Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour

Pte, Louis Shapero, MM, 10th East Yorkshire Regiment, of Linnaeus Street, Hull. Aged 19, he was awarded the Military Medal for rescuing a wounded Officer in 1916. He was the second Jewish soldier from Hull to be decorated.

Private, James AARON, MM, 19728, 8th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, killed in action on 1st July 1916, aged 23. Son of Faith Hampshire (formerly Aaron), of 46, Egton Street, Hull and the late James Aaron, of the Hull Western Synagogue. Awarded the Military Medal for courage. Commemorated on the Thiepval memorial.

Pte, Samuel Abrahamson, 38th Royal Fusiliers

Private, SAMUEL ABRAHAMSON, 548, Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment, 38th Battalion, Jewish Brigade, of 92 Osbourne Street, Hull. He died of fever, on 14/10/1918, aged 27. A former boot maker in Hull’s Market Place and active Member of the Grand Order of Israel Lodge. He is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine, (including Gaza).

Private, JOSEPH ANNOWITCH, 33832, Durham Light Infantry (Labour Battalion), died at home on 03/12/1918, aged 21. He is buried at the Hull Delhi Street (Jewish) Cemetery. Son of Jacob and Mary Annowitch, of 61, Barnsley Street, Holderness Road, Hull.

Private, BARNETT BARADOSKY (BOREDESKY), 11832, 8th East Yorkshire Regiment, killed at the Somme, on 14/07/1916, aged 19.  Son of Anne Pearment, of 33, Adelaide Street, Hull. He is commemorated on Theipval Memorial to the missing. Commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.

Private, MYER BLACK, 11/831, 11th East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed at the battle of Serre on 13/11/1916. Buried at the Euston Road, Colincamps, France.

Private, LIONEL BLASHKER, 12662, East Yorkshire Regiment of 35, Colonial Street, Hull. He was badly wounded and invalided from the army on 19/04/1917, aged 21. Born at Hull, 6 Sep 1897, his parents, Jacob and Leah Blashker, lived at 37, St Luke Street, Hull.

Private, H. BROWN, East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action. Recorded on the Hull Western Hebrew Congregation Roll of Honour, which lists 142 Jewish servicemen who served in WW1. (3 Military Medals and 1 Military Cross awarded, 14 Killed and Two wounded).

Private, MAX CHAYET (KAY), Royal Army Medical Corps, died of wounds in Mesopotamia in 1916; he was mentioned in dispatches, and is remembered on the Basra Memorial. Born at Minsk, Russia, 1891. He was the son of Berko and Sarah Chayet. Max worked as a dispenser and was studying medicine in England when War began. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), in Hull, on 2 July 1915, aged 23. He was resident at 338 Hessle Road. His “Soldier’s Small Book” gave his religion as Jewish, his next-of-kin as uncle, Solomon Finestein (his mother’s brother), and his place of birth as Leeds. Max trained at the Tweseldown Camp, Farnham Surrey, home of the RAMC. After three months training, his group, the 39th Field Ambulance, were marched to Southampton and embarked for Malta, where they had a first taste of action. For example, his diary entries on 29 August are simply “Fatigue” and “Unloading wounded”. A few days later they embarked for Alexandria, Lemnos and Gallipoli. Meanwhile, a touching entry in his diary on 8 September, in Alexandria reads “Went to synagogue” – an online calendar tells us that this was Erev Rosh Hashana. Between landing at Cape Hellas, Gallipoli, on 16 September and embarking from Suvla Bay on 11 December, the 39th Field Ambulance would have encountered horrific action. Yet his diary entries for that period include only laconic comments, such “Ill”, “diarrhea”, “Snow blizzard” and “Stretcher squads to Chocolate Hill by night”. After Gallipoli there was some respite in Egypt before a final destination, presaged by the diary entries on 10 March 1916 “Matina camp”, “Embarked small boat” and “Going up the river”, which are followed on 13 March by one single last word “Mesopotamia”. It was here, now part of Iraq, that on 9 April 1916, Max died of his wounds. His name is listed on the Basra Memorial. It has now been updated to read “In Memory of Private, Max Chayet, Mentioned in Dispatches. (Served as Max Kay). Son of Mrs Sarah Chayet, of Minsk, Russia”. His mother Sarah was granted his war pension, and the Ministry of Pensions records even show correspondence about a possible increase as late as 1938. Max was likely reticent, self effacing, studious and dutiful. Moreover, there may have been a romantic interest in his life, because on 11 October the diary notes, “Received a letter from Rose” and among the addresses was a Rosa Sharah, of Osbourne Street, Hull.
Private, Louis Cuckle, 4th Seaforth Highlanders, killed on 24/07/1916, aged 21, of 19 St Luke’s Street, Hull.

