Drury, DSM, Charles Henry Payce
…BIRTH. A FISHERMAN. HE HAD BEEN AT SEA SINCE THE AGE OF 15 AND HAD SERVED TWO YEARS ON MINESWEEPERS. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL. WHILE SERVING ON A MINEWSWEEPER,…
Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
…BIRTH. A FISHERMAN. HE HAD BEEN AT SEA SINCE THE AGE OF 15 AND HAD SERVED TWO YEARS ON MINESWEEPERS. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL. WHILE SERVING ON A MINEWSWEEPER,…
…MAYFIELD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) & 7 PRINCES AVENUE, WHEELER STREET, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FOUR SISTERS. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA, AGED 18, WITH HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM THORLEY…
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF FRED AND MARY JANE DAVIDSON, OF 6, COTTAGE, MOXON STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 05/05/1917). A CARTER FOR THE HULL CORPORATION AND RAILWAY WORKER….
…MAYFIELD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) & 7 PRINCES AVENUE, WHEELER STREET, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FOUR SISTERS. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA AGED 18, WITH HIS BROTHER, GEORGE DAVID…
…the Missing on the Somme. His brother William Tindall Marson, 5th Battalion King’s Own Light Infantry was also killed in action on 27th March 1918 aged 19 years and is…
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF LUKE JAMES WASS (1868-1922) & CLARA LOFT (1865-1944), OF 4, ROBINSON COURT, PRINCESS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF FOUR…
…EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (50TH DIVISION). REPORTED MISSING ON 27TH MAY 1918. LISTED AS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/10/1918, AGED 31. HE BURIED AT GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, FRANCE. HIS…
…THEOLOGY, BUT AFTER ONE YEAR, TO ENLIST. HE RESIDED IN MOLESCROFT, BEVERLEY. HE WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND ATTACHED TO THE 8TH BATTALION. AWARDED THE MILITARY…
…WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITH THE 28TH CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 06/11/1917, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE…
…LANDLADY OF THE “DOG AND DUCK” PUB, IN BEVERLEY. HE WAS A HOUSE AND SHIP PAINTER. HE MARRIED ALICE MAUD SCHOFIELD, AT BEVERLEY, ON 01/10/1911. THEY HAD TWO SONS, ARTHUR…