Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Name John William Hall Born Bradford, 1889. Married at Hull in 1908. Widow Ellen Gladstone Hall at 4, Crescent Place, Walker Street, Hull (1921 Census) Death Date 9 Oct 1917 Death Place Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Enlistment Place Bradford, Yorks Rank Private Regiment Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment Battalion 1st 5th Battalion … Read more
Born Hull 25 Aug 1886. Son of Samuel Bedforth and Harriet Ann Taylor (1859-1886). He lived with his Aunt, Hannah Margison (1833-1919), of 19, St James Square, Lister Street, Hull, a retired School Mistress. Married on 1 Oct 1914. Husband of Elixa Ann Mogg (born 16 July 1884 -1966), at 162, Walker Street, Hull (War … Read more
Born Hull, 1872. He married Margaret Duffey, at Hull, in 1899. It was a Roman Catholic wedding. Husband of Margaret McGinn at 13, Sarah Ann’s Terrace, Walker Street, Hull (Army Records address). they had two sons , three daughters and adopted Dorothy and Norah. He worked as a Dock Labourer. Served in the West Yorkshire regiment … Read more
Born Hull, 18 Feb 1888. Son of Briggs Beetham (1856-1893) and Elizabeth Senior. He had three brothers and two sisters. Married 1909. Husband of Annie Greaves, at 3, James Terrace, Walcott Street, Hull (1911 Census); 11, West Dock Terrace, Walker Street, Hull & 3, Jubilee Avenue, Goulton Street, Hull (War Pension addresses). They had two sons, … Read more
Born Shrewsbury, 1878. Married on 27 May 1902. Husband of Margaret Taylor, at 3 West Dock Villas, West Dock Avenue, Hull (army address) and 66, Walker Street, Hull (War Pension address). They had five children. He was a cycle Engineer and trader. Described as 5 foot, 6.5 inches tall, 34-36.5 inch chest, 122 lbs weight, … Read more
Born Hull, 5 Dec 1890. A window cleaner, boarding at 5 Pleasant Place Walker Street, Hull (1911 Census). He married his landlord’s daughter. He married Ada Gage, at Hull, in 1913. They lived at 4, Albert Place, Walker Street, Hull (War Pension address). He served in the Royal Naval Reserve. Discharged with chronic Bronchitis, on … Read more
Born Hull 1884. Son of Mrs Stratford at 1, Providence Row, Walker Street, Hull (War Pension address). Boarded at 7 Georges Grove Northumberland Avenue Hull. Was A Rullyman contractor (1911 Census). described as 5 foot, 8.5 inches tall, 36-39 inch chest, good physical development, Church of England religion, “very Good” character. He Enlisted in the … Read more
Born Coldstream, Berwick, 1873. Son of Mrs Ellen Dawson (1844-1916), of 13, Williams Place, St James Street, Hull (1911 Census) and 3, Hope Terrace, Walker Street, Hull (war pension address). A General Labourer. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st West Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action, on 23/09/1915, aged 42. Buried in Belgium. His … Read more
Born Hull 1889. Grandson of Florence Masters, of 12, Eliza’s Place, Walker Street, Hull (War Pension address). Enlisted in Hull, on 23/09/1914. Served in the Hull Pals. Discharged from the 12th EYR, on 10th December 1918. Awarded Silver Badge (No: B64118). Died of Tuberculosis, on 08/07/1924, aged 35.
BORN HOLBECK, LEEDS, 1872. HE MARRIED FLORENCE CAROLINE ROUSE (1874-1927), AT HULL, ON 21/06/1892. HIS WIFE, FLORENCE & TEN CHILDREN (EIGHT DAUGHTERS), LIVED AT, 91, CLIFTON TERRACE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL IN 1901 & THEN AT 4, ELIZA’S PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A DOCK WATERMAN, FOR THE WILSON LINE. HE … Read more
BORN HULL 29/03/1898. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM SMITH & KATE PINDER, AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. HE WAS BORN AT 4 ZIONS PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. COMMISSIONED. KILLED IN ACTION ON 22/03/1918, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM.
