Name | Department | Rank | Regiment | Death | Age |
Haldenby, Albert | Tramways | Pte. | Coldstream Guards | 28/09/1914 | 26 |
Kay, Herbert James | Tramways | L/Cpl | Northumberland Fusiliers, 1st | 20/10/1914 | 21 |
Cox, James | Health Dept | Pte. | Coldstream Guards 1st | 23/10/1914 | 32 |
Campey, Tom | Tramways | Pte. | King’s Royal Rifle Corps | 21/04/1915 | 32 |
Smith, Richard William | Tramway Electrical | Gunner | RFA 2nd Northumbrian | 15/05/1915 | 19 |
Warvill, Alfred | Engineers | Gunner | RGA | 01/07/1915 | 26 |
Worsnop, Edgar | Education | Lieut. | West Yorks. Reg. 9th | 07/08/1915 | 26 |
Hepton, Richard Henry | Health Dept | Gunner | RFA 2nd Northumbrian | 04/03/1916 | 22 |
Daddy, John William | Telephones | Cpl. | 13th EYR | 13/11/1916 | 31 |
Elston, James Herbert | Engineers | Sgt | 13th EYR | 13/11/1916 | 27 |
Groves, William | Treasurer’s Dept | Pte. | East Riding Yeomanry 1st | 15/04/1917 | 22 |
Garniss, Harry | Tramway Electrical | Pte. | 1/4th EYR | 23/04/1917 | 24 |
Davie , Frank (MM) | Accounts | Lieut. | 11th EYR | 02/06/1917 | 27 |
Henning, Cecil Victor | Accounts | Cpl. | King’s Royal Rifle Corps | 05/07/1917 | 30 |
Ryan, John | Tramway Electrical | Stoker | Royal Naval Reserve | 09/10/1917 | 22 |
Larard, Howard Martin | Weights & Measures | Pte. | KOYLI, 9th | 10/10/1917 | 39 |
Bright, Frederick | Accounts | C.S.M | Durham Light Infantry, 27th | 04/03/1918 | 48 |
Groves, Ernest | Treasurer’s Dept | Lieut. | 7th EYR | 31/03/1918 | 21 |
Lockyear, Horace | Accounts | Lieut. | 6th Lincolnshire | 20/05/1918 | 21 |
Harrison, Amaziah | Town Clerks | Sgt | Ox & Bucks Reg | 20/06/1918 | 48 |
Howard, William Henry | Tramways | Sapper | East Riding Engineers | 17/08/1918 | 32 |
Johnson, John Wilfred | Tramways | Pte. | 3rd EYR | 17/10/1918 | 33 |
Donkin, William | Health | Driver | RFA 153rd Bde. | 06/11/1918 | 23 |
Maplethorpe, Harry | Tramway Electrical | Pte. | MGC, 57th | 27/11/1918 | 27 |
Temple, Alfred | Engineers | Gunner | RGA | 16/05/1919 | 47 |
French, James Arthur | Engineers | Sgt | Coldstream Guards, 1st | 15/08/1920 | 33 |
Burton, George | Tramways | Pte. | East Riding RGA | 01/09/1922 | 49 |
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, 92 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.
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 above 26 men were the first Council Staff to enlist and die in the war. There is no Official Memorial or Plaque to them, at the Hull Guildhall, (as there are for Hull Teachers, 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. You can also search each name 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 27 Hull Teachers, from the HGuull Education Department, killed in the 1914-18 war. Their stories are told here https://ww1hull.com/clergymen-2/