Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Beverley 1891. Lived Bradford. Enlisted Pontefract. Listed on the Cottingham WW1 Memorial, Hallgate, Cottingham. Son of William S Lawton and Mrs. Mary Ellen Corble (formerly Lawton), of 22, Clayton Place, Barkerend Rd., Bradford, Yorks. Killed in action on 12/101/1916.
BORN HOWDEN, 1897. ONLY SON OF ROBERT JOHN LATHAM (1849-1914) AND KATE AUGUSTA ELIZABETH HACKETT (1868-1938), OF 17, NORTHGATE, COTTINGHAM. HIS FATHER WAS A RETIRED CHEMIST AND DRUG STORE SHOPKEEPER. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN KENTISH TOWN, LONDON. HE HAD ONE ELDER SISTER, MAUD ETHEL LATHAM (1879-1966). HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN & JANE SMITH KIRK WHO LIVED IN COTTINGHAM. HE IS BURIED AT BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “NO MORNING DAWNS OR NIGHT RETURNS BUT WE REMEMBER THEE”. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON COTTINGHAM ROH. HIS BROTHER JOHN WILLIAM KIRK DIED 25/8/1917 AGED … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. SON OF JOHN KIRK & JANE SMITH KIRK (DIED 1919) . BROTHER HAROLD ALSO KILLED NOVEMBER 1917.
BORN HESSLE 1890. ELDESTSON OF JOHN JIBSON (1865-1893) & ALICE JOHNSON (1867-1901), OF GILDERDYKE, HOWDEN. BROTHER TO GEORGE AND HAROLD AND SISTER, HILDA. A FORMER FARM SERVANT. HE ENLISTED AT LOWTORPE, JOINING THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS, ON 22/07/1913, AGED 22 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. WORKED AS A WAGONER. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBED HIM AS, 5 FOOT, … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. NEWINGTON. SON OF HUGH JACKSON & FANNY WILSON, OF 42 NORTHGATE, COTTINGHAM. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 71574, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 26261, ‘D’ COMPANY, 1ST SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. HE WAS KILLED IN PALESTINE, ON 20/09/1918, AGED 29. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HANNAH MARY MACDONALD, OF 3, IRELAND … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1894. SON ROBERT & HARRIET ELIZABETH (HANNAH) JACKSON, OF COTTINGHAM, HIS WIFE MRS A SISSONS, LIVED AT THWAITE STREET, COTTINGHAM. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 200956, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/09/1917, AGED 23. HE IS BURIED AT BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “BEYOND … Read more
Born Manchester 1900. Enlisted Hull. Lived in Cottingham. Son of Elizabeth & the late John J W Hutcheson, of 61, Crosscliffe Street, Moss Side, Manchester. He served with the 53rd Durham Light Infantry,a Training Reserve Battalion. He died of influenza, on 24/10/1918, aged 18.
BORN COTTINGHAM 1893. SON OF RICHARD & MARY E HORSAMAN, COTTINGHAM
BORN COTTINGHAM, HULL, 06/05/1887. SON OF THOMAS HOLLIDAY (1854-1922) AND CHARLOTTE KIRK (1858-1940), OF COTTINGHAM, HULL. HE EMIGRATED TO VANCOUVER, CANADA, IN 1909. ENLISTED IN CANADA. SERVED WITH THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ALBERT, ON THE SOMME, ON 20/11/1916, AGED 29. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIMY MEMORIAL HIS NAME … Read more
BORN MEAUX, YORK 17/10/1891. SON OF JOHN (THOMAS) & MARY ELVIDGE HODGSON. LIVED IN COTTINGHAM. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST KENT REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 05/11/1918, AGED 27. HE IS BURIED AT TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE. Name Fred Hodgson Birth Place Meaux, Yorkshire, 17 Oct 1891 Residence Cottingham, Yorkshire Death … Read more
BORN SHIPLEY 12/03/1894. SON OF WILLIAM HALL AND ADA SHARP (1861-1920). A STUDENT NURSE. HE MARRIED ON 03/11/1915. HUSBAND OF MARY EDWARDS (1893-1969), OF 21 LINDEN AVENUE, COTTINGHAM AND 27 CARR LANE, SHIPLEY, YORKSHIRE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT SHIPLEY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 29/1218, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, … Read more
Born Bridlington 12/05/1885 ; Son of Francis Monkman Hall and Sarah Ann Robinson, of Carnaby, Bridlington. He married on 14/12/1912, at the Roman Catholic church, South Gosforth. His wife, Grace Livingston(1889-1926), lived at 51 Exeter St., Cottingham, East Yorks. This was his Next-of-Kin & home address: He was a clerk on the North Eastern Railways … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1896. ELDEST SON OF JOHN WALTER & EDITH ANNIE HALDENBY, OF 157 KING STREET, COTTINGHAM. BROTHER TO STANLEY HALDENBY. WORKED AS A GARDENER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/12/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST, 120 LBS WEIGHT. SENT TO FRANCE ON 14/06/1916. … Read more
