Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
James & Mary Ann Grayburn, of 7 Talbot Terrace, Toogoode Street, Hull had eight children. They lost their sons; George, killed with the Border Regiment on 16/9/16, aged 30; John, killed with the 13th EYR on 20/7/17, aged 27, and William killed with the 10th EYR on 26/9/18, aged 23.
John and Sarah Galloway of 46 Cleveland Street, lost the following three sons. Private, George David Galloway, 7th EYR, who died of wounds on 7th July 1916, aged 30 and is buried at Hedon Road Cemetery; Private, Thomas Galloway, 1st EYR, killed on the Somme, on 16th September 1916, aged 24; and Gunner, Evans Galloway, RFA, who died of wounds, in Belgium on 15th November 1917, aged 27.
Thomas and Sarah Dimmack, of Strickland Street, Hull, lost three of their six children in the war. Pte, Thomas William Dimmack, East Surreys, killed 7/8/16, aged 33; L/Cpl, Thomas Dimmack, 1st EYR, killed 21/4/18, aged 36, and Pte, Joseph Dimmack, 12th EYR, died 19/10/18, aged 22.
Robert and Emma Sergeant lost the following three sons: Pte, Robert Sergeant, 12th EYR, killed 13/11/16, age 27; Driver, Edwin Sergeant, RFA, killed 23/3/18, age 34; and Pte, Herbert Sergeant, Yorkshire Regiment killed 9/4/18, aged 18.
John Edward Lilley and Mary Ann Lilley, of 7 Holderness Villas, Rhodes Street, Hawthorne Avenue lost their three sons: Pte, Sydney Lilley, 13th EYR, killed on 13/11/16, aged 20; Pte, Fred Lilley, MGC, killed 10/10/17, aged 29; and Pte, George Lilley, 10the EYR, killed 15/8/18, aged 23.
The three Diglin brothers (photo below) were George Diglin, East Yorks Regt, service no 13/505, killed 13/11/1916, Walter Diglin, York and Lancaster Regiment Service no 203159, killed 24/0/1917 and William Diglin, East Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion, Service No. 3/33418, killed 25/04/1917. A 4th brother who served – Ernest Diglin, Kings Royal Rifle Corps 6th Battalion Service No Y624 was disharged from the service because of wounds he received in action. He was discharged 23/10/1916 and awarded the Silver War Badge. They were the sons of William and Elizabeth Diglin, 10 High Street, Hull.
Anthony and Catherine Walsh, from Gordon Street, Hull, lost three sons, from their family of ten children. Their eldest son Anthony had served in the military for10 years before re-enlisting at the outbreak of war. He was discharged from the army with mania and committed to Beverley Asylum, where he died in May 1916. Their other son Thomas was killed, aged 36, on the 1st July 1916, serving with the York and Lancs regiment. Their third son Joseph Walsh, 13th EYR, was wounded and captured at Serre, on 13th November 1916. He died of wounds in Gemany, on the 2nd January 1917, aged 31.
Kate and John Hedges, of 16 Goodrick Terrace, Cave Street, lost their three sons. Noel Victor Hedges died of wounds recieved on the Somme, on 8th July 1916, aged 19. their eldest son, Mark Ellis Hedges, died at Ypres on 26th September, 1917, aged 27. Their other son Frank Arthur Hedges, died on the Menin Road, after only one month at the front, on 31st January 1918, aged 26.
Fred, Matthew and Robert Driver, were three brothers, from 3 Devon Grove, Sculcoates Lane that died in the war.
George and Emma Booth, of Chapel Lane, Hull, lost their son Fred Booth serving on Minesweepers, in March 1916, another son, John William Booth, at the Battle of Jultland in May 1916 and their third son, Private, Albert Edward Booth, on the Somme, on the 2nd April 1918.
Arthur Septimus & Harriet Perry, of 81 Hessle Road lost: Stoker, ARTHUR WILLIAM PERRY, Royal Navy – 26/12/1918, Aged 21. Private, JOHN THOMAS PERRY, 6TH EYR, on 6/09/1916, Aged 24. Private, HAROLD JAMES PERRY, 19TH Middlesex regiment, on7/10/1918, Aged 19. Priavte, JOHN WILLIAM O’NEIL, EYR, killed in action at Oppy Wood, on 3/05/1917, Aged 20, was the cousin of the above brothers. All thier names are recorded on the Walker Street Memorial, and the family grave, at Hull Western Cemetery.
