Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name John Gibson Born Rotherhithe, Surrey, 1891. Son of Michael & Elizabeth Gibson, of S.E. London Rank Sergeant Description Military – 5 foot, 6.5 in tall, 117 lbs weight, 33 in chest, brown eyes, brown hair, Church of England religion, “a very intelligent and reliable man” Residence Place 26, Flinton Street, Hessle Road, Hull … Read more
Thanks to Julie Ebbs for message sent on 2020/07/03 – Hi Paul, Just wanted to add a little correction to the information you have for 1 soldier on your site. William Harry Newlove. His mother Emma( nee Ireland) died in 1955 not 1939 – she was my Great grandmother. She was convinced William wasn’t dead … Read more
Listed as J.R. Bonewell (Wilson ROH); SWB; presumed census match with John Robert Bonewell (brother of Sydney), born about 1884, living at Regent St., Hull, shipping cooper, married to Ethel Bransom (1907); Served in the 2/1st EYR. Transferred to 203298, KOYLI image in private collection; HDM 8/9/16 – listed on ROH for Flinton St. / … Read more
Born Hull 24 Mar 1876. Son of Christopher Jenkins. He resided with his sister, Annie, at 60, Flinton Street, Hessle Road, Hull. (Pension Ledger Address). Prior to war, he was Chief engineer, for the Red Cross Trawling Company, for eleven years. He was well known and very popular on Hull’s Fish Dock. He served over … Read more
BORN HULL, 09/11/1878. SON OF JOHN RICHARD MILLETT (1852-1886) AND SARAH BOSTOCK JARVIS (1855-1919). HIS MOTHER REMARRIED AND BECAME SARAH WALLACE, LIVING IN BRADFORD. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND A BROTHER, ARTHUR ERNEST MILLETT. A SEAMAN. HE SERVED ON THE TRAWLER ‘OTHELLO II’. LOST AT SEA, WITH NINE CREW, WHEN THEIR SHIP HIT A MINE … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN HENRY & MRS MARY ELIZABETH (ELLIOT) YOUNG, OF 73, FLINTON STREET. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED AS A RIGGER FOR MESSRS HALL & BARTON, HULL HIGH STREET. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE, HULL. HE DIED OF WOUNDS FROM SHELL FIRE WHICH HAD KILLED AN OFFICER. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1883. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM & AGNES WILES, OF BEVERLEY. A HESSLE ROAD BUTCHER. HUSBAND OF LAURA WILES (BORN 28 FEB 1884), AT 24, FLINTON STREET, HULL & 83, RUGBY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN, CHARLES WILLIAM DEYES, WILLIAM FORBES, FREDERICK AUSTIN, EDITH EMILY AND LAURA EMILY. HE … Read more
BORN HULL 25/10/1883. SON OF ALFRED WM & SARAH ANN E. WIFE JANE HARRIET (DALBY) ABOVE NB: WHINCUP’S ALL SERVED AT SEA – 33 CLIFTON TERRACE, JANE STREET, HULL. HMT Sapper sank with all hands on a mine laid on December 24, 1917 by the German minelaying submarine UC-71. Per Admiralty records, the explosion was … Read more
BORN HULL 29/10/1893. SON OF THE MARTHA SARAH ANN BLOOM (1854-1940) & FREDERICK WATSON (1853-1914), AT 4, ELSIE GROVE, FLINTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRSS). HE HAD TWO BRORS AND SIX SISTER. HIS FATHER WAS A COAL TEAMER AT THE ALBERT DOCKS IN HULL. SYDNEY WAS EDUCATED AT SCARBOROUGH STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL. WORKED AS A CRANE … Read more
BORN HULL 16/07/1892. SON OF CHARLES WATERMAN AND LAVINIA MINNS (1873-1949). SON OF A SEAMAN. HE WAS BETTER KNOWN AS “JACK ROWNTREE”, HIS GRANDFATHER’S NAME WHO RAISED HIM. PRIOR TO WAR HE WORKED AT THE GROCERS ON NEWTON STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED EVELYN BROOK, AT ST MARY’S CHURCH, DAIRYCOATES, ON 11/04/1915. HIS WIFE EVELYN (1894-1934) … Read more
BORN HULL 1878. SON OF ROBERT WILLIAM & ELIZABETH ELLEN WARDEL. WIFE MARY JANE (PARKIN) ABOVE. HE WAS LOST ON THE ‘RED CROSS’ COMPANY TRAWLER, “JERSEY” & BEFORE WAR WAS A SKIPPER FOR SEVEN YEARS ON OTHER CARRIERS. HE WAS LISTED ON THE BRIDLINGTON STREET ROH. HDM 29/12/1916. THERE ARE NO CWGC RECORDS. HIS DEATH … Read more
BORN HULL. ENLISTED GOOLE. SISTER LIVED ABOVE IN HULL.
