Area: Woodcock Street

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF CHRISTOPHER SUMMERS ROBINSON & ANNIE GREAVES, OF 16, BENVISTAS AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 23659, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 26/11/1916, AGED 28. BURIED AT WARLINCOURT HALTE, BRITISH CEME […]

BORN ST ANDREWS, HULL 1889. SON OF GEORGE HENRY ROLLINSON & MARY ROLLINSON, OF 22, SALTBURN STREET, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A FISH DOCK WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 20/10/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON […]

BORN HULL 14/11/1886. SECOND SON OF LATE JOSEPH ALLENBY & ELIZABETH ALLISON SAVERTON, OF 193 , WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A FISH WORKER. DESCRIBED AS STANDING 6 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL, 168 LBS, 36 INCCH CHEST, WITH TATTOOS ON BOTH ARMS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915. SERVED IN "C" COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSH […]

BORN HULL 14/01/1871. ONLY SON OF THOMAS SAYERS AND MARTHA KITCHIN. RAISED IN ANORPHANAGE (District Port of Hull Societys Sailors Orphan House, Myton, Kingston-Upon-Hull) HE MARRIED, KATE BURNHAM (1882-1965), AT SCULCOATES, HULL IN 1899. THEY LIVED AT 47 HESSLE ROAD AND 4, FLINTON GROVE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL. SERVED WITH DISTINCTION I […]

BORN HULL 18/07/1894. SON OF JOHN SIMPSON & DIANA DAVIS, OF  71, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (CWGC & NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS). A PLUMBER BY TRADE. JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY. LOST AT SEA ON 15/07/1917, AGED 24. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT A YOUNGER SISTER, MARION AND STEP SIBLINGS, JOE AND LILLIAN DAVIS. HMS Redbreast, was a passenger/cargo ship requ […]

BORN HULL 1889. ONLY CHILD OF ALICE & THOMAS SKINNER, OF 62 , WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). A WATER FILTER INSPECTOR. HE WAS MARRIED TO ANNIE WHO ALSO LIVED AT 45, GORDON STREET, HULL AND 62, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION AND 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS). THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON THE 13/12/1915. DIE […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE CHARLES SMITH, 12/1445. Born Hull, 1891. Husband to Beatrice Smith of 183, Woodcock Street in Hull (War Pension address). Charles was one of the original Pals enlisting at Hull City Hall on 4th March 1915, as part of the 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Charles trained throughout 1915 and served fi […]

BORN HULL 01/06/1887. SAMUEL HENRY SMITH & EMILY BAXTER, OF HULL. MARRIED WILHELMINA MASSON.  JAMES ROBERT SMITH AND WILHELMINA SMITH, LIVED WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN, AT 156, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL & THEN ABERDEEN. EMPLOYED AS A DECKHAND. HE DIED OF FLU ON 19/11/1918, AGED 31. HE LEFT A BROTHER WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, AND SISTER FL […]

BORN HULL 1887. SECOND SON OF THE LATE JOHN & ALICE SPAFFORD, OF26 SALTBURN STREET, HULL. A BUTCHER SHOP ASSISTANT. HE MARRIED IN 1914. HIS WIFE EVA EVERLYN COCKBURN & SON WALLY, LIVED AT 2, FLINTON GROVE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION AND 1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 8TH KING'S OWN ROYAL […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF THOMAS AND ANNIE SPENCER AT THIS HULL ADDRESS. BOARDED AT 99 ETON STREET IN 1911. A GROCER'S ASSISTANT. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH 14TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 29/09/1918, AGED 31. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EDITH.

BORN HULL 16/06/1887. SON OF ARABELLA SELLERS & THE LATE JOSEPH ALFRED WALKER(DIED 1896). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AT THIS ADDRESS. THEY MOVED TO CLEETHORPES ROAD, GRIMSBY. SERVED AS DECKHAND, ON THE PADDLE MINESWEEPER, 'BRIGHTON QUEEN'. LOST AT SEA ON 06/10/1915, AGED 27, WHEN THE SHIP WAS MINED OFF NIEUPORT. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM […]

BORN FOLKESTONE 20/11/1884. SON OF JOHN HILIER WARMAN & ESTER STANDING. A SHIPS CARPENTER. SERVED AS A DECK HAND ON THE NAVAL TRAWLER 'MARION'. LOST AT SEA ON 23/02/1918, AGED 33, WHEN THE SHIP STRUCK A MINE OFF MALTA. SIX CREW WERE LOST. HIS SISTER, ESTHER CALEY LIVED AT 5, ST GEORGES GROVE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (CWGC NAVAL ADDRES […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN WELTON (1857-1941) & ALICE BLANCHARD, OF, 163, WOODCOCK STREET (1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE WAS SON OF A RAILWAY ENGINE DRIVER. EMPLOYED AS A 'CORN MAN' AND FARM WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 2ND DECEMBER 1917, AGED 26. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN THOMAS & MARY (KING) WHEELER, OF 4 KATES TERRACE, ROSAMOND STREET, IN (1911 CENSUS) AND 6 WEST PARADE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS).  HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO GALLIPOLI WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 04/12/1915. DIED […]

BORN HULL 1890. YOUNGEST SON OF FRANK WHITTON (1857-1932) & ANNIE BARBER (1857-1935), AT 2, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, 98, DIVISON ROAD, HULL AND 8, CAMPBELL TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A FISH PACKER, AT HULL DOCKS. HE WAS A MANAGER OF A WHOLESALE FISH BUSINESS, IN SWANSEA. […]

BORN HULL 05/04/1871. SON OF JOHN HENDICK WILLIAMSON, A WHEELWRIGHT AND MOTHER SARAH, AT THIS ADDRESS. EDUCATED IN HULL. WORKED AS A TRAWLER ENGINEER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 08/12/1893. HIS WIFE, ANNIE E. NEADLEY, LIVED AT 146 , WOODCOCK STREET, HULL & 95 EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 26/05/1915. POSTE […]