The Park Street College, built in 1858, was known as Thanet House. It was originally used as a private school. Constructed in yellow brick, with ashlar dressings and hipped slate roofs. It has four side walls and two ridge stacks. It was purchased in 1867 by the Port of Hull Society for use as their Sailor’s Orphan Institution. Its purchase was largely funded by a £5,000 donation from Sir, Titus Salt, the Bradford manufacturer and philanthropist. In 1868-89 the central three-bay block and five-bay block on the right were added by William Botterill. It accommodated 150- 220 children. Park Street had a poor reputation in the early 19th Century, when one writer noted: – “at nightfall it was not fit for a woman to go along, and in winter time it required a man with a stout arm to traverse the distance between Anlaby Road and Spring Bank, which 20 years ago and less was as destitute of life and light after dark as the most destitute region in the world”.
The orphanage became too small and was sold by the Port of Hull Society in 1897. The following year it opened as Hull Municipal Technical School with alterations and additions by Botterill, Son & John Bilson. Incendiary bombs dropped in May 1941 destroyed the roof and top floor, but it was repaired post war and remained a learning centre until its closure in 2016. It is now a hotel.
The College Roll of Honour. is a wall mounted, bronze plaque, located in the foyer entrance. It records 67 names. Of these 22 are Officers and 6 are Sergeants. A third (22 men) fought for East Yorkshire Regiments, including eight men who died with the Hull Pals. Six men served in the Air Force, and five with the Artillery. There were three Machine Gunners and also four sailors. The majority of men died between 1916-1918, when conscription was introduced. The Ages of death range from 16 to 43 and average 24 years. The memorial includes 14 Teenagers. Five of the men were decorated for bravery. Septimus Fielding, Walter Smith and Bertram Wood, remain untraced on the Memorial.
“IN EVER AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN BATTLE BY/ LAND OF SEA OR AIR DURING THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”/ (Names)/ OUR JOY TO PAY THE DEBT/ OF BOUNDLESS LOVE/ AND REVERENCE AND REGRET/ TO THE GREAT MAN WHO DIED.”
| Name | Rank | Regiment | Died | Age | Buried | Hse No: | Address |
| Anson, Stanley Edmund | 2nd Lieutenant | 1st East Yorkshire Regiment | 04/06/1916 | 23 | Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France | 44 | Dover Street, Hull |
| Ashbridge, John Percival | Private | West Yorkshire Regiment) 12th Battalion | 14/07/1916 | 25 | Thiepval Memorial, Somme | 6 | Lorne terrace. Alexandra Street, Hull |
| Ashton, George Gilbert | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Air Force 8th West Riding Squadron | 23/07/1918 | 22 | Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Somme, France | 11 | Linden Avenue, Cottingham, Hull |
| Atkin, Fred | Sergeant | 13th East Yorkshire Regiment | 13/11/1916 | 24 | Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France | 4 | Hutt Street, Spring Bank, Hull |
| Bell, Albert Edward | Private | 10th East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull Commercials) | 04/03/1917 | 21 | Couin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France | 61 | Hawthorne Avenue, Hull |
| Bell, James Edmund | 2nd Engineer | MM HM Tug “Irish Monarch” | 05/08/1917 | 24 | Falmouth Cemetery, Cornwall | 191 | St Georges Road, Hull |
| Birrell, Albert | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Air Force 13th Squadron | 18/09/1918 | 24 | Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France | 44 | Park Street, Hull |
| Brown, Frederick David | 2nd Lieutenant | 13th East Yorkshire Regiment | 08/03/1917 | 33 | Thiepval Memorial, Somme | 86 | Porter Street, Hull |
| Carter, Sydney Robert | 2nd Lieutenant | King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI), 4th Battalion | 08/07/1916 | 21 | Thiepval Memorial, Somme | 63 | Miilkwood, Road, Herne Hill, London |
| Charlton, Ernest Henry | 2nd Lieutenant | 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment | 31/03/1918 | 37 | Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France | 95 | Marlborough Avenue, Hull |
| Cobby, Joseph Henry | Private | 10th East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull Commercials) | 13/06/1917 | 22 | Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France | 74 | Sandringham Street, Hull |
| Cocker, Frank Cecil | Gunner | Royal Garrison Artillery 90th Seige Battery | 18/06/1917 | 23 | Heuvelland, Arrondissement Ieper, Belgium | 54 | Auckland Avenue, Cottingham Road, Hull |
