Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN COTTINGHAM, HULL, ON 27/01/1873. LIEUTENANT COLONEL, OF THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED AT LYMINGTON HOSPITAL, ON 17/05/1917. BURIED AT HESSLE CEMETERY. HE LEFT £88 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, MARY ISABEL PEASE AND AUGUSTUS GILBERT COLVILLE, ESQ. Son of Henry Joseph Robinson Pease (1843–1892) and Dora Elizabeth Barkworth (849–1926). Joseph Robinson Pease was … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF AMUNDUS FRANCIS CHARLES & HENRIETTA PARKER, OF HESSLE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. LISTED AS KILLED ON CLOWES CHAPEL ROLL OF HONOUR, JARRATT STREET – (HDM 10/11/1916). Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WALTER de PRESTON PARKER 11/1200. Born in April 1894, … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF WILLIAM & NANCY (FANNY) PARKINSON, OF WESTBOURNE GROVE, HESSLE. BROTHER OF ALFRED ERNEST, AMY & FLORENCE. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1917 AGED 31. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ANLABY WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER’S CHURCHYARD, WILSON STREET, … Read more
BORN NORTON, YORKS, 1887. ONLY SON OF GEORGE & RACHEL (STABLER) PALMER, OF THE CLIFFE, HESSLE, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS – RACHEL, MAY & FLORENCE. HE LIVED IN TICTON, FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WAS EDUCATED AT ST MARY’S BOY’S SCHOOL, BEVERLEY. HE WAS MARRIED, BUT HAD NO CHILDREN. EMPLOYED BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, … Read more
BORN HART’POOL 1877. ELDEST SON OF JOHN & MARIANNE OUGHTRED, ‘RIVER VIEW’ HOUSE, HESSLE, & KETTLEBY THORPE, BRIGG, LINCS. HIS FATHER WASMANAGER, ON THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK. HAROLD OUGHTRED RECEIVED AN MASTER’S DEGREE AT BOTH OXFORD & LONDON. HE WAS THE MANAGER OF THE LONDON STOCK BANK IN HULL. HE RESIDED AT DAVENPORT AVENUE, … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS JOHN NICHOLSON (1863-1928) & BEATRICE MARGUERITE NICHOLSON (1867-1946). BROTHER TO ETHEL MART NICHOLSON (1893-1974). THE FAMILY LIVED AT 128, GRAFTON STREET, HULL (1891), 22, LOUIS STREET, HULL (1901) AND “SUNNYMEADE”, STATION ROAD, HESSLE. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/11/1918, AGED … Read more
BORN GANSTEAD, HULL 1886. SON OF JOHN NAYLOR (1850-1890) AND HARRIET WRIGHT (1857-1935). AN AGRICULTURAL LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 38-40.5 INCH CHEST, 149 LBS WEIGHT. HIS BROTHER, WRIGHT NAYLOR LIVED ON COWDEN FARM, HATFIELD, YORKSHIRE. HIS SISTER FANNY LIVED AT ANGELO TERRACE, ARUNDLE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL, ON … Read more
Born 1885. Son of William Monkman (1832-1902) and Susannah Ellis (1841-1923), of Skirlaugh and 110, Northgate, Hessle (war Pension address). He had three brothers and seven sisters. Worked as a Farm Labourer, in Skirlaugh (1911 Census) and Hessle. He enlisted at Beverley. Served as Private, 4/7275, 5/7350, & 242510, all 1/4 Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in … Read more
BORN HULL 15/11/1886. SON OF JOHN McKINLEY & CATHERINE JESSIE KEMP, THE BANK HOUSE, FERNLEY ROAD, HESSLE. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. WENT TO CANADA IN 1909 & WORKED AS A LUMBER AGENT IN VANCOUVER. HE MARRIED AT CHRIST’S CHURCH, TORONTO, CANADA, ON 14/08/1909. HIS WIFE GEORGINA EYRE, WAS FROM 59 WINDSOR ROAD, BUXTON. THEY … Read more
Alan was born in Walkington in 1895 and the 1911 census shows him living with his family at Towers farm (this is now Northlands farm). His father Frank, is listed as the farmer with his mother Hannah and five Mathison children; also on the farm were his grandmother, Margaret and a nurse, Jane Carter. By … Read more
BORN HULL 14/10/1896. SON OF FRANCIS CHURCHILL MANLEY (1864-1938) & FLORENCE BURHMAM (1867-1936), OF 16 BOW ALLEY LANE, HULL AND “HOLMSLEIGH” HOUSE, DAVENPORT ROAD, HESSLE. (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. EDUCATED AT CHARTERHOUSE, GODALMING SCHOOL, SURREY. FRANCIS CYRIL CHURCHILL MANLEY WAS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED INTO THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD MANLEY (1867-1937) & MARY MANLEY (1869-1927), KINSDALE VILLA, NORTHFIELD, HESSLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A BUSINESS ASSISTANT, LIVING AT THORNE COTTAGE, HULL ROAD, HESSLE (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 12TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 09/06/1917, … Read more
