Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Hull 1887. Husband of Amelia Myers who he married at Hull, on 26/12/1909. They had three children, Doris, Miriam and Joseph Boyd Haughey . He worked as a Warehouseman and Labourer, living at 9, Alaska Villas, Barnsley Street, Hull (Army Address) when he enlisted. Described as honest, sober, Roman Catholic, 5 foot, 4 inches … Read more
Born Hull, 1878. Son of John R & Jane S Silvey, of Hull. Married at Hull, in 1900. Husband of Florence Annie Cooper, of 4, Kent Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 3, York Avenue, St Mark Street, Hull (War Pension address). His wife was thirteen years younger. They had three sons and a daughter. He … Read more
BORN HULL 1885. MARRIED 25/12/1907 – WIFE ELIZABETH KAY AND FOUR CHILDREN LIVED AT 98 ST MARKS STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). WAS A DOCKSIDE LABOURER. ENLISTED 12/12/1915. ARRIVED FRANCE 31/05/1917. DIED AS A RESULT OF A TRAIN ACCIDENT. HE IS BURIED IN A SEPARATE GRAVE IN FRANCE. WILLIAM PARK WAS NAMED ON THE ST … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM HARRISON & LOUISA BOLLINGHAM HARRISON. A SOAP FACTORY WORKER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT YPRES. DIED OF WOUNDS IN MANCHESTER HOSPITAL, ON 12/05/1915, AGED 18. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 12TH MAY 1915. * … Read more
BORN HULL 1876. ELDEST SON OF JOHN AND MARGARET WILSON, OF HULL. A DOCK LABOURER (1911 CENSUS) AND LATER A RECKITT’S EMPLOYEE. HE JOINED THE RECKITT’S MORLEY WORKS, ON 24TH SEPTEMBER 1914. HE MARRIED MARY ANN DACK, AT HULL, ON 21/05/1898. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 14786, IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS … Read more
BORN HULL, J1893. SON OF JOHN AND ANNIE WEBSTER, OF 8 SARAH ANN TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED EMILY ROBINSON, AT HULL, IN 1915. HIS WIFE ETHEL EMILY WEBSTER & 3 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 16 ANNIE TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL & 2 VICTORIA AVENUE, ST MARK STREET, HULL (War Pension address). EMPLOYED AS … Read more
BORN ANDERSTON, GLASGOW 1889. SON OF MRS CURTIS OF 13 EGTON VILLAS, ST MARKS STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS A GAS FITTER FOR THE EAST HULL GAS COMPANY. HE LIVED AT 25 TORRINGTON STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN 1914, JOINING THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1882. WIFE EDITH WARD ABOVE. DEATH REPORTED IN HDM 15/02/1918. On February 15th, 1915, the British cargo ship MEMBLAND, built in 1900 by William Gray & Co., Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss by Macbeth & Co., West Harlepool, left Hull for Tyne in ballast, and went missing. She was … Read more
BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN HENRY TAYLOR & SARAH ELIZA LEADLEY (1859-1940), OF CHURCH LANE, BEVERLEY, 4 LORNE TERRACE, WYKE STREET, HULL AND 6, FERNDALE TERRACE, ST MARK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF SHIP FIREMAN. HE WORKED AS A PAPER HANGER (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED BEVERLEY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 21848, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED … Read more
