Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
…WILLIAM JOHN COLLINSON (1848-1938) & KEZIA ANN COLLINSON (1857-1914) OF CARLTON LANE, ALDBROUGH, WTHERNWICK, NEAR HULL. HE EMIGRATED TO MASTERTON, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND. LIVED AT BURNBRAE, CLAREVILLE, WAIRARAPA, HAWKES BAY,…
…FIRE AND WOUNDED HIMSELF. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 08/11/1918, AGED 27. HAD SERVED THROUGHOUT AND DIED JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE THE WAR ENDED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT…
…EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/11/1917, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON THE CAMBRAI MEMORIAL. HE LEFT WIDOW MARGARET BRAITHWAITE, AT 2 SPYVEE STREET, HULL,. HIS FIVE BROTHERS SERVED IN THE…
BORN HULL 06/04/1897. SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZA ANN BRAITHWAITE, 10, DOROTHY AVENUE, CORNWALL STREET, HULL AND 9, PRINCESS MARY AVENUE, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). CLARENCE SERVED IN…
…HAD BEEN WOUNDED TWICE ON THE SOMME, WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/07/1917, AGED 26. THE SECOND SON TO DIE. “MISSED BY ALL. A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS AND GOOD…
…CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL. THEIR PHOTOS WERE ALL PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 7TH APRIL 1917.* THEY ARE ALL RECORDED AS KILLED ON HULL’S NEW…
…and 56, Somerscales Street, Beverley Road, Hull (War Pension address). His father was a Policeman, and whether John Jnr was bound for the Force I do not know. He was…
…PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A LIGHTERMAN. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A CHECKER ON THE GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAYS, AT NEW HOLLAND. ENLISTED HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN….
…SERGEANT, 756158, OF THE 251ST ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 20/04/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/10/1918, AGED 26. HE WAS AWARDED THE CROIX DE GUERRE (CDG) WITH GOLD…
…MARRIED ALBERT JACKSON AND MOVED TO 24, WHITBY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 8, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A MASTER MARINER. HIS CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED ON 18/11/1907. HE WAS…