BORN HESSLE 1880. LIVED ABOVE 1911 CENSUS. SON OF WILLIAM & SARAH JANE LOWTHORPE. A FORMER BLACKSMITH. JOINED THE 2ND EYR VOLUNTEER BATTALION AND SAW SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA. HE ENLISTED IN THE 4TH EYR WHEN WAR BEGAN AND WENT TO FRANCE WITH COLONEL SHAW. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN A GERMAN HOSPITAL. HIS DEATH … Read more
BORN LICHFIELD, STAFFS 1889. SON OF ROBERT PRICE JONES & MARIA LOUISE SHEPHERD, HOWDEN. WAS A LOCAL HULL TEACHER. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. MARRIED JANE MIRIAM KNIGHTON ON 22/7/1915 WHO WAS A TEACHER FROM BARNSLEY. HULL ADDRESS UNTRACED. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. Hull Pals Memorials writes. … Read more
BORN HESSLE, 1892. ONLY SON OF GEORGE HENRY & MARY ELLEN JOHNSON, AT 2 ALBANY VILLAS, HULL ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A MUSIC TEACHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE FIRST LINE, 7TH BATTALION, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 24. UNMARRIED HE LEFT SISTERS, LAURA AND NELLIE. HIS WAR … Read more
BORN HESSLE 1893. SON OF ALICE AND JERIMIAH JOHNSON, OF 4 NORTHGATE PLACE, HESSLE. EMPLOYED AS A BLACKSMITH’S APPRENTICE. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. FORMERLY 481691, K.O.Y.L.I. HE MARRIED IN JULY 1915. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON ARMISTICE DAY, 11/11/1918, THE DAY THE WAR ENDED, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ADA ELIZABETH WETHERALL … Read more
BORN HESSLE 1897. SON OF ERNEST CHARLES & JULIA JESSOP, OF 7 GEORGE YARD, HIGH STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 156, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND CLIFF ROAD, HESSLE. EMPLOYED BY THE HULL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, IN 1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1918, AGED … Read more
BORN HESSLE 1894. SON OF GEORGE & ESTHER JEWITT, OF 27 ROSE STREET, HULL. SUGAR MILL LABOURER & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. HUSBAND OF ADA LOUISE LIVED AT 4 LEONARD’S AVENUE, RHODES STREET, HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND WILTSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, 24/04/1917, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS WIDOW, ADA AND … Read more
BORN BARDNEY, LINCS 19/08/1895. SON OF EDWARD D. & MARTHA. HOWELL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, ERNEST AND ALBERT. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED HESSLE. A GROCER’S ASSISTANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 35 INCH CHEST, “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. DIED AS A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, … Read more
Leslie Hinson (1898-1916) was from Hessle and probably joined the ERY in late May 1915. He was the son of Arthur Edward & Emily Hinson, of 3, Grove Hill, Hessle. Leslie Hinson had a very short army career, being killed in a zeppelin raid, on York, on 2nd May 1915. he was killed leading a … Read more
BORN HULL 30/05/1882. ELDEST SON OF OSWALD HILLERNS & HEDWIG LEHMMANN, OF “FAIRWAY” DISSEY, CHESHIRE. HIS GERMAN FATHER WAS A RETIRED MERCHANT. HIS MOTHER WAS DAUGHTER, OF CHIEF JUSTICE, LEHMANN. EDUCATED AT RUGBY SCHOOL, WARWICKSHIRE. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN ARCHITECT, WORKING IN HULL, NEW YORK AND PARIS. RETURNED TO ENGLAND IN 1909 TO WORK … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. SERGEANT RICHARD ERNEST HART 11/704. Born in Brough, East Yorkshire in 1894 Richard was the eldest of four children to William and Annie Hart of 3 Park Row, Hessle. Enlisting at Hull City Hall on 9th September 1914, he joined the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, ‘The Tradesmen’, 2nd Hull Pals. … Read more
BORN HESSLE 1900. SON OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH HARRISON, OF HESSLE. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL & JOINED THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN SEPTEMBER 1917. HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD WHEN REPORTED MISSING. CONFIRMED AS KILLED, ON 01/10/1918. ERNEST IS LISTED ON HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEMORIAL. REPORTED MISSING (HDM 05/10/1918). HIS DEATH & … Read more
