Richard Henry Hull MM

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

164096

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Sunderland Cemetery, Sunderland, England

Awards or decorations:

Military Medal

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Durham

Birth city:

Sunderland

Address at enlistment:

4 Park Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

50 Washington Street, Sunderland, Durham, England

Trade or calling:

Fireman

Employer:

Adams Wagon Works Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Gallantry medals:

Yes

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Letters and documents

London Gazette: 30064
Date: May 11, 1917
Honour or Award: Military Medal
Authority: R.O. 1146, Byng, April 3, 1917
Name: Richard Henry Hull (164096)
Unit: 75th Battalion

BX April 26, 1917

Won Military Medal

Word was received by Mr. E. Woolsey, 17 Park Avenue East, that Private Richard Henry Hull of the 84th Battalion has won the Military medal for bravery in carrying in wounded soldiers on his back under heavy fire. Before enlisting he was stationary fireman at the Adams Wagon Works.

BX April 28, 1917

Private Richard Henry Hull, reported a few days ago as having won the military medal, is now reported wounded. Word was received by Mr. Edward Woolsey, 17 Park Avenue, to the effect that Pte. Richard H. Hull had been shot through the left hand. He was a runner and for bravery in the field had recently won the military medal. He was in a severe engagement at Vimy Ridge when he was wounded. He was a stationary fireman at Adams’ Wagon Works. He is an Englishman and single. His parents resided in England.

Sunderland Echo & Shipping Gazette – July 27, 1944

HULL – Municipal Hospital, July 26, aged 55 years. Richard Henry, the dearly-beloved husband of Agnes Hull (nee Ready). Interment at Sunderland Cemetery on Saturday, cortege leaving residence, 3 Westholme Terrace, at 9 a.m., for Requiem Mass St. Cecilia’s Church, at 9.30. Interment immediately following. Deeply mourned. R.I.P.

Obituary Courtesy of: City Library and Arts Centre, Sunderland, England