St John The Baptist Church WW1 Memorial

St John The Baptist Church WW1 Memorial, Newington, Hull St John The Baptist Church, is a large red-brick, Victorian town church, built in 1878 in the Hessle Road area of Kingston-upon-Hull. The church is within the historic St Martin’s dockland, synonymous with the Hull’s fishing industry and maritime heritage. The Church’s 1914-18 war memorial was … Read more

Hull Street War Memorials

Britain’s War Memorial. We tend to approach war memorials with pathos and a narrative about the futility of war, but the generation that built them were actually proud of them. People wanted to show the pride of sacrifice. They even experienced joy that their fathers, husbands and sons, had stepped up to the plate in the time … Read more