Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN BRISTOL 1880. SON OF JOHN COLSTON RICHER (1841-1888) & BRIDGET RICHER. BOARDED AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. DOCK LABOURER. ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO THE 8TH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 18/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/11/1915. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, BRIDGET ADAMS AND SISTER, MARY.
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ROBERT TURNER & MARTHA ANDERSON. FIANCEE MABLE HUTTON. DEATH REPORTED IN THE HDM, ON 15/03/1918. Romeo was a 1,730grt defensively-armed British merchant steamer. On the 3 March 1918 when 7 miles South from Mull of Galloway she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by a submarine. 29 lives lost including … Read more
