Rhind, Wilfred Albert

BORN HULL 26/10/1896. SON OF JOHN WEBSTER RHIND (1869-1948), & HANNAH SERENA SORRENSON, WHO DIED, ON 04/02/1915 AGED 32. THE FAMILY LIVED AT NUMBERS, 98 AND 102 GLASGOW STREET, HULL….

Blackburn, Edward

…PARADE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL, AND 98, BRIGHT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS THE SON OF SARAH & JOHN EDWARD BLACKBURN, OF ALEXANDRA AVENUE, GRANGE STREET, HULL. HE LEFT…

Myers, Henry

BORN ARMLEY, LEEDS 1887. SON OF HENRY MYERS (1849-1924) AND MARTHA LEE (1849-1909). A SHOP ASSISTANT IN CASTLEFORD, YORKS. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. THE…

Theakstone, Herbert

…he battalion sailed for Egypt in December and then on to the trenches of France and the Western Front. Herbert was killed in action on 2nd August 1916 during the…

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…

Rose, Charles

AND FRANCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 27TH MAY 1916, AGED 27. HE LEFT HIS WIFE FLORENCE EMMA JOHNSON & THREE SMALL CHILDREN, (FLORENCE, CHARLES AND ALBERT) AT 2…

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…

Dawson, Harold

BORN KEYINGHAM 1879. ONLY SON OF THOMAS & SARAH DAWSON, HULL CITY ASYLUM COTTAGES, WILLERBY. A SHOP ASSISTANT AND MILITARY BUYER. HE MARRIED ON 18/10/1904. HIS WIFE BEATRICE TOTTIE, LIVED…

Needler, Herman

…ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, AND “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. TRAINED AS A BOMBER. ARRIVED…

Wild, Langford

…BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING. SON OF A RETIRED COAL MERCHANT. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS AN ACCOUNTS CLERK FOR MR SCOTT, ACCOUNTANTS, HULL. FATALLY WOUNDED AT YPRES….