BORN HESSLE, JULL, 16 JULY 1899. SON OF FRED HARNESS (1875-1968) AND EDITH WOOD (1879-1960), OF HESSLE AND WELNWICK, PATRINGTON. SON OF A FARM LABOURER. ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1.5 INCHES TALL. 33 INCH CHEST, BROWN HAIR, BLUE EYES, FRESH COMPLEXION. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL … Read more
BORN CARDIFF 1886. ELDEST SON OF CHARLES AND ISOBEL GRAVES, OF CARDIFF, GALMORGAN, WALES. HE WAS A DOCK LABOURER, BOARDING WITH HIS BROTHER, DOUGLAS JAMES GRAVES (A PEDDLAR), AT 59, NEW KING STREET, KING EDWARD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). MARRIED AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH, HESSLE, SEPTEMBER 1914. HUSBAND OF MADELAINE ANNIE PEART (1896 – ), … Read more
BORN NORTH FERRIBY, 1897. SON OF FRED & KATE EVA GRAY, GROVE HILL, HESSLE. LIVED IN HULL AT TIME OF ENLISTMENT. WORKED AS A MILK BOY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. DIED OF WOUNDS 25/04/1918, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. COMMEMORATED ON THE … Read more
BORN HESSLE 1889. SON OF JOSEPH AND HANNAH JANE GIBSON, OF 9 BRUNSWICK GROVE, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SSTERS. A LABOURER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 28/10/1911. HIS WIDOW ANNA MARY MORLEY (1890-1975) AND THREE DAUGHTERS, LIVED AT 51 FLORENCE AVENUE, HULL ROAD, HESSLE, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED AT HULL, … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FREDERICK E GALE & MABEL EDITH (HART) ABOVE. BELONGED TO 5TH EYR CYCLIST BN & TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EYR. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ALL SAINTS CHURCH MEMORIAL, HESSLE.
BORN HESSLE 1882. SON OF GEORGE FEATHERSTONE (1839-1916) AND MARGARET FEATHERSTONE, OF 2, MAPLE VILLAS, STIRLING LANE, HESSLE. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A CHALK QUARRY LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 07/09/1914, AGED 32 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHES TALL, 143 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, LIGHT … Read more
AKA ‘FRANK’ . DEATH DETAILS REPORTED IN HDM 6/11/15.
Born Hessle, Hull, 1884. Son of Joel and Mary Farmery; husband of Lily Farmery, of 21, Herbert’s Terrace, Westbourne St., Hessle Road, Hull, England. A railway signalman in Driffield. Emigrated to Australia. Arrived at Freemantle, on the 27th April 1912. Settled in Blackboy Hill, Western Australia, living at Stoke Street, Beconsfield, Freemantle. He worked as … Read more
LIVED HESSLE. ENLISTED NEWCASTLE. EX 165294 RFA. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 11/09/1917. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
BORN HESSLE 1898. SON OF ERNEST (1862-1933) AND EMMIE EARLE, OF PENGUIN, OF HESSLE. SON OF A CEMENT MANUFACTURER FROM HULL. EDUCATED IN POCKLINGTON. SERVED IN THE TERRITORIALS. PROMOTED TO FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE 250TH BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS … Read more
BORN GLASGOW, 1883. WIFE ELIZABETH DOBSON, OF 8 CLARE GARDENS, CARDIFF. SON OF MRS JANET & THE LATE THOMAS DOBSON, RAVENSPUR HOUSE, DAVENPORT AVENUE, HESSLE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16/05/1917. SS Zanoni, built by J. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland in 1907 and owned at the time of … Read more
BORN HESSLE 1887. LIVED HESSLE MOUNT. HE MARRIED ETHEL MAY CLARK, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, WHEN WAR BEGAN IN 1914. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 231832, DORSET YEOMANRY (QUEENS OWN). DIED IN EGYPT, ON 25/10/1918, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ETHEL M. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE … Read more
BORN HEADINGLY, LEEDS, 20/12/1893. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ELLEN DIMMOCK, OF “COPGROVE”, BURTON LEONARD, HARROGATE,YORKSHIRE. BROTHER TO JACK DIMMOCK. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/05/1915, AGED 21. JOINED THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 152 LBS WEIGHT, 35.5 … Read more
BORN MAIDENHEAD, BERKSHIRE, 1894. SON OF WALTER AND ELINA CUMING, OF 18 KIRBY ROAD, LEICESTER. YOUNGEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A HOISERY WAREHOUSMAN AND SERVED IN THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY TERRITORIALS. HE ENLISTED IN 1914. HE MARRIED LILIAN ANNIE RAYNER (1892-1976), ON 10/11/1915, AT SCULCOATES, HULL. HE WAS COMMISSIONED INTO … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF EDWARD & MARY HANNAH CROMBIE. MARRIED 1914. WIFE BLANCHE MARY CROMBIE ABOVE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ALL SAINTS CHURCH MEMORIAL, HESSLE. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN BROWN CROMBIE 33051. Born September 1886, the only son of Edward and Mary Crombie of 1 Spring Terrace, Hull. John had a … Read more