Samuel Wass, 20th Hussars, George William Wass, 2/5th West Riding Regiment, James Wass, 6th east Yorkshire Piioneers, and John Wass, 8th East Yorkshire battalion, were four Hull brothers all dead within 16 months of the war. They were the only children of Luke James Wass and his wife, Clara, at 4 Robinson Place, Princess Street, Hull.
John Rumble, was skipper of the fishing vessel “Jersey”, lost at sea, on 5th November 1915, aged 27. His brother, Lance Corporal, Watson Burnham Rumble, 6th East Yorkshire Pioneers was killed at Gallipoli, on 9th August 1915, aged 20. Another brother, James Henry Rumble was a deckand in the Royal Naval Reserve, and died in Hull on 19th November 1916, aged 29. They were the three sons of James Jopling Rumble and Rebecca Burnham, of ‘Victoria Tavern’, Waterhouse Lane, Hull.
Kate Bradbury Wright, of 66 Bridlington Street, who ran a Tobacconist business, at 5 Waterhouse Lane, also lost three sons during the war They were Sydney (35), Percy (27) and Charles Wright, (22), who all served in the East Yorkshire Regiment.
George, William and John Metcalf were another three brothers killed in the war. Their parents lived at 7 Talbot Terrace, Togood Street, Hull.
Samuel Wass, 20th Hussars, George William Wass, 2/5th West Riding Regiment, James Wass, 6th east Yorkshire Piioneers, and John Wass, 8th East Yorkshire battalion, were four Hull brothers all dead within 16 months of the war. They were the only children of Luke James Wass and his wife, Clara, at 4 Robinson Place, Princess Street, … Read more
Fred, Matthew and Robert Driver, were three brothers, from 3 Devon Grove, Sculcoates Lane, Hull, that died in the war.
John Edward Lilley and Mary Ann Lilley, of 7 Holderness Villas, Rhodes Street, Hawthorne Avenue, Hull, lost their three sons: Pte, Sydney Lilley, 13th EYR, killed on 13/11/1916, aged 20; Pte, Fred Lilley, MGC, killed 10/10/1917, aged 29; and Pte, George Lilley, 10the EYR, killed 15/08/1918, aged 23.
Thomas and Sarah Dimmack, of Strickland Street, Hull, lost three of their six children in the war. Pte, Thomas William Dimmack, East Surreys, killed 7/8/16, aged 33; L/Cpl, Thomas Dimmack, 1st EYR, killed 21/4/18, aged 36, and Pte, Joseph Dimmack, 12th EYR, died 19/10/18, aged 22.
Private, William Arthur Rusholme, 7th East Yorkshires, ‘B’ Company, killed at Arras, on the 14th May 1917, aged 31. Private, John Henry Rusholme, 1st East Yorkshires, ‘A’ Company, killed on the 24th April 1918, aged 21. Private, Benjamin Rusholme, enlisted on the 13th January 1917, with the Sherwood Foresters, and killed on the 4th November … Read more
THREE LEVITT BROTHERS. SONS OF HENRY & BETSY LEVITT, OF BURSTWICK AND 59 LEE STREET,HULL. PTE, ATHUR LEVITT, ENLISTED BEVERLEY, JOINING THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/10/1914, AGED 20, AT NO: 8 FIELD HOSPITAL, ERQUINGHEM. HIS OLDER BROTHER, GUNNER, WILLIAM LEVITT, RGA, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED … Read more
Samuel and Charlotte Pearson lost three sons. Private, Sam Pearson, died with the 1st East Yorkshires, on 16/6/17. He was 33 years old and left a widow at 44 Great Union Street, Hull. His Brother John died serving the Canadian Engineers and is buried at Halifax, Nova Scotia. L/Cpl Charles Pearson, of the Dragoon Guards, … Read more
