Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Cottingham, Hull, 1897. Son of Frederick A Wright and Margaret Jane Wright, of Crescent Street, Cottingham, Hull (war pension address). Before the war he worked as a Waggoner (farm), in Skidby. Served as a Driver/Gunner in the 16 Corps AC RFA. Died on 3 Jan 1919, aged 22.
Born Cottingham 1891. Eldest Son of Frank and Sarah Walker. He had two brothers and three sisters. He was a a Farm wagoner in Welton (1911 census) and Motor Driver for Lofthouse & Saltmer, Manufacturing Chemists (1921 census). Married 30 Sep 1911. Husband of Florence May Walker (born 19 Mar 1895), of 4, Hawksley Yard, … Read more
Born Claxton, Yorkshire, 1898. Son of Stephen and Jane Fisher, of Raywell, Cottingham, Hull. Son of a Gardener. Enlisted at York. Formerly 23873, K.O.Y.L.I.. Transferred to the 9th Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action on 26 Sep 1916, aged 19.Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Born Cottingham, 1898. Son of Hannah Johnson and Goodhall Johnson, of Woodhouse, Farm, Cottingham, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a Farm Foreman. Served in the 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Killed on 25/04/1918, aged 19. Commemorated at the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Husband of Rose Minnie Laycock, of 23, Wainfleet Avenue, Cottingham, Yorks. Native of Castleford, Yorkshire (CWGC address) Served in the 10th Yorkshire Regiment. died of wounds, on 23/04/1917, aged 25. Buried at Etaples Cemetery, France. His Grave inscription, reads, SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS FROM HIS LOVING WIFE, ROSIE AND MOTHER
Born Cottingham, Hull, 1890. Son of Mary Ann Scott, of The Common, Cottingham, Hull (War Pension address). He was a Market Gardener. described as 5 foot, 4.5 inches tall, 129 lbs weight, 36.5 inch chest Enlisted at Cottingham, on 11/12/1915. Called up on 13/06/1916. Trained at Withernsea. Posted to France, on 12/12/1916. He served in … Read more
Born Hull 30th September, 1888. Son of Alfred Symes Badcock and Ethel Annie Badcock, of 105, King St., Cottingham, Hull. Served in the 1st Canadian engineers. Died of pneumonia, on 22/01/1919, aged 30.
Born Skipton, Yorkshire, 1895. Eldest son of Walter William and Ellen Cooper, of Raywell House, Cottingham, Hull (War Pension address). His father was a sales Manager for a sewing Machine Company. He had four brothers and two sisters. Worked as a Clerk. He resided in Morpeth and Darlington. Served as CSM, 402008, Labour Corps. Died on … Read more
Born Hull, 1894. Son of Richard and Ada Horberry, of 2, Ferries Street, Hedon Road, Hull (1911 Census) and Mill Cottage, Eppleworth, Cottingham (War pension address). Son of a General Labourer. He had two brothers and a sister. Worked as an Book keeper and Office Clerk. His army address was Carr Lane, Endyke Lane, Cottingham, … Read more
Born Hull 1893. Second Son of Franklin Mason (1853-1917) and Jane Spink (1857-1945), of Cottingham, Hull; husband of May Gray (formerly Manson), of 24 Bridge Street, Berwick on Tweed and “The Cedars,” Marr St., Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. An apprentice seaman. Employed by Mr Ramsay, Boat Builder, of Windhill, Shipley Yorkshire, for five years. … Read more
Born Hull, 10/01/1891. Only son of William James (1857-1947) and Emily Wright (1861-1922), of Thwaite Villas, Cottingham, East Yorks. He had five sisters. His father was a Secretary in the Timber Trade, William worked as an apprentice in the Hull Corn Trade (1911 Census). After five years’ service in the Territorial Cyclist Force, he joined … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT (1861-1948)& SARAH PRINCE (1866-1950), OF 143 KING STREET, COTIINGHAM. SON OF A WHEELWRIGHT, HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WAS UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 167 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST, WORKED AS A VAN MAN HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/11/1914. SERVED … Read more