Private, LOUIS CUCKLE, 4176, 1/4th Seaforth Highlanders, killed in action, on 24/07/1916, aged 21. (Photo right) Born DVINSK, Latvia, 1895. a Tailor’s Apprentice. Son of Harris (Aaron) and Sophia Cuckle, of 19 St Lukes Street, Hull. He is buried at Quarry Cemetery, Montbauban, Somme, France. Memorial Trees are planted in Israel in memory of him.

Sgt, J Aarons, MM, EYR of 13 Harley Street, Hull. He enlisted aged 19. Served in Egypt and France and was wounded twice. HDM 26/11/1917

Private, SOLOMAN ELLIS (previously Moshinsky), 36066, 2nd Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action, on 22/03/1918, Aged 37. Son of Harry and Jennie Ellis, of 65, Day Street, Hull, and 26 Portland Place, Prospect Street, Hull . His brother, Private, NATHAN ELLIS, 2/6th Notts and Derby Regiment was killed at Passchendaele, on 27/09/1917, aged 20. Both are commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.

Sapper, MAURICE FELDMAN, 472331, Royal Engineers, East Riding Yeomanry, died on 30/07/1919, aged 21. Born Hull 1899. He was the son of Samuel and Annie Feldman, of 76 Lister Street, Hull. He is buried at Taranto Town Cemetery Extension, Italy and commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.
Second Lieutenant, JOEL SCOTT FORBES, 78th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Posted to France, on 05/08/1916. Killed in action on 01/04/1917, aged 19. Buried at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Born at Hull, 1897. Son of Louis and Gertrude Farbstein, of 8 Story Street, Hull and 2, Mentone House, West Hill, Hessle.
Second Lieutenant, MEYER LIONEL FRANKS, “C” Coy. 4th Bn. attd. 8th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment. Keen to enlist, he had been at the front for less than three weeks when he was wounded in both legs and right arm. He died of wounds on 05/05/1917, aged 19. He is commemorated on the ww1 Hymers School Memorial, Hull and the Hull Western Synagogue Roll of Honour.
Harry Furman, 1/4th EYR

Corporal, HARRY FURMAN, 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment, died of wounds on 17/01/1917, age 20. He had attempted to rescue his school friend Private, Simon, on the 15/01/1917 and lost a leg in the attempt. Harry was the son of Barnett Furman and Leah Goldstein, of 24, William Street, Hull. He had worked in America before the war, but returned to Hull to enlist. He is buried at Bazentin-Le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, with his friend Simon Levine, who died aged 21..

Lance Corporal, DAVID GORDON, 9024, 1st Gordon Highlanders, died of wounds, on 26/07/1916, aged 30. Born Hull 1885 and educated at Hull Grammar School. Son of Michael and Annie Gordon, of 12 Market Place, Hull City Centre and 22, Auckland Avenue, Hull. He is buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.
First Lieutenant, EDWARD MEYER GOSSCHALK, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, was killed in action of 28/08/1916. His wealthy Merchant family had emigrated to Hull form Holland in the Nineteenth century and lived at 210, Anlaby Road, Hull. He had been previously wounded and returned to England where he continued to help recruitment during recovery. His brother served as a Major in the front line and another brothers served as a Captain in the East Yorkshire regiment and invalided home with shell shock. Another brother formed a firm of Solicitors which remains in Hull today.
Rifleman, LOUIS BERLYN GOSSCHALK, 302726, 2nd/5th Bn., London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), killed in action on 20/09/1917, aged 27. Commemorated on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium. Born Hull 1890. He married Elsie, lived in London and enlisted in Kilburn. he was the cousin of Edward Myer Gosschalk, from Hull.

Private, MORRIS HARTSTONE, 45185, 2nd South Wales Borderers, died of wounds, on 09/12/1917, aged 21. Born Hull 1896. Son of LAZARUS HARTSTONE AND TENA SAUNDERS (1868-1907), who were boot makers from Poland. He enlisted in Hull joining the 10th East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull Commercial Pals). He is buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France and commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.

