LINSKILL.—December 21st, 1916, died through accident, in hospital in France. Sergeant Walter, A.S.C., beloved husband of Alice Linskill, 12, Lonsdale-street, aged 45 years. –From his sorrowing wife and children. »
The funeral took place yesterday of Mr Ernest Stanley Hepton, head of the firm of W. Townhill and Hepton, consulting and marine surveyors, of Hull. Mr Hepton, who was 68 years of age, resided at “Red Gables,” Beverley-road, Anlaby. He was a member of the Wilberforce Masonic Lodge and was well known on the Hull Fish Dock. His youngest son, Eric, was killed on active service in the Middl... »
Robert Ford was born on 23 January 1826 in Beverley, Yorkshire – the fourth son of John Ford and Mary Hamilton of Hull. In 1834, he went to sea as a cabin boy and received his merchant seamen ticket 11 years later. According to this document, he was living in Hull, was 5′ 7″ tall, had dark brown hair, dark complexion and hazel eyes. In 1849, aged 23, Robert married 18-year-old Sarah An... »