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF MATTHEW JOHN STANDALOFT (1854-1938) AND HANNAH POOLE RALPH,OF HULL. ONE OF THREE SONS. HE WORKED AS A CLERK FOR AN OIL SHIPPING COMPANY. HE MARRIED ELLENA REDMOND ON 31/05/1914. THEY LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/12/1915, AGED 24 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 … Read more
BORN KENT 1878. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF ARTHUR SPOONER & MARY ANN BUTTERS. BROTHER GEORGE ALSO KILLED. ADDRESS FROM 1918 VOTERS.
BORN HULL 13/2/1883. SON OF ELIZABETH & JOHN GEORGE SOULSBY, OF25 RUGBY STREET, HULL (HDM 12/03/1917). HE WAS A MARINE ENGINEER LIKE HIS FATHER AND WORKED FOR KELSALL BROS & BEECHING, AT ALBERT DOCK AND ST ANDREWS DOCK, HULL. HE WAS REPORTED LOST AT SEA BY OTHER CREW MEMBERS. HIS BODY WAS WASHED ASHORE AND … Read more
BORN BOSTON 1875. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY SMITH.HUSBAND OF MARY ANN (NEE DILBO, NEE RAPLEY) SMITH, OF 8 LANGDALE CRESCENT, FLINTON STREET, HULL. NAVAL ADDRESS. HMT Egret. launch Date 30/09/1898; Originally a Hull registered trawler (H.21) and owned by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co., Hull; Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1918; Vessel torpedoed and … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. HULL PAL. SON OF EDWARD KING REDMORE (1860-1941) & CATHERINE RAMSTER (1860-1917), OF 12 CORNWALL GARDENS, HULL. SON OF A SHIP PAINTER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A BRASS FINISHER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1915. HIS WIFE MINNIE IDA DENTON (1893-1969), LIVED AT 7 GLENCOE AVENUE, FLINTON … Read more
BORN TRURO 1875. SON OF THE LATE EDWARD & JOSEPHINE PRIGENT. WIFE ROSETTA ANN LIVED ABOVE. KILLED BY ENEMY GUNFIRE. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. CWGC ADDRESS. Son of the late Edward and Josephine Prigent; husband of Rosetta Ann Prigent (nee Sugden), of 9, Churchill Crescent, Flinton St., Hull. Born at Truro
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF ELLARD HOBSON PECK (1852-1919) & SARAH PECK, OF 8 STORY STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO WALTER AND ELLARD, AND SISTERS, HARRIET, AND ADA. HE MARRIED AT ST PAUL’S CHURCH, HULL, ON 18/04/1908. HIS WIFE ROSE (COCKERLINE) AND THREE DAUGHTERS LIVED AT THIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE WAS A PORTER FOR THE NORTH … Read more
BORN HORNSEA 1892. SON OF JENNIE & THE LATE RALPH NORTON. WIFE ELLEN (O’CONNELL) LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. ‘SHAKESPEARE (H994) Built for Hellyer Bros. (Hellyer Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.) Hull; Yard No 548; Launch Date 31/08/1908; Vessel torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-22. The UB-22 sunk two ships on this day, the SS … Read more
BORN HULL 04/07/1894. SON OF ROYAL NAVAL SKIPPER, GEORGE NOEL (NOWELL) 1857-1916, & CORNELIA JANE SYMS (1859-1930), OF 7, FLINTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A SAWMILL LABOURER. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. BURIED AT SEA, AGED 23. ONE OF THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN THE WAR. HIS FATHER WAS INTERRED AT THE START OF THE … Read more
BORN HULL 07/01/1892. MARRIED HULL 1913. HIS WIFE, LILY (THURSTON) NOEL, AND THREE CHILDREN, LIVED AT 9 LANGDALE CRESCENT, FLINTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF GEORGE & CORNELIA NOEL, ALSO OF FLINTON STREET. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE HELLYERS FISHING FLEET. HE HAD JOINED THE SERVICE SIX WEEKS AGO, WHEN HE WAS … Read more
BORN WEAVERTHORPE, DRIFFIELD, 1898. SON OF FREDERICK NEWLOVE (1875-1940) & EMMA IRELAND (1876-1939), OF 98 GILLETT STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 87 FLINTON STREET., HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A NORTH EASTEN RAILWAY SLATE LAYER. HE WAS ONE OF 8 BROTHERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED AT … Read more
