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Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918

The story of Hull in World War 1

  • At Home
    • Home life
      • Hull Housing & “Homes Fit for Heroes”
      • Air Raids on Hull
      • Hull’s WW1 Hospitals
      • Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs)
    • Hull before 1914
      • Hull Riots
      • Hull Trade, Industry and Output
      • Hull Sportsmen
      • The “Hull Pals” and the Hull City Hall Recruitment Office
    • 10 Surprising Laws passed in the First World War.
      • Defence of the Realm Act (DORA)
      • Armistice, Peace & Hull Street Parties.
    • Hull’s Jewish Community
      • Fighting for Other Nations
      • Hull Civilians killed in WW1 Air Raids
      • Jack Cunningham, VC
      • Executed at Dawn
  • At Sea
    • The War Afloat – Hull’s War at Sea
    • Hull’s Minesweeping war
    • Ten facts about the war at sea during WW1
    • Lost at Sea
    • Hull’s Submariners
    • Hull Mariners
  • WW1
    • How did the war start?
    • The Great War 1914-18
    • The Beginning of the War for Britain
    • Influenza Epidemic 1918-1919
    • The Western Front
    • A Global War
    • The Pal Battalions
    • The Commonwealth and Ireland during WW1
    • Women in the First World War
    • The Cost in Lives
    • The Financial Cost of WW1
    • The Legacy of WW1
    • The Changing Views of WW1
    • Changes in Population after WW1
    • WW1 Wounded, Medical Advances and War Pensions
  • Our Losses
    • List of WW1 Casualties
    • Hull Casualties
    • Irish Casualties
    • Finding Casualties in Hull
    • Brothers that died
    • Lost at Sea
    • Families that lost three sons
    • Died at Home
    • At the Front
    • Brothers/Relatives who died on the same day
    • Fathers and Sons
    • Husbands and Fathers
    • Prisoners of War
    • Unrecorded losses
    • Hull Rugby League Players
    • WW1 Suicides
    • Influenza Epidemic 1918-1919
    • Clergymen
    • Other Hull Sportsmen
    • Miscellaneous Deaths
    • Deaths during Training
    • Deaths after the war
  • Memorials
    • Hull Street War Memorials
    • Hull’s WW1 Memorials
    • THE CITY OF HULL GREAT WAR TRUST
  • Regiments
    • The East Yorkshire Regiment
    • Hull and East Riding Reserve Battalions
    • The Pal Battalions
    • Hull’s Heavy Artillery
  • Battles
    • Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915
    • The Gallipoli Campaign 1915
    • Serre, 13th November 1916
    • Oppy Wood, Arras, France 1917
  • Galleries
    • Hull photos from WW1
    • Faces Gallery
    • Hull’s Sailor Gallery
  • Map
    • Hull only Map
    • Cemeteries where people are buried
  • Directory Searches
    • A-Z listing
    • Areas
    • Cemeteries
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WW1 Prices, Tax and Food Rationing  

06/01/202212/01/2020 by Webmaster

In Hull, income tax increased as did the number of people paying it. Whilst wages improved, many goods were more expensive and became un-affordable. Income tax increased five times between 1914-1918 and was paid by twice as many people. It would never fall to pre-war levels again. During the war, prices increased on all the basics: rent, fuel … Read more

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