Coopland, John Henry

Born Hull 1882. Private John Henry Coopland 2520. Unit: A Company, 1st/4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 03 May 1915 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front. Husband of Ruth…

Suddaby, Ernest

…NEW ALBANY, INDIANA, USA. ENLISTED AT LOUISVILLE, INDIANNA, IN MARCH 1917. SENT TO FRANCE, JULY 1918 AND FOUGHT FOR THE UNITED STATES, 18TH INFANTRY DIVISION. HE HAD ALREADY BEEN WOUNDED…

Griffin MM, John William

BORN HULL 1892. SCULCOATES. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & ELIZABETH GRIFFIN, ABOVE 1911 ADDRESS. GROCERS ASSISTANT FOR THE HULL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1914, AS A GUNNER IN THE…

Greenlees MM, Alfred

…AT MESSINE RIDGE, ON 17/06/1917, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING IN FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, EDITH AT 12,…

Collinson DCM, Charles (Charlie)

…Mary, Rhoda and David. He is buried at Withernwick. (The “Globe Inn”, Beverley – was demolished in the 1960’s and David Collison is listed there as a landlord). DCM Citation:…

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…

Snow, George

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF GEORGE EDWARD SNOW (1863-1927) & MINNIE BEALES (1869-1903), OF 2 WILLIAM TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE…

Ashwell, William

AND WAS POPULARLY KNOWN AS “BILL STONES”. HE WAS THE HUSBAND OF ANNIE ASHWELL, OF 61 ARTHUR STREET, WITHERNSEA.THE HAD ONE SON, ALSO CALLED WILLIAM. A REFRESHMENT HOUSE KEEPER. ENLISTED…

Thorley, Walter

Walkington WW1 Memorial, Beverley, East Yorkshire Walkington WW1 Memorial, All Hallows Church, marble plaque with 26 names Walter Thorley Walter’s photograph is in the Green’s Almanac and listed in the…

Kennedy, Edward

…Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Flanders. He was killed in action: 26th April 1918 aged 37 and Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium (Panel 125-128). Also recorded on the Beverley Memorial, Hengate,…