEW HENRT BURKE . & SARAH ANN FROW. HE LIVED WITH UNCLE WILLIAM & ELIZABETH BLEWETT, AT 74 , WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL  (1901 CENSUS) AND 12 ESSEX STREET, HULL 91911 CENSUS). A BOAT BUILDER AND SHIP CARPENTER. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HIS BROTHER ALBERT, DIED IN CANADA ON 13/1 […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE CALVERT -54 ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. EX NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY FIREMAN & WOOD BOX MAKER HUSBAND OF ELIZA SIBBIE (MARSHALL) AT 11 EBENEEZER TERRACE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 12 NEVILLE'S TERRACE, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL (HDM 27/05/1917) & THEN SCARBOROUGH. REPORTED MISSING AND LATER CONFIR […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JOHN CAPES (1850-1934) & SABINA HIRST (1851-1905), OF 40 WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. A FISHERMAN. HE ENLISTED IN THE 11TH EYR, (HULL PALS) ON 07/09/1914. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM, AS 5 FOOT 5.5. INCHES TALL, 171 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, TATTOOS ON FOREARMS. HE ARRI […]

BORN 1895. SON OF JAMES & CHARLOTTE COLLINS OF 2 WEST DOCK STREET, HESSLE ROAD (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS PRIVATE, 9618, 1ST LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 13/08/1914. HE SAW ACTION AT THE 1ST AND 2ND BATTLES OF YPRES. HE WAS SHOT FOR DESERTION IN THE FIELD. ON 15TH FEBRUARY 1915, AGE […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1881. LIKE HIS FATHER HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER FOR THE OIL & CAKE MILLS. HE MARRIED LILY HOLMES, AT ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD, ON 12/04/1903. HIS WIFE, LILY HOLMES (1882-) LIVED AT 10 PLEASANT PLACE, NEPTUNE STREET (1911 CENSUS); 10 PRINCES TERRACE, WEST DOCK STREET, HULL AND LATER 12 FIRST AVENUE, CAMPBE […]

BORN HULL 1877. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE ELIZABETH AND THREE CHILDREN ABOVE. A FISHERMAN HE JOINED THE AUXILLARY FLEET SOON AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE WAS MATE OF THE 'ONWARD', WHICH WAS BLOWN UP BY A SUBMARINE. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN AT 11 PRINCES AVENUE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL […]

BORN NOTTINGHAM, 03/05/1878. SON OF THOMAS AND SARAH ANN FISHER. WAS LIVING IN HULL BY 1901. SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. HE MARRIED HETTY ROBINSON, IN HULL, IN 1915. SERVED ON HMS 'PEMBROKE 11' AND AS AN ENGINE MAN ON THE DRIFTER 'LEONARD'. LOST AT SEA, ON 08/01/1920, AGED 42. HIS WIDOW, HENRIETTA AND DAUGHTER, LIVED AT THIS CWGC […]

BORN HULL 22/07/1890. MOTHER LIVED ABOVE. NAVAL RECORDS. Falmouth III, built by J. Duthie Torry SB. Co., Aberdeen in 1909 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 198 tons. On November 19th, 1915, Falmouth III was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-5 (Herbert Pustkuchen), off Dover. 7 pe […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF HENRY WALLIS (1856-1936) ANN COTTRILL, AND STEP MOTHER, ELIZABETH FRANCIS, OF 89, ROSAMOND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) . A FORMER ERRAND BOY. HE WENT TO SEA. HE MARRIED, EVERLYN HALL, AT HULL, IN 1917. THEY LIVED AT  9, GRANVILLE AVENUE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS A DECKHAND ON THE PATROL BOA […]

Born Hull 11/11/1895. Eldest child of Thomas Gill (1868-1949) and Edith Norris (1871-1934), of 128 Flinton Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 80 West Dock Avenue, Hessle Road, Hull (War Pension Address). Son of a coal heaver. He had one brother and three sisters. He worked as a pawn broker's assistant. Enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1/4 E […]

BORN HULL 1875. SON OF ROBERT AND JANE GRINLAW, OF HULL. WORKED FOR MANY YEARS FOR HELLYER'S FISHING SMACKS. HAD BEEN SERVING ON MINESWEEPER FOR TWO YEARS, WHEN HE WAS LOST AT SEA, ON 28/09/1916, AGED 43. THOMAS GRINLAW LEFT A WIFE MAUD GRINLAW AND SIX CHILDREN AT 12 PRINCES AVENUE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL. HE LEFT £94 TO HIS WIDOW. HIS D […]

LISTED ON THE LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL RECORDS. NAME UNTRACED. COMMEMORATED AS JOHN HENRY HEWICK ON THE HESSLE ROAD SEAMAN'S MEMORIAL, HULL, AGED 45. NO CWGC RECORDS On 29/09/1916 the Hull steam trawler TERRIER (H171) was wrecked on Wrecher Head, Scotland whilst homeward bound to Hull. CREW LOST ON TERRIER (H171), wrecked, at Rattray Hea […]

BORN HULL 1885. WIFE HENRIETTA LIVED ABOVE OFF HESSLE ROAD. ON MASSEY STREET SHRINE. NB: THOMAS RNR - 91 ETON STREET, HULL. HMT Emley, built by Cochrane & Sons Ltd., Selby in 1911 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 223 tons. On April 28th, 1918, HMT Emley was sunk by a mine from the Ger […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF MARK FAIRBOURNE HYDES (1850-1941) AND MARY ANN POPPLEWELL (1849-1931) OF 68, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS ). A FISH PACKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 13/350 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 29/12/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND SOUTH WALES BORDERERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/ […]

BORN HULL 1894. YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH MATSON 9 EBENEZER TERRACE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) A FISH HOUSE LABOURER (1911 CENSUS) AND WORKING FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS AT HULL DOCKS, WHEN WAR BEGAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST SIZE, 137 LBS WEIGHT AND "GOOD" PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. […]

BORN HULL 1902. LOST AT SEA, AGED 15. SON OF JOHN & MARY ABOVE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 23/04/1919. NO CWGC RECORDS.

BORN NORTH SHIELDS, 8/12/1886. WIFE JANE NIXON & SON LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF JOHN & MARY ANN NIXON - 8 Aberdeen Terrace, West Dock Avenue, Hessle Road,