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF FRED SNOWDEN (1857-1901) AND ADA HARMON (1853-1928), OF 3, CONSTABLE BUILDINGS, ENGLISH STREET (1911 CENSUS), 13, WILLIAM PLACE, ST JAMES STREET, HULL AND 45, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE WORKED AS A PLATER’S MATE (RIVETT HEATER). RESIDED AT 13, WINNIE’S PLACE, … Read more
BORN NEWCASTLE, 1895. WIFE HANNAH ELIZABETH LOWE LIVED ABOVE. MOTHER ANNIE LIVED GT THORNTON ST. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. DIED OF WOUNDS. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE EDWARD LOWEN MM 11/1244. Born in 1895 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, George was an only child whose father had died and whose mother Annie had remarried. A Labourer living on … Read more
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JOHN ECCLES (1833-1898) & ELIZA JANE ECCLES, OF 2. RIFLE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS WIFE, ANNIE (FISH) ECCLES, LIVED AT 35 STANIFORTH PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (HIS CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN. THEIR LAST TWIN DIED IN 1918 AGED TWO YEARS. A FORMER SOLDIER WHO … Read more
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & JUDITH BURN WRIGHT, OF 48 GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL AND 71, WALKER STREET, HULL. SON OF A WHITE SMITH AND LOCKSMITH. THE FOURTH OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, GEORGE AND THREE SISTERS, EDITH, MARY AND JUDITH. HE WORKED AS A WHITESMITH, LIKE HIS FATHER. ENLISTED … Read more
Hull Pals Memorial Post. L/CPL WALTER WILSON 12/189. Born in 1887, Walter was one of seven children to William Wilson (1843-1889) and Jane Ann Wilson, of 6 Waltham Terrace, Walker Street, Hull (War Pension address). He had three brothers and three sisters. A Blacksmith’s Striker by trade. Described as 5 foot, 6 inches tall, 137 … Read more
BORN HULL 24/5/1888. KILLED IN ACTION. SON OF CHARLES ROBERT & JULIA WILSON OF 9, RIFLE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. HE RESIDED IN EAST HULL BEFORE JOINING THE MANCHESTER POLICE FORCE. HE ENLISTED IN JANUARY 1915 AND HAD SERVED IN FRANCE FOR ELEVEN MONTHS. HE WAS REPORTED AS KILLED IN ACTION. HE LEFT ARMY EFFECTS … Read more
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ORSON WIGGINTON (1841-1908) & SARAH ANN MULVANEY OF 1, BARKERS BUILDING, OSBORNE STREET, HULL AND 12, ALLINSON TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD AN ELDER BROTHER HENRY (1875-1913). HE MARRIED, ELSIE MARY TAYLOR, IN 1911 AND THEY LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER, AT 12, ALLINSON TERRACE, WALKER STREET, … Read more
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF HENRY & ANNIE WHITFIELD. STEVEDORE LABOURER. BOARDED AT 155 WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/07/1901, AGED 18. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 125 LBS WEIGHT 32.5 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR. EX 8083, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, SOLDIER BEFORE THE WAR. SERVED FOR 7 YEARS … Read more
BORN LONDON 04/12/1896. STRAND. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL. HIS SISTER JANE LIVED IN FLEET STREET, HOLBORN, LONDON. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL On 22 March 1918, the British sloop HMS Gaillardia, built by Blyth Shipbuilding in 1917, struck a British laid mine in the Northern Barrage, Pentland Firth. 93 … Read more
BORN HULL 12/06/1888. SON OF FRED WARD AND MARY WELSH (1862-1923). HE HAD THREE OLDER SISTERS, JANE, FLORENCE AND GERTRUDE. FRED WAS 5 FOOT 3 INCHES TALL AND KNOWN AS “LITTLE FREDDIE”. HE WORKED AS A SHIP’S STEWARD. HIS WIFE ALICE & TWO DAUGHTERS JESSIE AND WINIFRED WAUD LIVED AT THIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED … Read more
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF MARY JANE WARDELL, OF 13 WALKER STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE CLARA AYLIFFE, (FORMERLY WARDELL), LIVED AT 12 RAIKE STREET, CHURCH STREET, IN DRYPOOL, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A CHAIN LAD FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 9TH WEST … Read more
BORN THORNE 14/6/1880. HIS PARENTS LIVED AT 10 ELISA’S PLACE, WALKER STREET, HULL . HE WAS MARRIED WITH 4 CHILDREN. (HDM 09/10/1914 & NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS). HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, WITH HIS PHOTO ON 12TH OCTOBER 1914. * HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT, UK. HIS BROTHER, E. … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF MRS ANN TURNER, OF 4 VILLA TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 22/09/1916, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF THOMAS HORACE THORLEY & MARY JANE HICK, OF 12, RIFLE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. … Read more
