Area: Willerby, East Riding

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CHARLES BALDWIN 11/727. Born in July 1896, Charles was the eldest of four children to Joseph and Phoebe Baldwin of 4 Linnaeus Grove, Rugby Street and 1 South View, Willerby, Hull. A Farm Servant before the war, he enlisted on Wednesday 9th September 1914 at Hull City Hall telling the little white lie that […]

BORN WILLERBY 1895. SON OF SAMUEL & CHARLOTTE ELLEN BINNINGTON, MILTON HOUSE, WILLERBY. REPORTED AS FROM SWANLAND IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL 01/0619/17. HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE KIRKELLA WAR MEMORIAL AT ST ANDREWS' CHURCH. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.

BORN WILLERBY 1898. SON OF JAMES ROBERT & ANNIE BRADLEY, MAIN STREET, WILLERBY ABOVE. THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HS FATHER WAS FOREMAN, OF WHITING MILLS, WILLERBY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/11/1916, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ANNIE MARWOOD. HE IS CO […]

BORN KEYINGHAM 1879. ONLY SON OF THOMAS & SARAH DAWSON, HULL CITY ASYLUM COTTAGES, WILLERBY. A SHOP ASSISTANT AND MILITARY BUYER. HE MARRIED ON 18/10/1904. HIS WIFE BEATRICE TOTTIE, LIVED AT 10 MARSHFIELD PLACE, MARSHFIELD, BRADFORD. THEY HAD ONE SON, CALLED CYRIL. HE ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL ON 11/05/1916. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE R […]

BORN WILLERBY 1888. SON OF JAMES & HARRIET HESSEY, WILLERBY. WIFE ADA HOLLING - 2 WILLOW STREET, BARNSLEY. EX NER WORKER. HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE KIRKELLA WAR MEMORIAL AT ST ANDREWS' CHURCH. HIS BROTHER ARTHUR WAS A PRISONER OF WAR

BORN WILLERBY 1892. LIVED IN WILLERBY. ENLISTED IN HULL. SON OF CHARLES RICHARD & ELIZABETH, OF THE COTTAGES, DE LA POLE, WILLERBY, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. A WHOLESALE DEALER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 137LBS WEIGHT, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, CHURCH O […]

BORN HULL 04/03/1898. SON OF JOHN BYCROFT MOODY (1856-1931) & ADA ELLERINGTON (1865-1902) OF DE LA POLE VILLAS', WILLERBY, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY ON 17/05/1913. SERVED AS BOY FIRST CLASS. TORPEDOED IN THE NORTH SEA. DROWNED AGED 16. HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE KIRKELLA WAR MEMORIAL AT ST ANDREWS' CHURCH, WITH HIS BROTHE […]

BORN WILLERBY, HULL 1896, MIDDLE SON OF JOHN BYCROFT MOODY & ADA ELLERINGTON, OF 'KIRK ELLA' HOUSE, ST AIDAN ROAD, BRIDLINGTON. A FORMER DRAPER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH EAST YORKSHIRE RESERVE REGIMENT. DIED AT RIPON MILITARY HOSPITAL, ON 02/09/1918, AGED 22. BURIED KIRKELLA. HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE KIRKELLA WAR MEMORI […]

BORN ANLABY, HULL 08/07/1895. LIVED AT LOW FARM, WILLERBY, HULL - (CWGC ADDRESS). THIRD SON OF JOSEPH HEWITT & ELIZABETH EMMA MOWFORTH , BURSTWICK, HULL. FORMER FARM WORKER FOR HIS FATHER'S FARM.  HE HAD ONLY JOINED UP NINE MONTHS AGO AND ONLY RECENTLY JOINED THE FRONT LINE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/09/1916, AGED 21. HIS DEATH […]

BORN BROUGH 1885. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM RANDS (1856-1934) & JANE ANN HARRISON (1856-1921). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE MARRIED AT GOXHILL, LINCS, IN 1907. HIS WIFE, ANNIE ELIZABETH CLARKSON (1881-1959) LIVED AT WELL LANE, WILLERBY, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A GRAVEL PIT CARTER. H […]

BORN KIRK ELLA 1896. SECOND SON OF NEVILLE STEPHENSON (1865-1945) & MARY JANE BURGESS (1865-1949), OF WILLERBY, HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER FOR HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A BUILDING CONTRACTOR. HE LIVED AT 194, COLTMAN STREET, HULL HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ENGINEERS, 128TH FIELD COMP […]

BORN WILLERBY 15/08/1892. ELDEST SON OF NEVILLE STEPHENSON (1865-1945) & MARY JANE BURGESS (1865-1949), OF WILLERBY, HULL. BROTHER TO CYRIL, DOROTHY AND GWENDOLINE. HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A BUILDING CONTRACTOR. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. NEVILLE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CLERK, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 11 […]

BORN WILLERBY, 1899. SON OF HENRY THOMPSON ( 1868-1933) & CHARLOTTE NEWLOVE (1868-1936). SON OF A HULL CORPORATION, GARDENER, AT THE WILLERBY ASYLUM. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/04/1917, AS A PRIVATE. COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN […]