Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Born Lambeth, London, 1890. A Professional Soldier when war began. He married Eva Clark, at Hull, in 1916 and lived at 18, Swann Street, Hull (war pension address) Enlisted in London. Posted to France, on 15/01/1915. Formerly, Private, 9175, 2nd & 6th East Yorks Regt. Transferred to the 6th and 8th Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes … Read more
BORN HULL 03/04/1899 AT 68 OXFORD STREET, HULL. YOUNGEST SON OF ENOCH NOZEDAR (1860-1948) AND MARY ELLEN HILL (1860-1929), OF 51 BARMSTON STREET, HULL AND 37, SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF 13 CHILDREN. HE WAS A FORMER RECKITT’S EMPLOYEE AT THEIR CANNISTER WORKS, STONEFERRY, HULL. HE ENLISTED … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD BURNHAM & MARY ANN STAINFORTH OF 83 SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. A FORMER RULLYMAN FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED AT NEWCASTLE. SERVED IN THE 12TH/13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED RESCUING A WOUNDED COMRADE, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 31. AWARDED THE … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SCULCOATES. ENLISTED LONDON. SON OF SARAH SEALEY ABOVE ADDRESS.
BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF WALTER & FLORENCE ANNIE (RICHARDSON), OF 4 DERBY TERRACE, HODGSON STREET. ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN. HIS ARMY ADDRESS WAS 2 BROMLEY TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 04/09/1915. JOINED THE HULL PAL.S. POSTED TO EGYPT ON 15/12/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 07/03/1916. SURVIVED THE ATTACKS AT … Read more
BORN HEDON, HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM AND ANN M PIERCY, OF 4, CARLTON TERRACE, DURHAM STREET. HIS WIFE FRANCES PIERCY, & THEIR FOUR CHILDREN LIVED AT 109 COURTNEY STREET, HULL, & 3, TEMPERENCE BUILDINGS, SWANN STREET, HULL. A FORMER RECKITT’S EMPLOYEE & SAW MILL WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25028, EAST YORKSHIRE … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF JOHN WILLIAM MANNERING (1871-1908) AND MARY ANN MITCHELL (1869-1955) AT 47, SWANN STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN, TWO DIED IN INFANCY. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1908. WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT PASSCHENDAELE, 04/10/1917, AGED 21. HE IS … Read more
BORN CASTLEFORD, YORKS 15/03/1897. SON OF JOSEPH LONGFELLOW & SARAH ELLEN LUMB, OF 4, TEMPERANCE BUILDINGS, SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SISTERS ANNIE AND EMILY AND BROTHER, GEORGE LONGFELLOW. EDUCATED AT LINCOLN STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL, HULL. A FORMER BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKER. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, OCTOBER 1914. FORMERLY, 214, EAST RIDING, R.G.A. … Read more
BORN HULL 22/09/1879. SON OF LATE WILLIAM BELL (1853-1915) & EMMA WRIGGLESWORTH (1857-1930). SON OF A GENRAL LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AT RECKITTS SINCE 20/03/1911. HE WORKERED AS A FITTER WITH HIS BROTHER, RICHARD. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 03/05/1917, AGED 37. COMMEMORATED ON THE … Read more
BORN WINTERTON, LINCS 12/03/1875. SON OF JOHN & SARAH ANN. EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN HULL ON 17/02/1900. HIS WIFE, FLORENCE (FENWICK), LIVED AT 6 THORNHILL AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS)AND AT 9 TEMPERANCE BUILDINGS, SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE SONS, HARRY, GEORGE AND FRED … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE WILLIAM HOLDSTOCK, 11/1234. Born in 1886, William was the youngest of five children to Thomas and Ann Holdstock. A Slate Enameler’s Labourer by trade, he married Jane Davis in December 1907 and the couple had three children Annie (1909), William Jnr (1911) and Harold (1914). Unfortunately, William Jnr died in … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF RICHARD HILL (1874-1943) & ADA RAWLING. OF 8, JOHNS TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL AND 2, CICERO TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL(1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FORMER ROYAL ENGINEER (1902-1907) AND CORN PORTER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, HAROLD, & FIVE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A BOX MAKER AT THE … Read more