BORN SCULCOATES,HULL 1890. SON OF WILLIAM & HARRIET WOLLAS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM). SHOT BY A SNIPER. LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE HERBERT WOLLAS MM 12/1526. Born in 1890, George was the youngest of 15 children to William and Harriet Wollas of 250 Northgate, Cottingham. A … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT (1861-1948)& SARAH PRINCE (1866-1950), OF 143 KING STREET, COTIINGHAM. SON OF A WHEELWRIGHT, HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A JOINER’S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 13/287, 13TH EAST YORSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 60308, 3RD TYNSIDE IRISH. DIED O WOUNDS, ON 03/05/1918, … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1890. LIVED COTTINGHAM. SON OF JOHN HENRY & JULIA SARAH WHITEHEAD ABOVE. A RAILWAY CLERK. HE HAD JOINED THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS IN 1904 AND WAS WORKING AT THE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT IN BROUGH, WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES ON 03/05/1915, AGED 26. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE … Read more
BORN THUMGUMBALD, EAST YORKSHIRE, 1896. SON OF ARTHUR & MARY WIGBY, OF 217 HALLGATE, COTTINGHAM. A FORMER GROCER’S ASSISTANT. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, WILLIAM CUSSONS & SONS, AT WITHERNSEA. SERVED HIS APPRENERSHIP IN COTTINGHAM. RESIDED WITH HIS PARENTS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 285 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AND PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1891. SON OF GEORGE & JANE STABELER. HE WAS A LABOURER, MARKET GARDENER AND PORK BUTCHER. SERVED WITH THE 2/1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY, IN THE MIDDLE EAST. DIED AT SEA, ON HMS “ARCADIA”, ON 15/04/1917, AGED 26. BURIED AT MIKRA CEMETERY, GREECE. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL AND ON THE COTTINGHAM … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1882. SON OF TOM WILLIAM STAHER & JANE (BACHELOR), OF SOUTH STREET, COTTINGHAM. A GARDNER. HE MARRIED IN 1910. HIS WIFE BARBARA PETRIE BUTCHART, LIVED AT 1, WAINFLEET AVENUE, COTTINGHAM, (1911 CENSUS) AND LATER 197, KING STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL, OCTOBER 1915. SERVED WITH THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY … Read more
BORN OTTRINGHAM 1885. ONLY SON OF HENRY AND JANE STEPHENSON, 4 KING STREET, COTTINGHAM. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, FANNY, HARRIET AND ANNIE. WORKED AS A FARM SERVANT IN WINESTEAD IN 1901. HE WAS A WATERWORKS LABOURER BY 1911. ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS AT 57TH FIELD AMBULANCE HOSPITAL, ON 29/10/1917, AGED 32. HIS ARMY EFFECTS … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. CPL WILLIAM HENRY SMITH MM 30911. Born in Burstwick in July 1889, William was the youngest of ten children to John Hardy Smith (1842-1909) and Agnes Langdale Smith (1844-1919), of 26 King Street, Cottingham. A Boot Repairer by trade, he seems to have thrived as a soldier rising to the rank … Read more
BORN HULL 18/04/1887. SON OF JOSEPH HENRY HORSLEY (1850-1917) & LUCY DOVE (1851-1937), OF COTTINGHAM AND KEYSTONE MANOR, HUNTINGDON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. SON OF A TIMBER MERCANT. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE ATTENDED MALVERN COLLEGE BETWEEN 1901-1905. Formerly Sheep-grazer in New Zealand and Cattle Rancher in the Argentine; Farmer in … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1886. SON OF DAVID & HANNAH HALDENBY (1864-1946), FROM GEORGE STREET, COTTINGHAM. SON OF A LABOURER. ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FIVE SISTERS. A DOMESTIC GARDENER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 29/12/1914, AGED 28 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 5.5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH … Read more
Born Hull 1898. Son of George Gledhill Gill (1860-1913) and Bertha Kelling (1862-1902), of George Street, Cottingham, Yorkshire (War Pension Address). Son of a Lithographer. One of six children. A Butcher’s Errand Boy. He enlisted in Hull. Formerly, Private, 789, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the 2nd Dublin Fusiliers. Died of wounds, on 07/10/1918, aged … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1899. SON OF THOMAS HENRY & ELIZA FAWCETT, OF 240 PARK ROW, NORTHGATE, COTTINGHAM (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A POSTMAN. HE WORKED AS A NEWSBOY AND GARDENER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 27/10/1916, AGED 17 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS, 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 120 … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1/04/1896. SON OF FRED BRUMBY (1861-1925) & ANNIE GRANTHAM (1860-1948), OF 1, THE ARCH, FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM & 7, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A NURSERYMAN, IN COTTINGHAM (1911 CENSUS) BEFORE JOINING THE ARMY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1896. ENLISTED HULL. DIED AT HOME. ADOPTED SON OF HENRY & ADA EVANS, COTTINGHAM. