Strickland-Constable, Frederick Charles

…PAKENHAM. HE INHERITED A FORTUNE WHEN HIS FATHER DIED AND THEY LIVED AT WASSAND HALL, SEATON, HULL, WITH SONS HENRY, ROBERT AND DAUGHTER, HILARY. HE WAS TRANSFERRED AS LIEUTENANT COLONEL,…

Leake, Royal Parks

…NAVAL RESERVE. TAKEN ILL SUDDENLY ON THE STREET, WHILE ON DUTY. HE DIED AT THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAYS INN, OF A GASTRIC ULCER, ON 02/06/1917, AGED 27 AND IS…

Atkinson, John Bell

BORN THORSENFIELD, CUMBERLAND 1894. ENLISTED HORNSEA. SON OF JOHN CLIFFORD & MARY ATKINSON, NEWLAND, HULL. ADDRESS FROM ARMY RECORDS. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 04/06/1916. Hull Pals Memorials write: Born in…

Cobby, Joseph Henry

and Rebecca Cobby of 74, Sandringham Street, Hull. Joseph was a Telephone Clerk prior to enlistment on 25th May 1915. He served in Egypt and on the Somme, and very…

Hermann MM, Francis Edgar

…EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AND AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRAVERY, ON 19/09/1916. WOUNDED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT ETAPLES BASE HOSPITAL, ON 17/11/1916, AGED 26….

Schultz, Frederick Charles Theodore

…was the possibility, that the Admiralty closed down all wireless communication and, although the flotilla was unaware of enemy activity, it was thought inadvisable to warn it. Just before midnight…

Windle, George

…Sheldrake rescued 166 of her crew and 1 passenger. Minneapolis evidently remained afloat for some hours after the attack and an attempt was made to tow her to Malta. She…

Loftus, Kenneth

…TWO SISTERS, BARBARA ISABEL (1888-1853) AND MARJORIE CAROLINE. HE WORKED AS AN ACCOUNTANCY CLERK, IN HORNSEA (1911 CENSUS) AND AS A FARMER IN, CANADA . HE LIVED AT NEWLAND PARK,…

Webster, Leonard

…of the Western Front. Leonard was killed in action during the bombardment of 4th June 1916 and his name is commemorated on the Special Memorial at Sucrerie Military Cemetery. The…

Summers, Herbert

…aware of as his own personal experience and a fast-moving show of highlights interspersed with high tension and the fear of death, mutilation and hand-to-hand fighting. The journey through battle…