Beal, James Henry (Jimmy)

ON 22/04/1915. SERVED WITH “D” COMPANY, 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/08/1915, AT YPRES, AGED 45. HE HAD SERVED FOR NINE MONTHS AND BEEN AT THE FRONT…

Willison, George

Corporal, George Willison, (1888-1916) Lance Corporal George Willison (1888-1916) of Beverley George Willison was born in 1888 in Hornsea, the son of Stephen Willison (1853-1931) and Betsy Robinson (1863-1954), of…

Leahy, William Daniel

…direction and was fired at, returned fire and hit three times, Eastward Ho! came up and submarine headed away on the surface; skipper wounded and awarded DSC, gunner the DSM….

Hill, Arthur

…Alas, not even this man amongst men could save Arthur Hill. He was buried at Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque; at 24 a son, a husband and a father….

Cox, Henry (Harry)

…HENRIETTA COX, AT 32 , TERRY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). KNOWN AS ‘HARRY’. ONE OF THREE SONS. EDUCATED AT HUL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BREWER’S BOTTLER AND

Green, Walter Clifford

and one of Alcantaras shells exploded the ready ammunition for Greifs after gun. Both ships lost speed. Greifs crew abandoned ship 40 minutes after opening fire. Alcantara sank first, losing…

Gill MM, Alfred

Alfred Gill, MM Cottingham War Memorial Born Hull 1898. Son of George Gledhill Gill (1860-1913) and Bertha Kelling (1862-1902), of George Street, Cottingham, Yorkshire (War Pension Address). Son of a…

Quibell, George Edwin

…BUILDING CONTRACTOR, ON BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE WAS AN OLD HYMERIAN. PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR THE COLLEGE AND LATER OF THE CRANBROOK FOOTBALL CLUB, A SPRIGHTLY NEWLAND ORGANISATION WHO ALL ENLISTED…

Snell, Thomas

…11, CAVILL TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. THOMAS SNELL WAS A NEWS BOY, AT ANNE STREET,…

Kennedy, Daniel

…Corporal, Edward Kennedy, 1/4th Bn. (Hallamshire (T.F.) York & Lanes Regiment. Formerly: No. 2858 Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) was Killed in action: 26th April 1918, aged 37…