Regiment: Royal Field Artillery 251st Brigade, A Battery

BORN HULL 13/06/1883. SON OF LEWIS BAILEY 91848-1912) AND SARAH ANN MARSDEN (1847-1922), OF 7 GALSGOW STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED EMILY WALKER (1878-1947), IN HULL.,ON 26/08/1905. HIS WIFE EMILY & THREE CHILDREN, LIVED AT 1 PARK ROW, WALTON STREET, HULL, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS), & 10 EBENEEZER TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, […]

BORN BILBROUGH, YORK, OCT 1895. HE WAS CHRISTENED "EDWIN", BUT HIS ARMY RECORDS SAY "EDWARD"AND IT SEEMS FROM CENSUS RECORDS THAT HIS FAMILY CALLED HIM GEORGE? HE WAS THE ELDEST SON OF ROSE AND JOHN THOMAS BREWSTER, A WOODMANS, ON HALL FARM, STRELLEY, NOTTS AND HIS MOTHER ROSETTA DAVEY. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND WORKED A […]

BORN HULL, ST JUDES, 22/05/1895. SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM & LOUISA ELLEN BROWN, 64a WORTHING STREET, (1911 CENSUS) & 109, CRANBROOK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER AND ELDEST BROTHER, JOSEPH WERE BAKERS. HE WAS A FORMER RAILWAY CLERK AND VAN MAN. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIMAS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 150 LBS WEIGHT, 40 INC […]

BORN HULL 1891.  HUSBAND OF  ELIZABETH ABOVE. THEY LIVED 4 GRAHAMS COURT, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS. THEY HAD A SON,  JOHN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. HE IS BURIED AT CHAUNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION, AISNE, FRANCE.

Born Bridlington, 1896. Son of Thomas and Jane Burrell, of 2, Well Lane Bridlington, East Yorkshire (war pension address). Son of a Gardener. He was a Nurseryman, at this address (1911 Census). He enlisted in Hull. Served as a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery, "A" Bty. 251st Bde. Killed in action, on 21/04/1917, aged 21. Buried at Wa […]

BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF WALTER CALDWELL (1861-1928) & MARTHA SHEARDOWN (1869-1947), OF 6 THOMAS PLACE, SCOTT STREET, HULL AND 3 ALDBORO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, MARRION AND ELIZABETH. EMPLOYED AS A COOPER, FOR MESSRS. GA JACKSON & SONS, AT 20 CLEVELAND STREET. HIS ARMY ENLISTMENT ADDRESS WAS 6 T […]

Born Hull 1893. Son of Robert Carrington (1868-1933) and Charlotte Chadwick (1869-1917), of 7 Sovereign Place William Street, Hull. His widow, Emma Ayer, lived at 613 Spring Bank West, Hull (War pension Addresses). A Baker. He enlisted in Hull. Served as Driver, 2036, in the 251st Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action, by a shell, on […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF CHARLES EDWARD CAVILL (1864-1944) & MARGARET ELLEN ROBINSON 1862-1897), OF 2, SHARPE SQUARE, EGGINGTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD A BROTHER AND SISTER. WORKED AS A CHAIN LAD FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS AND LIVED AT COURTNEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER, […]

BORN HULL 1893. SCULCOATES. SON OF JOHN AND EMMA COOK. HIS MOTHER MARRIED HENRY SUTTON DUNKIN, AND THEY LIVED AT 7, FERN GARDENS, ST PAULS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 20/04/1915. SERVED AS A CORPORAL, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. WAS KILLED IN ACTI […]

BORN SCULCOATES, HULL, 1882. SON OF GEORGE DALE (1854-1928) & SARAH LUMLEY (1856-1935), OF 52 PORTLAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE MARRIED SARAH ANN CRAWFORTH (1883-1972) AT HULL, ON 21/09/1903. HIS WIFE SARAH ANN & 4 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 48 NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS […]

Gunner, Thomas William Coupland Docherty is also buried in Easington cemetery. Son of Thomas W. C. senior and Mary J Docherty of Easington, he served with 251st Northumberland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, a Territorial unit that suffered heavily at the Battle of the Aisne in May 1918. Poignantly, Thomas, a Military Medal recipient, ev […]

BORN LEEDS 1893. KNOWN AS "JIM". SON OF DAWSON DRY (1866-1928) & EMMA LOUISE CHARLTON (1868-1933), OF 92 CROWLE STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. BROTHER TO ROSE, THOMAS, MAUD & GEORGE, GLADYS, AND CHARLES. A BOATMAN, LIVING AT 17 HOTHAM GROVE, HOTHAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 19/04/ […]

BORN HULL 1899. ENLISTED HULL KIA. SON OF JAMES & MARY E EVANS ABOVE 1901 CENSUS

Born Hatfield, Yorkshire, 1895. Eldest Son of Arthur Edward Fillingham, of 6, Woodbine Terrace, Newland Avenue, Hull and 68, Cottingham Road, Hull (War Pension address). A Shop Assistant - Fruiter (1911 Census address). he had one younger brother, Arthur Edward and one sister, Muriel Fillingham. He enlisted at West hull. Served as Gunne […]

BORN NORTH DALTON, YORKS 1889. SON OF THOMAS BIELBY FRANKISH (1854-1939) ANNIE ELIZABETH CHAMBERS (1857-1936), OF NORTH DALTON, DRIFFIELD, MIDDLETON ON THE WOLDS, YORKSHIRE, AND HULLBRIDGE ROAD, SANDHOLME, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE RESIDED IN BEEFORD, EAST YORKSHIRE. WORKED AS A SHEPHERD. […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN THOMAS HOGARTH (1860-1908) AND MARION VEITCH MASON (1862-1938), OF 5 PERCY'S AVENUE, RUGBY STREET, HULL AND 1 ALFRED'S TERRACE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A MERCHANT SAILOR. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A PRINTER. HE ENLI […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JAMES & MARY ELIZABETH (TASKER)OF THIS ADDRESS AND 9 CAROLINE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1914. BEFORE JOINING, HE WORKED AS A LABOURER ON HULL FISH DOCK. HIS FIANCEE ELSIE LIVED SCARBOROUGH (HDM 04/11/1918). HE SERVED AS SERGEANT, 756158, OF THE 251ST ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON […]

BORN HULL 05/12/1890. SON OF VALENTINE KEARNS (1856-1938) & MARY JANE WILSON (1856-1931), LIVING AT 36 CAROLINE PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DISTILLER. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. AN APPRENTICE BOOK BINDER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. CAPTURED 25TH MAY 19 […]

BORN ALDBROUGH, YORKSHIRE, 26/04/1896.  SON OF WILLIAM KEMP AND ADA TOFT, OF SKIRLAUGH. WAS A MILKMAN ON A FARM IN 1911 CENSUS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. MARRIED EMILY SMITH, SCULCOATES REGISTRY OFFICE, HULL, MARCH 1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/08/1918, AGED 22. HIS PENSION DID NOT GO TO […]

BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF EMIL JOSEPH KESSEL & SARAH ELIZA (ATKINSON), 13 DIVISION ROAD. HE HAD THREE SISTERS. HE DIED AT HOME 25/05/1919, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER SARAH ELIZA BEADLE AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. BURIED HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.