Area: Dansom Lane

BORN HULL 1895. YOUNGEST SON OF ANN ELIZABETH COATES & JOHN BECKETT (1854-1915), WHO LIVED AT 214, DANSOM LANE, HULL. (WAR PENSION AND CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE OLDER SISTERS. A FORMER RECKITT'S WORKER, JOINING THE FIRM ON 27/02/1911. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REJECTED TWICE BY […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF CHARLES BIRD (1853-1924) & ESTHER BARKER (1857-1935), OF 71, DANSOM LANE SOUTH , HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 77 KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A FIREWOOD DEALER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. WORKED AS A SAW MILL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGI […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES & MARY ELIZABETH BROWN. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SURVIVED THE WAR. DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS, AGED 29. BURIED HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HIS BROTHER, PTE. JAMES BROWN, 20054, 1ST EYR WAS WAS KILLED 25/09/1916.

BORN DRIFFIELD, 1892. SON OF JANE & FRED CHEESEMAN, AT 41, WARWICK STREET, HULL, 11, WILDE STREET & LATER 135, BALFOUR STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD. HE WORKED AT RECKITTS, FROM 01/06/1909, AT THE CANISTER WORKS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 06/12/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 39879, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 02/06/1917. HE TRA […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE RANDOLPH CHURCHILL COOPER 14/22. Born in 1891 Randolph was the fourth of five children to Leonard and Mary Cooper of 61 Porter Street, Hull and 13 Cambridge Street, Hull. His childhood was far from ideal and records show he was admitted as a 'Lunacy Patient' as a 15-year-old on 28th November 1906, though […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JOHN AKAM CROWTHER (1847-1919) & HARRIET SEDDON (1848-1919), OF 9 AMY TERRACE, AND 5 TENNYSON AVENUE, FERRIES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A SORTING CLERK, FOR THE POST OFFICE (1911 CENSUS) AND A HULL POSTMAN. 14, DANSOM LANE, HULL, WAS HIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. JOINING THE 8TH CITY OF […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF RUDOLPH DILLON (1856-1932) AND AGNES ANN COATES (1860-1941), OF 49, WENLOCK STREET, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER. HE BOARDED AT 2, HESSLE AVENUE, DANSOM LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS), WITH HIS BROTHERS, CHARLES AND JOHN DILLON. HE SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY DURING THE WAR. DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 22/01/1919, AGED 34. H […]

BORN HULL 1886. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF GEORGE & KATE COLLIER ABOVE 1901. BROTHER TO ROBERT, SARAH, HARRIET & HANNAH ELVIN. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM HARBRON (1872-1943) & ELIZABETH HARBRON, LATE OF 1, LOUISA TERRACE, HUME STREET. A SAW MILL LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE BRITISH OIL AND CAKE MILLS, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 08/09/1914, AGED 19 YEARS AND 1 MONTH. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS NEARL […]

BORN HULL 16/03/1898. SON OF GEORGE JAMES LUDDERS (1871-1938) & ALICE BRIGGS (1873-1930), OF  248 , DANSOM LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHER OF JAMES, MINNIE, ALICE AND SYDNEY. HE LIVED AT 252 DANSOM LANE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 203442, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT ESTAIRES, F […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF MARY AND PETER - 9 ETHEL MARYS TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). MARRIED AT HULL IN 1912. HUSBAND OF MARY ANN REID, AT 7 HESSLE AVENUE, DANSOM LANE, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A DAIRYMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT FRICOURT, THE SOMME, ON THE 1ST JULY 1916, AGED […]

BORN CHATHAM 1889. SON OF WILLIAM MYERS (1862-1921) & SARAH ELIZABETH MILNER (1866-1944), OF 17, WOLLATON AVENUE, DANSOM LANE, HULL . SON OF A RAILWAY PLATELAYER, WHO HAD WORKED IN GRAVESEND, KENT. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. […]

BORN GRAVESEND, KENT 1894. SON OF WILLIAM MYERS (1862-1921) & SARAH ELIZABETH MILNER (1866-1944), OF 17, WOLLATON AVENUE, DANSOM LANE, HULL . SON OF A RAILWAY PLATELAYER, WHO HAD WORKED IN GRAVESEND, KENT. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A DOCK LABOURER (1911 CENSUS) AND AN ASSISTANT TEACHER AT YORK BARRACKS. H […]

BORN ASHTON UNDER LYNE, LANCASHIRE  1884. SON OF SARAH ANN "ANNIE" THOMAS (1870-1930) & JOSEPH HENRY (HARRY) PICKERING (1874-1956), OF 222 DANSOM LANE. HE MARRIED MARY JANE STANFORD, AT TOXTETH, LIVERPOOL, ON 14/01/1904, AGED 19. HIS WIFE, MARY JANE LIVED IN LIVERPOOL. HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. […]

BORN HULL 1891. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD ALBERT REED (1863-1941) & MARTHA KIRBY (1869-1950). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD SIX SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. LIVING AT 25, HUME STREET, HULL (HDM 27/04/1917 ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A SHIP'S FIREMAN. HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 25/03/1916. HIS WIFE, EDITH LUCAS, LIVED AT 191 DANSOM LANE, HULL. HE HA […]

BORN CONSETT, DURHAM 1894. SON OF JOHN ROBBIE (1870-1947) AND ROSE GREW, OF 120 SEVERN STREET, HULL AND 36 GARTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, LANCS. HE HAD TWO ELDER BROTHERS, JOSEPH & WILLIAM. WORKED AS A SHIP STEWARD. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, 134 LBS WEIGHT. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HAD NO CHILDREN. HE LIVED IN HUL […]

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF GEORGE & FRANCES STANLEY, OF 51 CRAVEN STREET & 16 SPITTLE STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER. HIS WIFE ANNIE STANLEY LIVED AT 5 LAWFORD TERRACE, DANSOM LANE, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE, WHO MOVED TO 64 BALFOUR STREET, […]

BORN HULL 1875. SON OF MARY & THE LATE OSGERBY SUGDEN. WIFE ETHEL MARY SUGDEN , TORQUAY. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. Adriatic SS was a British cargo steamer of 3,028grt that sailed from Newport for Marseille with coal (Admiralty charter) on the 31st October 1916 - missing, presumed war loss. 29 crew lost, including:- BEAL, GEORGE ARTHUR […]