Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Hull, 2nd March 1891. Youngest Son of Jacob Thompson (1842-1902) and Mary Ann White (1860-1911). He had three brothers and four sisters. He married, Edith Alice Marshall, on 30 Jan 1911 • St. James Church, Hull. Husband of Edith Alice Emson (born, 1/12/1891- 1956), of 65, Naylor’s Row, Hull (Army Address) and 4, West View, Sculcoates … Read more
Born Pocklington, 1898. Son of Henry Johnson and Elizabeth Rooks. Son of a shepherd. He had two brothers and six sisters. Served as Gunner, Henry Johnson, in the 2nd (Northumbrian) Brigade, Royal field Artillery, Ammunition Column. Killed in an accident, at Doncaster, involving an army wagon, aged 17, on 26th December 1915. He is buried … Read more
BORN at 68 ROSAMOND STREET, HULL 1893. SON OF ALFRED HENRY VENUS (1846-1912) & BELINDA NEWTON (1844-1884). HIS FATHER REMARRIED FRANCES CHARITY WILLIAMS (1854-1910) & HAD 12 CHILDREN, LIVING IN THORNE. ALBERT WORKED FOR A LOCAL TRAWLER COMPANY, AND SPENT SOME THREE YEARS IN CANADA BEFORE RETURNING TO HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER EVA … Read more
Born Sproatley, East Yorkshire, 1891. Gunner 2392. 1st (East Riding) Battery, 2nd (Northumbrian) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 14th February 1916, aged 25 years. Husband of Ethel M Fox. Commemorated Railway Dugouts Burial Ground. III.A.7. His widow, Ethel, (born 26/04/1890), lived at 119, Selby Street, Hull (War Pension address). His name is listed … Read more
BORN HULL 15/04/1894. ELDEST SON OF ROBERT DUKES (1870-1940) & PATIENCE VIVIAN TREZISE (1871-1951), OF 13 HOPWOOD STREET, HULL AND 42 PEEL STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO MARY JANE AND MICHEL DUKES. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH NORMAN (1887-1965), IN SEPTEMBER 1915. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN, AND LIVED AT 36 CAVE STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS 06/01/1922). HE WAS … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF WILSON ANDERTON AND MARIA D’ARCY, 2 SALFORD AVENUE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL AND 29, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ANOTHER BROTHER EDWARD AND FIVE SISTERS. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS A SHOP ASSISTANT, OF MR THOMAS COOK, GENTLEMAN’S OUTFITTER, 113 HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE WAS WELL KNOWN … Read more
BORN BRIDLINGTON 1890 . SON OF HENRY WRIGHT (A CASHIER) & MARY ALBERTINE WRIGHT, OF 633 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE WAS A CLERK. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER 1917 – WIFE ADA WRIGHT, HULL. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 26/05/1918, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF EDWARD WRIGHT AND ADA MARY CREAM, OF 6, RODNEY STREET, HULL. ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SERVED AS A ROYAL ENGINEER BUGLER FOR TWO YEARS IN 1908. MARRIED IN HULL, ON 02/04/1914. HIS WIFE FLORENCE MAUD MARLING (1894-1917), LIVED AT 79, CHILTERN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JAMES JOSIAH WILLINGHAM & MARY JANE (TURNER). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, OF 38 ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1911. EMPLOYED AS A TRAMWAY CONDUCTOR, ON THE HOLDERNESS ROAD, ROUTE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS AT NO; 3 … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF ALFRED WIGGLESWORTH (1859-1913) AND FLORENCE MASON (1866-1935), OF 18 RUSTENBURG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL. HE MARRIED FRANCES HELENA COATES, IN HULL IN 1909. THEY LIVED AT 43 DURHAM STREET (1915) AND 310 , HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE HULL WHOLESALE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. DESCRIBED AS … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF EDWARD THUNDERCLIFFE (1847-1904) AND JANE WILKINSON (1849-1891). HIS MOTHER DIED IN CHILDBIRTH. HE BECAME THE ADOPTED SON OF MR ROBERT JAMES HARPER AND MARY LOUISA HARPER, OF 34 WILLIAM STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A SHIPWRIGHT OF HULL. EDUCATED AT DRYPOOL SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER’S ASSISTANT. MARRIED LUCRETIA JOSEPHA … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SECOND SON OF JOHN WILLIAM TAYLOR (1865-1939) & ALICE BALFOUR (1866-1934), OF 65, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A CASHIER. HE WORKED AS AN INSURANCE CLERK. ARTICLED WITH MR FAWLEY JUDGE IN PROFESSIONAL LIFE. HE ENLISTED IN “A” SQUADRON EAST RIDING YEOMANRY IN 1913. GAZETTED INTO THE 2ND ROYAL FIELD … Read more
BORN SUNDERLAND 1885. SON OF JOHN & BARBARA SPAMER AT 8 WALTERS TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED ANNIE CROWTHER IN 1910. THEY LIVED AT 1 HAROLD’S TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, 2ND NORTHUMBRIA BRIGADE. KILLED AT … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF RICHARD & ELIZABETH ANN SMITH, AT 3 LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A HULL CORPORATION TRAMWAY ELECTRICAL WORKER. RICHARD WAS A BRASS FINISHER AT THE ANLABY ROAD, TRAM SHEDS, FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. POSTED … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF BENJAMIN ROBINSON & LAVINIA STOVIN, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. DIED AT BANGOR WAR HOSPITAL ON 17/03/1917, AGED 28. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER.
