Officer, Arnold Vincent

…OF 43 CHESTNUT AVENUE, QUEENS ROAD, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. SON OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER, SELLING CATTLE MEDICINES. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A SEED MERCHANT’S CLERK AND RESIDED AT…

Dixon, Ernest

…BROTHER, PRIVATE, HAROLD DIXON, 13957, 6TH EYR, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 24. HIS OTHER BROTHER, ARTHUR DIXON, SERVED WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS AND YORKS AND LANCS, AND

Ellis, Frank

…GEORGES ROAD, HULL. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT BROTHERS, JOHN WILLIAM AND TOM, AND SISTER, JESSIE. The attack on Oppy Wood, part of the Battle of Arras, was a significant battle for

Noddle, Tom

once a year, they signed on for one year and were paid for one year. Unmarried lads lived in on the farm and were looked after by the farm foreman’s…

Swales, Alfred Alexander Tommins

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ALFRED ALEXANDER TOMMINS SWALES 13/1347. Born on 7th October 1897, Alfred was the only son of Alfred and Emma Tommins of 9 Joshua Avenue, Madeley…

Pritchett, Joseph Stanley

BORN HULL, 1899. SON OF EDWARD PRICHETT (1864-1910) AND ALICE SMITH (1860-1924). OF 10, BRIGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A LABOURER (BLACKSMITH’S STRIKER), FOR

North, Arthur Harold

Commercials”, 1st Hull Pals. The battalion trained throughout 1915 and left Devonport bound for Alexandria, Egypt at the start of December. They served there in a garrison on high alert…

Smith, Richard Henry

…Pals in Egypt and on the Somme before being killed in action on May 3rd 1917. His body was never recovered and his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial….

Elston, Arthur Ernest

…killed or injured. 2nd Lieutenant 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

Swinden, Thomas

on 3 May and all suffered heavy casualties, with 40% of those present killed or injured. 2nd Lieutenant Jack Harrison, a local teacher and rugby player with Hull FC, won