BORN HULL 31/10/1876. SON OF GEORGE AND SARAH ANN STRIDE. A SEAMAN, WITH HIS BROTHERS, WALTER AND THOMAS. HE MARRIED IN 1901. HIS WIFE, SARAH ANN POTTER (1881-1953), LIVED AT 2 HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD 5 CHILDREN. SERVED ON THE TRAWLER, “SPEETON”. LOST AT SEA, ON 31/12/1915, AGED 39. TWO … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JOSEPH STEEL (1861-1948) & MARY ANN COULTAS (1862-1939), OF 10, WASSAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 84, WALKER STRETT, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A TAILOR. HE HAD ONE BROTHERS, JOHN WILLIAM AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A DRAPER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5INCHES TALL, 145 LBS WEIGHT, 36 … Read more
BORN HULL 25/02/1892. SON OF FRED SNOWDEN (1857-1901) AND ADA HARMON (1853-1928), OF 3, CONSTABLE BUILDINGS, ENGLISH STREET (1911 CENSUS), 13 WILLIAM PLACE, ST JAMES STREET, HULL AND 45, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER FRED. WORKED AS A FISH HOUSE LABOURER. RESIDED AT 44 , BEECROFT STREET, HULL. HE … Read more
BORN HULL 1903. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & EDITH SMITH, OF 13 WALKER STREET, HULL. DROWNED WHEN HIS SCHOONER WAS LOST AT SEA, AGED 15. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HUKK DAIKY MAIL ON 07/12/1918. NO CWGC RECORDS. On November 15th, 1918, the British wooden schooner GLENDALOUGH, on voyage from Hull & Yarmouth to … Read more
BORN MILE END, EAST LONDON 1877. SON OF CAROLINE & THE LATE BARNETT SILVERSTONE, AT 121 WALKER STREET, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HIS PARENTS WERE FROM WARSAW, POLAND. HIS FATHER WAS A HIGH CLASS TAILOR. HARRY LIVED IN AT 465 HIGH ROAD LEYTON, ESSEX (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A LONDON BUS CONDUCTOR. HE … Read more
BORN HULL OCT 1876. SON OF CAROLINE & THE LATE BARNETT SILVERSTONE, AT THIS ADDRESS. HE LIVED IN AT 195 HANBURY STREET, STEPNEY, EAST LONDON. WORKED AS A TAILOR. HE ENLISTED AT WHITEHALL. SERVED WITH THE “LONDON ARTISTS” BATTALION, AS PRIVATE, 6508, 1ST LONDON REGIMENT (ROYAL FUSILIERS). KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 07/10/1918, … Read more
Born Masbrough, Rotherham 08/021885. Son of William Shirtcliffe, of 33, Cavendish Road., Holmes, Rotherham; Husband of Edith Shirtcliffe, of 52, Edge Road., Thornhill Edge, Dewsbury, Yorks. He had enlisted in the Royal Navy on 19/04/1900. He worked as a sailor and as a blast furnaceman. He enlisted in the Household cavalry at West Melton. Served … Read more
BORN HULL 1900. SON OF THOMAS & HANNAH SELLER, OF 26, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE SERVED WITH THE 2ND SHERWOOD FORESTERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 18/09/1918, AGED 19. BURIED AT TREFCON BRITISH CEMETERY, CAULAINCOURT, AISNE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “FOLLOWING JESUS DAY BY DAY NOTHING CAN HARM ME IF HE … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ROBERT AND JANE SCAIFE, OF 12 HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. ROBERT HAD SERVED IN THE BOER WAR AND WORKED FOR THE HULL BREWERY COMPANY. HE LEFT A WIDOW FANNY & YOUNG SON MATHEW SCAIFE, AT 2, EBENEEZER TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. THIS WAS GIVEN AS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ROBERT SCAIFE (1867-1932) AND JANE ANN ANDREWS (1870-1937), OF 3 ELIZABETH PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 12 HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WILLIAM ENLISTED WITH HIS BROTHER, ARTHUR, AT BEVERLEY ON THE SAME DAY. … Read more
BORN OSLO, NORWAY, 8th JULY 1874. SON OF PAUL OTTO GOTTLIEB ROJAHN (1854-1888) & LENA GUDMUNDSEN (1852-1883). HE MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL IN 1907. HUSBAND OF KATE ELIZA (STEBBIN) ROJAHN (, AT 155 WALKER STREET, HULL. (HULL MERCHANT NAVY ADDRESS). SERVED AS A FIREMAN AND TRIMMER ON THE S/S “COLORADO”. