Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Lambeth. London 1882. Married at Hull, on 27 Jul 1915. Husband of Christina (Chrissie) Parker Moore, at 153, Belvoir Street, Princes Avenue, Hull (War Pension address). They had one daughter, Marjorie Evelyn Moore, born 22 December 1915. A time expired soldier in the 2nd Leicestershire Regiment. He worked as a Marine Engine Driver. Described … Read more
Born Sibsey, Lincolnshire, 1886. Son of William and Selina Footitt, of Swineshead, Lincolnshire. Married at Holbeach, Lincolnshire, in 1918 Husband of Lizzie Ann Kisby of 21, Belvoir Street, Princes Avenue, Hull (War Pension address) and 287, Spring Bank West, Hull (CWGC address) He enlisted at Holbeach, Lincolnshire. Served with the 10th Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of … Read more
Frederick Wyer was born in Hull, on 5th January 1884. His father, was Frederick Wyer (1858-1926), born in Norfolk and his mother, Lucy Weldon (1858-1884) was born in Cambridgeshire. His father was a fish merchant and later a warehouseman for a shipping merchant. Fred had one brother Albert Wyer (1886-1972). Frederick Wyer (Junior) married Charlotte … Read more
Born Devizes, Wiltshire, England, 1874. Served 8 years in the 1st King’s Dragoon Guards. Worked as an Engine Driver. Described as 5 foot, 8 inches tall, 37-39 inch chest, He married Edith Elizabeth Carr, at York, on 23 Oct 1907. They had three children and lived at 66 Buckingham Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 35, … Read more
Born 1979. Son of Robert William Batty (1855-1933) and Jane Filby (1856-1927), of 42 Parrott Street, Hull. He had one brother, Walter. We was a Certificated Assistant Schoolmaster. Described as 5 foot, 6 inches tall, 37-39 inch chest, Church of England religion. He married, Lillian Winningham (1882-1962), on 20 May 1899, at the Hull Registry … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ARTHUR & FLORENCE LARTER, OF 260, ALLIANCE AVENUE AND 9, BELVOIR STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT THORESBY STREET, COUNCIL SCHOOL. HE SECURED A SCHOLARSHIP AND WON THE KINGS PRIZE IN 1910 AT HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE. ALSO WON THE FIRST PRIZE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, FOR TELEPHONE ENGINEERING, AT THE LONDON CITY … Read more
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF CHARLES GARDHAM (1838-1896) ANNIE HARLAND, OF 16, BEECH GROVE, PRINCES ROAD. HULL, 97, BELVOIR STREET, HULL AND 52, PERTH STREET HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE WAS SINGLE AND LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER AND SISTER GERTRUDE. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WAS A CLERK AT OWEN SOLICITORS, PARLIAMENT STREET, HULL. A … Read more
BORN ST STEPHENS, HULL 1893. SON OF TOM DUNLIN (1868-1923) & AMY BODDY (1871-1946), OF 15, GREGORY’S BUILDING, MOXON STREET. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. JAMES WORKED AS A LABOURER IN A STARCH MILL. HE MARRIED IN 1917. HIS WIFE ANNIE SALMON LIVED AT 91 , BELVOIR STREET, … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. (SURNAME IS ALSO SPELT DEVEROUX). KNOW AS “ERNIE”. YOUNGEST SON OF EDWARD WALLACE DEVEREAUX (1859-1906). HIS FATHER HAD WORKED FOR LEE SMITH OIL MILLS, WINCOLMLEE AND HAD BEEN KILLED IN AN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT AGED 47. HIS MOTHER, ALICE HAILSTONE (1865-1952), MARRIED WILLIAM JOHNSON LOND IN OCTOBER 1909, AND LIVED AT 6, BELVOIR … Read more
BORN HULL 1885. SECOND SON OF THE LATE MR GEORGE LAING AND JULIA KATE WATMOUGH, 404 HESSLE ROAD. EMPLOYED AS A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER AND SALESMAN. MARRIED LILY ROBINSON IN 1910. HIS WIFE LILY WATMOUGH LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. FORMERLY 4503, Northumberland Fus. and 151002 R.H.A and … Read more
Born Castleford, 1898. Son of John Henry Tomlinson and Jane Ann Armitage, of 180 Blevoir Street and later Top End Cottage, Cliffe, Selby, Yorks. One of seven children. employed as a Clerk, by the Hull Co-Operative Society. Enlisted Hull, on 08/05/1915. Described as 5 foot 8.5 inches tall, 135 lbs, 35 inch chest and of … Read more