| Collingwood, John Thomas | Private | Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment 2/5th Battalion | 17/05/1917 | 32 | Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France | 14 | Bellamy Street, Hull |
| Cook, James Thomas | Able Seaman | Royal Navy HMS “Vanguard” | 09/07/1917 | 18 | Chatham Naval Memorial | 48 | Tadman Street, Hull |
| Curson, Robert | Lance Corporal | Buffs East Kent Regiment 7th Battalion | 02/10/1916 | 20 | Thiepval Memorial, Somme | 5 | Reynoldson Street, Newland Avenue, Hull |
| Entwisle, Fred | Private | Essex Regiment 10th Battalion | 22/09/1918 | 19 | Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany | 77 | Princes Avenue, Hull |
| Fielding, Septimus H | Unknown | ||||||
| Gill, William Burton | Corporal | 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment | 03/02/1915 | 26 | Ypres Menin Gate Meorial, Belgium | 86 | Wheeler Street, Hull |
| Gray. Ernest William | Private | Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion | 28/08/1916 | 22 | Thiepval Memorial, Somme | 4 | Albert Avenue, Wellsted Street, Hull |
| Groves, William | Private | 1st/1st East Riding Yeomanry | 15/04/1917 | 22 | Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece | 33 | Salisbury Street, Hull |
| Hewitt, Arthur | Private | 7th East Yorkshire Regiment | 24/04/1917 | 21 | Arras Memorial, France | 20 | Tomlinson Street, Hull |
| Holderness, Frederick William | Private | Yorkshire Regiment, (“Green Howards”), 5th Battalion | 14/05/1918 | 31 | Hull Northern Cemetery | 44 | Alexandra Road, Hull |
| Holmes, Alfred Gordon | Private | Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 2nd Company | 27/09/1918 | 26 | Windmill British Cemetery, Nonchy, France | 99 | Middleton Street, Hull |
| Hutton, Thomas Henry | Sergeant | Lincolnshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion | 26/09/1917 | 19 | Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium | 72 | Ayscough Street, Grimsby |
| Larter MC, Arthur Sydney | 1st Lieutenant | 1st East Yorkshire Regiment | 12/03/1923 | 31 | Hull Northern Cemetery | 9 | Belvoir Street, Hull |
| Lax, Arthur | Private | Yorkshire Regiment, (“Green Howards”), 10th Battalion | 04/10/1917 | 22 | Buttes New British Cemetery, polygon Wood, Belgium | 74 | Commercial St., Rothwell, Leeds |
| Magee, George Sidney | 1st Engineer | MM S/S “Menzaleh” | 06/06/1918 | 25 | Tower Hill Naval Memorial, London | 5 | Wilberforce Street, Anlaby Road, Hull |
| Margerison, Thomas | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps 57th Squadron Observation | 13/04/1917 | 22 | Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, France | 18 | Goddard Avenue, Hull |
| Mathers, George Eric | 1st Lieutenant | Machine Gun Corps Infantry 6th Company | 08/10/1918 | 22 | Ramicourt British Cemetery, Aisne, France | 110 | Norwood, Beverley |
| McMillan, Andrew | Private | Royal Scot Fusiliers 2nd Battalion | 14/11/1914 | 35 | Le Touret Military Cemetery, France | 1 | Laurel Grove, Pulman Street, Hull |
| Mennell, Roy Walter | Private | West Yorkshire) Regiment 10th Battalion (Yorkshire Hussars) | 02/11/1916 | 19 | Thiepval Memorial, Somme | 100 | Clarendon Street, Hull |
| Millard, Thomas Percival | Private | 10th East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull Commercials) | 29/10/1916 | 26 | Thiepval Memorial, Somme | 71 | King’s Bench Street, Hull |
| Milne MC, Clifford | 2nd Lieutenant | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion | 13/05/1918 | 20 | Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France | 67 | Park Grove, Hull |
| Moody, Frank Cecil | Private | Machine Gun Corps Infantry 9th Company Depot | 10/12/1916 | 18 | Hull Northern Cemetery | 14 | Ventor Street, Newland Avenue, Hull |
| Moody, Robert Ronald | Boy 1st Class | Royal Navy HMS “Hawke” | 15/10/1914 | 16 | Portsmouth Naval Memorial | De La Pole Villas, Willerby | |
| Mullins, Arthur Herbert | Lance Corporal | Military Foot Police | 15/09/1919 | 43 | Hull Hedon Road Cemetery | 17 | Frodsham Street, Marfleet, Hull |
| Needler, William Wilson | Sergeant | 11th East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull Tradesmen) | 27/03/1918 | 24 | Arras Memorial, France | 175 | Woodcock Street, Hull |
| Owen DCM, Albert Edward | Company Sergeant Major | Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Battalion | 26/04/1918 | 35 | Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium | 13 | Annis Street, Manchester |
| Penny, Charles Frederick | Private | 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment | 20/09/1918 | 23 | Glageon Communal Cemetery, Nord, France | 14 | Sarah Ann Terrace, Walker Street, Hull |
| Pickering, Frank Wells | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Garrison Artillery 287th Siege Battery | 20/09/1917 | 25 | Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery, Belgium | 6 | Alliance Avenue, Hull |