Robert was born in 1897, in Walkington, the son of Robert Richardson Ridsdale (1860-1935) and Mary Haldenby, Market Gardeners of Northgate Walkington; He had a younger brother, John Ridsdale and two older sisters, Doris who married George Davy, and Mary. In 1911 Robert was listed aged 14 years as a farmhand. When war began he … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF EDWARD PITTAWAY (1856-1929) & SARAH JANE STARK (1859-1942), OF 4, HENLEY VILLAS, ADDERBURY GROVE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A LABOURER. YOUNGEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS BROTHER CHARLES DIED IN 1911, AGED 20. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND WORKED AS A COOPER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS … Read more
BORN 1868. ONLY SON OF THE LATE JOHN & ELIZABETH NORTH, WIFE ALICE MAY NORTH, LIVED LEWES, SUSSEX. REGULAR SOLDIER, BATTERY QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT. DIED 03/10/1914, AGED 46. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. Only son of the late John and Elizabeth North; husband of Alice May North, of 4, Malling Hill Villas, Lewes, Sussex. Served in the … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF ZACHARIAH AND HANNAH MORLEY, OF 4 WOODHOUSE AVENUE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN MANSFIELD, MARRIED A HULL GIRL AND WORKED AT EARLES SHIP YARD. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE BOARDED AT 6 DORA’S TERRACE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THOMAS MONTGOMERY (1850-1932) & SUSANNAH MADDISON (1851-1901), OF 6, ARTHUR AVENUE, HAVELOCK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A SHIP RIGGER. HE HAD SIX SISTERS AND THREE BROTHERS. HE WORKED AS A SHIP RIGGER. HUSBAND OF DOROTHY FLORENCE ESPINER (1894-1980), AT 10, CURZON STREET, NEWINGTON, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND … Read more
BORN HULL 07/11/1878. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM MONDAY (1851-1902) & FANNY ELIZABETH AUCKLAND, WHO LIVED AT 50 EAST CHEAP, HULL. EDUCATED AT COLLIER STREET SCHOOL, HULL. HE ENLISTED INTO THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY ON 23/03/1908 & WAS PROMOTED TO FARRIER SERGEANT, IN AUGUST 1912. TOM WENT TO THE FRONT ON 18/04/1915 & SERVED WITH … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF JAMES MEEKEN (1852-1918) & MARIA MEEKEN (1858-1924), OF 3, LINDEN GROVE, TEMPLE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS)) AND 47, MASON STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). WORKED AS A HULL CO-OPERATIVE PACKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION. ENLISTED AT HULL WENLOCK BARRACKS, ON 20/04/1914, … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF LILLY MARGARET MARSHALL, OF 8 ALBERT TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE JOINED THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY SERVICE ON 01/09/1913 AS A CASUAL IN THE RENEWAL GANG FOR THE ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT. MADE A GANGMAN ON 30/01/1914. HE SERVED WITH THE TERRITORIALS AND LEFT FOR FRANCE ON 20/04/1915, AS … Read more
Born Hull 1889. Husband of Florence Primrose Cooper, of 74, Paisley St., Newington, Hull, and 58, West Street, Hull (War Pension address) Served as a Fitter in the Royal Field Artillery, 2nd Northumbrian Brigade. Died at Home, on 22nd March 1915, aged 26. Buried Hull Northern Cemetery. Alternative Commemoration – buried in Hull (Holy Trinity, … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF SARAH HEPTON ,AT 13, HANNAH’S TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL. HE HAD JOINED THE ARMY IN 1911 & BEFORE THE WAR WORKED AS A HULL CORPORATION ROAD SWEEPER (HEALTH DEPT.). HE WAS 22 YEAR OLD WHEN HE DIED OF WOUNDS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT HE TAMPERED WITH GERMAN SHELL. HE.DIED … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF MARY CHARLOTTE & JOSEPH FRANKLIN, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. CRANE DRIVER. THERE ARE NO SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. HE DIED ON 13/02/1916, AGED 22. HE IS BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF ALFRED MARSHALL FOWLER & MARY JANE (MILNER) ABOVE. ORDERLY BOY. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. DIED AT HOME ON 9/03/1916, AGED 19. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
BORN WITHERNWICK 1888. SON OF GEORGE COUPLAND (1848-1927) & ANN ELIZABETH BARRON (1851-1936), OF ALDBOROUGH ROAD, WITHERNWICK, HULL. SERVED AS BOMBARDIER, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED AT POPERINGE, ON 05/01/1916, AGED 28. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/01/1916. * HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL AND THE … Read more
BORN HULL 1873. SINGLE MAN. HE LODGED WITH THE KIRK FAMILY, AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). AN OIL MILL WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE LOCAL ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. HE DIED ON 04/11/1916, AND IS BUROED AT HULL’S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. CWGC RECORDS STATE THAT HE DIED AGED 36. HIS … Read more
BORN 1876. PROBATE ADDRESS . LEFT
BORN HULL 1885. SCULCOATES. SON OF THOMAS AND MARIA BARRETT. A GENERAL LABOURER LIVING AT 2 PARK PLACE, MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED AT HOME, ON 05/06/1915, AGED 29. BURIED: BRIGHTON CITY (BEAR ROAD) CEMETERY, SUSSEX, ENGLAND.
