Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Bertram Wood is listed on the Hull Technical College Roll of Honour. No Hull connection found? Note: Bertram, Percy Wood (1888-1961), lived at 18 Finsbury Grove, Fountain Road, Hull. Private, Bertram Wood, 15/1009, 15th Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment, killed in action 1st July 1916, aged 26. Born Bramley. Enlisted Leeds.
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE SAMUEL SUGARMAN 10/1331. Born in Hull, July 1895, Samuel was the eldest of three sons to Max and Clara Sugarman of 67 Goodwin Street, Hull. His parents left to live in Bocksburg, South Africa, but Samuel stayed behind, living at 4 Park Street, Hull and earning his living as a … Read more
BORN HULL MARCH 1890. SON OF LIONEL LAZARUS GOSSCHALK (1859-1932) & ANNIE BERLYN (1867-1931), OF 2, HEATHFIELD PARK, WILLESDENE GREEN, LONDON. HUSBAND TO ELSIE TUPLING, WHO IN MARRIED IN HULL, IN MARCH 1913. HE ENLISTED IN KILBURN. JOINING THE 5TH (CITY OF LONDON) REGIMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE POST OFFICE RIFLES. SERVED AS A RIFLEMAN. … Read more
BORN HULL 31/10/1879. SON OF THOMAS AND ELIZABETH WAUD, OF 45 KING STREET, CHARLES STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) HE WENT TO SEA, AGED 15. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 39 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, RUDDY COMPLEXION. MARRIED IN 1902, AT HULL. HUSBAND OF SARAH ELIZABETH CRAM AND DAUGHTER BEATRICE, AT … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ALFRED B & ELIZABETH WALSH, OF, 75, LOWGATE, HULL, & 47, PARK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, MRS BARROW, AT 6, CARISBROOK AVENUE, MONTROSE STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS AN APPRENTICE MARKET GARDENER AT MRS HOWELLS, PRESTON. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF ALFRED BERNARD WALSH (1868-1936) & ELIZABETH HILL (1864-1948), OF 75, LOWGATE, HULL & 47, PARK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. A PRINTER’S APPRENTICE. HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER IN A LETTER PRESS. SERVED AS ACTING BOMBARDIER, IN THE 178TH BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. … Read more
BORN HULL 1877. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY TAYLOR.- 42 GEORGE STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED BY WILLIAM H. TAYLOR & SON, ESTATE AGENTS AND CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS, 42 GEORGE STREET, HULL. HE WAS A HIGH COURT AUDITOR. ALSO A SERGEANT IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE VOLUNTEERS. MEMBER OF THE PATRIOTIC RIFLE CLUB AND WAS A GOOD MARKSMAN. AN … Read more
BORN HULL 1900. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY JANE SMART. EX 10845, DORSET REGUMENT. HULL HEROES WEB SITE.
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM SHARPE (1863-1910) AND MARY ANN FARROW (1865-1899), OF 4 PARK CRESCENT, PARK STREET, HULL. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WILLIAM WAS AN APPRENTICE PATTERN MAKER & BRASS MOULDER. HE LIVED WITH HIS ELDER MARRIED SISTER, PRISCILLA, AT 4 PARK CRESCENT, PARK STREET, HULL HE ENLISTED IN … Read more
BORN DRIFFIELD 1896. SON OF JOHN EDWIN & KATE (PETCH) RAILTON. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A JOINER HELPING HIS FATHER. HE VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE AGED 17 AND HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 16 MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS WOUNDED. HIS OLDER BROTHER FRED WAS SERVING WITH THE HULL COMMERCIALS. HE IS LISTED ON HULL TECHNICAL … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF THOMAS EDWIN NOBLE (1860-1932) AND EMILY WILLIAMS (1865-1896), OF 79, PARK STREET, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS. SON OF A SHIPPING CLERK. WAS AN ASSISTANT PAYMASTER ON BOARD. LISTED ON THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEMORIAL. HUSBAND OF NELLIE GILLBANK (1890-1972) AND DAUGHTER ALICE (1912-1992). Verona, built by … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF BETSY JANE NICHOLSON (1861-1956) & THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM NICHOLSON (1862-1905), OF 13, PARK CRESCENT, PARK STREET, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ‘CHARLIE’ WAS A MEMBER OF QUEENS ROAD CHAPEL AND PRIOR TO WAR HAD WORKED FOR AMOS & SMITHS AND RESIDED WITH HIS MOTHER AT 13 PARK CRESCENT, … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. HULL PAL. SON OF MERCHANT CAPT. ROBERT R & ALICE NEILL, HULL. WIFE ALICE NEILL, 11 STANMORE ROAD, WEST GREEN, LONDON.DOW 4.6.16. Hull Pal Memorials write: Born in April 1888, Reginald was the youngest of five children to Robert and Alice Neill of 37 Park Street, Hull. His father was a Master … Read more
