Nicholson, Harry

…LANCE CORPORAL, 42188. 1ST ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/11/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED AT THE CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS FATHER,…

Rice (Risi), James

…SERVED AS 281706, 7TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/08/1918, AGED 28. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Both brothers are commemorated on the…

Thomas, Greville Wynn

…AT KUT WAS WOUNDED AND INVALIDED BACK TO INDIA AND THEN PALESTINE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL…

Dobson MM, John Edward

John Edward Dobson, MM BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN EDWARD & ALICE MAUD. WIFE GERTRUDE (BRATTON), LIVED AT 4, ALFRED TERRACE, DALTRY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ENLISTED IN THE…

Watson, Alfred Henry

…THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN (WAR PENSION RECORDS). HE FORMERLY WORKED FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN STEAM FISHING COMPANY. HE WAS KILLED BY A MINE EXPLOSION, ON THE TRAWLER ‘OTHELLO II’, WITH…

Needham VC, Samuel

example was of the greatest value at a critical moment, and the bold and determined stand made by him did more than anything to inspire confidence, and undoubtedly saved a…

Millard, Thomas Percival

AND MARIA WILSON, OF 72, HOLLAND STREET, HULL AND 119, NEWBRIDGE ROAD, HULL. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. THOMAS WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER AT HULL’S, BLENKIN STREET BOYS…

Hansen, Oscar Nathanial

…MOTHER WAS BORN IN NORWAY. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, OTTO AND HANS AND ONE SISTER, INGA. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MERCHANT CLERK. HE RESIDED AT 20, RAIKES STREET, HULL (1911…

Woollons, Thomas George

…appear to have been a little less fussy. A veteran of Egypt, the Somme and Oppy Wood Thomas was killed in action on 28th June 1917 and his body was…

Donovan CDG, Edgar Claude

…INVALIDED HOME AND WORKED FOR THE MUNITIONS MINISTRY. OBTAINED A COMMISSION, IN THE ROYAL NAVY VOLUNTARY RESERVE, ON 12/02/1917 AND WAS POSTED TO FRANCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON