Porter, Alfred

…KILLED WHEN A GRENADE IN THE HANDS OF ANOTHER PLATOON MAN EXPLODED ACCIDENTALLY. HE DIED ON 22/03/1916, AGED 25. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE SPENCER STREET MEMORIAL – 1/12/16….

Thompson, Thomas William

…WAS TWICE BURIED BY SHELL FICE AND RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS ON THE 28/04/1917. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1917, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL,…

Martin, William Henry

…Sea. 28 lives were lost, including Master. Owned by Wilson Line, Hull. While lying at anchor at 6.15 a.m. during gale force winds and heavy snow squalls, a violent explosion

Jacobs, Herbert

Pte, Herbert Jacobs, 5th WYR BORN HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM JACOBS (1848-1887) AND MARIA HERON (1850-1929) OF 143 MERSEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE MARRIED ADA BLAKELEY….

Lowick, Sydney Charles

…AT ANTWERP HOSPITAL, ON 22/10/1918, AGED 25. HE IS BURIED AT SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “ASLEEP IN JESUS” HE IS THE ONLY LOWICK LISTED IN CWGC RECORDS….

Ashford, William Ernest

on the outbreak of war and 100 tons of sugar compulsorily unloaded before being released. On 7th December 1915 she was trapped in ice in the White Sea near Archangel…

Bayliss, Reginald Blencowe

BORN HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKS. SON OF THE REV. ARCHIBALD BAYLISS & MARY JANE BAYLISS, RECTOR OF BEVERLEY WESLEYAN CHAPEL. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE COTTINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH WW1 PLAQUE….

Burges, Frederick George

…as a Sergeant, in the 9th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action, on 22/04/1918, aged 27. His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 24/05/1918. *…

Webber, Harold

…laid on June 8, 1918. PEOPLE ON BOARD HMT ‘EROS’ 1. AVERY, STEPHEN FREDERICK (32), Spare Hand, HMT Eros, Mercantile Marine, †08/06/1918, Son of Robert Avery and the late Florence…

Deakin, Charles (Charlie)

…HE ENLISTED IN HULL, SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. HE WAS KILLED IN A HAND GRENADE ACCIDENT IN THE TRENCH, ON 29/06/1915, AGED…