Stamp, Walter Hubert

…AT OPPY WOOD ON 03/05/1917, AGED 32. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HE HAD SERVED AT THE FRONT FOR 143 DAYS. LEFT A WIDOW AND

Johnson, Harry Vernon

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN JAMES JOHNSON AND REBECCA VERNON, OF 630 HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A FORMER KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS SOLDIER, WHO HAD SERVED FOR

Knowles, Lawrence

…a fella. Lawrence Knowles was killed in action on 13th November 1916 at Serre on the Somme and was buried in Euston Road Cemetery; he was 31 years old. https://ww1hull.com/serre-1916/…

Atkinson, William Joseph

…EDUCATED AT ST PAUL STREET SCHOOL, HULL. WORKED ON THE WEEKLY BOATS AND WAS DELEGATE FOR THE SAILORS AND FIREMAN UNION. HE MARRIED LUCY ANN SCARBOROUGH, IN HULL ON 15/01/1900….

Bolton, Samuel

…November 1893, Samuel was one of ten children and the eldest son of Samuel and Maud Bolton of 46 Goulton Street, Hessle Road, Hull. A Fish Worker on the city’s…

Powley, Albert George

Gnr, Albert Powley, RGA Gunner 224509 Albert George Powley Royal Garrison Artillary BORN HULL, 1887. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM POWLEY (1858-1896) AND SARAH ANN JOHNSON (1860-1907). SON OF A DOCK…

Saunderson DCM, Thomas Ernest

…ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL. DCM Citation London Gazette 17/04/1917: “For conspicious gallantry and devotion to duty. Although very severely wounded, he continued to encourage his men, and

Waller MM James William

…SEPTEMBER, 1914. SERVED AS A FITTER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. ABROAD FOR 15 MONTHS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. KILLED ON 27/05/1918, AGED 27. HE MARRIED AT…

Farnill, John Richard

…Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, ‘The Commercials’, 1st Hull Pals. John trained in Hornsea, Beverley and Ripon throughout 1915 and served in Egypt over Christmas before leaving Alexandria for Marseilles in…

Taylor, Thomas William

…5 officers and 118 other ranks were present. A plaque in Walkington Church says: Thomas Taylor, Only child of Robert and Rachel Taylor, of Walkington. Killed in the Battle of…