Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Luddenden, Goole, 1858. Married Twice – to Bridgett and Hester McGuiness. He had four Daughters. Was a reservist in the 1st Dragoon Guards. He had served at Wakefield Prison between 1886-1887 for assaulting a Constable and stealing a watch (Acquitted). Worked as a Dock Labourer and living at 1 Venton Place Collier Street, Hull … Read more
BORN HULL 17/08/1897. SON OF WALTER MATTHEW FARNILL (1865-1954) & NANCY HARDBATTLE (1869-1949), OF 3 FOSTER BUILDINGS, NORTH STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKER. HE WAS AN OLD BOY OF ST CHARLES SCHOOL, PRYME STREET. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 39-42 INCH CHEST, ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION. … Read more
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF MICHAEL & CATHERINE DOLAN, OF 12. AMNITY COURT, NORTH STREET, HULL. BROTHERS JOHN & JAMES DOLAN ALSO SERVED IN FRANCE. EX DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HEXHAM. SERVED IN THE 1/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED AT ZONNEBEKE, ON 26/10/1917, AGED 33. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. Name Thomas Dolan … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. ELDEST SON OF FREDERICK CAWKWELL & ANNIE SHARP, OF 33 NORTH STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED WITH HIS FATHER AS A DOMESTIC GROOM, AT LITTLE LANE, WELBOURN, LICOLNSHIRE (1911 CENSUS). ALSO LIVED AND WORKED AT BEDALE, YORKSHIRE. ENLISTED ALDERSHOT. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 2ND YORKSHIRE … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. LIVED HULL. SON OF CHARLES & ELIZA WARD. ENLISTED CARLISLE. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 9501, 2ND EAST LANCS REGOMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/05/1915, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED AT THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS LEFT TO BROTHER, CHARLES WARD – NORTH STREET HULL. Name Thomas Ward Birth Place York Residence Hull, Yorks … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF THOMAS & ANNIE ELIZABETH STAINFORTH, OF 14, NORTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS) AND 61, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL. SON OF A HOUSE PAINTER. HE WAS ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. WORKED AS A JUNIOR CHEMIST. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 116 LBS WEIGHT,34- 36 INCH CHEST SIZE. … Read more
BORN SCARBOROUGH 1887. SON OF HARRY ROBSON SMITH (1857-1923) AND SOPHIA HILDYARD THOMPSON (1859-1936), OF 15 CASTLE HILL, SCARBOROUGH. A BOOT REPAIRER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT ETAPLES, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 31. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON THE … Read more
BORN HULL 1867. ENLISTED HULL. (SAID HE WAS AGED 39). KILLED IN ACTION. LIVED 1 MILLER STREET, MANCHESTER. PARENTS LIVED ABOVE.
BORN HULL 1871. BOARDED ABOVE – 1911. FIREMAN. FV BALGOWNIE (A614 -gy 934) was a British registered fishing vessel that went missing after 22nd September 1919. 10 crew presumed dead. Jan Lettens 01/02/2017 CREW LOST ON BALGOWNIE (A614), Faroes, 29th September, 1919. MURPHY, Frank (48), Address not traced. 2nd/Engineer Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180509 NB: CPL. … Read more
BORN HULL 27/041889. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CATHOLIC CHURCH, ON 12/05/1890. SECOND SON OF PATRICK MCLOUGHLIN (1858-1901) AND ELIZABETH MCLOUGHLIN, AT 21 NORTH STREET, (OFF PROSPECT STREET), HULL. A DOCKSIDE LABOURER. LIVING AT 36 WEST STREET, HULL. HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1293, 13TH EYR. RE-ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 30/08/1916, AGED 28. STATIONED AT … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF PATRICK MCLOUGHLIN (1858-1901) AND ELIZABETH MCLOUGHLIN, AT 21 NORTH STREET, (OFF PROSPECT STREET), HULL. A LABOURER. HE HAD ENLISTED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS IN 1912, AGED 25. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 140LBS WEIGHT, 36-38 INCH CHEST, RUDDY COMPLEXION, BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR. HE ENLISTED IN … Read more
BORN HULL 17/06/1882. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CATHOLIC CHURCH, ON 28/08/1882. SON OF PATRICK MCLOUGHLIN (1858-1901) AND ELIZABETH LEYDEN. HE WAS A HULL DOCK WORKER, LIVING AT 21, NORTH STREET, HULL HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 27/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/02/1916, AGED 33. … Read more
BORN HULL 1877. ONLY SON OF MICHAEL McGANN & SELINA HALEY, OF 25, KINGSTON TERRACE, NORTH STREET, HULL. HE WAS A FORMER SOLDIER, WORING AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE JOINED THE COLOURS WHEN WAR BEGAN, ENLISTING IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 20/01/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT … Read more
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JAMES LUCY, OF 75 NORTH STREET, HULL. A HAWKER & PEDDLER. HE WORKED IN BRIDLINGTON (1911 CENSUS) AND LIVED IN SUNDERLAND. WAS SENT TO WAKEFIELD PRISON ON 06/09/1909. ALSO TO HULL PRISON, ON 18/11/1914. HE HAD BEEN CONVICTED FOR BEING DRUNK TEN TIMES, OBSTRUCTION, COMMON ASSAULT AND ASSAULT ON THE … Read more
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JAMES FOX – 4 LUNHAM’S BLADY, OSBOURNE STREET. SINGLE MAN. GROCER’S CLERK. HIS ADDRESS & PHOTOGRAPH WERE PRINTED IN THE HDM ON 22ND JULY 1919. *
BORN HULL 1900. SON OF PATRICK & BRIDGET DOLE, OF 34, STRAND ROAD, ANNAGASSON, COUNTY LOUTH, IRELAND AND 65, NORTH STREET, HULL. HE SERVED ON THE HOSPITAL SHIP RMS “Llandovery Castle”. LOST AT SEA, ON 27/06/1918, AGED 18 HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL. HMHS Llandovery Castle, built … Read more
BORN HULL 1871. SON OF JAMES & LAURA BRANNAN, ABOVE. LISTED ON ST MARKS MEMORIAL. HUSBAND OF GERTRUDE BULL AND FATHER OF THREE CHILDREN, LIVING AT 17 MOUNT PLEASANT, BLUCHER STREET, BIRMINGHAM. BURIED AT BIRMINGHAM (LODGE HILL) CEMETERY, WEST MIDLANDS, UK.