| Railton, Clarence Nicholson | Private | Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), 3rd Northumberland Field Ambulance Brigade | 17/09/1916 | 19 | Heilly Station Cemetery, Somme, France | 11 | Park Row, Park Street, Hull |
| Rank, Sydney | 1st Lieutenant | Royal Garrison Artillery 216th Siege Battery | 23/10/1918 | 33 | Le Cateau Military Cemetery, Nord, France | 74 | Glencoe Street, Hull |
| Robinson, Stanley Reynard | Private | 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment | 15/09/1916 | 19 | Thiepval Memorial, Somme | 60 | Mayfield Street, Hull |
| Robinson, William Henry | Private | 1st East Yorkshire Regiment | 22/03/1918 | 29 | Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Somme, France | 14 | Park Terrace, Cave Street, Hull |
| Rymer, Alfred Ernest | Lance Corporal | Royal Engineers, Special Company | 05/08/1917 | 28 | Fosse No.10 Communal cemetery, Sains-En-Gohelle, France | 234 | Boulevard, Hull |
| Sackett, George Langdale | Lance Corporal | 1st East Yorkshire Regiment | 24/12/1917 | 20 | Heudicourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France | 2 | Suffolk Terrace, Suffolk Street, Hull |
| Sanderson, Arthur Ernest | Sergeant | 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment | 11/09/1917 | 20 | Heinel Communal Cemetery Extension, France | 41 | Brunswick Avenue, Hull |
| Smith, Harry Stuart | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Air Force 60th Squadron | 15/09/1918 | 18 | Moeuvres British Cemetery, Nord, France | 10 | Pearson Avenue, Newland Park, Hull |
| Smith, Walter | Unknown | ||||||
| Staples, Alan | Private | King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI), 2/4th Battalion | 20/11/1917 | 19 | Hermies Hill British Cemetery, France | 24 | Park Avenue, Hull |
| Steele, Laurence S. | Sergeant | West Yorkshire Regiment) 17th Battalion (Bradford Pals) | 25/04/1916 | 20 | Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France | 369 | Beverley Road, Hull |
| Sultan, Abraham | Private | 1st East Yorkshire Regiment | 16 | Great Passage Street, Hull | |||
| Taylor, Herbert William | 1st Lieutenant | Royal Field Artillery 2nd Brigade (Northumbrian Division) | 12/06/1916 | 24 | Hull Western Cemetery | 65 | Marlborough Avenue, Hull |
| Townend, Cyril Pybus | Private | 7th East Yorkshire Regiment | 15/10/1917 | 34 | Cement House Cemetery, Langemark, Belgium | 365 | Holderness Road, Hull |
| Tune, Charles Walter | 2nd Lieutenant | 13th East Yorkshire Regiment | 23/11/1917 | 22 | Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France | “Westlands”, Anlaby Park Road, Hull | |
| Tune, Harry Douglas | Private | Royal Engineers 26th Railway Company | 07/09/1918 | 19 | Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Belgium | “Westlands”, Anlaby Park Road, Hull | |
| Turner CDG, Herbert Ellery | Captain | Royal Garrison Artillery 169th Siege Battery | 15/04/1918 | 38 | Boves West Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France | 18 | Spring Street, Hull |
| Urry, Robert Alexander | 1st Lieutenant | 7th East Yorkshire Regiment | 27/04/1918 | 20 | Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France | 106 | Hardy Street, Hull |
| Wadsworth, Ronald Heselgrove | Air Mechanic | Royal Flying Corps 63rd Squadron | 22/08/1917 | 19 | Basra War Memorial, Iraq | 94 | Cranbrook Avenue, Cottingham Road, Hull |
| Walker, Denis Henry | Captain | Yorkshire Regiment, (“Green Howards”), 1/5th Battalion | 26/01/1916 | 26 | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium | 34 | Westbourne Avenue, Hull |
| Walker, Leslie Bedford | Captain | Yorkshire Regiment, (“Green Howards”), 1/5th Battalion | 01/07/1917 | 26 | St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France | 34 | Westbourne Avenue, Hull |
| Walton, Maurice | Private | 1st East Yorkshire Regiment | 25/04/1918 | 19 | Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium | 5 | Albany Street, Spring Bank, Hull |
| Watson, MRSC, George Henry | Captain | Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), 3rd Northumberland Field Ambulance Brigade | 18/09/1916 | 31 | Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France | 192 | Hallgate, Cottingham |
| Wilkin, Clive | Ordinary Seaman | Royal Navy HMS “Motagua” | 19/03/1918 | 20 | Portsmouth Naval Memorial | 34 | Vane Street, Spring Bank, Hull |
| Williams, Arthur | Corporal | 13th East Yorkshire Regiment | 16/11/1916 | 19 | Douchy-Les-Ayette British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France | 41 | St Paul Street, Hull |
| Wood, Bertram | Unknown | ||||||
| Wright MC, Stanley | 1st Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps 21st Balloon Kite | 24/10/1917 | 25 | Arras Memorial, France | 16 | Marlborough Avenue, Hull |
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