BORN 1881. SON OF GEORGE & ANNIE ELIZABETH GRANT, OF WILLERBY. FORMER POST OFFICE WORKER. WIFE ELEANOR, LIVED IN KIRKELLA AND WILLERBY, HULL, WITH THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS, MARGERY AND LILY. HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE KIRKELLA WAR MEMORIAL AT ST ANDREWS’ CHURCH AND ALSO ON THE COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR.. Able Bodied Seaman Thomas Grant … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 25/11/1891. ONLY SON OF GEORGE & SARAH GRANTHAM, OF LEGHORN HOUSE, COTTINGHAM. MARRIED -1913. HIS WIFE MARIA ELIZABETH (TAYLOR), LIVED AT 88 NORTHGATE, COTTINGHAM. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED BY A SHELL I HIS DUGOUT. LEFT A WIDOW AND TWO CHILDREN. (HULL DAILY MAIL, 15/08/1916). Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE ERNEST … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1892. SON OF ALBERT & MARTHA (ADKINS) GRANTHAM ABOVE. LISTED WITH AARON ON THE COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 26TH OCTOBER 1914. * Joshua Grantham (born 1892) was the son of Albert, a labourer, and Martha Grantham, who lived at West Green. They had another … Read more
BORN KEYINGHAM, 1881. SON OF JOHN GOUNDRILL (1842-1925) AND HARRIET BLAGG (1843-1924), OF MAIN STREET, KEYINGHAM. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. SEVON BROTHERS AND SISTER, EMILY. HE MARRIED IN 1908, AT HULL. WORKED AS A GROOM. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 19/12/1914, AGED 32 YEARS AND 330 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1890. SON OF THOMAS AND EMILY GLEW, HALLGATE, COTTINGHAM. A SINGLE MAN. WORKED AS A GARDENER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS A CORPORAL WITH THE 23RD REGIMENT TYNESIDE SCOTS. DIED A PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY ON 3/11/1918, AGED 29. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM WW1 MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. ONLY SON OF GEORGE FIELD (1869-1924) AND KATE SCOTT (1870- 1965), OF NEW VILLAGE ROAD, COTTINGHAM. SON OF A PORK BUTCHER. HE WORKED IN HIS FATHER’S SHOP. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 151 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, “VERY GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. ENLISTED AT COTTINGHAM, ON 28/03/1816. POSTED TO FRANCE … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. LIVED COTTINGHAM WITH GRANDPARENTS – JOHN & ELIZA HATFIELDS. ENLISTED LIVERPOOL. KILLED IN ACTION.
BORN COTTINGHAM 1891. SECOND SON OF EDWARD & LUCY DICKINSON OF GEORGE STREET, COTTINGHAM (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A JOINER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER. EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/06/1917, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED AO THE MENIN … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1893. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM AND ADA COUPLAND. HIS TWO SISTERS LIVED AT 47, EDGAR STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A MILL HAND. HE MARRIED ALICE HAYTON, AT HULL REGISTRY OFFICE ON 27/03/1915. HIS WIFE AND TWO SONS, LEONARD (1915-1918) AND THOMAS (1916-2001), LIVED AT 129, NORTH GATE, COTTINGHAM, EAST YORKSHIRE (WAR … Read more
BORN HULL 1872. SON OF GEORGE & ANNA COOK – 15 FLORENCE VILLAS, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL. LISTED AS SHIPS CAPTAIN ON THE HULL ELLERMANS WILSON LINE WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR. THIS WAS HIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE LEFT £614 TO WIDOW CLARA COOK. IIBIS SS was built in 1898 by Neptun AG, Rostock, Germany as … Read more
Son of Nehemiah Churchill and Hannah Plumb. John Churchill (Lance Corporal, Regimental Number 8109) was not a native of Cottingham. He had been born in Netherton, near Dudley in Staffordshire on 6th June 1885 and had only joined the East Riding Constabulary in February 1914. He was stationed in Cottingham and lodged with Mr Teasdale … Read more
BORN SHEFFIELD, 1896. SON OF TOM AND MARY ELLEN CHARLESWORTH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED ON 21/02/1915, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER TOM. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL.
