Area: Beverley Road

BORN LIVERPOOL 1888. SON OF ARTHUR EDMUND & EDITH BALLAN, 301 BEVERLEY ROAD. HE FATHER WAS A NER DISTRICT GOODS AND DOCK MANAGER. NOEL WAS EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE AND A MEMBER OF THE CADET CORPS. HE THEN WENT TO UCKFIELD AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND JOINED HIS FATHER FARMING IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE. HE WENT TO AUSTRALIA IN 1912 AS A FARMER. HIS […]

BORN BALHAM, LONDON 23/03/1884. KNOWN ASD "VAL". ELDEST SON OF WALTER WILLIAM BIRTLES (1852-1913) AND ALICE COPLEY, OF 303 BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE, HULL. WORKED AS A CLERK FOR THE ANGLO-AMERICAN OIL COMPANY LTD, BRIDLINGTON. HIS FATHER WAS THE COMPANY MANAGER. HE MARRIED IN DARLINGTON, ON 03/04/1915. HIS WIFE NETT […]

BORN HULL 1874. SON OF HENRY & JANE BLACKBURN. ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN BROTHERS, ALBERT & WILLIAM A BLACKBURN ANDFAMILY IN BRIGHTON. ENLISTED HULL. EX 190I LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/08/1918, AGED 44. BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/08/1919.

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF ROBERT BLAKENEY, of 3 KINGSTON PLACE, WITHAM (1911 CENSUS) & 21 BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (ADDRESS FROM HDM,  04/09/1916). HE WAS A HULL TENOR SINGER,  WELL KNOWN IN MUSICAL CIRCLES IN HULL AND HOLDERNESS. A SINGER WITH THE WITHERNSEA MUSICAL UNION. IN 1912, HE WON A £40 PRIZE AT THE PALCE IN A SINGING COMPETITI […]

BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF MR ZACHARIA CHARLES & MRS ZILAH BLYTH, OF 46 BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, HILDA, VIOLET, AND DORA, ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 22/04/1917, AGED 23. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED AT WARLINCOURT HALTE BRIT […]

BORN HULL 1893. ELDEST SON OF ELIZABETH MASON (1866-1959) & WILLIAM HENRY BUFFEY (1866-1942), OF 40, WASHINGTON STREET (1901 CENSUS), 194, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 99, DE GREY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DEALER. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND THREE BROTHERS. […]

BORN HORNSEA 1882. SON OF FREDERICK CARTER AND MARY GREGORY. HIS PARENTS LIVED IN GLOUCESTER. HE WAS A MANAGER OF A MINERAL WATER COMPANY. HE MARRIED AT ANLABY PARISH CHURCH, ON 16/08/1916. HIS WIFE, ANNIE LOUISA JONES MOVED TO 56 ANLABY ROAD, AND LATER BRIDLINGTON. ENLISTED HULL ON 17/02/1917. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 23/05/1917. KILLED IN […]

BORN LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE, 1900. THIRD SON OF GEORGE RILEY & FRANCES ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) CLARKE, OF JARRATT STREET, HULL AND 17, ASH GROVE, NEWLAND, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 69104, "B" COMPANY, 1/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. WOUNDED AT ESTAIRES. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 18. HIS […]

BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF THE LATE CHARLES CLAYTON & SELINA TAYLOR (FORMERLY CLAYTON) OF 'CAXTONIA' HOUSE, 3 ELM TERRACE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL(CWGC ADDRESS). A HYDRAULIC CRANE DRIVER. HE ENLSITED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11802, 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN BOTH ARMS, HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/03/1916, AT POPERINGE, AGE 21 […]

BORN HULL 1890. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM & JENNY COOPER, AT 217 BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. SON OF A GREEN GROCER. HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER. ENLISTED HULL. JOINED AS 935933, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 18/05/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 19TH MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/04/1918, AGED 28. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT M […]

BORN HULL 1862. SON OF ROGER COSTELLO AND CATHERINE DOYLE. HIS PARENTS WERE BORTH BORN IN IRELAND, BUT MARRIED IN HULL IN 1854. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, THOMAS AND THREE SISTERS. HUSBAND OFANNIE  AT 12, ETON TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL, (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRES. WAS AG […]

Born Sutton on Hull. 1885. Son of Richard Charlton Cowl (1864-1934) and Annie Redhead (1865-1941), of "Cherisy", Cheverton Avenue, Withernsea, Yorks and 169 Beverley Road, Hull (1911 Census). His father was a office manager at Reckitts. He had one brother, Richard and three sisters, Gladys, Winifred and Dorothy. Worked as a commercial […]

BORN 03/04/1898. MOTHER ADA CURTIN, OF 222, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, & LATER SPROATLEY. EX BLUNDELL'S PAINT WORKER, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 02/02/1914, AGED 16 AND WAS CALLED UP WHEN WAR BEGAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL, AND 36 INCH CHEST. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL NAVY VOLUNTARY RESERVE, 'DRAKE' BATTALION. DIED […]

SERGEANT ALBERT WILLIAM DRASDO 220642. Born in December 1894, Albert was the son of Paul and Julia Drasdo of 1, Nile Street, Hull (1901 census) and 81, Beverley Road, Hull. His family background may have caused friction when he enlisted for his father was from Germany. Enlisted 07/09/1914. Originally, joining the East Riding Yeomanry, […]

BORN HULL 1886. MARRIED WIFE MARY E. CAVILL. AT HULL, APRIL 1918 . THEY LIVED AT AT 100, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (CWGC) ADDRESS). SERVED AS A DRIVER, 115423, 29TH RESERVES, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED AT HOME, ON 09/06/1918, AGED 34. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. NO SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS.

BORN HULL 1892. BETTER KNOWN AS 'TOM' BY HIS FRIENDS. SON HENRY J. GLOVER & HELEN M. GLOVER, OF 2 HENRY'S PLACE, SCOTT STREET, HULL. HE HAD LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, ALICE HARDY AT 1 BURLEIGH PLACE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL SINCE HE WAS A LAD. IT WAS ALSO HIS WAR PENSION AND ARMY ADDRESS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A SEED CRUSHER FOR MESSRS. CHA […]

BORN BRADFORD, YORKS., 1895. SON OF ALBERT HENRY HARPER & EMILY ELLIS, OF 'FERNLEIGH HOUSE', BEECH GROVE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHER OF ROLAND AND CLIFFORD HARPER, AND SISTER EMILY. HE SERVED AS AN OFFICER IN THE 1ST, 2ND AND 4TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT. HE DIED ON 4/11/1917, AGED 23, A WEEK BEFORE THE WAR ENDED. HIS […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & MARGARET HESLOP. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION AT  OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 21. LISTED ON HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 6TH JUNE 1917. * Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE HENRY HESLOP 11/271. Bor […]

BORN HULL 04/10/1882 SON OF GEORGE MARSHALL HUNTER  (1850-1923) & KATE RICHARDSON (1856-1920), OF 29, BOND STREET & 19, GROVE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR GEORGE WORKED FOR THE HULL DAILY MAIL AND HULL TIMES AND LATER AS A BUSINESS TRANSFER AGENT IN BOND STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, SERVING WITH THE […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF MR CHRISTOPHER BACON JOHNSON & MRS LOUISA FENTON JOHNSON. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. WORKED AS AN OFFICE BOY, FOR MESSRS, GRIFFINS & SON, PRINTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, IN OCTOBER 1915. ATTACHED TO THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE SERVED IN FRANCE FROM JULY 1916 TO JANUARY 1917, WHEN HE WAS INVALIDED HOME. HE […]