BORN HESSLE CLIFF, YORKSHIRE, 1886. SON OF HENRY COTTON (1843-1926) AND BETSY COTTON (1849-1915). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A PLATE LAYER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS WORKING IN HULL. HIS WIFE SARAH ELIZABETH COTTON & SEVEN CHILDREN LIVED AT 1 ROSE COTTAGE, SOUGHGATE HESSLE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN LONDON JOINING THE ROYAL … Read more
Born Ashbourne, Derbyshire 1873. Son of the late Mathew Cleaver (1831-1916) and Jane Cleaver, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire; He married at Ashbourne, in 1898. Husband of Emma Elizabeth Hughes (1875-1957), of North Gate, Hessle. They had five children. He worked as a day gardener. Served as Sergeant, 375158, 27th Durham Light Infantry. Died at Home, on … Read more
BORN BIRMINGHAM 1870. SON OF WILLIAM AND CAROLINE CLARK, OF BIRMINGHAM. HUSBAND OF ADA E. CLARK, OF TOWER HILL, HESSLE (CWGC ADDRESS). PROMOTED TO CORPORAL. DIED SERVING WITH THE 4TH EYR TRAINING BATTALION, AGED 47. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. HE IS BURIED AT HESSLE CHURCH … Read more
BORN HULL, 1899. SON OF GEORGE HENRY AND JANE ANN CLARKE, OF SOUTHGATE, HESSLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 5165, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 330972, THE 2ND ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHAN REGIMENT). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/06/1918, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS … Read more
THE FIRST HESSLE CASUALTY. BORN HESSLE 1885. SON OF JOHN WESLEY & HANNAH BONTOFT – 6 HILDA GROVE, BARROW LANE, HESSLE. A SINGLE MAN. LIVED WITH HIS BROTHERS AT GROVEHILL, HESSLE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVING AS A REGULAR SOLDIER, WHEN WAR BEGAN. FORMERLY, 2ND EYR (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS THE FIRST HESSLE CASUALTY, IN … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. LIVED HESSLE. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN WESLEY (1851-1926) & HANNAH BONTOFT (1853-1893), OF 6 HILDA GROVE, BARROW LANE, HESSLE. A TURNER & FITTER. HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/09/1914. KILLED IN ACTION ON 03/12/1914, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED IN BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT … Read more
BORN HESSLE 1898. SON OF WILLIAM BLAKESTONE & MARY JANE JEWITT, OF 16 VICTORIA STREET. SPRINGVILLE, HESSLE. A BLACKSMITH. UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST SIZE, 148 LBS WEIGHT, “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, ERNEST AND ONE SISTER, RACHEL WHO BOTH LIVED ON HULL ROAD. HIS FATHER WAS … Read more
BORN HESSLE 1895. GRANDSON OF GEORGE & ANNE BLAGG & ELDEST SON OF ELIZABETH BLAGG (1874-1948), OF 6 ITLINGS LANE, HESSLE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE HAD BROTHERS , STANLEY, FRANK AND FRED AND SISTERS, CLARICE, EVERLINE AND MIRRIAM. HE LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT … Read more
BORN BURSTWICK 1888. REGULAR SOLDIER WITH THE 10TH HUSSARS. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF GEORGE & MATILDA BAYSTON. BROTHERS GEORGE, FRED & HAROLD. KILLED IN ACTION ON 13/05/1915, AGED 26. ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER GEORGE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH, WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER … Read more
BORN SUTTON 1897. SON OF GEORGE (1849-1905) & MATILDA BAYSTON (1860-1905), OF HESSLE. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER IN LAW, WHEN BOTH HIS PARENTS DIED IN 1905. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED ON 07/04/1917, AGED 20. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 23/05/1917. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE … Read more
BORN SWANLAND 1886. KNOWN AS ‘MUSH’. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS “A LITTLE MAN WITH A BIG HEART.” ENLISTED HULL. LIVED IN HESSLE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT YPRES, ON 14/08/1915, AGED 29. BURIED AT LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 20TH AUGUST 1915, & … Read more