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF FRANCIS WILLIAM POSTILL (1868-1939) & HARRIET AMELIA OLIVER (1873-1951), OF 4, RIFLE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). SON OF AN OUT DOOR PORTER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A SEAMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL, 110 LBS WEIGHT, 33-35 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF THOMAS JOHN EAST PARKINSON (1851-1926) & CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH PARKINSON (1854-1940), OF 5, TICHBOURNE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL AND 58, WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A GROCER WAREHOUSEMAN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. A SINGLE MAN. HE WORKED AS A RAILWAY CLERK AND LIVED AT, 58, WALKER … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & CHARLOTTE MOSS, of 5 VILLA TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A BUTCHERS BOY. ALSO WORKED ON HMT ‘IOLANTHE’. DROWNED 26/02/1916, AGED 20.LISTED ON HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. BURIED HULL. HDM 28/06/1916. Dido SS was a British Merchant steamer of 4,769grt. On the 26th February 1916 when … Read more
BORN HULL 29/01/1883. SON OF JOSEPH MASON (1844-1924) & SARAH ANN MASON (1846-1903), HULL. HE MARRIED ELLEN ELIZABETH NELSON (1883-1952), AT HULL IN 1900, HE WAS SKIPPER, OF THE TRAWLER ‘TUGELA’, LOST AT SEA, ON 26/06/1916, AGED 33. WELL KNOWN IN THE HESSLE ROAD AREA. HE LEFT £241 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, ELLEN, … Read more
BORN HULL 1875. . A FORMER DOCK LABOURER & HULL POLICEMAN. WIFE FANNY & THREE DAUGHTERS LIVED AT 2 THOMAS PLACE, MACHEL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 8 SARAH ANN’S TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (HDM 02/06/1917). SHE REPORTED HIM MISSING IN THE PAPER AND REQUESTED ANY NEWS. HIS DEATH WAS PRESUMED ON 23/04/1917. HE WAS … Read more
BORN NEWCASTLE, 1896. SON OF ROBERT LYALL & MARGARET DORA SUMMERS. WORKING AS AN IRON MONGER’S ERRAND BOY, IN STOCKTON, NEWCASTLE, (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/02/1917, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS … Read more
Born Ipswich, 1877. Worked as a fish merchant. Served as 5th Hand, on the steamship “Terrier”. Lost off Rattray Head, Scotland between 29 Sept & 2 Oct 1916. Address recorded on the UK Passenger lists. NO CWGC RECORDS. UNTRACED. HE IS COMMEMORATED AS R. LORRAINE, AGED 39, ON THE HESSLE ROAD SEAMAN’S MEMORIAL, HULL On … Read more
BORN HULL 17/02/1876. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM AND SARAH ANNIE CLARKE, OF 7 HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL AND 5 EAST NORTH STREET, EAST NORTH STREET, ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND (CWGC ADDRESS) HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, AS A COAL TRIMMER, ON HMS “GUNNER” AND HMS “QUICKLEY”. HE DIED ON 28/10/1916, AGED 39. BURIED LOCALLY … Read more
BORN HULL 05/02/1883. FAMILY ADDRESS 59 LEE SMITH STREET & 121 WALKER STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 46 ORVILLE STREET, GRIMSBY. NAVAL RECORDS. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
BORNHULL 23/01/1897. SON OF ARTHUR AND ISABELLA JANE LEESON, AT 12, WEST DOCK TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. KILLED IN ACTION, 21/08/1918, AGED 21. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST THOMAS CHURCH MEMORIAL, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN WW2. Enlisted 6/08/1915 ; Draft for MEF 5/12/1915, joined Hawke … Read more
BORN HULL 1886. ELDEST SON OF JAMES PARKER LAMBERT (1861-1934) & ALICE MIDWOOD. LEFT BROTHER FRANK LAMBERT. A MARINE ENGINEER LIVING AT 4 GLOUCESTER PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HUSBAND OF ANNIE PINDER (1887-1972) OF 1 WEST DOCK TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE DAUGHTER, IVY AND THREE … Read more
A. P LAMBERT, 9TH ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS WAS RECORDED ON ST THOMAS CHURCH MEMORIAL, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN WW2. HE IS LISTED WITH ARTHUR STANLEY LAMBERT. THIS MAY BE PETER LAMBERT BELOW THE ONLY CWGC MATCH. SON OF MRS MARGARET LAMBER, 104 KILBOWIE ROAD, CLYDEBANK, GLASGOW. HE IS LISTED ON THE SAME … Read more
BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF MRS KAVENEY, THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT KAVENEY WHO SERVED 21 YEARS WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND RECEIVED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. JAMES ENLISTED AT WHITEHALL, LONDON. HE WAS A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER. SERVED EIGHT YEARS BEFORE BEING KILLED IN ACTION, ON … Read more
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FRANCIS HERBERT IBBITSON & LOUISA ANN FENTON, OF 6, SUTTON ROW, SUTTON BANK, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 9, HAROLD’S TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A GRINDER IN AN IRON FOUNDRY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/5TH BORDER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/11/1916, … Read more
