Area: Woodhouse Street

BORN HULL 1882. HIS TRUE SURNAME WAS VINCENT. SON OF GEORGE VINCENT AND JULIA BALES, OF 8 CLARENCE STREET, HULL. A SEAMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/08/1900, AGED 18 AND 4 MONTHS. USED HIS MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME OF BALES AS HE DID NOT WANT HER TO KNOW THAT HE JOINED THE ARMY. HE WAS POSTED TO THE 2ND YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. HIS ARMY […]

BORN HULL 05/01/1894. SON OF ALBERT BARRASS (1873-1930) AND FLORENCE ADA LYALL (1876-1903). HE WORKED AS AN ABLE SEAMAN AND SHIP CREWMAN. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND LIVED AT 7 ALEXANDRA TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL HE JOINED THE ARMY WHEN WAR BEGAN AND ENLISTED IN HULL. HE WAS ACTING CORPORAL, IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF HARRY BINKS (1862-1935) AND ANNIE ELIZA BINKS, OF 14 HILDA GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). THEY LOST BOTH SONS IN THE WAR. JOHN BINKS, WAS A LABOURER. WORKED WITH HIS FATHER, AT BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKS. HE HAD JOINED THE TERRITORIALS AT HULL, ON 26/01/1911. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 89779, EYR. ESCRIBED AS 5 […]

BORN HULL 01/07/1888. SON OF WILLIAM BROADLEY (1863-1927) AND ELIZABETH COUPLAND (1865-1957), OF 1, AINSLEY TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED IN HULL ON 24/10/14. HIS WIFE ANNIE WALKER & SON GEORGE HENRY (BORN ON 17/01/1916), LIVED AT 1, BARNSLEY TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 30/05/ […]

BORN HULL 05/06/1887. SON OF CHARLES & HARRIET (RALPH) BROWN. HE MARRIED MAUD MARSDEN (1893-1960), IN HULL IN 1912. HIS WIFE MAUD & CHILDREN, LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED AT SALONIKA, GREECE, ON 01/10/1918, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW MAUD, WHO […]

BORN ST PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX 1882. FORMER COAL HEAVER AT HULL'S VICTORIA DOCK. HIS WIFE ANN ELIZABETH BUTLER (BORN 4/10/1886) & TWO CHILDREN, LIVED AT 59, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED IN HULL WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE DEPOT COMPANY. WOUNDED IN FRANCE ON 1ST JULY 1916. DIED OF GUN SHOT BACK WOUNDS AT N […]

BORN HULL 1885. ONLY SON OF JAMES BACON COX (1859-1950)  & BESSIE COX 91863-1915), OF 4, BRAMHAM AVENUE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL. SISTERS, HANNAH & MAUD. A CASUAL LABOURER. HE MARRIED AMY CHARLOTTE AND HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, AMY & IRENE, LIVING AT 18, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL AND 2, PERCY COTTAGES, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSI […]

BORN HULL 1873. SON OF JAMES CRASHLEY (1843-1916) & ELIZA ANN CRASHLEY (1846-1911), OF 41 WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL. A COAL TRIMMER. HE MARRIED MARTHA ARSTAL (1869-1950), ON 11/11/1895. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AS PRIVATE, 20027 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 11/02/1917, AGED 4 […]

BORN HEBBURN, DURHAM 17/12/1888. SON OF SARAH ELIZABETH SMITH (FORMERLY DAVIDSON) & THE LATE JOHN DAVIDSON, OF 4 WILLIAMS TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 09/01/1907. HE MARRIED ALICE MAUD COX, IN HULL, IN 1915. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 825, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERR […]

BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF JOSEPH MUNDY DOBBS (1867-1936) & ALICE WELLINGTON (1869-1931), OF 53 EXCHANGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND THE FERRY BOAT INN, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (HDM 03/12/1912). SON OF A COOPER. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, IVY AND GLADYS. EMPLOYED AS A PAINTER. HUSBAND OF ROSE HOLMES, LATER TONG (FORMERLY DOBBS) AT 68 , WOODHO […]

BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF HARRY & ADA EDWARDS, OF 3 BEAULAH GROVE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL, HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 1114 13TH EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT BASE CAMP, ON 23/09/1918, AGED 21, HAVING SERVED FOR THREE YEARS AND TEN MONTHS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MA […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN GEORGE & ELIZABETH AMELIA EVERS. HUSBAND OF ROSE HANNAH EVERS. WORKED FOR MESSRS, RAYNOR AND CROOK, TRINITY HOUSE LANE, FOR SEVEN AND HALF YEARS AND THEN AS A CANTEEN MANAGER, AT MR STOREY, GROCERS, ANALABY ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WTH THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF HENRY & LYDIA ANN GOLDSPINK ABOVE 1911 CENSUS & 9 MINNIES TERRACE, WALLER STREET - 1901 CENSUS. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE HENRY DALTON GOLDSPINK 28054. Born 1898, the second of eight children and eldest son, of Henry and Lydia Goldspink of 9 Minnies Terrace, Waller Street, Hull. Henry Snr worked for a Timber […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF HENRY HARDY (1846-1931) & MARY ANN PROUDLEY (1848-1933), OF 3 WOODHOUSE STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS). HIS ELDER BROTHER, JAMES HARDY WAS ALSO LOST ON THE SAME SHIP, 'TORO', ON 12/04/1917. HIS WIFE ADA FLORENCE NORMAN (1884-1915) LIVED AT 87 ARUNDEL STREET, HULL AND DIED IN 1915. SS Toro, built by Ea […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE JOHNSON, AT 52 WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS), OFF HEDON ROAD. A FORMER PORTER, AT ROYAL STATION HOTEL, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED AS 4541, HULL'S 146TH HEAVY BATTERY, R.G.A. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 19/07/1917, AT THE 55TH FIELD AMBULANCE UNIT, YPRES, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS […]

BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF ROBERT HENRY KIRKWOOD (1868-1920) & MARTHA ELTHERINGTON, (1866-1922), AT 3 BEACH GROVE, WITHERNSEA STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, ON 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 19. HIS BOTH WAS NEVER FOUND AND HE IS COMMEMORATED ON TH […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF THE LATE ARTHUR LYON & CHRISTINA LAVINIA LYON. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS AND CWGC ADDRESS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE SHARED THIS ADDRESS WITH EIGHT BROTHERS AND SISTERS. ENLISTED 25/4/1916. EMBARKED TO FRANCE ON 17/07/1916 TO JOIN THE 13TH EYR. POSTED TO THE 8TH EYR, 23/08/1916. KILLED IN […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF LILY WHITLEY, OF 8 BARNSLEY TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE MARRIED ON 11/10/1906. HIS WIFE EDITH ELEANOR (DALE) MASON LIVED AT 7 BARNSLEY TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL, (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A TRAM DRIVER. ENLISTED HULL, ON 22/03/1915. SERVED […]

BORN HULL 1891, IN THE SCULCOATES PARISH. SON OF ANNA McCOLL, OF 209 HEDON ROAD (1901 CENSUS) AND 6, BRANHAM AVENUE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). THE ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A PLATER, AT EARL'ES SHIPYARD. HE BOARDED AT 100, EGTON STREET, HULL. DESPITE BEING IN A RESERVED OCCUPATION, HE ENLISTED […]

BORN LAXTON, HOWDEN, YORKSHIRE, 1898. SON OF ROBERT & ELIZA MIDDLETON, OF HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1918, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY PENSION WENT TO HULL CITY COUNCIL TO MAINTAIN HIS MOTHER, ELIZA AT THE HULL […]