Private, ERNEST HOFFMAN, 242789, 2/5th Duke Of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, killed in action, on 20/07/1918, aged 27. Born Hull 1891. Son of Isaac and Jane Hoffman, of 92 Courtney Street, Holderness Road, Hull. Commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France, with his cousin, Private, JOSEPH ANNOWITCH, Durham Light Infantry, of 68 Barnsley Street, Holderness Road, who died on 03/12/1918, aged 21.
Captain, LESLIE HOLT, (See Picture below), of the 2/10th County of London (Hackney) Regiment, reported missing in France, on 11/03/1918, aged 21. Commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour. He is buried at  Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, Aisne, France.
Private, ABEY (ABRAHAM) JACOBS, 203474, 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action, on 19/07/1917, aged 20. Born Hull 1898. Son of Moses (Maurice) and Ann Jacobs, of 7 Upper Union Street, Hull. Buried at Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
Private, HENRY JESSEL, 1/4th Royal Berkshire Regiment. Son of Barnett and Sarah Jessel, of 6, Dee Street, Hessle Road, Hull. Killed in action, on 16/08/1917, aged 19. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private, WALTER KAYE, 36086, 2nd Yorkshire Regiment. Born Hull 1897. Son of Walter Ernest Kay and Sarah Jane Kaye, of 45, Courtney Street, Holderness Road Hull. Died of wounds, on 19/06/1917, aged 20.  Buried at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), West-Vlaandern, Belgium. Commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.

Private, SIMON LEVINE, 5288, 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action, on 15/01/1917, aged 21. Born Hull 1895. Son of Soloman and Annie Levine, of 84 Osbourne Street, Hull. A former fish merchant for his father’s fish shop. He is buried at Bazentin-Le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, and commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.

Acting Sergeant, LOUIS LEVY, 1837, Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment, 38th Battalion, Jewish Brigade. Born Hull 1878. Son of Moses and Hannah Levy, of 533 Anlaby Road, Hull. A former provision’s Merchant and Warehouse Manager. He was killed in action, on 28/08/1918, aged 39. Commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine, (including Gaza).

Gunner, HARRY MARCUS, 1471, Royal Garrison Artillery, 137th Heavy Brigade, died of wounds, on 14/08/1916, aged 21. Buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Recorded on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.
Private, MAURICE WILLIAM MORACK, 10/225, East Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds, on 29/10/1918, aged 24. His family lived at 32, Pryme Street, Hull
Sapper, ALBERT MOSS, 61862, Royal Engineers, 82nd Field Company, died of wounds, on 26/08/1915, aged 27. A Carpenter and Son of local watchmakers, Louis and Rachael Moss, of 12, Dee Street, Hessle Road, Hull. He is buried at Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France, and commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.
Pte, Charles Newman, 2nd WYR

Private LOUIS NEWMAN of the 1/4TH East Yorkshire Regiment died in France in 1917, three months before his brother CHARLES NEWMAN died at Ypres, Belgium. They were the sons of Israel Newman and Dora Levi, of 38, Great Passage Street, Hull.

Second Lieutenant, ISIDOR HAROLD OPET, 7th London Regiment (post Office Refles). Killed in action on 22/03/1918, aged 30. Son of Siegfried and Rachel Opet; brother of Esther Opet, of 12 St. Mary’s Ave., Harrogate, Yorkshire. Buried at Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, France.
First Lieutenant, D. QUESKY, listed on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour. There are no CWGC records of his death? The Questky family were Master Tailors, and lived at 25, Wilberforce Street, Anlaby Road, Hull.

Private ISAAC REUBEN 10/1045. Born in Poland, June 1892, Isaac was the third of ten children to Julius and Minnie Reuben of 4, St. Stephen’s Square, Hull. Julius and Minnie were Polish immigrants, and the family trade was clothing manufacture; Julius was a Boot Maker and those children old enough, Isaac included, were Tailors. When war came Isaac wasted no time in joining the then fledgling battalion enlisting on 7th September 1914. Like all the Originals, he trained throughout 1915 before shipping for Egypt that December to help defend the Suez Canal from the Turks. The Pals arrived in France in March 1916. Isaac was a veteran of the Somme, Oppy Wood and the German Spring Offensive when he was killed in action on 28th June 1918 during the morning attack on enemy positions around Le Cornet Perdu. Isaac was buried at Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin; he was 26 years old. Issac Reuben is recorded on Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.

Private, Hyman Louis ROSENTHALL, 16th Northumberland Fusiliers, 22/07/1916, aged 23.

