Hull Corporation 1914-1918 Memorial

Name	Position	Department	Rank	Regiment	Address	Death	Age
Brambles, James	Conductor	Tramways	Pte.	East Lancs 1/5th	14, Frederick Terrace, Hawthorne Avenue, Hull	24/08/1918	22
Bright, Frederick	Temp. Clerk	Accounts	C.S.M	Durham Light Infantry, 27th	7. Cave Street	04/03/1918	48
Burton, George	Car Washer	Tramways	Pte.	East Riding RGA	Marshall Street	01/09/1922	49
Campey, Tom	Conductor	Tramways	Pte.	King’s Royal Rifle Corps	84, Selby Street	21/04/1915	32
Cox, James	Driver	Health Dept.	Pte.	Coldstream Guards 1st	Sculcoates Lane	23/10/1914	32
Daddy, John William	Telephonist	Telephones	Cpl.	13th EYR	Alaska Street	13/11/1916	31
Dale, Albert	Conductor	Tramways	Pte.	RAMC North Field Ambulance	30, Sandringham Street	20/04/1916	25
Davie , Frank (MM)	Clerk	Accounts	Lieut.	11th EYR	62, Sunny Bank	02/06/1917	27
Donkin, William	Filler	Health	Driver	RFA 153rd Bde.	Westbourne Street	06/11/1918	23
Elston, James Herbert	Stonemason	Engineers	Sgt	13th EYR	Waterloo Street	13/11/1916	27
French, James Arthur	Labourer	Engineers	Sgt	Coldstream Guards, 1st	Montrose Street	15/08/1920	33
Garniss, Harry	Wireman	Tramway Electrical	Pte.	1/4th EYR	Nicholson Street	23/04/1917	24
Gould, Wilfred	Labourer	Tramway Electrical	Pte.	Coldstream Guards, 1st	193, Hawthorne Avenue, Hull	14/03/1915	21
Groves, Ernest	Clerk	Treasurer’s Dept.	Lieut.	7th EYR	33, Salisbury Street, Hull	31/03/1918	21
Groves, William	Clerk	Treasurer’s Dept.	Pte.	East Riding Yeomanry 1st	33, Salisbury Street, Hull	15/04/1917	22
Haldenby, Albert	Conductor	Tramways	Pte.	Coldstream Guards	1, Brooklyn Ave, Perth Street, Hull	28/09/1914	26
Harper, William Herbert	Tram Driver	Tramways	Pte.	12th EYR	4, Beech Grove, Westbourne Street, Hull	13/11/1916	30
Harrison, Amaziah	Beadle	Town Clerks	Sgt	Ox & Bucks Reg	Granville Street, Hull	20/06/1918	48
Henning, Cecil Victor	Clerk	Accounts	Cpl.	King’s Royal Rifle Corps	5, Pryme Street, Hull	05/07/1917	30
Hepton, Richard Henry	Road sweeper	Health Dept.	Gunner	RFA 2nd Northumbrian	123, St Paul St	04/03/1916	22
Howard, William Henry	Conductor	Tramways	Sapper	East Riding Engineers	7, Terry Avenue, Stoneferry, Hull	17/08/1918	32
Johnson, John Wilfred	Motorman	Tramways	Pte.	3rd EYR	5, Hardy Street, Hull	17/10/1918	33
Kay, Herbert James	Conductor	Tramways	L/Cpl	Northumberland Fusiliers, 1st	10, Stable Yard, Salthouse Lane	20/10/1914	21
Larard, Howard Martin	Sworn Weigher	Weights & Measures	Pte.	KOYLI, 9th	59, Regent Street	10/10/1917	39
Lee, Robert Harold	Signalman	Tramways	Pte.	Lincolnshire Regiment	23, Zetland Street, Hull	25/10/1917	37
Lockyear, Horace	Clerk	Accounts	Lieut.	6th Lincolnshire	Clumber Street	20/05/1918	21
Maplethorpe, Harry	Handyman	Tramway Electrical	Pte.	MGC, 57th	Symons Street	27/11/1918	27
McNally, Thomas John	Conductor	Tramways	Pte.	13th EYR	13 Ventnor Street, Newland, Avenue,  Hull	13/11/1916	22
Monday, Albert	Conductor	Tramways	Private	Royal Marine Light Infantry, “Portsmouth” Battalion, Royal Naval Division	11, Russell Terrace, Bean Street	24/06/1915	21
Ryan, John	Fireman	Tramway Electrical	Stoker	Royal Naval Reserve	7, Alberts Terrace, Terry Street, Hull	09/10/1917	22
Smith, Richard William	Brassfinisher Apprentice	Tramway Electrical	Gunner	RFA 2nd Northumbrian	3, Liverpool Street, Hull	15/05/1915	19
Stamp, Ernest	Conductor	Tramways	Gunner	RFA, 317th	27, Folkestone Street, Hull	14/11/1916	25
Temple, Alfred	Labourer	Engineers	Gunner	RGA	3, Reform Street, Hull	16/05/1919	47
Thompson, Percy Lawrence	Motorman	Tramways	Private	WYR, 2nd	19, Terry Street, Hull	16/08/1917	26
Tindale, Thomas	Driver	Tramways	Pte.	K.O.Y.L.I, 1/4th	26, Glasgow Street, Hull	24/07/1917	30
Usher, William Ernest	Driver	Tramways	Cpl.	11th EYR	60, Folkestone Street, Hull	12/04/1918	35
Warvill, Alfred	Labourer	Engineers	Gunner	RGA	10, Lily Grove, Subway Street, Hull	01/07/1915	26
Wilkinson, Harry Manley			Sgt.	1/4th EYR	94, Plane Street, Hull	25/03/1918	25
Worsnop, Edgar	Teacher	Education	Lieut.	West Yorks. Reg. 9th	Armley, Leeds	07/08/1915	26