BORN COTTINGHAM 1898. SON OF JOHN CHARLESWORTH, AT PARK ROW, COTTINGHAM. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED 11/10/1917, AGED 19. UNMARRIED HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. HE LEFT A YOUNGER SISTER, RACHEL. HE IS BURIED AT CONDE-SUR-L’ESCAUT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “WORTHY OF REMEMBRANCE” Name … Read more
Born Hull, April 18, 1886. Youngest son of John William and Charlotte Buttery, of “Wath House,” Hall Gate, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, England. He visited his sister in Canada, where he took a long tour, working as a Stone mason & Blacksmith. He enlisted in Canada. Served as Sergeant, with the 5th Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment). … Read more
The Salvation Army was active in Cottingham in 1915. Many of them fought in the war and survived. The only member of the Salvation Army Band to lose his life in the war was Robert Ernest Bursell, when he was sixteen, though he looks younger. Robert Ernest Bursell (born 1899) was the son of Frederick, … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM GUY BURSTALL & RUTH SKINNER, OF COTTINGHAM AND WEST GARTH, DRIFFIELD. EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE, HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE ON THE 6TH JULY 1917. HE SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS ATTACHED TO THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT … Read more
BORN SOUTH DALTON, YORKS, 1887. SON OF LAVINIA (ANN) NORRIS (1854-1924) & WILLIAM BRYAN (1844-1924), OF BRICKYARD HOUSES, DALTON HOME, BEVERLEY. HE MARRIED FANNY POOLE, ON 05/05/1913, AT HEALAUGH, TADCASTER.. HE WORKED AS A GAMEKEEPER. LIVED AT RAYWELL, COTTINGHAM. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/02/1916, AGED 29 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. EX PRIVATE, 24493, EYR. … Read more
BORN HULL, 12/08/1890. SON OF THOMAS BOND (1868-1942) & EDITH JULIA BOND (1865-1890), OF HULL, OTTRINGHAM AND COTTINGHAM. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A RAILWAY CLERK, LIKE HIS FATHER. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA, IN 1914. ENLISTED IN CANADA, ON 23/09/1914. JOINED THE 11TH COLUMBIA BLACK WATCH. A CANADIAN SCOTTISH REGIMENT. UNIT … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1888. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WALTER AND MARY BILTON, OF 204 KINGS STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL . HE WAS A VAN DRIVER BEFORE THE WAR. KILLED IN ACTION ON 18/7/1917, AGED 29. HE WAS SINGLE AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR. … Read more
BORN YORK 1893. SON OF FRANCIS BRYAN BIELBY (1853-1932) & MARY JANE WISE (1855-1910), OF 71 GOODWIN STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND NORTH MOOR FARM, COTTINGHAM, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A FARM WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. TRANSFERRED TO … Read more
BORN YORK 1884. SON OF THE LATE REBECCA PENROSE (1847-1912) & MARK BARAM (1847-1888), YORK. A WAGGONER. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER, CHARLES, ON HARLAND RISE FARM, COTTINGHAM. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 10/09/1915. PROMOTED TO LANCE SERGEANT. HE SERVED WITH THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 30/03/1918, … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. SON OF HERBERT ATKINSON AND LUCY HOPPER, OF COTTINGHAM AND DUNSWELL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN COTTINGHAM. SERVED IN THE 23RD TYNESIDE SCOTTISH. DIED A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 01/07/1918, AGED 21. BURIED IN GERMANY. HE LEFT £57 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER HERBERT WHO WAS A FARMER. HE … Read more
BORN COTTINGHAM 1899. SON OF HERBERT ARKSEY & MILDRED MABEL CONMAN, OF COTTINGHAM AND DUSWELL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 106961, SHERWOOD FORESTERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/6TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/04/1918, AGED 18. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, JANE LEADMAN. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE … Read more