Private, HYMAN LOUIS ROSENTHALL, 16th Northumberland Fusiliers, killed at the Somme, on 22/07/1916, aged 23. His father, Issac ROSENTHALL,, ran a tobacconist shop, and lived at 10 Myton Street, Hull

Rifleman, BARNETT RUBINSTEIN, R/41859, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 12th Battalion, killed in action, on 21/09/1918, aged 20.  Born Stepney, East London, 1898. Son of Barnett and Louisa Rubinstein, of 3 Crystal Terrace, Sutton Street, Hull. He is buried at Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France and Commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.

Corporal, POWELL SEGELMAN, 44518, 16th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Died in the German Spring Offensive, 21/03/1918, aged 26. Born in Russia in 1892, He resided at Grimsby and Hull. He is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. His brothers, Ellis and Mx also served in the war. Max Segelman, 33646, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was discharged with wounds and awarded the Silver War Badge.

Private, BERNARD SHALGOSKY, 34462, 9th York and Lancaster Regiment, killed in action, on 09/04/1917, aged 22. Born Hull 1895 and local winemaker. Son of Rose and Issac Shalgosky, of 30 Nile Street, Hessle Road, Hull. He is buried at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), West-Vlaandern, Belgium. Commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour. His brother Issy also served in the war with the Royal Garrison Artillery.

Corporal, HARRY SILVERSTONE, 307960, 9th Essex Regiment, killed 03/07/1916, aged 39. Born Mile End Road, East London, 1877. A former London bus Conductor. He was son of Caroline and Barnett Silverstone, of 121, Walker Street, Hull. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing. His brother, Private, MARCUS SILVERSTONE, 1st Royal Fusiliers, was also killed at the Somme, on 07/10/1916, aged 40. Commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour. Their father Barnett Silverstone also  died in 1916.

Private, LOUIS SLIMMER, 23667, 13th East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action, on 23/03/1918,  aged 20. Son of Victor and Ellen Slimmer, of 245, St George’s Road, Hull. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial to the missing and the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour.

Private, SOLOMAN SOLE, 13th East Yorkshire Regiment, died in Hamburg, as a prisoner or war on the 5th May 1917, aged 31. He was the son of Solomon and Alice Sole, at 116, Campbell Street, Hull. His brothers Ernest, Alfred and Sydney Sole all served in the war.

Engineer, JOHN STONE, sunk on the Liverpool ship “Oronsa”, on 29/04/1918, aged 26. Born Hull 1892. Son of Morris and Henrietta Stone, of 73, Trafford Road, Salford, Manchester. He is commemorated on the Hull Jewish Roll of Honour and listed in Hull Merchant Navy seaman, lost at Sea. SS Oronsa, on a voyage to Liverpool, was sunk by the German submarine U-91 (Alfred von Glasenapp), 12 miles west from Bardsey Island, St George’s Channel. 3 persons were lost.

Private, SAMUEL SOLOMAN SUGARMAN, 10/1331, 12th East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action on 15/08/1916, aged 21. Born in Hull, July 1895, Samuel was the eldest of three sons to Max and Clara Sugarman of 67, Goodwin Street, Hull. His parents left to live in Bocksburg, South Africa, but Samuel stayed behind, living at 4, Park Street, Hull and earning his living as a Coal Exporter’s Clerk. When war came he enlisted in May 1915, originally joining the 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, before transferring to the 12th EYR. His army service record, describes him as 5 foot, 4.5 inches tall, chest size 34.5- 36.5 inches, 132 lbs weight and “good” physical development. He arrived in France, in June 1916. Enlisting slightly later than most of the Originals, Samuel missed out on Egypt and his first taste of combat was being thrust into the maelstrom of the Western Front- and the Somme. Samuel Sugarman was  a regimental bomber and was killed in action on 15th August 1916. He is buried in Caberet-Rouge British Cemetery; he was 21 years old and had served in the army for one year and 97 days.. He is commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour. Unmarried. His army effects were left to his father, in South Africa.

Private, JOSEPH SULTAN, 30749, Machine Gun Corps, 90th Company, killed at the Somme, on 10/07/1916, aged 21. Born Hull 1895. He was son of Emmanuel and Rose Sultan, of 16, Great Passage Street, Hull. Son of a Draper Shopkeeper. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial and the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour. His brother, Abraham Sultan also died in the war and is remembered on the Hull Technical College Memorial.

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