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON COTTINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH WW1 PLAQUE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JAMES MONTAGUE BARBER 21247. Born in 1896, James lost his parents before he had chance to know them and was adopted by Henry and … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF EDWIN WRIGHT AND OLIVE ELIZABETH ADDISON (1855–1942), OF THWAITE GARDENS, COTTINGHAM (PENSION ADDRESS). A GARDENER AT THWAITE HOUSE WITH HIS FATHER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 403, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DROWNED, ON 27/05/1918, … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM AND CLARA WRIGHT, OF 28 PARK VILLAS, COTTINGHAM, HULL. ASSISTANT SCHOOL MASTER AT NORTON COUNCIL SCHOOL, IN MALTON. SECRETARY OF THE MALTON, RIFLE CLUB. A MEMBER OF THE ST JOHN’S AMBULANCE BRIGADE. MEMBER OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH CHOIR. SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE 17TH WELSH FUSILIERS. KILLED IN … Read more
BORN YORK 1893. ENLISTED YORK. SON OF THOMAS & ANNIE WINTERINGHAM, YORK. LISTED AS A HULL CASUALTY IN HDM 30/10/17 AND LIVING IN COTTINGHAM, YORKS. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM
BORN COTTINGHAM 1894. SON OF JOHN STORK & LUCY ANN, OF THWAITE STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL. ENLISTED ST ALBANS. EX, PRIVATE, 4420, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 203060, TO THE 1/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 15 MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS WOUNDED. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT BOULOGNE HOSPITAL, ON … Read more
Born on 10th October 1895, Leonard was the seventh of ten children to Charles (1857-1936) and Emma May Webster (1859-1941) of Cottingham, Hull. His father ran the “Tiger Inn” pub in Cottingham. He worked as a Butcher before the war and lived in Cottingham. He queued to enlist on 1st September 1914 joining the fledgling … Read more
Born Cottingham, 1890. James was the youngest of four children to Arthur (1859-1894) and Edith Watson (1858-1903), of Wood House, Cottingham. The 1911 Census finds him living with his siblings at 38 Victoria Avenue, Hull and working as a Bank Clerk. War changed all that forever. James queued in the long uneven lines of 1st … Read more
BORN NEWLANDS, HULL 1900. SECOND SON OF BOYNTON WATSON (1872-1930) & BERTHA WRIGHT (1879-1934), OF 23, WAINFLEET AVENUE, COTTINGHAM, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. ENLISTED BEVERELY. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EYR. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR THREE MONTHS. KILLED ON THE SOMME, 25/07/1916, AGED 16. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS … Read more
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF DR. GEORGE HENRY & KATE WATSON, OF 192, HALLGATE, COTTINGHAM, HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WAS PRACTICING MEDICINE. HE SERVED AS A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. HE HAD BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR NINETEEN MONTHS. WOUNDED ON HE SOMME ON 16/09/1916 … Read more
BORN HULL 03/03/1881. FATHER JOSEPH WALKER LIVED WEST GREEN, COTTINGHAM. MARINE CHARGE MAN AT HULL. DROWNED ON 12/12/1914, AGED 33. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE NER ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES ON 16/01/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
BORN COTTINGHAM 1898. SON OF ALFRED AND EMMA THRUSSELL, OF CRESCENT STREET AND 10 NORTHGATE, COTTINGHAM. BROTHERS ARTHUR, WILLIAM AND JOHN AND SISTERS ANNIE AND MIRIAM.HE LIVED AT 81 ST PAUL STREET, HULL. BEFORE JOINING THE ARMT, HE WORKED FOR MR WRAY, THE HAY AND STRAW DEALER, CAROLINE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE 4TH … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. WIFE ELSIE. PARENTS EDWARD & ANNIE TEMPERTON, 258 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. SLATER BY TRADE.
