Area: York Street

BORN HULL 02/01/1894. SON OF THOMAS EDWARD BARKER, OF 118 OXFORD STREET, WINCOLMLEE. EMPLOYED AS A FARM SERVANT. HE WAS FIVE FEET, FIVE INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCH CHEST, 145 LBS WEIGHT, "GOOD" PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT HE ENLISTED HULL ON 25/11/1914. JOINING THE 13TH HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE MARRIED, EMMA PASHLEY, FROM 12 HERBE […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM AND MARY BOARDMAN. LIVED 3 RAYMOND BUILDINGS, CUMBERLAND STREET - 1911 CENSUS. WORKED FOR THE CITY SAW MILL AS A MACHINE APPRENTICE. HE HAD ENLISTED IN HULL TO THE 4TH EYR BEFORE THE WAR ON 4/09/1911. SENT TO FRANCE ON 17/04/1915. KILLED IN ACTION TWO WEEKS LATER ON  04/05/1915. LEFT WIDOW & 2 CHILDREN. […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY BOARDMAN. LIVED 3 RAYMOND BUILDINGS, CUMBERLAND STREET - 1911 CENSUS AND 52, YORK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 4/09/1914 AS PTE, 12659, EYR. DISCHARGED WITH MYOPIA ON 6/02/1915. HE IS DESCRIBED AS NEARLY 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 135 LBS, BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR, SALLOW COMPLEXT […]

BORN HULL 1873. SINGLE MAN. HE LODGED WITH THE KIRK FAMILY, AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). AN OIL MILL WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE LOCAL ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. HE DIED ON 04/11/1916, AND IS BUROED AT HULL'S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. CWGC RECORDS STATE THAT HE DIED AGED 36. HIS ACTUAL AGE WAS 42. HIS BODY WAS BURI […]

BORN HULL 11/10/1892. ON OF ALBERT DANNATT (1864-1939) & MARY JANE ROWBOTTOM (1861-1928), OF 68 YORK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN AND SIX SONS WHO SERVED IN THE WAR, TWO OF WHICH WERE KILLED. ARTHUR RICHARD DANNATT WAS A FORMER SISSONS WORKER, AT STONEFERRY. HE WAS ONE OF SIX SONS TO ENLIST. HIS BROTHER, JOHN W […]

BORN HULL 15/03/1891. SON OF ALBERT DANNATT & MARY JANE (ROWBOTTOM), OF 68 YORK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF TEN 10 CHILDREN AND SIX BROTHERS WHO ENLISTED. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS BOMBARDIER, 65991, ROYAL FIIELD ARTILLERY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/10/1918, AGED 27. HIS ARMY EFFECT […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF HENRY BOWSER DOOKS. AND MARY ELIZABETH DOOKS. WORKED AS A GLASS BLOWER IN SHIPLEY, YORKS. ENLISTED PENDLETON. EX 11286 SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 07/08/1915, AGED 27. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 11TH AUGUST 1915 […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY HART AND GERTRUDE MAUD FOSTER. THE FAMILY LIVED AT WEST END COTTAGES, WEST GATE, BRIDLINGTON, AND 2, WALKER'S YARD, KIRKGATE, BRIDLINGTON. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS HULL ARMY ADDRESS WAS 2, JOSEPH PLACE, YORK STREET, HULL. A LABOURER. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE BRITISH OIL AND CAKE COMPA […]

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY HART AND GERTRUDE MAUD FOSTER. THE FAMILY LIVED WEST END COTTAGES, WEST GATE, BRIDLINGTON, AND 2 WALKER'S YARD, KIRKGATE, BRIDLINGTON. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HIS HULL ARMY ADDRESS WAS 2 JOSEPH PLACE, YORK STREET, HULL. A FORMER OIL MILLER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/03/1917. ARRIVE DIN F […]

