Wharton, Robert

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF JAMES & MARY ANN WHARTON, OF 76 REDBOURNE STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. AN APPRENTICE PRINTER. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/04/1918, AGED 18. HIS DEATH WAS…

Wilson, Thomas

BORN HULL 06/12/1895. SON OF HORATIO & MARY ELIZABETH WILSON, AT 75 BRIGHT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. (NAVAL RECORDS.ADDRESS). A COAL HEAVER AND LABOURER. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY ON 02/07/1915….

Aaron, MM, James H. (Jim)

…SOMME. 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THEIPVAL MEMORIAL. HE IS ALSO REMEMBERED ON THE HULL WESTERN SYNAGOGUE MEMORIAL, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL. JIM WAS AWARDED THE…

Pearson, Joseph Charles

BORN HULL 1891. ENLISTED LINCOLN. LIVED MARTON, YORKSHIRE. SON OF JOSEPH & EDITH PEARSON, GRIMSBY. DIED OF WOUNDS….

Cawkwell, Fred

…Pals at Oppy Wood and helped bring the German Spring Offensive to a standstill in April 1918 before being killed in action during a surprise attack on enemy positions around…

Suddaby, Ernest

…NEW ALBANY, INDIANA, USA. ENLISTED AT LOUISVILLE, INDIANNA, IN MARCH 1917. SENT TO FRANCE, JULY 1918 AND FOUGHT FOR THE UNITED STATES, 18TH INFANTRY DIVISION. HE HAD ALREADY BEEN WOUNDED…

Rosindale, Henry (Harry)

…anchor at 6.15 a.m. during gale force winds and heavy snow squalls, a violent explosion occurred on the port side of the vessel. The chief officer and two crew attempted…

Snowden, George

Private, George Snowden BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM SNOWDEN (1877-1950) & CHRISTINA SUTHERLAND (1877-1942), OF THIS ADDRESS. ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. A PORTER AND CRANE DRIVER, FOR THE…

Garniss, Frank

…revolvers and a carbine. Temporary Cadets F. Garniss and C. A. Morris, were sent to Beggar’s Bush barracks for reinforcements, but on the way, they were met by some IRA…

Williamson, Robert

…numbers across the former Somme battlefields in March and April 1918 and he was killed in action on 28 March 1918, unmarried and aged 26. Robert has no known grave,…