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF FREDERICK R. TAYLOR & CLARA ANN TAYLOR, OF 9 BARRINGTON AVENUE, CLIFTON ROAD, HORNSEA. EDUCATED AT THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS IN POCLINGTON AND EASINGWOLD. WAS CONNECTED WITH THE CORN TRADE IN HULL HIGH STREET, WHERE HE WAS WELL KNOWN. EMIGATED TO AUSTRALIA AND ARRIVED IN BRISBANE, ON 04/06/1914. WORKED AS A … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1896. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF SAMUEL & SARAH, OF 78, KINGS STREET, COTTINGHAM. LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM WW1 MEMORIAL. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE HERBERT SUMMERS 10/677. Born 1897, the youngest of two children and only son of Samuel and Sarah Summers of 78 King Street, Cottingham. Herbert was a Butcher’s Assistant … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. SON OF GEORGE BREIGHTON VALENTINE STEPHENSON (1867-1955) AND HANNAH BORMAN (1871-1928), OF 42 CRESCENT STREET, COTTINGHAM (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARRAS, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE IS LISTED ON COTTINGHAM’S … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. SON OF ROBERT ARTHUR & LOUISA STABELER, OF 246 PARK ROW, COTTINGHAM AND THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. EDUCATED AT HALLGATE SCHOOL, COTTINGHAM. EMPLOYED BY HIS UNCLE, MR SAM JONES, THE PORK BUTCHER, OF COTTINGHAM AND ALSO WORKED AT THE HULL MARKET PLACE. HE ENLISTED IN THE 6TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 21ST … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1880. LIVED COTTINGHAM. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF RACHAEL SISSONS. NB: JAMES WILLIAM SISSONS – 4 SPRING GARDENS, SPRING STREET
BORN TIBTHORPE, YORKS 1891. YOUNGEST SON OF JOSEPH & ELIZABETH ROBSON, BUCKTON, NEAR BEMPTON, YORKS. SON OF AM AGRICULTURAL LABOURER. HE HAD TWO ELDER BROTHERS AND A SISTER, ADA. HE WORKED AS A WAGGONER AT BEETON, BRIDLINGTON (1911 CENSUS). LATER HE BECAME A HULL POLICEMAN. HE LIVED AT 113 FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM. ENLISTED AT HULL. … Read more
BORN HULL. LIVED COTTINGHAM. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX 5748 EYR. LISTED IN SOLDIER’S DIED RECORDS. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM
Stanley Rhodes was the son of Florence Rhodeas, who was only 19 and unmarried when he was born. It is said that Florence had been in service in a big house when she became pregnant. He was born in January 1895 at Northgate and brought up here, by Emma Wiles, a widow. Florence married three … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WILLIAM POOL 11/1063. Born in 1895, William was the eldest of three children and only son of William and Elizabeth Pool of 221 Hallgate, Cottingham, Hull. A Butcher before the war, he enlisted at Hull City Hall on 9th September 1914 joining the fledgling 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, ‘The … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1891. SON OF JONATHAN AND ALICE O’CONNELL. THIRD OF FOUR SONS. A FARM WORKER. HUSBAND OF ETHEL O’CONNELL, OF 36 BECK BANK, COTTINGHAM (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4881 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND BORDER REGIMENT. HE DIED IN ITALY, ON 14/11/1918, AGED 25, THREE DAYS AFTER … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1893. SON OF WILLIAM METCALF & EDITH (STEPMOTHER),AT 59 OAKLAND COTTAGES, WATERWORKS LANE, COTTINGHAM. HE WORKED FOR THE HULL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY IN COTTINGHAM. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, SERVED OVER THREE YEARS WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WAS KILLED BY A SNIPER, ON 27/04/1918, AGED 25. HE … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1895. ELDEST SON OF PATRICK AND RUTH McBRIDE, 31 ANDREWS STREET & 1 CHANTRY’S LANE, BEVERLEY. HIS FATHER WAS FROM LONDONDERRY, WHO HAD SERVED WITH THE WARWICK REGIMENT IN 1901 AND WORKED IN BEVERLEY AS A TANNER’S LABOURER. HIS AUNTIE MRS MARGARET JANE TAYLOR LIVED ABOVE. JAMES McBRIDE WORKED AS A CLERK AND … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON THOMAS LOMAS LOCKING (1853-1937) & LOUISA LEND (1852-1912), OF COTTINGHAM. SON OF A SOLICITOR. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. WAS A SOLICITOR BEFORE THE WAR WITH HIS FATHER’S FIRM, COLONIAL CHAMBERS, LAND OF GREEN GINGER, HULL. ALSO CLERK TO THE HULL & EAST RIDING JUSTICES. HE WAS … Read more