BORN HULL 1879. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM HERRING ( 1851-1936) & RACHEL ATKIN (1854-1900), OF 6 FLORENCE AVENUE, RENSBURG STREET, HULL. HE HAD AN OLDER BROTHER, GEORGE, WHO LIVED AT 7 WILKINSON TERRACE, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. HE MARRIED AT ST SILAS CHURCH, HULL, ON 27/12/1897. HIS WIFE REBECCA MORRIS (1881-1955), AND FIVE CHILDREN, LIVED AT 8 […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ALFRED HOLLAND 12/172. Born in 1894, Alfred was the eldest of six children to Arthur an Martha Holland of 14 Bedford Street, Hull. A Warehouseman by trade, he enlisted at City Hall on 14th September 1914 joining the 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 'The Sportsmen', 3rd Hull Pals. Alfred was listed […]

BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JAMES KEABLE (1852-1902) & EMMA MOORE (1852-1929), of 22 BRIGHTON TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL. a GENERAL LABOURER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 13/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION on 29/07/1917, AGED 31, DURING A SUCCESSFUL NIGHT TRENCH RAID, NORTH OF ROEUX (SEVEN M […]

BORN HULL 1893. HULL PAL. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & LYDIA KEABLE. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS WHO ALL LIVED AT 112 YORK STREET, HULL. HE WAS JUST 5 FOOT TALL AND A LABOURER BEFORE THE WAR. ENLISTED IN HULL ON 28/12/1914, JOINING THE 11TH EYR (HULL PALS). SERVED IN EGYPT FROM 15/12/1915. SENT TO FRANCE ON 08/03/1 […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ROBERT OFFICER (1842-1892) AND ANNIE OFFICER (1861-1912) OF NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. BEFORE ENLISTING HE WORKED FOR FOULSTON'S GLASS WORKS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 12438, 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 02/09/1915. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 14/09/1916, AT 5TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION […]

BORN HULL 1874. SON OF JAMES AND MARY ANN PICKERING, OF NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED ANNIE ELIZABETH SMITH, AT HULL, IN 1897. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN, LIVING AT 1 DIBBS BUILDING, YORK STREET, HULL. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/08/1916, AGED 42. BURIED I […]

BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ALBERT SUDDABY RHODES (1867-1929) & LEMONTINA (MINNIE) RHODES (1869-1941) OF EMMAS PLACE SWAN STREET, HULL AND 3 RICHARDS PLACE, YORK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A LABOURER. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS CORPORAL, IN THE 9TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. WAS KILLED WHILE GUARDI […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF CHARLES SIMPSON SMITH (1865-1915) & MARTHA SMITH (1864-1936), AT 3, JOHNS PLACE, YORK STREET, HULL, 397 WINCOLMLEE, AND 1 OXFORD TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). WORKED IN THE OIL MILLS. ENLISTED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 28. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE […]

BORN HULL 05/05/1890. SON OF THOMAS & ELIZA SMITH, OF 8 JOHNS PLACE, YORK STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 1 PRINCESS WALK, CRAVEN STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH HIS UNCLE AT CRAVEN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 9TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS (ALEXANDRA PRINCE OF WALES OWN). […]

BORN HULL 30/09/1883. MOTHER HARRIET LIVED AT 122 YORK STREET, HULL. DIED AT SEA ON 28/02/1916, WHEN HIS TRAWLER WAS MINED. From Admiralty report ADM137 / 376 in the National Archives. On Monday the 28th February H.M.A.T. 'WEIGELIA' No. 153,  was mined in Lat. 51.8' 30" N. Long. 1.27' 35" E. At the time she was attempting to destroy a m […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF CHARLES SMITH TOWNEND (1870-1908) AND MARTHA ANN SAUNDERS (1872-1934), OF 6, TEMPERENCE BUILDINGS, SWANN STREET, HULL. AN EARLES, SHIPYARD WORKER. HE MARRIED JANE ELIZABETH GARVEY (1893-1972), ON 22/03/1913, AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, HULL. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, GERTRUDE AND WALTER (DIED ON 28/09/1916). RES […]