A photograph of Ernest Mainprize at the time of the First World War (1914-1918). He fought in the war and survived, his younger brother Leonard also fought in the war but was killed on 4th April 1918 near Ypres. Leonard is named on the village War Memorial - click on his name above.
Below are the 1911 census enties for the Mainprize family. At the time they were living at 49 Edgecombe Street, Newland Avenue, Hull, but by the time of Leonard's death they were living at Elm Tree House, Withernwick (on the corner of the crossroads, Beverley Road).
| Name | Status | Sex | Age | Year of Birth | Profession | Place of Birth |
| Arthur George Mainprize | Head | M | 40 | 1871 | Grocer | Carnaby |
| Eva Mary Mainprize | Wife | F | 42 | 1869 | Housewife | Beverley |
| Ernest Mainprize | Son | M | 17 | 1894 | Joiner's apprentice | Hull |
| George Arthur Mainprize | Son | M | 14 | 1897 | Errand boy | Hull |
| Leonard Mainprize | Son | M | 11 | 1900 | School | Hull |