BORN HULL 26/11/1896. SON OF EDWARD & HANNAH MARSH LAZENBY, OF 5, PRETORIA AVENUE, FLINTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS A DECK HAND IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, ON THE TRAWLER, “ANGEL”. DIED OF DOUBLE PNEUMONIA, ON 30/10/1916, AGED 20. HE LEFT WIDOW, MAGGIE LAZENBY, AT 34, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF RICHARD THOMAS KINGDOM (1854-1930) & PRISCILLA HEWITT PAGE (1858-1934), OF 2, CLUMBER AVENUE, FLINTON STREET, HULL. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AND THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. HE WORKED AS A CARRIAGE CLEANER AND ALSO LIVED AT 20 ROSAMOND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF RICHARD THOMAS KINGDOM (1854-1930) & PRISCILLA HEWITT PAGE (1858-1934), OF 2 CLUMBER AVENUE, FLINTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY, ON THE TRAWLER “CELIA”. DROWNED 08/01/1915, AGED 24. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PTE, CHARLES HERBERT KINGDOM, 10TH EYR, WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 22/07/1916, AGED 22. … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF CHARLES & ELIZA KELLITT OF 1, OLIVE GROVE, FLINTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). Name Joseph Henry Kellitt Birth Place Hull, Yorks, 1894. Only son of Charles Robert Kellitt & Emily Lyon (1873-1896) Death Date 28 Nov 1917 Death Place St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France Enlistment Place Hull … Read more
BORN MILTON HAVEN, WALES, 1895. SON OF GEORGE AND KATE JORDAN, OF 6 PRETORIA AVENUE, FLINTON STREET, HULL. THE FOURTH OF SIX SONS. EX ROYAL NAVY AIR SERVICE. SERVED WITH THE NEWLY FORMED ROYAL AIR FORCE. HE DIED ON 03/03/1919, AGED 24. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS THREE OLDER BROTHERS, ALL SERVED DURING THE WAR.
BORN HULL 24/3/1876. SON OF CHRISTOPHER & MARTHA JEAKINS. HE SERVED OVER THREE YEARS IN MINE SWEEPERS AND PRIOR TO THE WAR WAS CHIEF ENGINEER WITH THE RED CROSS TRAWLING COMPANY FOR ELEVEN YEARS. REPORTED IN HDM ON 23/9/19, AS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED, AT STROMNESS HARBOUR, ORKNEY ISLANDS. LIVED WITH HIS SISTER MRS BAXTER, AT THIS … Read more
BORN BARTON 1882. PRIOR TO WAR WORKED FOR PICKERING AND HALDANE FISHING COMPANY. HIS SHIP WAS MINED BY UBOAT 7. 11 DIED. WIDOW JENNIE & THREE CHILDREN ABOVE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 3RD MAY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * Lena Melling, built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd., Selby in … Read more
BORN HULL 19/09/1898. SON OF JANE ANN WINDASS (1871-1905) AND GEORGE HINDMARSH OF 99 FLINTON STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, AS DECK HAND ON THE TRAWLER, “FARADAY”. HE DIED OF AN EAR INFECTION, ON 22/09/1918, AGED 20. BURIED GREECE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED … Read more
BORN BRADFORD 1877. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE HARRISON, AT 13 , FLINTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). LOST AT SEA, ON 07/02/1917, AGED 40. HE LEFT £261 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIFE AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. The Steam Trawler ,’SHAKESPEARE’ (H994); Built for Hellyer Bros. (Hellyer Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.) Hull; Yard No 548; Launch Date … Read more
BORN YARMOUTH 20/12/1893. SON OF CHRISTOPHER HARBOARD (1855-1915) AND SARAH ANN MILLS, OF 14, PRINCES AVENUE, WEST DOCK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 24, TYNE STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, ALICE MAUD. HE WORKED AS AN IRON MOULDER. HUSBAND OF HELEN M HARBOARD, OF, 97, FLINTON STREET, HULL, (NAVAL RECORDS) AND … Read more
BORN HULL 14/06/1873. SON OF THOMAS DIXON & ALICE FLETCHER, AT 32, ST ANDREW STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED ISABELLA WEAVER IN 1896. HIS WIFE ISABELLA LIVED AT 32, ST ANDREW STREET, HULL AND 2, FERN VILLAS, FLINTON STREET, HULL (NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, BUT THEIR DAUGHTER, DORIS MAY DIED IN 1915, AGED … Read more
