Lockwood, Ernest Arthur

…Jack Harrison, a local teacher and rugby player with Hull FC, won a posthumous Victoria Cross for his bravery in rushing a machine gun position to protect his platoon. His…

Bailey, William Gilbert

…Battle of Arras, was a significant battle for the East Yorkshire Regiment and particularly for the city of Hull. All four Hull Pals battalions were involved on 3 May and

Arksey, Albert

…this search a little more difficult than most was a second Albert Arksey from Hull, who also had a father named William, and who also died fighting for the Pals….

Stead, Harold Elliott

…AT SEA, ON 21/05/1908, AGED 24. LEAVING A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN. THEIR SISTER, ALICE MAUD STEAD, DIED AT HULL, IN 1918, AND LEFT EIGHT CHILDREN. HMT Speeton, built by…

Orr, William Henry

…VANGUARD suffered an explosion in one of the two magazines which served the amidships turrets P and Q. She sank almost instantly, killing 677 men. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10477…

Bryan, Matthew Henry

BORN HULL 1857. SON OF MATHEW AND MARY BRYAN, BOTH DECEASED. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN HULL FISHING CIRCLES AND HAD BEEN AT SEA FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY…

Ramsey, Allan McDonald

…MUCH RESPECTED SKIPPER AND WAS PRAISED BY THE ADMIRALTY. HE WAS MASTER OF THE TRAWLER, “DHOONAND KILLED BY A MINE EXPLOSION, ON 24/11/1916, AGED 42. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED…

King, Ivor Francis

…have lay in wait and done so. If so it would have been a major achievement for an U-Boat Captain to claim a Cruiser, Destroyer and a 2,350ton Merchant ship…

Oliver, Wilfred Henry

ON HMS “AREIEL”. DIED AT HIS POST, ON 02/08/1918, AGED 20. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 05/10/1918* HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,…

Morley, Thomas

…A SEAFARING MAN. HE WORKED MANY YEARS FOR THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE AND WAS WELL KNOWN ON HULL FISH DOCK. HE WAS THE ONLY HULL CREW MEMBER OF THE TRAWLER,…