Mays, Septimus

AND COAL DEALER AND WELL KNOWN IN THE HESSLE ROAD AREA. ENLISTED IN THE LABOUR CORPS, ON 12TH MARCH 1917. WOUNDED BY A BOMB DROPPED BY AN ENEMY AIRCRAFT, AT…

Nicholson, Andrew George

…FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY AND WAS KILLED BY AN ENEMY SHELL AT POZIERES, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 20. HIS STORY AND PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE…

Short, Alexander Coverdale

BORN NAFFERTON 1892. ELDEST SON OF BENJAMIN & EMILY SHORT, NAFFERTON. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. STEPSON OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON, AT 44 HOPWOOD STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER’S APPRENTICE. THEN…

Williamson, Albert

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF PAGE AND ANNIE WILLIAMSON, of 13 CONVENT LANE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL. SON A GRAIN PORTER WORKING AT HULL DOCKS. WELL KNOWN IN SCAWBY, LINCOLNSHIRE. ONE…

Greendale, Albert

…LEFT SISTERS, EMILY, CLARA AND ALICE, AND BROTHER, FREDERICK. HE IS BURIED AT LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “WE HAVE LOST. HEAVEN HAS GAINED ONE OF…

Greenley, Thomas Edward

BORN BRIDLINGTON 1879. SON OF EDWARD GREENLEY (1853-1919) AND JESSIE MULLHOLLAND (1854-1893), OF HULL. HE LIVED IN HULL AND CHESHAM, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. LISTED ON THE OLD HULL TOWN ROLL…

Kemp, Wilfred Baker

BORN HULL 6/10/1895. SON OF WALTER R B KEMP & EDITH ELSIE KEMP – 28 DAY STREET, ANLABY ROAD (1911) AND ABOVE ADDRESS FROM CWGC RECORDS. EX BRASS FINISHER (1911…

Cannell, Walter Cecil

…DUTIES. HE WAS TRIED BY COURT MARTIAL AND DEMOTED TO L/CPL. ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL ON 7/05/1917 WITH A SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE (ACCIDENT). POSTED TO 22ND NFUS (60319), ON 29/93/1918. RE-APPOINTED…

Edwards, Frederick

…EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT BASE CAMP, ON 23/09/1918, AGED 21, HAVING SERVED FOR THREE YEARS AND TEN MONTHS. HIS DEATH WAS…

Gibbins, John

BORN HULL 1879. BEFORE THE WAR WAS A LICENSED PORTER AT THE STATION HOTEL. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION. LEFT WIDOW MARIA GIBBINS AND SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD SERVED IN…