Area: William Street

BORN HULL 06/01/1894. HIS MOTHER MARY BROWN LIVED AT 8, HUDSON YARD, WILLIAM STREET, SCARBOROUGH (CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 26/02/1913. SERVED AS A STOKER, FIRST CLASS, ON HMS "BLENHEIM" AND "SCOURGE". LOST AT SEA, ON 19/11/1915, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, HAMPSHIRE. HMS Scourg […]

BORN WALSALL 09/05/1871. SON OF GEORGE COX AND ELEANOR ALICE GREEN (1847-1875). SON OF A BRUSH MAKER. EDUCATED AT LAMBERT STREET SCHOOL, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 09/08/1893. PROMOTED TO KINGS CORPORAL. SERVED IN THE BOER WAR & MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES (MID) BY LORD KITCHENER. OBTAINED HIS DISCHARGE. SERVED IN THE RESERVES. HE […]

BORN HULL 1887. ONLY CHILD OF CHARLES MADDEN DARBY (1859-1897) & MARGARET CALEY (1859-1939) HE HAD NO OTHER SIBLINGS. WORKED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1.5 INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCH CHEST, 125 LBS WEIGHT, 'DEFECTIVE TEETH'. MARRIED ON 30/03/1907. HIS WIFE MARY (DUNKERLEY) AND FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT,  3, PLIMSOLL TERRACE, CHA […]

BORN BOSTON, LINCS, 15/04/1888. SON OF ROBERT FISHER (1841-1919), A MASTER MARINER AND HENRIETTA MYERS (1858-1907), OF BOSTON, LINCS. EDUCATED AT HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE. AN APPRENTICE WITH EARLE SHIPBUILDERS AND THEN WENT TO SEA. OBTAINED 1ST CLASS SEA CERTIFICATE. APPOINTED AS RESIDENT ENGINEER AT ROBERT COLLEGE, CONSTANTINOPLE, FOR T […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JAMES AND SUSAN ANN FISHER AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. GRANDPARENTS - ELIZABETH & WILLIAM MARSHALL. ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. ENLISTED AS 40832 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO 60275, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED ON 24/08/1918, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JAMES. BURIED AT MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEM […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF BARNETT FURMAN (1875-1939) & LEAH GOLDSTEIN (1876-1962), LIVING AT 108 OSBORN STREET, HULL & 45 WILLIAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A BOOT DEALER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HARRY HELPED IN THE FAMILY SHOE MAKING BUSINESS, ON MYTONGATE, HULL. HE WAS 5 FOOT, 2.5 INC […]

BORN HULL, 1887. SON OF STEPHENSON HALL AND SARAH ANN HALL, OF 45 VICTOR STREET, HULL. SON O A WAGON LOADER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HUSBAND OF OLIVE HALL, AT 2 ANDREW MARVEL TERRACE, WYKE STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A COAL HOIST WORKER, AT HULL'S ALEXANDRA DOCK. HE ENLISTED […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF CHARLES BYRON HARPER (1863-1906) AND ANNIE BROWN (1864-), OF 2, QUEENS PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED BY THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY, AT SPRINGHEAD WAGGON WORKS. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED FOUR YEARS WITH THE 1/4TH EYR TERRITORIALS AND REJOINED AT THE START OF THE WAR. HE SERVED WITH HIS BROTHER, STANLEY […]

BORN HULL 1891. SOUTHCOATES. SON OF CHARLES BYRON HARPER (1863-1906) AND ANNIE BROWN (1862-1911), OF, 1, QUEEN'S PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER SERVING AS A CORPORAL, NO:9 COMPANY, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 12TH OCTOBER 1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL FIELD ARTLLERY, TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY. KILLED […]