Cpl, Herbert William Hunt, 27777, RFA 50TH Bde., ‘C’ BTY, killed on the Somme, 5/11/16, aged 27. Sgt, Harry Hunt, MM, 755036, RFA 317TH Bde., ‘D’ BTY, died 30/12/17, aged 32. Pte., Albert Edward Hunt, 1265, 10th EYR, killed at Ypres, 29/9/18, aged 31. The three sons of John and Annie Hunt, at 10 Grange Terrace, Grange Street, … Read more
William and Caroline Ryan, from 7 Albert’s Terrace, Terry Street, lost 3 sons They are commemorated on the Terry Street and Nornabell Street memorials. Private, William Ryan, was killed on the 27th October 1914, fighting with the East Yorkshires. He was 28 years old. On the 23rd April 1917, Private, Joseph Ryan, was killed with … Read more
Albert and Margaret Cockerill lost 3 sons in the war. The family worked in the Oil Mill industries around Witham and lived at 8 St Johns Place, York Street, 231 Wincolmlee and at 5 Oak Terrace, Swann Street. PRIVATE FRANK COCKERILL 12/1275. Born in 1891, Frank was the eldest of three sons to Albert and … Read more
James and Mary Toalster, from 7 Hamden Terrace, Lockwood Street, lost sons Edward, John and Thomas Toalster in the war. They are commemorated on the New George Street memorial.
Harry & Phoebe West who lived at 1 Cuthbert Avenue, Airlie Street, also lost three sons. These were soldiers, Harry West killed on 1st July 1916; Walter West, 30th October 1917 and George West, killed on 11th September 1918.
Horatio and Mary Marshall of 10 Portland Street, lost three sons in the war. Fred Marshall (25/1/1915), James Marshall (28/2/1918) and Horatio Marshall (27/5/1918). MCKEE George William McKee & his wife Sarah Harriet White, of 1 Calidare Avenue, Brighton Street, lost the following three sons. Acting Bomb, George William McKee, 755515, RFA, ‘A’ Bty, 251st … Read more
Margaret Hannah Wilson & the late James Wilson, of 115 Grafton Street, lost their three sons Herbert Wilson in 1916, Arthur Wilson in 1917 and Charles Wilson in 1919. Mark and Annie Wilson, at 13 Nellies Terrace, Gillette Street, lost three sons. Pte. George Wilson, 1/4th EYR was killed on the 14th June 1915, … Read more
John and Elizabeth Ann Glew, 18 Finsbury Street, lost two sons Arthur and George Glew in 1915 and their third son Charles Glew in 1917. They were aged 25, 29 and 18 years old respectively.
John and Sophia Lane, of 3 Morrills Buildings, Villa Place, Hessle Road, lost their sons Norman Lane, in 1917 aged 21, James Lane, in 1918, aged 19, and Harold Lane, in 1919, aged 25 years old. LAUGHTON Brothers Fred, Frank and Samuel Laughton were all killed in the war. They were the three sons of … Read more
Charles and Mary Ann Joules, of 14, Harcourt Street, Hull, lost Ernest Joules, at Ypres and Harold Joules, at sea in 1916. Their third son Sydney Joules, was killed on the 9th April 1917 also at Ypres. All their sons, died in their twenties. Mrs Joules later passed away on the 09/06/18 and Mr Joules, … Read more
George and Mary Richardson, at 10 Mary Ann Terrace, Sculcoates Lane have three sons commemorated at St Mary’s Church, Sculcoates Lane. George Richardson was killed on the 30th June 1915 serving with the Northumberland Fusiliers. Arthur Richardson, RFA, was killed on 6th July 1917 in Belgium. Elijah Richardson, 10th East Yorkshires, died on the 28th … Read more
John and Mary Blaydon, 6 Leo Terrace, Waterloo Street, Hull, lost their sons John Blaydon in April 1915, and Ernest Blaydon in June 1915. Their third son Frederick Blaydon died of wounds on the 26th January 1919, and is buried in Hull Western Cemetery.
