Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
Hull City Police Force WW1 Memorial Plaque Name Rank Regiment Died Age Buried No: Address Mitchell, Ernest Frederick Pte Coldstream Guards, 3rd 15/09/1916 24 Thiepval, Somme, France 3 Wyndham Street, Hull Edlington, MM, John Holmes Pte Coldstream Guards, 1st 27/08/1918 24 Croisilles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France 7 Park Terrace, Seaton Street, Hull Bird, William … Read more
Name Rank Regiment Died Age Buried No: Address Mitchell, Ernest Frederick Pte Coldstream Guards, 3rd 15/09/1916 24 Thiepval, Somme, France 3 Wyndham Street, Hull Edlington, MM, John Holmes Pte Coldstream Guards, 1st 27/08/1918 24 Croisilles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France 7 Park Terrace, Seaton Street, Hull Bird, William Pte Coldstream Guards 2nd 26/10/1914 30 … Read more
“TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. THIS ORGAN AND OAK TABLET WITH NAMES INSCRIBED THEREON WERE GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE OF NEWLAND AND DEDICATED BY THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF YORK ON THE 11TH NOV 1920. JESUS SAID … Read more
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE FROM THE CORPORATION OF THE HULL TRINITY HOUSE TO THE 1.200 FORMER SCHOLARS FROM THIS SCHOOL WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 AND IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES. Name Rank Regiment Died Age Buried House No: Address Altoft, John William … Read more
St Mary’s Lowgate, is Hull’s oldest church, with over 700 years of history. The War Memorial in the Chapel of the Nativity, designed by Temple Moore & Moore, was unveiled in 1921. In the church courtyard outside, is a stone Calvary Memorial to the 1914-1918 war, erected in 1920. The St Mary’s Roll of Honour, … Read more
Sacred to the Memory of those who gave their Lives for God and Country in the Great War. Especially those whose names are recorded on the Pillars of this Church of St Mary “Rest Eternal To Them O Lord” Name Rank Regiment Died Age Buried House No: Address BALL, FRED Private 1st East Yorkshire Regiment … Read more
St John The Baptist Church WW1 Memorial, Newington, Hull St John The Baptist Church, Newington, Hull. Unveiled on 11th August 1921, the white marble, WW1 Memorial, records 302 names, in five columns in alphabetical order. St John The Baptist Church, is a large red-brick, Victorian town church, built in 1878 in the Hessle Road area … Read more
St Matthew’s Church Memorial, is one of Hull’s finest War Memorials. The community paid for a magnificent West Window, and two marble tablets, which record 139 men from St Matthew’s, who were killed in the 1914-1918 Great War. The West Window Memorial is a series of 46 beautiful, stained glass, windows, measuring approximately 6.5 m … Read more
The Fallen of the Great War, at St Charles Borromeo Church, Hull, are summarised as follows:- Name Rank Regiment Died Age Buried No: Home Address ABEL, GEORGE EDWIN Private Manchester Regiment 2/7th Battalion 01/08/1917 19 Nieuwpoort Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 8 Johnson Buildings, Green Lane, Hull ANDERSON, ANDREW Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion 16/02/1916 33 … Read more
My name is Paul Bishop. I have lived and worked in Hull, for the last 35 years. My interest in the Hull Memorial started in the mid 1980’s, when I lived in Folkestone Street, off Sculcoates Lane, in Hull. While waiting outside a white, telephone box (this was before mobile phones!), I noticed the ‘Great … Read more