* Also Private, Parker, Edwin George, 1/4th EYR, killed at Arras, on 23/04/1917, aged 30. Engineers Department (14 Years). Lived at 25, Curzon Street, De La Pole Avenue, Hull 

In August 1914, 178 Hull Corporation or Council staff enlisted in the Great War. Many were former soldiers, reservists or members of the Territorial forces. All were Volunteers. One was a widower. Ninety Two of the 178 men were married and had dependent wives and children. There were also many single men, who supported their family, in various ways and in one case, lived at home with two blind parents. Their names, departments, salaries and family circumstances, are meticulously recorded in the Council War Minutes. To encourage enlistment, the Council offered to make up the wages of staff who enlisted and paid 2 shillings a week for every dependent child. The Corporation also promised servicemen their jobs back when they returned.

When war began, Council staff enlisted en masse across all Departments. Their sudden departure adversely impacted public services and caused recruitment problems throughout the war.. They included volunteers from Corporation Tramways (39 men), Engineers (41); City Treasury (7), Accounts (3); Lighting Engineers (9); Health Department (23); Telephones (7); Education (16); and Tramway Electrical engineers (23). Mr Joseph E. Sloan, an Inspector, from Weights & Measures was recruited on 21/07/1914, called up when war began and never started his post.  Mr JM Millbank, a tap repairer, in the Water and Gas section, joined up as a dispatch rider. Wilfred Pocklington, an Asylum Attendant, enlisted in the Hussars. Many of the salaried staff from the City Treasury joined the East Riding Yeomanry, the majority of Council workers, paid weekly, joined the army, including the newly formed Hull Pals Battalions. Some of the volunteers, surrendered well paid work to enlist for “King and Country”. For example, Douglas Henville (Health Committee) gave up his £150 a year salary, for a University Commission. Mr DJ Lockyear, a Treasury Clerk paid £90 pa, became a Trooper in the East Riding Yeomanry. Similarly, Mr CV Henning (Accounts Department) forwent his £80 annual salary, to become a Lance Corporal in the East Riding Yeomanry. Mr W Land (Accounts), paid £65 a year, also became a Trooper in the East Riding Yeomanry.

In addition to topping up wages, the Council provided grants, pensions and support to their staff and families during the war. The Corporation also gave the Admiralty, nine rooms on the Guildhall second Floor to assist with the war at sea. The Council turned Hull City Hall into one of the UK’s most efficient and successful Recruitment Centres (The Property Committee did not reclaim the City Hall until 01/10/1919).

After the war, The Corporation set up the Great War Civic Trust to assist with Hull’s 14,000 war wounded. The Council proposed to the Ministry of Pensions, the setting up of “Homes of Recovery” for shell shock victims, separate from the Lunatic Asylum (Feb 1919) and also actively employed Council staff unable to take up their previous employment.

The Forty Council Staff killed in the war were the first to enlist. There is no Official Memorial or WW1 Plaque to them, at the Hull Guildhall, (as there are for Hull Teachers killed in WW1 , and Council Staff killed in the Spanish Civil War). However, their stories can be found in the Council War Minutes and Archives at the Hull History Centre. Those given special mention, include; 2/Lt Frank Davie, MM, EYR, from the City Accounts staff who was wounded near Arras on 3rd May 1917; Amaziah Harrison, the Town Clerk’s Beadle and former Boer War veteran, who committed suicide following his discharge from the army and 2/Lt, Horace Lockyear, a Junior member of the Property Committee, killed during the German Spring Offensive, 20 05/1918. The Council Minutes also record the death of Alderman, Taylor’s son, Thomas Pearson Taylor, RASC, who was accidentally killed by a sentry on 21/09/1914. Peter Gaskell, the Lord Mayor of Hull,  also lost his only son in the war, – Reginald Robinson Gaskell, RFC, killed during his first flight training at Catterick, on 15/12/1916, aged 27.

Below are some photos of Hull’s Corporation workers who died during WW1. You can also search each casualty on this website for more information, on what they did and where they lived, etc.

Many more Council Staff enlisted during the course of the war, particularly when compulsory conscription was introduced in 1916. Therefore the list above will be updated, over time.

Not included above are the twenty seven Hull Teachers, from the Hull Education Department, killed in the 1914-18 war. Their stories are told here https://ww1hull.com/clergymen-2/