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF WILLIAM STAHERS (1864-1935) & MARY ANN SAYER (1866-1954), OF 57, DANSOM LANE, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. MARRIED GERTRUDE GOMERSALL (1881-1941), AT HULL, IN 1913. HIS WIFE GERTRUDE, AND TWO SONS, WILLIAM AND KENNETH, LIVED AT 50, ST MARKS STREET, HULL … Read more
BORN CAISTOR, LINCS 1877. SON OF ESTHER ANN MARSHALL, OF 10, SALTLANE ROAD, SHIPLEY. HIS FATHER DIED YOUNG AND HIS MOTHER REMARRIED. HE HAD TWO HALF BROTHERS, JOHN AND REDFERN MARSHALL. AND TWO HALF SISTERS, LILY AND SUSAN MARSHALL. MARRIED AT WITHERNSEA, 28/10/1908. HUSBAND OF HELEN (NELLIE) FAUNTON, OF 14, BOURNE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WILLIAM COLLINSON SAWDON 11/448. Born on 6th December 1893 in Great Kelk, Driffield William stood a little over 5’5″ with brown hair and blue eyes, the eldest of nine children to Louisa Sawdon. His mother remarried and left William in the care of his grandparents while she and his siblings … Read more
BORN HULL 1890. LIVED AT 5 ST MARKS STREET, HULL & SOUTH KILLINGHOLME IN 1911 CENSUS. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. JUPITER SS was a British Merchant Cargo steamer of 2,124grt built for Hessler Shipping Co. (Jacob Hessler & Co,), West Hartlepool by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co, Greenock. In 1915 … Read more
BORN HULL 07/07/1896. ELDEST SON OF FRED ROBINSON & EMILY ROBINSON. BEYOND HIS PARENTS CONTROL, HE WAS SENT TO WAKEFIELD REFORMATORY SCHOOL FOR STEALING HIS MOTHER’S CLOTHES. HE WAS DESCIBED AS GINGER HAIR, GRE EYES, PROPORTIONATE BUILD, CUT SCARS ON CHIN AND TATTOO MARKS ON LEFT FOREARM. EDUCATED AT ST MARKS AND CHAPMAN STREET SCHOOLS, … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF CHARLES THOMAS RICHOMOND & EMMA RICHMOND, OF 12 MELTON TERRACE, LIME STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A MACHINEMAN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A MOULDER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGLAND FOR GALLIPOLI, ON 14/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/08/1915, … Read more
BORN HULL 1878. SCULCOATES. SECOND SON OF JOHN (1841-1909) AND ELEANOR SUSAN PEARSON (1848-1929), OF 8, LITTLE GEORGE STREET, LIME STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 19498, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 18TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN … Read more
BORN SHEFFIELD 1883. SON OF JOSEPH & ELIZA NOCK, OF BIRMINGHAM. HUSBAND OF MRS MAY BINNINGTON (FORMERLY NOCK), AT 78, ST MARKS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A REGULAR SOLDIER, WHEN WAR BEGAN. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 21/04/1915. HE SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLEY, “Q” ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY. HE HAD SERVED FOR … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF RICHARD EDWIN NICHOLSON (1865-1898) AND ANNIE ELIZABETH NICHOLSON, OF 230 WELLGATE, ROTHERHAM. A FORMER BUTCHER’S BOY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 2428, 1/5TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED OF GAS WOUNDS, AT YPRES, ON 19/12/1915, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED AT BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION … Read more
BORN HULL 1870. SON OF GEORGE & MARGARET NEVITT STONEFERRY, 11 SPRITTLE STREET (1891 ADDRESS ONLY). LISTED ON ST MARKS MEMORIAL.
