Area: Witham, Hull

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE FRED BARRETT 25597. Born in Halsham, Yorkshire in 1885 Fred lost both his parents when young though he had two brothers and a sister for company. He was married to Elizabeth Alice Barrett and the couple lived at 3 Bethel Place, Witham, Hull. Fred enlisted on 11th December 1915, like so many men desperate […]

PRIVATE DANIEL BOOTHBY 12/887. Born at Hull, in October 1896, Daniel was the sixth of seven children to Robert and Rachel Boothby of 8 Victoria Terrace, Studley Street, Hull (War pension Address). A Dock Labourer before the war he enlisted at City Hall on 5th October 1914 giving his age as 19 years and 11 months, a little lie designed to […]

BORN SKIDBY 1897. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM CHARLTON AND ELIZABETH (SPEAKE),OF 38 , WITHAM, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A FARM SERVANT. HE WAS SINGLE AND HAD NO CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL ON 24/10/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. SENT TO FRANCE, ON 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECT […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM EMERSON (1851-1909) AND ELIZABETH HUTTON (1853-1928), OF ,9 KINGSTON PLACE, WITHAM, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. EX RECKITTS WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS. DIED OF WOUNDS, 10/09/1916. HIS DEATH WAS REP […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ELIZABETH EMMERSON. NOTE: 2 ADA TERRACE, SEATON STREET AND 9 KINGSTON PLACE, WITHAM, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HIS BROTHER, HARRY EMMERSON, 4TH EYR WAS WOUNDED AT YPRES IN 1915. (HDM 21/05/1915).

BORN HULL 04/10/1892. SON OF FRED GREAYER (1844-1925) AND MARTHA GRAY (1864-1943). EMIGRATED TO EDMONTON, CANADA, ON 17/03/1912. A FITTER BY TRADE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BLACK HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.  HE ENLISTED AT EDMONTON, INTO THE 10TH CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 02/07/1915. W […]

BORN HULL 1883. SON OF FREDERICK & JANE LORD - 1891 ADDRESS. LIVED BELVEDERE, HORNSEA, DOW. LEFT

BORN HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3427, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/09/1916. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL MEMORIAL. Hull Daily Mail 03 November 1917 BURIED AT BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF TOM DUNN & EMMA SERGEANT, OF 34A WITHAM, HULL. A PRINTER, COMPOSITOR (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED ED IN HULL ON 06/11/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 20079 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL, 134 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, "MANY BAD TEETH". HE ENLISTED AT FOLKESTONE, KENT. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2 […]

BORN HULL 1874. SON OF MICHAEL & ELLEN SYKES - 8 WITHAM - HDM 8/5/18. LIVED CLAPTON. ENLISTED HACKNEY. KILLED IN ACTION. BURIED AT H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.

BORN BARTON ON HUMBER 1894. SON OF WILLIAM G & ROSE E TROWILL. NB: HENRY TROWHILL - 7 PLEASANT PLACE, NEPTUNE ST.

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF CHARLES ALFRED WEBSTER (1862-1943) & MARY HERD (1861-1939), OF 422 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE HAD A YOUNGER, BROTHER, STANLEY AND OLDER SISTER GERTRUDE, WHO BOTH LIVED AT HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS. BORN HULL 1893. HE WORKED FOR HIS FATHER'S PLUMBER BUSINESS, AT THORNTON LODGE, HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE WAS WELL KNOWN […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF JAMES & MARY ANN WHARTON, OF  76 REDBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. AN APPRENTICE PRINTER. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/04/1918, AGED 18. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 22.05.1918 HE IS BURIED AT CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THOSE HE […]

BORN DEVONPORT, DEVON, 1890. SON OF FRANK COURTNEY & TABITHA WOOD - 172 SPRINGBANK. HIS WIFE ELSIE LIVED AT 81 WITHAM. HE WAS A SHORTHAND TEACHER.  COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRES. HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE 7TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 18/04/1918, AGED 27. HE RECEIVED THE WOUNDS JUST 90 MIN […]