Directory of people who died

Born Huggate, East Yorkshire, 1896. Eldest son of Thomas William and Ann Maria Johnson, of Pocklington. A farm Horseman living at High Mowthorpe, Wharram, Yorkshire (1911 Census). Enlisted Driffield. Formerly 1098, 1st Brigade Army Service Corps. Posted to France, on 20/08/1914. Transferred as Private, G/47165, 4th Royal Fusiliers. Kil […]

Born Hull 17 Feb 1885. Son of George Henry Dame (1860-1929) and Mary Elizabeth Elliot (1863-1927), at 8 Grange Street Hull (1911 Census). Described as 5 foot 8.5 inches tall, 41 inch chest, sober, reliable, intelligent, Church of England religion. He married Sara Ann Danby (1887-1919), at Harley Street, Registry Office, Hull, on 30 Jan […]

Born Middleton-on-wold, Yorkshire, 1897. Son of Harry and Maud Burnett. Enlisted Hull. Resided at Wetwang. Employed as a Farm Horseman, at Warter York (1911 Census). Served in the 7th East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action, on 20/10/1918, aged 21. Name George Burnett Birth Place Middleton-on-wold, Yorks Residence Wetwang Dea […]

Born Glasgow, 1867. Husband of Emma McLean and five children, at 9 Spring Terrace Waterloo Street Hull (1911 Census) and 7 Herbert's Avenue, Balfour Street, Hull (Pension Address). A former Hull Dock Labourer. He served in the Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Trawler "Jay." . Lost at sea through enemy action, on 11/08/1917, aged 50. His war wi […]

Born Hull, 1882. Son of John Edward Tadman (1857-1897) and Rhoda Elizabeth Kirkwood. a Merchant Seaman. He married Ethel Margaret Kilvington, at Hull, in 19109. they lived at 49 Washington Street, Hull (HDM 28/02/1916). The Dido Steamship was a British Merchant steamer of 4,769grt. On the 26th February 1916 when on route from Hull for In […]

Born Bishop Burton, 1893. Second of four sons. Son of William and Martha Hudson, of Bishop Burton, Beverley, Yorkshire. Educated at Bishop Burton Church school. Served as a Driver, in the Royal Field Artillery, "D" Bty. 95th Bde. Taken ill on the 15/11/1918. He died of pneumonia, on 20/11/1918, at the 19th Casualty Clearing station […]

Fireman on the s/s 'Dido'. sunk on 26/02/1916, aged 34. lived at 80 Grimston Street, Hull (HDM 28/02/1916). he is not listed on CWGC records. DIDO SS was a British Merchant steamer of 4,769grt. On the 26th February 1916 when on route from Hull for India she hit a mine when 4 miles Nne from Spurn Light Vessel, North Sea. 28 lives were lo […]

Born Sigglesthorne, Yorkshire, 1891. Son of Stephen Postill (1848-1943) and Lucy Sanders ( 1861-1943). He had two brothers and two sisters. Worked as a farm hand in Goxhill (1911 Census) Enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st West Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action, on 26/08/1917, aged 26. He had married Daisy Ann Clark at Hornsea, o […]

Gunner Lewis Abraham Clubley, 204764, B Battery, 102nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He was one of twelve children to George William and Mary Elizabeth Clubley and younger brother of Francis John Clubley. Born in Easington, Lewis lived at the family home on High Street before finding work as a horseman with the Ellis family of Welwick. […]

S. Johnson is commemorated on the Beverley WW1 Memorial.

Born at Settrington, Malton, Yorks, 1888. Son of William Smith - 66 Manchester Street, Hessle Road, Hull.; Husband of Florence Smith (born 24/09/1885), of 1, Claremont Avenue, Scarborough Street, Hessle Road., Hull.  He had four children, Florence, Sidney, Rosanna and Mary Elizabeth. Reported as died of wounds, on 31/10/1917, aged 29 […]

Captain Miles Radcliffe 2nd Bn. Border Regiment, 2nd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers 12th December 1914, aged 31. Special Memorial 2. Born Oldham, Lancashire, 10/10/1883. Son of Henry Miles Radcliffe, JP (1851-1908) and Eva Bertha Platt (1858-1950); He had one brother, Claude and two sisters, Gwendoline and Phyllis.  he marrie […]

G. Nicholson is commemorated on the Beverley WW1 Memorial.

Born Barton On Humber, 1892. Son of Walter and Annie Hare, of 19 Newport Street, Barton-on-Humber. He had one younger brother, Arthur. Worked as a Grocers Assistant (1911 Census) and a Violinist (Army records. Husband of N. R. Hare, of Marsh House, Barton-on-Humber, Lincs. He enlisted in Hull, on 24th Feb 1916. Formerly, 1/4th EYR. Tra […]

Born Hull 25/05/1898. Son of Oswald Malcolm Ellis (1871-1940) and Edith Josephine Smith (1873-1935). Lived 27 Denzil Avenue, Southampton. Eldest of two sons. GUY ELLIS was studying for his Intermediate Civil Service exam when, on 29th September 1915, he joined the London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) at Dukes Road W.C. at the age of s […]

Born Greenwich, Kent, 1865. A Fisherman. Married Susannah Stark, at Hull, in 1898. They lived with their four children at 13 Ebor Avenue, Eastbourne Street, Hull (1911 Census). Served as a royal Navy, Deck Hand. died of heart Failure, on 25/12/1919, aged 54. his wife moved to 7, Carnaby Grove, Hull road, Hull (war Pension address)

James Day lost his life at sea in May 1917, aged 46. he had served for 16 months. His widow, Mrs C Day, lived at this address (Hull Daily Mail 29/05/1917) No CWWG records.

Born 1888. Husband of Stella at 183, Cartington Terr, Heaton Newcastle-On-Tyne (army address) and 3, Clifton Street, Hull (War Pension address). A Hotel Waiter. Enlisted at Newcastle, on 26 Oct 1915. Served with the R A M C 135 Field Ambulance. Wounded in 1917. Discharged on 14 Jun 1919. Died on 18/06/1926, aged 37.

T Braithwaite is recorded on the Beverley WW1 Memorial.

Lance Bombardier MASTERS, FRANK Son of Harriett Masters, of Long Riston, Holderness, Hull and the late Matthew Masters; Husband of the late Annie Masters. He is buried at Serre Cemetery no: 2, Somme, France His grave inscription, reads, "Good Bye". His name is recorded on the Leven roll of Honour, East Yorkshire. Name Frank Mas […]