Griffin MM, John William

BORN HULL 1892. SCULCOATES. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & ELIZABETH GRIFFIN, ABOVE 1911 ADDRESS. GROCERS ASSISTANT FOR THE HULL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1914, AS A GUNNER IN THE…

Hall MC, Hugh

…HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SIITERS. HIS FATHER WAS A BUILDER AND HE WORKED FOR HIM AS A BRICKLAYER. BEFORE THE WAR HE SERVED WITH THE 5TH EYR (CYLISTS) TERRITORIALS…

Geyton, Harold

…AS A JOINER (1911 CENSUS) AND PRISON WARDEN AT HMP CHELMSFORD, IN 1912. ALTHOUGH IN A RESERVED OCCUPATION, HE VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE AND ENLISTED AT MANCHESTER, IN 1915. SERVED AS…

Atkinson, George Ernest

…TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION AND WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, IN ‘B’ COMPANY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, NEAR ZONNEBEKE, BELGIUM, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 37. HE IS COMMEMORATED…

Richmond, Wilfred Norburt

…84 names now located at Tranby School, Anlaby, Hull Born Hull 1897. Son of Walter Richmond and Eva Wells, of Eastbourne Road, Hornsea, Yorkshire; husband of Florence May Jones (formerly…

Greenlees MM, Alfred

…AT MESSINE RIDGE, ON 17/06/1917, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING IN FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, EDITH AT 12,…

Gibbs, George Whitfield

George Whitfield Gibbs BORN HULL, 20/08/1882. SON OF JAMES CHARLES GIBBS & MARY ANN WHITFIELD ANDERSON, AT 105 SOMERSET STREET, HULL AND 11 DIVISION ROAD, HULL (Pension address). HE HAD…

Beanland, Arthur

…INSURANCE AGENT. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, BOTH KILLED IN THE WAR AND THREE SISTERS, AMANDA, BEATRICE AND ELSIE. HE LIVED IN HULL AT 11 ALEXANDRA AVENUE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL (ARMY…

Gould MM, Edward

…Oppy Wood and a member of ‘B’ Company, Edward had been awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery in the face of danger. He was killed in action on 12th…

Edwards, John James

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JAMES AND MARY ANN EDWARDS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. RESIDED AT SISTER’S ADDRESS ABOVE WITH TWO BROTHERS. (HIS BROTHER WILLIAM, EYR WAS KILLED A YEAR…