Area: Westcott Street

BORN WARCUP, WESTMORELAND 1873. KNOWN AS 'BILLY'. SON OF WILLIAM & AGNES BLAND, OF 14 ST JOHN'S ROAD, NEW SHILDON, CO. DURHAM. SECRETARY OF THE NER RIFLE CLUB. HE JOINED THE NER IN HULL IN 1891 AND WAS MANAGER OF THE NER GOODS STATION, KINGSTON STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AS A PRIVATE ON 11/09/1914. DUE TO HIS MUSKETRY SKILLS, […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF WM GEORGE 7 ANN E. ON THE KINGS HALL METHODIST CHURCH ROH, SYMONST ST WITH WILLIAM & HENRY BRAMELD WHO ALSO SERVED.

BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF CHARLES & LEAH WINIFRED CLIFFE, OF 82, MERSEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL AND 3, BYRON AVENUE, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF AN ENGINEER LABOURER. ELDEST OF TWO CHILDREN . BROTHER OF DOROTHY MAY CLIFFE. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR OSMOND & SON, STATIONARY SHOP, IN GRIMSBY. […]

BORN CLAPHAM COMMON, LONDON 1894. SON OF ISAAC AND EDITH COOP. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN RAVENSTHORPE, YORKSHIRE. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN LEEDS. THEY HAD FAMILY IN BARMBY, HOWDEN.  SON OF A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, SYDNEY AND HERBERT AND ONE SISTER, ETHEL. HE LIVED AT THIS HULL ADDRESS WITHHIS MOTHER AND SISTER. (HIS FATHE […]

BORN LEEDS 1864. HUSBAND OF ANNIE MARY COOPER, OF 8 BYRON STREET, WESCOTT STREET, HULL. A MARINE ENGINEER. HE WAS LOST ON THE SAME SHIP, "VASCO" WITH HIS SON ALSO CALLED LEONARD WILLIAM COOPER (1882-1916) HIS WIFE ANNIE, WAS REPORTED MISSING AFTER THEIR DEATHS (HULL DAILY MAIL). HIS OTHER SON, FRED COOPER, A FORMER CAHIER, SERVED IN THE […]

BORN HULL 1889. ELDEST SON OF SAM & SARAH ANN HEWISON, OF 20 WESTCOTT STREET, HULL. HE SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP AT HULL PRINTERS LTD., AND AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR WAS A PRINTER IN LIVERPOOL. HIS WIFE MIRIAM TURNER, LIVED AT PRINCES ROAD, MANCHESTER. HE ENLISTED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN APRIL 1916, AND IN DECEMBER 1916 WAS D […]

MASTER OF THE CARGO SHIP 'AGNETE'. HE DIED AT SEA ON 24/04/1918. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 07/03/1919. HE LEFT £1,107 TO HIS WIDOW MARTHA AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HIS SON. LIEUT. CHARLES HENRY HUDSON, WON THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS & BAR FOR HIS NAVAL WAR WORK (HDM 06/03/1919) SS Agnete, built by Howaldt […]

BORN HEDON 1881. SON OF SARAH & RICHMOND HUNTLEY. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Montebello, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1911 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 4324 tons. On June 21st, 1918, Montebello, on a voy […]

BORN HULL 1900. ENLISTED HALIFAX, BURIED LONGWOOD, HALIFAX. SON OF HARRY & ELLEN IRELAND ABOVE. THE 53RD WAS A YOUNG SOLDIERS BATALLION.

BORN HULL 01/01/1883. SON OF JOSEPH MARKHAM (1845-1910) & SARAH ANN HANSLEY (1844-1899). A CLERK AND FORMER RECKITTS WORKER. HE MARRIED ELEANOR MATCHELL (1883-1940), AT HULL, ON 30/11/1907. THEY LIVED AT 7 COLERIDGE STREET, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, GUNNER, 151704, ROYAL FIELD […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JANE "JENNIE" (PEARSON) & THE LATE RALPH NORTON (1855-1914), OF 74 WESTCOTT STREET, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE LIVED IN HULL, BUT ENLISTED IN BLACKBURN. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 15358, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 13TH LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/07/1917. UNMARRIED. HIS […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1891. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM PYBUS (1865-1946) & MARY ELIZABETH PYBUS (1861-1949), OF 173 FINKLE STREET , COTTINGHAM.  SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. ELDEST  OF FIVE SONS. WORKED AS A SHOP ASSISTANT IN A GROCERS. HIS WIFE LOTTIE SLIGHT, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL FIELD AR […]

BORN HULL 15/05/1891. SON OF MRS ALICE FREER & TOM HERBERT SLIGHT. SON OF A TAILOR. EDUCATED AT CONSTABLE STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A TAILORS APPRENTICE, IN BUSINESS WITH HIS FATHER, AT 5 CHARLES STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, ON 27/06/1916. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM 01/11/1916. WOUNDED BY GAS AT […]

BORN HULL 1900. ONLY SON OF RICHARD & MARGARET SOULSBY. SISTERS IVY & MAJORIE. LIVED AT 70 QUEENS STREET, WITHERNSEA, IN 1911 CENSUS. ENLISTED HULL IN THE 53RD YOUND SOLDIERS BATTALION. DIED AT HOME, AGED 18. BURIED IN HULL HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.

BORN HULL 06/10/1880. SON OF TOM STOCKDALE (1856-1916) & RUTH LONGSTAFF (1856-1909), OF 167 CRAVEN STREET, HULL. SON OF A MACHINE PRINTER. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. A PAWN BROKER'S ASSISTANT. HE MARRIED IN 1909. HIS WIFE, MARY ANN BETNEY, LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SERVED AS SECOND MATE, MERCHANT NAVY. LOST AT SEA. PRESUMED DROWNED, […]

BORN SUTTON 30/09/1898. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WILKINSON (1862-1949) & JESSIE SHEPPARD (1867-1948), OF SUMMERJAY'S COTTAGE, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL AND "ASHDENE", SUTTON, INGS.  SON OF A MARKET GARDENER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN AND THREE SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. EDUCATED AT MERSEY STREET SCHOOL. HE WORKED WITH HIS WITH HIS FATHER AS A MARKET […]

BORN 18/08/1896. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WILKINSON (1862-1949) & JESSIE SHEPPARD (1867-1948), OF SUMMERJAY'S COTTAGE, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL AND "ASHDENE", SUTTON, INGS.  SON OF A MARKET GARDENER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN AND THREE SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. EDUCATED AT MERSEY STREET SCHOOL, HULL. WORKED AS A TINNER'S APPRENTICE. WENT TO CANADA […]

BORN SUTTON 02/01/1893. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM WILKINSON (1862-1949) & JESSIE SHEPPARD (1867-1948), OF SUMMERJAY'S COTTAGE, WESTCOTT STREET, HULL AND "ASHDENE", SUTTON, INGS.  SON OF A MARKET GARDENER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN AND THREE SONS KILLED IN 1917. HIS FATHER WAS A MARKET GARDENER, AT ASHENDENE, SUTTON, INGS, HULL. HE WAS A H […]