These 27 Hull Teachers died in the 1914-18 War. Their names are recorded on a Memorial, Bronze Plaque, located at the Hull Guildhall. The following provides details of their full name, rank, serial number, regiment, date and place of death, their age and their last known address.

1. ALEXANDER, James, Lance Bombardier, 151758, RFA, died 05/12/1918, Aisne, aged 33 – 32 Grafton Street, Hull
2. CHAMBERS, Charles William, Private, 39741, 7^th EYR, Killed in action, 10/10/1918, France, aged 20 – 2 Campbell Terrace, Rodney Street, Hull
3. COLLETT, Clarence Henry, Private, 14/165, 8^th EYR, Killed in action, 14/06/1916, Somme, aged 27 – 144 Ella Street, Hull
4. DICKENS, Charles Edward, Private, 3048, 4^th EYR, Killed in action 25/04/1915, Ypres, aged 24 – 110 Durham Street, Hull
5. GIBSON, Arthur, Lance Corporal, 13/1431, 8^th EYR, Killed in action, 05/05/1917, Arras, aged 26 – Endyke Lane, Hull
6. HARRISON VC, MC, John, 2nd Lieutenant, 11^th EYR, Killed in action, 03/05/1917, Arras, aged 26 – 75 Wharncliffe Street, Hull
7. HICKS Henry, Lance Corporal, 10/681, 10^th EYR, Killed in action, 12/04/1918, Belgium, aged 28 – 43 Arthur Street, Hull
8. JACKSON William James, Rifleman, S/712, 12^th Rifle Brigade, Killed in action, 12/02/1916, Ypres, aged 31 – 142 Hessle Road, Hull
9. JOHNSON Joseph Alfred, Sergeant, 46365, 10^th Lincs, Died of wounds, 12/01/1918, Wimereux, aged 36 – 43 Bromley Street, Hull
10. JOHNSON Frank, Private, 10/1210, 10^th EYR, Killed in action, 04/06/1916, Somme, aged 31 – 20 Brindley Street, Hull
11. JONES Reginald Percival, Sergeant, 10/621, 10^th EYR, Killed in action, 01/07/1916, Somme, aged 27 – Hessle
12. KEAL Robert, Private, 10/676, 10^th EYR, Died of wounds, 06/03/1917, France, aged 26 – 128 Summergangs Road, Hull
13. LONGSHAW Eden, Gunner, 294738, RGA, Killed in action, 31/07/1917, Ypres, aged 27 – 9 Ripon Terrace, Kent Street, Hull
14. MILLARD Thomas Percival, Private, 10/384, 10^th EYR, Killed in action, 29/10/1916, Somme, aged 26 – 76 King’s Bench Street, Hull
15. NICHOLSON Harry, Lance Corporal, 42188, 1^st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Killed in action, 20/11/1917, Cambrai, aged 19 – 3 South View, Sherburn Street, Hull
16. POWELL Thomas Albert, Private, 10/574, 10^th EYR, Killed in action, 03/05/1917, Arras, aged 26 – 15 May Street, Hull
17. REEDER Frank, Private, 8920, 3^rd EYR, Died of wounds, 18/10/1915, Hull, aged 23 – Argyle Street, Hull
18. RICHARDSON Richard Waite, Signalman, 16185, 13^th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Killed in action, 11/07/1916, Somme, aged 34 – 70 Sherburn Street, Holderness Road, Hull
19. ROBINSON Walter, Private, 1101, 10^th EYR, Killed in action, 20/10/1916, France, aged 24 – 25 Pryme Street, Hull
20. STAINFORTH George, Second Lieutenant, 13^th Liverpool Regiment, Killed in action, 14/07/1916, Somme, aged 25 – 4 John Street, Hull
21. THORP Arthur, Sergeant, 294737, RGA, Died of wounds, 13/08/1918, France, aged 26 – Fletcher Gate, Hedon, Hull
22. TOMKINS Ernest, Private, 25092, 13^th EYR, died of wounds, 16/06/1917, Hull, aged 38 – 3 Sutton Street, Spring Bank, Hull
23. WARDLE John George, Private, 10/1299, 8^th EYR, Killed in Action on 14/07/1916, Somme, aged 36 – Marlborough Avenue, Hessle, Hull
24. WATMOUGH Francis Thomas, Corporal, RGA, Killed in Action, on 08/11/1917, France, aged 36 – 9 Washington Street, Beverley Road, Hull
25. WEST George Arnold, 2nd Lieutenant, 1^st East Lancs, Died of wounds, 08/08/1918, Somme, aged 33 – 82 Clumber Street, Princes Avenue, Hull
26. WITTY Ernest, Lance Corporal, 2477, 8^th EYR, Killed in action, 03/05/1917, Arras, aged 26 – 3 College Street, Beverley Road, Hull
27. WILKINSON MM, John Henry, Sergeant, 10/1038, 10^th EYR, Died of wounds, 02/06/1917, France, aged 24 – The Farm, Westcott Street, Hull.
    

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Not included on the Hull Teacher’s Plaque is Edgar Worsnop, who taught English and German, at the Hull Grammar School, in 1914. One of the first to enlist, he served as Lieutenant, 9th Yorkshire Regiment and died at Gallipoli, on 7th August 1915, aged 27. He had married a month before his death and moved to Armley, Leeds.

Also Private, Joseph Thompson, 33211, 7th East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action on 30/03/1918, aged 38. He was an Elementary School Teacher, living with his wife Anne and four children at 155, Chanterlands Avenue, Hull.