Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Beverley 1893. Son of Harry and Ann Eliza Smelt. Enlisted at Hull, on 25 April 1911. Served as Gunner, 938, 1st East Riding, RGA. Discharged on 9 May 1916, after 4 years & 15 days army service. He was an Engine Cleaner for the North Eastern Railway, living at 1, Spring Gardens, Hawthorne Avenue, … Read more
Born Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1873. Son of James Summerfield, of 193, Fitzwilliam Street, Sheffield. He worked as an iron moulder/blade maker, before joining the 3rd KOYLI, on 7 Nov 1895. He married Sarah E, Birks, at Hull in 1901. He had three step children and a daughter. His army records described him as 5 foot, 5.5 … Read more
Born Thirsk, on 12 Oct 1879. Son of Alfred and Eliza Dickinson, of South End, Sowerby, Thirsk; Married at Thirsk on 10 Oct 1911. Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Jennings Taylor (formerly Dickinson), of 3, Oxford Terrace, South Parade, Anlaby Rd., Hull (CWGC address) and 52, South Parade, Anlaby Road, Hull (War pension address). He had … Read more
Born Hull, 1890. Son of Charles Edward Pentith and Jane L Pentith, of 41, Landsdowne Street, Hull (1911 census), 108, South Parade, Anlaby Road, Hull (War pension address) and Bridlington. Son of a Pickle manufacturer. he had two brothers and one sister. Enlisted at Scarborough. Served in the 9th Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales’ … Read more
Born 1885, Married on 26th March 1915. Husband of Louisa Goodings (Born on 1st March 1878), of 83, South Parade, Anlaby Road, Hull (war pension address). They had one daughter, Louisa Goodings. He served in the Machine Gun Corps. Discharged on 1 Jul 1916. Died on 29 Jun 1921
Born Sheffield, 1892. Son of Emily Pratt (1869-1933)and Robinson Bemrose (1867-1924), of 5, Harold’s Terrace, South Parade, Hull (1911 Census), Son of a draper’s Assistant. He worked as a Dock side Labourer. Enlisted in Hull. Served with the 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action, on 12/09/1917, aged 25. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. … Read more
BORN ENFIELD, MIDDLESEX 03/03/1877. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1903. HIS WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH RAPSON, LIVED AT 68 SOUTH STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD BEEN AT SEA ALL HIS WORKING LIFE. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. KILLED ON THE MINESWEEPER “NEATH CASTLE”, ON 14/08/1916, AFTER A COLLISION WITH A DUTCH SIP OFF THE … Read more
BORN HULL 20/3/1876. SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD & ANNIE ELIZABETH WORMALD. MARRIED 4/02/1901. HIS WIFE ELLEN ANN HIGGS AND FOUR CHILDREN LIVED AT 48 ALICIA STREET AND AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS LABOURER AT A PAINT FACTORY BEFORE THE WAR. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX 26619, EYR. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT SHEFFIELD. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ARTHUR LANGHORN WARDROBE (1873-1940) & EMMA ANN BARTRAM (1871-1935). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ELDEST OF THREE CHILDREN. SISTER ELSIE AND BROTHER SERGEANT, ARTHUR LANGHORN WARDROBE, ARMY SERVICE CORPS, LIVED AT SAME ADDRESS. JOHN WAS A BRASS MAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915, AGED 18 YEARS AND 1 MONTH. … Read more
BORN HOWDEN, 1884. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF JAMES ARTHUR & ANN (MOONEY). DIED OF WOUNDS. AKA WALLACE IN SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. HE IS BURIED AT POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE WAS KILLED FOR LOVE OF US”
BORN HULL 02/11/1875. SECOND SON OF JAMES ALFRED TICKELPENNY (1849-1921) & ELIZABETH ANNE COOK (1850-1934) OF 2 CONVENT COTTAGES, SOUTH PARADE, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT SONS. EMPLOYED AS A WAREHOUSE PORTER. HE LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER AND TWO BROTHERS, AT 3 RIDLEY GROVE, WEBSTER STREET, CHORLTON-ON-MEDLOCK, MANCHESTER. HE ENLISTED IN MOSS SIDE, MANCHESTER, ON 11/12/1915, … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF EDWIN THOMPSON (1847-1929) & CAROLINE ROGERSON (1865-1940), OF 17 SOUTH PARADE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/07/1916, AGED 18. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, TPRES, BELGIUM. HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE SOUTH PARADE STREET SHRINE (141 … Read more
BORN FANGFOSS, YORKS 1896. SON OF MARY A SHIELDS, OF4, PERCY AVENUE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 27855, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 07/11/1916. BURIED AT CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY, WHO RECEIVED A 12 SHILLING WEEKLY WAR PENSION. … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS. WIFE LUCY. GROCER WAREHOUSEMAN. NB: JOSEPH, RMLI – 9 PROVIDENCE SQUARE, SPRING STREET. LEWIS – 31 PEEL ST.