BORN LEEDS 10/07/1876. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM ELLISON AND MARY PATTISON, OF YORK. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE FROM 1908. SKIPPER OF THE TRAWLER ‘TOWHEE’. LOST AT SEA, ON 15/06/1917, AGED 40. HE MARRIED CAROLINE WINDBERG, AT HULL, IN 1900. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR TWO SONS AT 21 ST ANDRES STREET, HULL, AND … Read more
BORN HULL 14/09/1883. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & FANNY DRY. MARRIED 1908. WIFE ALICE OBRIDGE (1884-1952), LIVED AT 48, FLINTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, GEORGINA, TOM AND ALICE. WEEKLY WAR PENSION WAS 36 SHILLINGS. HMT Sapper sank with all hands on a mine laid on December 24, 1917 by the German … Read more
BORN MANCHESTER 1884. SON OF ALICE A SPINKS, AT 18, BONFIELD TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, BERTHA AND ALICE SPINKS. HE WAS THE NEPHEW OF J & J H SPINKS (Hull Daily Mail 11/4/1916). HE WAS A BOLIER MAKERS ASSISTANT, LIVING WITH HIS STEP SISTER, BERTHA SPINKS, AT 5, THORSBY … Read more
BORN 1889. SON OF WILLIAM BURKITT (1866-1901) AND MARY ANN BEAUTYMAN (1867-1950), OF 17, GLENCOE AVENUE, SCARBORO STREET, HULL – 1911. A BRUSH MAKER. MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL IN 1915, WIFE MRS FLORENCE GERTRUDE (BEECH) & 2 YEAR DAUGHTER, FLORENCE G, LIVED AT 7, THORESBY AVENUE, FLINTON STREET, HULL. SERVED AS A DECK HAND IN … Read more
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF THE LATE SAMUEL BORKWOOD (1853-1908) AND SARAH JANE WELLS (1853-1914). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE MARRIED IN THANET, KENT, 1915. HIS WIFE ELEANOR MARY LEE (1889-1932) & BABY LIVED AT 33 FLINTON STREET, HULL. DROWNED AFTER HIS VESSEL WAS MINED IN THE NORTH SEA, ON … Read more
BORN GREAT YARMOUTH, 1897. SON OF MARY ANN KINGDOM & LATE JAMES BLOOMSFIELD LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. Titania (H 903) FV was a British registered fishing vessel of 179grt that was sunk by the Hamburg mine laying force on the 18th May 1915 by a torpedo boat. CREW LOST ON TITANIA (H903), enemy action N. … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM BLOW & BETSY BRANT, AT 110 CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 1 FLINTON GROVE, FLINTON STREET, HULL. SISTERS NELLIE & EDNA LIVED AT 1, FLINTON GROVE, FLINTON STREET, HULL, (1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH EAST YORKHIRES. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 44252, TO … Read more
BORN HULL 27/12/1891. SON OF HERBERT BELL (1866-1940) & ELIZA ANN WELLS (1869-1956), OF 12 DEVONSHIRE VILLAS, WELLSTED STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED LILY BROMBY (1888-1920), AT HULL, ON 11/05/1913. HIS WIFE LILY & SON, DENIS BELL (1914-1978) LIVED AT 7 PARK AVENUE, FLINTON STREET, HULL. A FORMER NORTHEASTERN RAILWAY WORKER IN HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL. … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF ELLEN & THE LATE SAMUEL HENRY BEE. WIFE AMY (BILBROUGH) LIVED AT 6 THORESBY AVENUE, FLINTON STREET, HULL. Expedient, built by Mackie & Thomson, Govan in 1893 and owned at the time of her loss by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British trawler of 145 tons. … Read more
BORN LEEDS 17/07/1880. SON OF ELIZABETH ANNIE BAKER, OF MIDDLESBOROUGH. HUSBAND OF EVANGELINE HALSTEAD (BORN 22 AUG 1873) & FIVE DEPENDENT CHILDREN, LIVED AT 21, FLINTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS A DECK HAND ON THE TRAWLER, ‘CITY OF DUNDEE’. DROWNED THROUGH A COLLISON OFF FOLKESTONE, ON 14/09/1915, AGED 35. SEVEN CREW WERE LOST. … Read more
BORN HULL, 01/12/1889. SON OF GUNDER ABRAHAMSEN (1859-1916) AND MRS BERTHA LARSEN (1857-1937). SON OF A PUBLICAN. HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORWAY. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A TRAWLER FISHERMAN. HE MARRIED AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, HULL, IN 1911. WIFE HARRIET GERTRUDE BUTT (1890-1960) AND CHILDREN, NORMAN AND JOYCE, LIVED AT THORSBY … Read more