BORN HULL 31/08/1899. SON OF EVAN & HARRIET HAWKES, OF 5, QUEENS PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 3, ALBERT TERRACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON A TIMBER CARRIER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/07/1918, AGED 18. BURIED AT COURMAS CEMETER […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF RACHAEL AND WILLIAM HEALEY, OF 52 , WILLIAM STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE, ALICE ANN HEALEY, LIVED AT 2 INCHFAWN AVENUE, MASSEY STREET, HULL AND 25, HEREFORD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A RAILWAY SHUNTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 20/04/1915. SERVED AS ACTING SERGEANT, IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL C […]

BORN HOLLYM, YORKSHIRE, 1884. MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1907. HUSBAND OF  HILDA GERTRUDE BROWN (1884-1971), OF, 29, WENLOCK STREET & 17, WILLIAM STREET, PORTER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A HYDRAULIC LEATHER BELT MAKER (1911 CENSUS). ALSO A MEMBER OF NEWINGTON CRICKET CLUB. HE JOINED THE 1/4TH EYR TERRITORIALS ON 23/03/1910. DESC […]

BORN HULL, 14/07/1897. SON OF ROBERT HILTON (1855-1924) AND MARY HILTON (1858-1901), OF HORNSEA (1911 CENSUS); 25 WILLIAM STREET, HULL AND 21, HARROW STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS COUSIN, HETTIE DREWERY, LIVED AT 97, COLTMAN STREET, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY 'DRAKE' BATTALION. THIS WAS A MILITARY FORCE FORMED WITH SURP […]

BORN MIDDLESBROUGH 1899. SON OF CHARLES & SARAH LADEN, 4 GEORGE PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A BOILER SCALER. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER AT 332 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL, ON THE 13/04/1917, AGED 18 AND 1 MONTH. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS ONLY 5 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL, 96.5 LBS WEIGHT AND 32.5 INCH CHEST AND OF 'POOR' […]

BORN LEEDS 1898. ONLY SON OF JAMES ARTHUR LAMD & THE LATE ISABELLA LAMB, 4 QUEENS PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, AND 42 WILLIAM STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A FORMER HULL NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY EMPLOYEE AT DAIRYCOATES AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO ENLIST UNDERGAGE. HE SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 24 […]

BORN NOTTINGHAM, 1880. SON OF TOM WALKER LOCKTON (1862-1937) AND FRANCES ELIZABETH THEAKER (1863-1907). A COAL TRIMMER. HE MARRIED CLARA SMITH, AT THE GRIMSBY REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 18/04/1911. THEY LIVED AT 14, WILLIAM STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR SON, CHARLES FREDERICK LOCTON AND 19, VILLA PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE E […]

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF ALBERT ABBOTT LOWTHER & EMMA THROSSEL, AT 4 SEWARD STREET, HEDON ROAD & THIS ADDRESS. RAILWAY CHECKER. ENLISTED IN LONDON, ON 03/09/1915. JOINED THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS (RAILWAYS). TRANSFERRED TO THE NOTTS AND DERBY REGIMENT, ON 15/10/1917. SERVED IN FRANCE. GRANTED HOME LEAVE FROM 20/12/17 TO 03/01/1918, MARRIED EL […]

BORN HULL 1876. ST LUKES. SON OF MARY AND JAMES SANDERSON, OF 3 SOVEREIGN PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL. HIS PROBATE ADDRESS WAS 28 LISTER STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS AN ORGANISER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS GUNNER, 166065, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 20/05/1918, AGED 42, AT BIRMINGHAM WAR HOSPITAL. HE IS BURIED IN BI […]

BORN HULL 16/05/1888. SON OF JOHN WITHERNWICK SIDDLE (1848-1898) AND ANNIE COLEMAN SUDDABY (1852-1919), OF SLEIGHT COTTAGE, WITHERNSEA. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE MARRIED HILDA ANN WALKER (1890-1936), AT HULL, ON 07/12/1914. HIS WIFE HILDA AND TWO SONS, LIVED AT 25 WILLIAM STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER. HE ENLISTE […]