Spencer (Aka Silcock), Harry
…He was twice charged with absence, the second time when orders came for him to join a night guard and no-one could find him anywhere. This continued after the Pals…
Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
…He was twice charged with absence, the second time when orders came for him to join a night guard and no-one could find him anywhere. This continued after the Pals…
…was never recovered and his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Private Beeken remembered the feeling of being trapped as shells from the British guns flew over them, bursting…
…later the Almshouses, Tickton, Beverley (War Pension addresses). His parents were born in Norfolk and married there. William’s father was a Shepherd by trade and the family lived and worked…
…GUN COMPANY, ON 29/11/1916. REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED IN ACTION ON 03/05/1917, AGED 24. HE HAD SERVED 2 YEARS AND 235 DAYS. A WATCH WAS RECOVERED FROM HIS BODY, BUT…
…Employed as a labourer. Robert married, Mary Ellen Haigh (1892-1957), at Hull Registry Office on 23rd April 1910. They lived at 8 John’s Place, Chapman Street, Hull (1911 Census) and…
…(CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A NAVAL ARCHITECT, HE WAS THE ELDEST OF THREE CHILDREN. BROTHER TO AGNES AND GERTRUDE DUGUID. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL’S HYMER COLLEGE. HE ENLISTED AS…
…CEMETERY, 4 MILES WEST OF YPRES. HE LEFT BROTHERS, SIDNEY AND JOHN DRAX, AND SISTERS, LILY WILKINSON, AND MARY JANE HECKFORD, WHO LIVED AT FARRINGTON STREET AND FENCHURCH STREET, HULL…..
…a Horseman prior to enlistment on 16th October 1916 aged just 18 years and 3 months. He was killed in action on 7th May 1917 and is buried at Orchard…
…(Foster, Harrison, Reeder and Stainforth), a Banker (Clifford Milne), Hull Librarian (Percy Hall) and two Postmen (Goodhill and Thomas Green). Francis Bamforth was a Captain in the Salvation Army, who…
…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…