Born Hull 05/12/1877. Served in the Royal Naval Reserve. Lost at sea, on 02/02/1917, aged 40. This was his Probate address. He left a substantial £2,456 in his will, to John Brooke Leak, the architect and Surveyor. On 02/02/1917 the HMT COTSMUIR (FY1537) disappeared on passage from River Tyne to River Humber. All 13 crew … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM HOLDER (1856-1917) & MARY ANN FIELD (1855-1933), OF 80, ETHERINGTON DRIVE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 38, QUEENS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A HAIR DRESSER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/12/1915, AGED 24. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST, 141 … Read more
BORN ACCRINGTON 10/03/1888. ONLY SON OF FRED DUGDALE (1863-1937) & ALICE ANN WHITTAKER (1865-1955), OF 9, ELMS AVENUE, LYTHAM, LANCASHIRE, AND “BEVERLEY”, LAMBS ROAD, THORNTON-LE-FYLDE, LANCS (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD AN ELDER SISTER, CALLED, GRACE. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN ENGINEERING ASSISTANT FOR THE HUMBER CONSERVANCY BOARD. HE PLAYED VIOLIN AND WAS A MEMBER OF … Read more
BORN HULL 1848. HUSBAND OF MILDRED DIX OF 57 PARK STREET, HULL. SKIPPER, OF THE FISHING VESSEL “TORS”. LOST AT SEA, ON 30/07/1915, AGED 67. HE IS NAMED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMAN OF HULL RECORDS. TORS FV was a British registered trawler of 158grt built in 1891, Hartlepool-registered and owned by C.Hall. She was mined, … Read more
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF CHARLES WILSON DAY (1853-1920) & CAROLINE LAMBERT THOMAS (1850-1917) OF 36 PARK STREET, HULL. A ROYAL NAVAL OFFICER. DIED OF WOUNDS, IN HOSPITAL ON 07/08/1921, AGED 38. HE IS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HE LEFT £134 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, GERTRUDE WILSON DAY, AT 3 CARLTON AVENUE, … Read more
BORN BRADFORD 1890. SON OF WILLIAM CLOUGH AND HARRIET ANNIE CLOUGH, OF BRADFORD. EMPLOYED AS A MANAGER, HE BOARDED AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED SOUTH SHIELDS, DURHAM. EX, PRIVATE, 4459, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 35037, 10TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 26. … Read more
BORN BLACKPOOL 1881. SON OF MICHAEL & LATE MARIA BUCK, BLACKPOOL, LANCS. LIVED & ENLISTED HULL 1914. HDM 19/07/1916. ASSISTANT DRAPER AT MESSRS CROFT LTD. A WELL KNOWN SPORTSMAN WHO PLAYED FOR BLADON’S FOOTBALL TEAM. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/06/1916, AGED 35. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 13TH JULY 1916 … Read more
Born Blyth, Northumberland, on 01/03/1899. Only son of Walter Morgan Brabyn (1861-1923) & Mary Hannah Brabyn (1875-1962), of 13, Wensleydale Terrace, Blyth, Northumberland (War pension address). He had one sister Celia Mary Brabyn (1900-1994). He just started work as a postal clerk, when war began. He enlisted in Middlesbrough. Served as Lance Corporal, in ‘A’ … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. ONLY CHILD OF EMILY KATE BOOTH (1870-1965) & THE LATE JOHN BOOTH AT 4, THE AVENUE CRESCENT, PARK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A GROCER’S ASSISTANT AND LORRY DRIVER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 06/11/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 04/11/1916. SERVED … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. YOUNGEST SON OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER BIRRELL AND MARTHA ELLEN BIRRELL, OF 44 PARK STREET, HULL.(CWGC ADDRESS). AN APPRENTICE ENGINEER AT THE HELLYERS STEAM FISHING COMPANY. HE WAS AN ATHLETE OF CONSIDERABLE REPUTE, HAVING HELD BOTH SWIMMING AND BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS. HIS ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS, DESCRIBED HIS AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 37 … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER BIRRELL AND MARTHA ELLEN BIRRELL, OF 44 PARK STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF AN ENGINEER. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL. WENT TO FRANCE, ON 22/10/1914, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, IN THE 1ST LINCOLNSHIRE REGIEMENT. KILLED AT YPRES, ON 02/01/1915, AGED … Read more
