Area: Withernsea, East Riding

Hull Pals Memorial Post. LIEUTENANT, WILLIAM GIRDLESTONE BROMBY 10/911. Born in Hull in 1893, William was the youngest of two sons to Alfred and Laura Bromby of Maridene, Princes Avenue, Withernsea. He originally joined the fledgling battalion in September 1914 answering the call of King and Country and joining as a Private. He was a vet […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ALFRED THOMAS & ANNIE KEZ BROWN, WITHERNSEA. EMPLOYED BY A LARGE DRAPERY FIRM IN HUDERSFIELD FOR TWO YEARS. HE ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1914 AS A PRIVATE IN THE DUKE OF WEKLLINGTON'S WEST RIDING REGIMENT. HE WENT TO FRANCE IN APRIL 1915. WAS SUCCESSFUL AS A BOMBER ANAD RAPIDLY PROMOTED. HE RETURNED TO ENGLAND […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF THE LATE JOSEPH AN ALICE BROWN, BRIAR VILLE, WITHERNSEA.. HUSBAND OF HILDA C. BROWN AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. WORKED FOR HIS FATHER, AS A CLERK IN A TOBACCONIST AND FANCY GOODS SHOP. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 1/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE MARRIED HILDA C. SYKES, IN HULL IN […]

BORN HULL 1887. LIVED IN WITHERNSEA. SON OF THE LATE JAMES AND CAROLINE BUTCHER, OF 16, PRINCES STREET, WITHERNSEA, HULL. A GENERAL LABOURER. STAYING AT 11, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 19/12/1916, AGED 29. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT DOU […]

BORN WITHERNSEA 1889. SON OF MARY E CURTIS. ENLISTED IN HULL, AS A DRIVER IN THE 32ND ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY AMMUNITION COLUMN. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 30/12/1915. SERVED ON THE WESTERN FRONT FOR TWO & A HALF YEARS. HE DIED ON 29/05/1918, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER , MARY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, […]

BORN WITHERNSEA, 1883. SON OF JANE CURTIS AND ELIJAH WILLIAMSON. HE MARRIED ADA MARY JOHNSON AT PATRINGTON, IN 1905. A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 18753, 14TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. AWARDED THE MILITAY MEDAL (MM) & THE FRENCH MILITARY MEDAL FOR VALOR. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/05/1918, AGED 35. HIS NA […]

BORN HULL 1898. ALIAS "WILLIAMS". SON OF JOHN DAVISON (1862-1940) AND ANNIE WILLIAMS (1870-1960), OF 26, ALMA STREET, WITHERNSEA. SON OF A TAILOR. ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN. WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY IN PATRINGTON AND LIVED IN WITHERNSEA. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, TROOPER, 2186 EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 235386, 1ST LEIC […]

BORN OTLEY, YORKS 1896. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED RETFORD, NOTTS. SON OF SUSAN ELIZABETH (ASHTON) & THOMAS E FLESHER, 65 BANISTER STREET, WITHERNSEA. DOW.

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THOMAS PARKER & EMMA IVESON. LEFT SWEETHEART CARRIE. ON ST NICHOLAS CHURCH IN WITHERNSEA. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. KIA. Hull Pals Memorial Post. CORPORAL THOMAS IVESON 11/477. A mystery man tonight I'm afraid. His records say only that he was born in Hull and yet he appears on no Census. I can only work by process of […]

BORN HULL 1869. ONLY SON OF THOMAS KELLY AND MARY ANN HODGSON, OF 24 WEST STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A DOCK LABOURER, BORN IN IRELAND. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN LONDON. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. HE MARRIED ON 23/12/1890. HIS WIFE FLORENCE KELLY LIVED 10 CRYSTAL AVE, WHARRAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & THEN THE BATHS, LEE AVE […]

BORN HULL 1901. SON OF LOUISA HOSSACK MANSON (1857-1934) & THE LATE WALTER KING (1859-1904) AT 25 HIGH BRIGHTON STREET, AND 9 SOUTH PARADE WITHERNSEA (CWGC ADDRESS). A SEA CADET. LOST AT SEA ON 21/06/1918, AGED 17. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Montebello, was a 4.324grt defensively-armed British merchant […]

BORN HULL 1896. SECOND SON OF ROBERT & ANNA KIRK, OF 5, EDGECUMBE STREET, HULL. HE LIVED AT 23 PRINCES STREET, WITHERNSEA. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 19TH DECEMBER 1918. * BURIED AT VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "HE GAVE HIS ALL".

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FREDERICK AND CLARA ALICE LANGHORNE, OF 15, WAXHOLME ROAD, WITHERNSEA, HULL. SON OF A HUMBER MERCHANT CLERK. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 6TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS  WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FREDERICK. H […]

BORN HULL. SON OF FREDERICK AND ALICE CLARA LANGHORNE, OF 15 WAXHOLME ROAD, WITHERNSEA, HULL. SON OF A HUMBER MERCHANT CLERK. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. ENLISTED WITHERNSEA. SERVED IN THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY. KILLED IN ACTION,  ON 10/10/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS OTHER BROTHER, FRED LANG […]

BORN HULL 1900. SECOND SON OF BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHER MAJOR (1872-1949) & ANNIE RUSTON (1872-1952), OF WITHERNSEA, 54, NORWOOD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS)  AND 244, SPRING BANK, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A CONFECTIONARY SUGAR BOILER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANT […]

BORN WITHERNSEA 1893. SON OF WILLIAM JOHN JAMES & AMY ELIZABETH MILES, OF EBOR COTTAGE, PADDOCK, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A HAIRDRESSER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 1126, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE ARMY CYCLIST CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 12/06/1917, AGED 24. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL.

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM PERCY & LAURA RUSSELL, OF JESMOND DENE, RUSTENBURG STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. LIVED AT 74 QUEEN STREET, WITHERNSEA, HULL. PRIOR TO WAR, HE WORKED FOR THE NETHERLANDS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH COLONEL SHAW, IN THE 4TH EAST Y […]

BORN HULL 1877. HUSBAND OF ALICE SMITH, OF 87 WESTGATE, DRIFFIELD. SON OF JOSHUA & JULIA SMITH, OF 120 QUEEN STREET, WITHERNSEA, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 04/08/1921. HE IS BURIED AT ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, WITHERNSEA. Enlisted at Docaster with the Imperial Yeomanry on 6/1/1902 aged 24, and s […]