Sinclair, George William

Born Hull 1890. Son of John and Annie E. Sinclair, at 188, Division Road, Hessle Road, Hull (War Pension address). He was a Warehouseman. Described in his Army records as…

Huzzard, Thomas Arthur

…to France, on 17/09/1915. He was killed in action, on 18/06/1917, aged 22. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. he had been in the army for 5 years and 154…

Dixon, Thomas

…SON KENNETH, LIVED AT 11, VICTORIA AVENUE, BEETON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 4, MARFLEET VENUE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS AND AS…

Gillyon, William W.

…AGE OF 18, HE MOVES TO HOWSHAM, YORKSHIRE TO WORK AS A WAGGONER ON A FARM. ON THE 17/08/1909, AT THE AGE OF 26, HE MARRIES EDITH ADELINE CORNER (1892-1963),…

Benson, Francis William

…ALSO CALLED FRANCIS WILLIAM BENSON, LIVED AT 10 ALMA TERRACE, ETON STREET, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A ‘TROLLEY MAN’ AND WORKED FOR MANY YEARS FOR MR SAM BATTY, FRUIT…

Nicholson, Thomas Hamilton

…carrying parties and night patrols. After the disasters of the first day, 3rd Division in conjunction with three others was to make a daring night assembly and dawn attack on

Johnson, Alfred Fenton

George Edward Johnson and Alfred Fenton Johnson, 0f 426 Beverley Road, Hull BORN HULL 1897. SON OF MR CHRISTOPHER BACON JOHNSON & MRS LOUISA FENTON JOHNSON. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN….

McNeill, Albert Henry

BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF ALBERT JAMES AND ANNIE ELIZABETH McNEILL, OF 18, GORDON STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO ALICE McNEILL. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED AS A CLERK, FOR MESSRS…

Baker, Harry

…ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM. REMEMBERED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS MEMORIAL AT HULL MINSTER.COMMEMORATED ON THE THORNGUMBOLD WW1 MEMORIAL, WHERE 66 SERVED AND 9 DIED….

Stuart, Charles Welton

and dusk the Germans would religiously fire over three of these ‘Minnies’, and they were a terrifying sight. Resembling a five gallon oil drum and yet packed with high-explosive and