Eastman, Henry William (Harry)

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY EASTMAN & ESTHER AKESTER OF 17 , BARMSTON STREET, HULL, . KNOWN AS “HARRY” EASTMAN. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. WORKED AS A GLASS…

Wreathall, George Henry

…SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION, KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFRANTRY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND HAD ONLY BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR A FORTNIGHT, BEFORE HE WAS KILLED, ON 25/04/1915,…

Clarke, Henry (Harry)

…THE SOMME OFFENSIVE. HE WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 15/07/1916, AGED 33. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 4TH AUGUST 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *…

Eastwood, Harold

BORN YORK 1899. ELDEST SON OF PTE, THOMAS B. EASTWOOD & SARAH E. EASTWOOD, 14 ALEXANDRA TERRACE, BUCKINGHAM STREET AND THIS ADDRESS. HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, LEONARD, AND THREE…

Gascoigne, Albert Edward

…TRAVELLED WIDELY. EMIGRATED TO PORIRUA, NEW ZEALAND IN 1914. HE ENLISTED IN NEW ZEALAND. SERVED AS TROOPER, 11/52, WITH THE NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (NZEF), WELLINGTON MOUNTED RIFLES. KILLED AT…

Jackson, Percy

Pte, Percy Jackson, 4th EYR BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM & MARIA JACKSON, OF 53 STEPNEY LANE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). AN APPRENTICE SLATER, FOR MESSRS, DAWDER…

Mattinson, Percy

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN ROBERT & ANN ELIZABETH MATTINSON, OF 46 DERRINGHAM STREET, HULL. A BUTCHER’S ASSISTANT. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/10/1918, AGED 26. HE IS…

Sheridan, John Joseph

…BROWN EYES (GOOD VISION) AND BROWN HAIR. HE SERVED WITH THE 4TH AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE. ARRIVED SUEZ ON 30/11/1915. HE RECEIVED GUNSHOTS WOUNDS TO THE HEAD, SIDE, BACK AND LEGS…

Pocklington, Thomas

…AN ASSISTANT IN MILL. HE ENLISTED IN LINCOLN. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4432, 2/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMEN. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/02/1917, AGED 26. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL….

Callaghan, Thomas

…THE ARM AND BADLY CRUSHED INTERNALLY”. HE DIED, ON 02/05/1915, AGED 25, AT THE 1ST SCOTTISH GENERAL HOSPITAL. BURIED AT ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE PRINTED IN THE…