Collins, George Ernest
…EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 13/08/1914. HE SAW ACTION AT THE 1ST AND 2ND BATTLES OF YPRES. HE WAS SHOT FOR DESERTION IN THE FIELD. ON 15TH FEBRUARY 1915, AGED 20. HE…
Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
…EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 13/08/1914. HE SAW ACTION AT THE 1ST AND 2ND BATTLES OF YPRES. HE WAS SHOT FOR DESERTION IN THE FIELD. ON 15TH FEBRUARY 1915, AGED 20. HE…
…KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 29. LISTED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. Tom Hunsley was born the 14 November 1885 in Beverley, the son of Robert and Louisa Hunsley. On…
…ON 09/08/1915, AGED 28. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL AT YPRES, TO THE MISSING. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ETON STREET MEMORIAL AND ON CHILTERN STREET…
…OF JUTLAND, ON 31/05/1916, AGED 26. HE WAS BURIED AT SEA. COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON…
…MOTHER, UNCLE GEORGE, AND AUNT ANN. UNCLE JACK AND AUNT, KATE, GRANDMA, AUNTS AND COUSINS. (HDM 24/06/1918) HIS OLDER BROTHER, CORPORAL, EDGAR RICKETTS, SERVED N FRANCE AND SURVIVED THE WAR….
…ON 02/03/1916 AND HAROLD JOULES, DROWNED ON THE S/S CALYPSO, ON 10/07/1916. ANOTHER BROTHER WALTER JOULES, NEVER RECOVERED FROM HIS WAR EXPERIENCES AND DIED IN A DRINK DRIVING ACCIDENT, IN…
…all had different jobs, this picture was probably taken after or during bootcamp. The date and place are estimated upon this assumption. Two other brothers Capt. Charles and Harold Joules…
Top to bottom left to right, Earnest Joules (KIA), Walter Joules, Sidney Joules (KIA), Herbert Joules (WIA). Based upon the fact that the brothers are all together and that they…
…BARNSLEY RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/04/1917, AS A PRIVATE. COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. KILLED ON 11/06/1918, AGED 19. LISTED ON THE HULL…
…TO THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. WOUNDED WIT SHELL CONCUSSION, ON 14/06/1917. KILLED IN ACTION ON 10/10/1917, AGED 21. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEARAND 347 DAYS….