BORN SUNK ISLAND, PATRINGTON, 1875. SON LATE WILLIAM ROGINSON (1836-1908) & MARTHA ATKINSON 91842-1924), OF 44, BELVOIR STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A TRAMWAY CONDUCTOR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE SOMME, ON 16TH … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST SON OF HENRY & RACHEL ANN RAINE, OF 120 CLUMBER STREET, HULL & 198 , BELVOIR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A POSTMAN. HE HAD AN OLDER SISTER MABEL AND YOUNGER BROTHER HARRY. HE WORKED AS A CLERK IN THE INSURANCE OFFICE, OF THE ELLERMAN-WILSON SHIPPING LINE. HE ENLISTED HULL. … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ERNEST NEWMAN (1869-1934) & SARAH ELIZABETH SHEARER (1873-1938), OF 17 EDWARDS TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL. SON OF A BREWERY LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTICE PRINT WORKER WITH HIS SISTER, LENA. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO … Read more
BORN HULL 1879. MARRIED AT HULL METHODIST CHURCH HALL, ON 23/08/1909. HIS WIFE FANNY ADA HATTAN & THEIR TWO CHILDREN, DONALD AND MURIEL, LIVED AT 131 BELVOIR STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A GENTS HOSIER ASSISTANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 131 LBS WEIHJT, 37-40 INCH CHEST, “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, … Read more
BORN HULL 26/12/1887. SON OF WILLIAM & ROSA MOORE, of 194 BELVOIR STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED CAROLINE CLARK 1909 AND LIVED AT 142 HIGH STREET. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN BEFORE HIS WIFE DIED. HE PROCEEDED TO THE THE FRONT WITH COLONEL SHAW’S 4TH EAST YORKSHIRES AND QUALIFIED FOR THE TERRITORIAL EFFICENCY MEDAL. HE WAS DESCRIBED … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS MITCHELL (1853-1912) AND LUCY JANE BLENKINSOP (1859-1924), OF 185, BELVOIR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. SINGLE MAN. HE BOARDED AT 41 , HARDWICK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) WORKING AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD SOUTH WALES BORDERERS. DIED ON … Read more
BORN NORWICH, 1888. MARRIED IN HULL 1911. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH LIVED AT 168, BELVOIR STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO SONS, WILLIAM ROLAND AND ARTHUR HERBERT. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF GASTRIC ULCER, ON 18/04/1917, AGED 29. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. Name Ernest William Hewett Birth … Read more
Born Hull 1879. Married 25/05/1905. Before the war was a Superindentent for the Prudential Insurance company. Husband of Esther Mary (Dawson) Greenwood, of 65, Belvoir Street., Princes Avenue, Hull. Died on 8/06/1921. Buried Hull Western Cemetery. Left £396 in his will to his widow. This was his probate and CWGC address. Name Frederick William Greenwood … Read more
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF JOHN GEORGE AND MARY EVINGTON, OF 51 MORPETH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE FIRST MARRIED MARY, ON 25/12/1908, AT ST PAUL’S CHURCH, SCULCOATES AND HAD SIX CHILDREN LIVING AT 2 KINGSTON PLACE, SYKES STREET, HULL. HIS SECOND WIFE WIFE, ANN ELIZA EVINGTON AND … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. HULL PAL. SON OF JAMES DOSSOR (1873-1938) & EDITH ALLEN (1875-1947), OF 5, HUTT STREET, SPRING BANK, AND 85, BELVOIR STREET, HULL. ELDEST OF 3 CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. HE MARRIED EMMA WILKINSON (1888-1918) ON 16/11/1914, IN HULL. THEIR SON STANLEY WAS BORN 16/5/1915. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 08/12/1914, … Read more
BORN HULL 08/04/1895. SON OF FREDRICK CHARLES DEE (1880-1928) & FLORENCE BEATRICE DAWSON (1884-1968), OF 9 BELVOIR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ABLE SEAMAN. SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE, ON HMS, ‘KILLINGHOLME’. KILLED IN ACTION IN THE NORTH SEA, AFTER A SUBMARINE ATTACK ON 27/04/1916. HE WAS 21 YEARS OLD. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. LISTED AS MISSING – HULL DAILY MAIL 21/05/1917. ADDRESS FROM 1918 ABSENT VOTERS. SON OF EDWARD WILLIAM & EMMA BARNES. RELEASED AS PRISONER OF WAR ON 15/02/1919. (FORCES WAR RECORDS) James Offer writes on 31/12/2015: Edward William Barnes was the Observer with my Uncle, Aubrey R M Rickards , when they were … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF GEORGE E. & ANNE PRISCILLA (MADDISON) OF 92 GRAFTON STREET, HULL. HE HAD AN ELDER BROTHER AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A SHIPPING CLERK. HE MARRIED CLARA MAY WELSON AT SCULCOATES HULL, IN 1913, HIS WIFE CLARA MAY ALEXANDER & TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT 121 BELVOIR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). … Read more