BORN BRIGHOUSE, HALIFAX 1881. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1905. HIS WIFE GERTRUDE FLORENCE RUSHWORTH, LIVED AT 40 PARAGON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). THEY HAD FOUR SONS AND A DAUGHTER. HE WORKED AS FRUIT WAREHOUSE FOREMAN. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 1ST SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. KILLED IN ACTION, IN THE PERSIAN GULF, … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SECOND SON JAMES AND ELIZABETH MCDONALD, OF 22 SOUTH PARADE, ANALBY ROAD, HULL. A WAREHOUSEMAN AND LABOURER. HIS MILITARY RECORDS, DESCRIBED HIM, AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 124 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, LIGHT HAIR, ‘GOOD’ CHARACTER, “A STEADY AND SOBER MAN”. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915, AGED … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. HIS FULL NAME WAS RICHARD SAMUEL KEY. SON OF THE LATE CHARLES KEY (1851-1925 & HARRIET LOWERY ( 1852-1898). BROTHER TO GEORGE HENRY (1878-1934), SARAH JANE (1876-1935), ADA MARIE (1885-1915), ALICE BEATRICE (1887-1961), LILLIAN (1890-1918) & EVA (1890-1917). THE FAMILY LIVED AT 87, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL & 36, SOUTH PARADE, HULL (WAR … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. Private, JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSON 11/1111. Born in 1883, John was one of eight children to William and Agnes Johnson of 6, Western Villas, Hessle. John married, Angelina Lamer, in St. James’s Church, on 16th October 1904 and the couple lived at 3, Crystal Avenue, South Parade, Hull and 12, The Avenue, … Read more
BORN HULL 26/6/1894. YOUNGEST SON OF MARY PEACOCK & THE LATE JOHN HUDSON, OF 1 PROVIDENCE TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS WIFE, OLIVE HUDSON (BORN 17/1/1895), LIVED AT 21, NEW BUILDINGS, WALKER STREET, HULL (war pension address) AND AT 61 , SOUTH PARADE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN OCTOBER, 1914. … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF THOMAS HIMSWORTH (1856-1926) AND SUSANNAH ATKINSON (1854-1929), OF 73, GLASGOW STREET, HULL. SON OF A LABOURER. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND A YOUNGER BROTHER, WILLIAM HENRY HIMSWORTH. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE (1887-1953), AT 3, ROSEMONT TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL AND 41, PULMAN STREET, HULL (WAR LEDGER ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO SONS, … Read more
BORN HULL 1873. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN MICHAEL & BRIDGET HESTER. MARRIED EMMA HARRISON – 1903 HULL.
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM HARRIS & ELIZA HARDISTY ENGLAND (1867-1918), AT 88 WAVELEY STREET, HULL. A BOILER SEALER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 17/04/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE MARRIED LILIAN JANE A. HORSFIELD, AT HULL, IN JANUARY 1916. THEY LIVED AT 1 CROWTHER … Read more
BORN STRADDLETHORPE, YORKS, 1878. ENLISTED BEVERLEY, ON 31/08/1916. SON OF MARTHA GREEN, WEALDSTONE. EX FARM LABOURER. MARRIED ON 30/09/1899, AT OAKS FARM STRADDLETHORPE. WIFE ELIZABETH (BESSIE) PULLEN & THREE CHILDREN, THOMAS, HILDA AND AMY. HE DESERTED THE REGIMENT ON 28/10/1916 & WAS FOUND DEAD AT HOME, AGED 38. AN INQUEST WAS HELD INTO HIS DEATH … Read more
BORN HULL 1884. WAS MANAGER OF THE MIDLAND BANK, WHITEFRIARGATE. (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND LIVED WITH SARAH ANN TAYLOR AT AT 8, HERBERTS TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL & 8, WELLINGTON TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE ENLISTING, HE WAS EMPLOYED AT MESSRS, GEORGE ROWNTREE’S, FISH CURERS, GOODWING STREET, HULL HIS FAMILY LIVED OUTSIDE HULL. … Read more
BORN HULL 1875. SON OF CHARLES CRAMP (1853-1910) AND ELIZABETH CRAMP (1853-1917). HE MARRIED SARAH ELLEN (PEACH) IN 1911. LIVED AT 5 NEWPORT TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. RAILWAY SERVANT AND BLACKSMITH FOR GLOBE PORTER SHIP REPAIRERS. HE HAD ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/05/1908. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 404, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE … Read more
BORN CLEETHORPES 1883. SON OF CHARLES CLEMENTS (1850-1918) AND MARY ELLEN CLEMENTS (1858-1941), OF BEWHOLME, SEATON, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A RULLEYMAN. LIVED AT 5, ST GEORGES AVENUE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 21/03/1916, AGED 33 YEARS AND 270 DAYS. DESCRIBED … Read more
BORN HULL 26/05/1872. SON OF JOSIAH CHAPPEL (1846-1917) & ANNIE MARTHA ALLEN (1849-1921), AT 8 ANN’S BUILDINGS, SOUTH PARADE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHERS ARTHUR AND WALTER. SISTERS KATE AND HENRIETA. MARRIED 24/01/1903. A WHITESMITH AND PLATER’S HELPER BY TRADE. HIS WIFE MARGARET MAGUIRE (1876-1966) AND 5 CHILDREN , LIVED AT, 12 GEORGES TERRACE, CHILTERN STREET, … Read more
BORN HULL 1873. SON OF JOSEPH THOMAS CARR & SUSANHAH CARR, OF 100 , CHURCH STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL, HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. HIS UNOFFICIAL WIFE, WAS MINERVA BURTON AT 19 SOUTH PARADE, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 41573, YORK & LANCS REGIMENT & PRIVATE, 22267, EYR. HE DIED OF DISEASE, … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN HENRY BLADON (1856-1929) & MARY HANNAH SHARP (1862-1904) OF HESSLE AND HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN AND FOUR SONS, THREE OF WHICH DIED IN THE WAR.A FORMER FARM LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, MRS LILY SMITH, AT WATERLOO STREET AND AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON … Read more
