Johnson, Sydney

Pte, Sydney Johnson, 4th Yorkshire Regiment BORN HULL 1900. SON OF GEORGE JOHNSON (1863-1910) AND MARY JANE STEVENS, OF 36, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN….

Self, Charles Walter (Charley)

…HULL AND 12, HILLS TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (HDM 10/10/1918). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, JOSEPH, AND ONE SISTER, BEATRICE. EMPLOYED BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, AS A CLEANER. HE WORKED…

Hayton, Frank

…farm labourer and mother Sarah Ann Hayton; he had two brothers Thomas and Harold and a sister Miriam. In 1911 he was still a scholar at school and would have…

Bilton, Lewis

…FOUR MONTHS AGO. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 25/09/1917, AGED 20. HIS ELDER BROTHER, EDGAR BILTON WAS KILLED ON THE SOMME, ON 07/10/1916. BOTH WERE SINGLE MEN AND THEIR…

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,…

Taylor, William (Eli)

…AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR AND SAW ACTION IN THE EVACUATION OF ANTWERP. HIS ACCOUNT IS DESCRIBED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16/10/1914 * HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT…

Mackey DCM, Edward Reeves

…17/07/1902. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 6462, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED IN MALTA AND SOUTH AFRICA. LEFT THE ARMY ON 16TH JULY 1914 AFTER 12 YEARS SERVED. MOBILIZED AS A RESERVE WHEN WAR…

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…

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…

Rosindale, Henry (Harry)

…anchor at 6.15 a.m. during gale force winds and heavy snow squalls, a violent explosion occurred on the port side of the vessel. The chief officer and two crew attempted…