BORN HULL 22/01/1899. ELDEST SON OF GUNNER, GEORGE HASWELL, RFA, & MRS SARAH HASWELL, AT 3 HOPE TERRACE, SWANN STREET. WORKED IN AN OIL MILL. ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE NOTTS AND DERBY REGIMENT. ATTACHED TO THE 8TH INFANTRY MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/04/1918, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. BURIED AT VILLERS BRETONNEUX MILITARY … Read more
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF THOMAS & SUSAN HARRISON, ABOVE ADDRTESS, HULL. GEORGE DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED SAME DAY. HE WAS AGED 34, UNMARRIED AND LIVED WITH HIS WIDOWED MOTHER AT 2 VILLA TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A FOUNDRY WORKER. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, WITH … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF THE LATE JOSEPH & STEPSON OF RACHEL GALE AT 22, SWANN STREET, HULL & 10, BRAMLEY SQUARE, ALDBRO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER. RESIDING AT 18, STATION LANE, BARNSLEY, WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED. HE ENLISTED AT WOMBELL, BARNSLEY ON … Read more
BORN NEW WORTLEY, YORKS, 15/10/1879. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF HENRY MOYSER FRANKS (1848-1909) & HARRIET ANN BELL (1857-1923), OF 6, ALBERT TERRACE, GREEN LANE, HULL AND 6, SYDNEY STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILLER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 35=37.5 INCH CHEST, 112 LBS WEIGHT, … Read more
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ROBERT FENTON (1868-1927) AND ELIZABETH HYAM, OF 7 MARCH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), AND 1 PLUTO TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL. AN OIL MILLER. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, ROBERT FENTON. Arras Battle, April … Read more
BORN SCARBOROUGH 1892. SON OF CHARLES EDWARD DAVIS (1873-1954) AND JANE ELIZABETH HODGSON (1872-1930), OF 13 DERWENT AVENUE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE MARRIED ELIZABETH RHODES AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1912. SON IN LAW OF MR & MRS RHODES, OF SWANN STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH, AT 4 EMMAS PLACE, SWANN STREET, HULL … Read more
BORN SUNDERLAND 1883. ONLY SON OF JACOB & ELIZABETH DAVIS, SWANN STREET, HULL. WAS A DOCK LABOURER. LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, JANE HOLDSTOCK AND HER FAMILY AT THIS ADDRESS (ARMY RECORDS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 13/04/1915. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED FRANCE 070/7/1916. POSTED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. SERVED … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF MR ALBERT COCKERILL (1866-1928) & MARGARET WALKER (1872-1914), OF 231 WINCOLMLEE AND 5 OAK TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. THEY LOST 3 SONS IN THE WAR. EMPLOYED IN THE HULL OIL MILLS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 13383, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.. TRANSFERRED TO … Read more
BORN HULL 1898. THIRD SON OF ALBERT COCKERILL (1866-1928) & MARGARET WALKER (1872-1914), OF 5, OAK TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 6, JOHNS PLACE, YORK STREET, (1911 CENSUS) AND 231, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. EDWARD WORKED AS A LABOURER IN … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. Private, FRANK COCKERILL 12/1275. Born in 1891, Frank was the eldest of three sons to Albert Cockerill (1866-1928) and Margaret Walker (1872-1914), of 231, Wincolmlee, Hull and 5, Oak Terrace, Swann Street, Hull (War pension Address). One of seven children, four sisters and two brothers. All three sons were killed in … Read more
BORN HULL 1902. ELDEST SON OF ALBERT BARKER (1873-1949) & SARAH GILYEAT (1879-1962), OF CHAPMAN STREET, HULL, 12 CICERO TERRACE, SWANN STREET AND 56 , SWANN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A KEELMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED IN IRELAND, … Read more
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY ANN ARKSEY. WIFE ADA ARKSEY ABOVE. EX CARRIER. HDM 18/05/1918 & 03/06/1919 PHOTO. Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL ALBERT ARKSEY 220017. Born 1890, the youngest of five children, to William and Mary Arksey of 6 Wilde Street, Hull. Albert was killed in action on March 25th 1918 … Read more
