Directory of people who died

Served with the Royal Naval reserve, on the HMT "Speeton". Lost at sea on 31/12/1915. His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 12/01/1916, with his photograph

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 […]

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.  

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 […]

Bertram Wood is listed on the Hull Technical College Roll of Honour. No Hull connection found?

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 […]

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 ROOS, 1898. ONLY SON OF ARTHUR AND PELONA NALTON, OF 10, WORTLEY STREET, BRUMBY, SCUNTHORPE (CWGC ADDRESS) & LOCKINGTON POLICE STATION, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).  SON OF A POLICE CONSTABLE, IN LOCKINGTON, BEVERLEY. HE LIVED IN LOCKINGTON, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFER […]

Lance Bombardier MASTERS, FRANK Service Number 765532 Died 22/08/1918 Aged 29 "B" Bty., 223rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery 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, "G […]

Born Sigglesthorne, 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, on 27/03/191 […]

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. […]

Lost on the steam ship "Era", on 11/07/1916, aged 29. Left wife and daughter at 46 Green Lane, Hull. His wife was daughter oh Mr S.J. Buffey, a well known Hull Fruitier. Before the war, he worked for Groves Oil Mill, Hull and served as a cook on the "Elucide". His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, 27/06/1916, with his photograph […]

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 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 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)

Born Elloughton 1894 Son of the late George William Beaulah (1857-1922) & Mary Anna Verity (1859-1921), of Elloughton, Brough, Yorkshire and 53 Craven Street, Hull (War Pension address). He worked with his father as a Carting Labourer. He had four brothers and six sisters. He enlisted in at Elloughton. Served as Pte, George Carlill […]

Born Driffield. Enslisted Beverley. resided Aldbrough. Formerly 26289, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the 10th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action on 20/09/1917. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium and the Aldbrough Village Memorial.

Name Robert Gibson Birth Place East Keal, Lincs, 1888 Residence Hull, (Wife Agnes & 2 Children) Death Date 16 Nov 1916 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Spilsby, Lincs Rank Private Regiment Lincolnshire Regiment Battalion 2nd Battalion Regimental Number 10284 Type of Casualty Killed in action

Born Ballymena, Northern Ireland, 27/09/1878. Son of John James Harbison (1844-1921) and McCrory (1842-1913). He had five brothers and two sisters. A well-known figure on the City of Hull Tramways and member of the St John Ambulance Brigade. He lived at 4 Sculcoates Lane (1901 Census) and 35 Suffolk Street, Beverley Road, Hull (1911 Cen […]