Able Seaman
BORN NORWAY 1867. LIVED WITH WIFE KATE & 3 SONS AT 26 WRIGHT STREET, HULL (HDM 28/02/1916). LOST AT SEA ON 26/02/1916, AGED 49. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 30/11/17. HE IS BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. At 6.15 a.m. on 26th February 1916, while lying at anchor during a raging gale and heavy snow showers, just north of the Hum […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF THE LATE GEORGE WILLIAM CROWE (1861-1909) AND ANNIE CROWE, AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS) AND 67 DERRINGHAM STREET, HULL. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA ON 04/03/1914. WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, ON 18/08/1915, AGED 17, CLAIMING TO BE AGED 19. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 3 INCHES TALL, 9 STON […]
3rd Engineer
BORN BOLTON 1875. SON OF JAMES EDWIN & LATE CLARA KELSALL, WIFE ZILLAH ADELINE (JONES) LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. THIRD ENGINEER. DROWNED ON 31/10/1917, AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION. AGED 42. The British steamship Cambric SS was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-35 when 14 miles W. of Cape Shershel, Algeria, on October 31st, 1 […]
BORN NEW YORK, USA, 1895. ONLY SON OF A LIVER MERCHANT. SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE 5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SHOT BY SNIPER, ON 17/08/1916, AGED 21. HE LIVED AT 28 , WRIGHT STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL 25/08/1916) HE LEFT £221 IN HIS WILL TO HIS MOTHER, MRS MARY JANE PREST, OF46 CONEY STREET, YORK. SHE DIED IN YORKSHIRE, ON […]
BORN HULL 29/11/1881. SON OF FRANK SOUTHERN & ANN ELIZABETH BARRITT. OF 18 WRIGHT STREET, HULL. SON OF A BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND JOINED THE OFFICER TRAINING CADETS, IN DECEMBER 1915. EMPLOYED FOR MANY YEARS, BY MESSRS, PYMAN, BELL & CO, COAL AND TIMBER EXPORTERS, AS A CLERK. HE WAS SUPERIND […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 26/08/1890. KNOWN AS STANLEY. SON OF THOMAS HENRY WHITTINGHAM (1846-1921) & LOUISE CHARLOTTE FOSTER (1845-1924), OF DAVENPORT AVENUE, HESSLE. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HIS BROTHERS, JOHN & ALBAN, BOTH SERVING IN THE ROYAL NAVY, LIVED AT 59, WRIGHT STREET, HULL. HE EDUCATED AT HULL HYMERS COLLEGE. WORKED […]
