Jarvis MM & Bar, Leonard

BORN HULL 1892. HULL PAL. DIED OF WOUNDS. SON OF SARAH & THOMAS JARVIS, ‘THE GABLES’ DUNNINGTON, YORK. AWARDED MILITARY MEDAL & BAR. Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL LEONARD JARVIS MM and Bar 10/1191. A tough man to pin down owing to mixed messages in his war records. I believe our man went by his … Read more

Freer, Charles Dring

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF CHARLES DRING & MRS ELIZABETH M. FREER, POST OFFICE, DUNNINGTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. HE ENLISTED AT YORK. EX 45566 KOYLI. TRANSFERRED TO THE 4TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS AND MENIGHITIS, ON 21/03/1919, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED AT DUNNINGTON (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, … Read more