Jack, Sidney Johnson

BORN BRIGG, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1892. SON OF GEORGE JACK (1848-1920) AND JANE ANN JOHNSON, OF COTTINGHAM AND BARTON. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE JOINED THE 2ND NORTHUMBRIAN BRIGADE TERRITORIAL ARTILLERY, ON

Watson, Alexander (Alec)

…lost posts. Zero hour for the attack was to be 5.30 a.m. on 31st. Four light tanks and the artillery were to co-operate and 12 Lewis guns from the Tank…

Coop, Stanley

…SON OF A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, SYDNEY AND HERBERT AND ONE SISTER, ETHEL. HE LIVED AT THIS HULL ADDRESS WITHHIS MOTHER AND SISTER. (HIS FATHER’S ADDRESS WAS…

Baron, Frank Foster

…SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 16/09/1918, AGED 22. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE FAMILY GRAVE – HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HIS ARMY…

Donnison, Alfred

…Price and Parker) alerted a policeman and Donnison was taken to Hull Central Police Station. Under questioning he became ill and was put in a cab back home. He didn’t…

Drasdo, Albert William

…soldier threw what he thought was a dud shell and it exploded killing Private Joseph Britton and wounding six others. Albert William Drasdo is buried at Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery at…

Taylor, John Lawrence

Pte, John Lawrence Taylor BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF JOHN & MARY JANE TAYLOR, OF 140 SEVERN STREET, HULL AND 9, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE FORMERLY…

Hall, Joseph.

…HOW MUCH WE ALL, OFFICERS AND MEN, MISS HIM. HE WAS AN EXCELLENT WORKER AND ALWAYS CHEERFUL, AND HAS LEFT A GAP WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FILL UP. ALL THE…

Lempriere DSO, Henry Anderson

…DESCRIBED AS A FINE LEADER, AND A SOLDIER OF GREAT KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY. HE LEFT A FORTUNE OF £25,405 TO HIS FATHER. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH…

Johnson, Oscar Sydney

…bedecked with flags and posters and from the balcony came rousing patriotic speeches and performances by military bands. It must have been quite a scene, and quite hard for a…