Born Hull 1889. Son of George William Bird (1853-1929) and Sarah Kemp (1855-1935), of 22 Glasgow Street, Hull (CWGC address). Served with the 1st Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed at the Somme, on 12/09/1916, aged 28. (Note: his names is spelt “Beard” in CWGC records) He lost his eldest brother, William Bird, on 22 October 1914, aged 30, fighting … Read more
The Cograve family, at 1 Clarence Avenue, Portland Street, Hull, lost three sons in the war. These were Walter Coggrave in 1915, Frederick Coggrave, in 1916 and Alfred Coggrave in 1918.
Richard Thomas Kingdom and his wife Priscilla lived at 2 Clumber Avenue, Flinton Street, Hessle Road. Two sons Thomas Kingdom, and Wilfred Kingdom, were lost at sea in the first six months of 1915. Their third son Charles Herbert Kingdom, died in France on 22nd July 1916, serving with the 10th East Yorkshire Regiment.
John & Hannah Mercer, at 36 Shaw Street lost four sons. They were:- L/Cpl, John Mercer, 1st EYR was killed at Ypres on 9th August 1915, aged 20. L/Cpl, Alfred Shaw Mercer, 1st West Yorkshire Regiment was killed on the 27th May 1916, aged 25. Pte, George Mercer, 1/5th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers was killed on … Read more
Pte. Christopher Bell Tindall, 8th EYR was killed on 14th July 1916; Pte. Robert Tindall, 6th EYR was killed 21st August 1917 and L/Cpl. Walter Henry Tindall, 9th Yorkshire Regiment, was killed a month later on 20th September 1917. They were the three sons of William and Henrietta Tindall, 30 Bishop Lane, Hull. They have … Read more
We tend to approach war memorials with pathos and a narrative about the futility of war, but the generation that built them were actually proud of them. People wanted to show the pride of sacrifice. They even experienced joy that their fathers, husbands and sons, had stepped up to the plate in the time of need. War … Read more
The Hull Corporation recorded that 7,000 men died in the war and 14,000 were wounded, of which 7,000 were maimed. There were over a hundred Hull families that lost two or more from the same family. At least ten Hull families lost three sons and four Hull families, lost four sons. Many more returned injured … Read more
Victor Walker was killed serving with the Gloucestshire Regiment at Poziers, on the 4th April 1918. His brother Harold died of wounds two months later at Etaples on the 19th June 1918. They were both aged 24 years old. Their third brother, John Cyril Walker was killed at Cambrai in 1918 aged 19. These were … Read more
Henry James Jeffrey and his wife Ethel lived at 69 Great Thornton Street. They too lost three sons – Lawrence Frederick Jeffrey, killed in 1916, William Henry Jeffrey, in 1917 and George David Jeffrey, in 1918. FOUR JOHNSON BROTHERS SONS OF JOHN WILFRED AND ALICE JOHNSON, AT 10 TELFORD STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD. THE FOUR … Read more
Pte. Arthur Barnes, 12th EYR was killed by a sniper on the 25th June 1917. He left his wife Edith at 2 Courtney Street. His brother Sgt, John Barnes, 7th EYR, had been previously killed on the 10th July 1916. His third brother, Pte, George Barnes was killed on the 11th October 1917, serving with … Read more
Edward and Susan Foston lived at 41 George Street, Hull. They lost three of their six sons in the war. John Foston, was killed in 1914, George Foston, in 1915 and Thomas Foston, in 1916. They all served with the East Yorkshire Regiment.
Frank and Helena Gresham at 42 Westbourne Avenue, lost Leonard, George and Gordon Gresham. All three sons were Officers in the East Yorkshire Regiment and died in their twenties. They are also listed on the Hymers College memorial.
Next door to the Maynards, at 40 Edgecumbe Street, George and Harriet Winter also lost three sons. These were Victor Winter, aged 19, killed 17th September 1918; Clarence Winter, aged 21, killed 30th September 1918, and Harry Winter who died on the 6th November 1918. All were lost within the last three months of the … Read more
Emma & Walter Maynard – 42 Edgecumbe Street, Newland Avenue, lost their three sons within 18 months. These were:-Pte. Joseph Maynard, aged 22, South Staffs, killed 28th April 1917; L/Cpl. Sidney Maynard, aged 31, Post Office Rifles, killed 20th September 1917 and,Company Sergeant Major, Stanley Maynard, DCM & MM, aged 22, 1st Border Regiment, killed … Read more
