Major, Francis William

…Grace, Maud, Edna, Cis (Elizabeth), Claude and Albert Edward Major). A MARINER, AGED 25, HE WAS LOST AT SEA, 27/04/1916. HIS SHIP WAS MINED AND DAMAGED OFF THE HUMBER WITH…

Brown, James (Jim)

Private, 27082, James Brown, Labour Corps, died on 22/11/1918. (HDM 23/11/1919), Son of James and Emma, of 97 Wassand Street, Hull (War Pension Address). A former dock labourer. Formerly served…

Jenkins, Christopher

…Chief engineer, for the Red Cross Trawling Company, for eleven years. He was well known and very popular on Hull’s Fish Dock. He served over three years with Minesweepers, for

Scarborough, Walter

…THE MISSING. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 144 DAYS. HE HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE 03/05/1917 AND WAS SORELY MISSED. HIS WIFE APPEALED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT…

Kirkman, Horace

on 1st September 1914. He was a member of ‘D’Company and fought in Egypt and on the Somme before being killed in action on 3rd May 1917 during the fighting…

Johnson, Francis Herbert (Frank)

…two children and only son, of Walter and Bella Johnson, of 156 Alliance Avenue, Hull. One of the original Pals, Frank was a Clerk before war came, but queued in…

Johnson, Harold Wilfred (Harry)

…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 to protect his platoon. His…

Taylor, Charles Horace

…HE WORKED FOR LEONARD’S, BUTCHERS, HULL MARKET PLACE. HE SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR ONE YEAR. DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED ON

Button, DCM, Charles

…with ten days detention, on 14/09/1914 and 28 days, Field Punishment No:1, on 11/11/1914. While at the front he was tried and convicted of being drunk in the trenches and

Hatfield, Frederick George

…ACTION AT THE SOMME, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER, MARY ANN. Somme – The…