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN & SARAH McALLISTER. NB: PTE PETER McALLISTER, CAMERONIANS – 19 STANIFORTH PLACE
BORN HULL 1886. THIRD SON OF LATE CHARLES MARSHALL (1853-1933) & MARY JANE MARSHALL (1856-1931), OF 114, ST MARKS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 10, REDCAR VILLAS, REDCAR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS – CHARLES, JOHN B. THOMAS & ROBERT, WHO WERE ALL HULL DOCK LABOURERS. … Read more
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JOHN & JANE BROWN & FAMILY AT 8, YORK AVENUE, ST MARKS STREET, HULL. HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL. SERVED AS A LEADING STOKER, ROYAL NAVY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE 09/11/1918, WHEN HMS ‘BRITANNIA’, WAS TORPEDOED. HE DIED JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE WAR … Read more
BORN HINCKLEY, LEICESTERSHIRE 1893. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. SON OF JOHN & MARY ANN, ABOVE ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS).HE WAS A CABINET MAKER WHO SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP AT ABBA BROTHERS, CHARLOTTE STREET. HE WAS SINGLE AND LIVED WITH PARENTS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 12TH OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.*
BORN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, STOCKWITH-ON-TRENT 1896. SON OF GEORGE JOHNSON (1856-1906) AND ANNIE WELCH JOHNSON, WHO LIVED AT 13, WILSON AVENUE, RHODES STREET, HULL, 44, DIVISION ROAD, HULL; 21, BRIGHT STREET, HULL & 6, ST MARKS AVENUE, ST MARK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE WAS UNMARRIED AND WORKED AS A BOATMAN. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. STEPSON OF WILLIAM STORR & MOTHER EMMA STORR AT 10 MYRTLE VILLAS, ST MARKS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). ELDEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A MOULDER LABOURER. HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY. DIED OF BRONCHITIS, AT HOME, ON 03/12/1916, AGED 23. BURIED HEDON CEMETERY.HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST MARK STREET MEMORIAL. HE MARRIED … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOSEPH & HANNAH MARY GORMAN, AT 74 LIME STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). EDUCATED AT LIMES STREET SCHOOL. HE WAS A GENERAL LABOURER, EMPLOYED AT THE EAGLE OIL MILLS. HE RESIDED AT 7 ALEXANDRA AVENUE, ST MARK STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. Private, JOHN HENRY GELDER 26983. Born Hull, in 1897, John was the eldest of two children and only son of George Gleder (1873-1933) and Alice Gelder (1872-1935), of 3, St Mark’s Avenue, St Mark’s Street, Hull (Army Records Address). His sister was called, Dora. A Labourer before the war, at Scott’s … Read more
BORN HULL, 1881. SON OF GEORGE FISHER AND FRANCES (FANNY) GOMERSALL (1857-1944), OF 6, SARAH ANN TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 70, DANSOM LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS); 5, WHITBY STREET, HULL AND 3, TORRINGTON VILLAS, FRANKLIN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD A TWIN SISTER MAUD AND THREE BROTHERS. EMPLOYED AS A WOOD … Read more
BORN HULL 1885. ELDEST SON OF JAMES HENRY EVERITT (1862-1910) & ELLEN ATKINSON (1863-1926), OF 8 COTTINGHAM TERRACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND FIVE BROTHERS. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1910. EMPLOYED IN THE TIMBER YARDS. HE MARRIED IN 1912. HIS WIFE MARIA FOWLER (1889-1953) LIVED AT GRANGE STREET AND 4 YORK AVENUE, … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. THIRD SON OF JAMES FIRTH DAWSON (1849-1913) & ELIZABETH ANN DAWSON, OF 9, HAWTHORNE VILLAS, BALFOUR STREET, HULL & 32, JAMES RECKITT AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE. HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A CRANE DRIVER IN THE LOCAL SHIPYARD. HE WORKED AS A SAW BACKER IN THE TIMBER YARDS. HIS NAME WAS LISTED … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. WIFE MARY (CHAPMAN) ABOVE (DIED 12/2/67). SON OF ELIZABETH ANN (HANCOCK) AND GEORGE FOSTER BRITTON, 4541, RNR- 10 WELBECK AVE, FLINTON ST. CWGC ADDRESS.
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM BOLLINGHAM & LOUISE HARRISON, HULL. HE MARRIED EMMA THORP MULLIGAN, IN HULL, IN 1909. EMPLOYED AS A FOREMAN IN A SOAP WORKS. THEY LIVED AT 3 LESLIE AVENUE, LORRAINE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE THEN WORKED FOR THE HULL OIL MANUFACTURING COMPAMY, STONEFERRY, BEFORE LEAVING FOR AUSTRALIA, IN … Read more
Born Barton, Lincs, 1887. Eldest son of Robert Stamper & Edith Austin, of 15, Tennyson Avenue, Ferries Street, Hull. He had four brothers, John, Gilbert Austin, Harold and Ernest Anthony, and one sister, Ellen Austin. Married at St Marks, Church, Hull, on 12/10/1911. Husband of Alice Maud Kirk, at 6, Clarence Avenue, St Mark Street, … Read more
