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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
    • The City of Hull Great War Trust
      • 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 War & the British Expeditionary Force
    • 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 and the “Lost Generation”
    • The Changing Views of WW1
    • Changes in Population after WW1
    • WW1 Wounded, Medical Advances and War Pensions
  • Our Losses
    • WW1 Casualties
    • Hull Casualties
    • Hull Corporation 1914-1918 Memorial
    • Finding Casualties in Hull
    • Brothers that died
    • Lost at Sea
    • Families that lost three sons
    • Died at Home
    • Hull Teachers Roll of Honour 1914-18
    • WW1 Memorial Reckitt And Sons – Hull
    • Brothers/Relatives who died on the same day
    • Fathers and Sons
    • Husbands and Fathers
    • Prisoners of War
    • Unrecorded losses
    • Walker Street 1914-1918 Memorial
    • WW1 Suicides
    • Influenza Epidemic 1918-1919
    • Hull Teachers and local Clergymen lost WW1
    • Other Hull Sportsmen
    • Miscellaneous Deaths
    • St Matthew’s Church, WW1 Memorial, Hull
    • Deaths at home and after the war
  • Memorials
    • Hull Street War Memorials
    • Hull’s WW1 Memorials
    • St Charles Borromeo, Hull, 1914-1918 Memorial
    • St John The Baptist Church WW1 Memorial, Newington, Hull
    • St Marys, Lowgate, Hull WW1 Memorial
    • St Matthew’s Church, WW1 Memorial
    • St Marys, Sculcoates, Great War Memorial
    • Trinity House Great War Memorial 1914-1919
    • Walker Street, WW1 Memorial, Hull
    • Hull Teachers WW1 Memorial
    • Hull Corporation 1914-1918 Memorial
    • THE CITY OF HULL GREAT WAR TRUST
    • The Hull Reckitt’s WW1 Memorial
  • Regiments
    • The East Yorkshire Regiment
    • Hull and East Riding Reserve Battalions
    • The Pal Battalions
    • Hull’s Heavy Artillery
  • Battles
    • Gallipoli, “The Yorkshire Landings”, 7th August 1915
    • Serre, 13th November 1916
    • Oppy Wood, Arras, France 1917
  • Galleries
    • Hull photos from WW1
    • Faces from Hull in WW1
    • Hull’s Sailor Gallery
  • Hull Map
  • Search
    • A-Z listing
    • Areas
    • Cemeteries
    • Search Listings

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31st (Hull) Divisional Ammunition Column

05/01/2024 by Webmaster

This section is work in progress. The Hull Museum’s page notes that: “Hull also formed its own 32nd Divisional Ammunition Column, from members of the City Police Force and Tramways. This was commanded by Lt Col, James Walker. The original artillery of the 32nd Division moved to France to join the 31st Division on 8 December … Read more

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The City of Hull Great War Trust

01/05/202326/04/2023 by Webmaster

The City of Hull Great War Trust 09/10/2017 by Webmaster After the Great War, a national debate was ignited concerning, how disabled servicemen from the Great War would support themselves and their families, if they could not return to their former trade because of their disabilities. Hull had lost over 7,000 men in the war with another … Read more

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Armistice, Peace & Hull Street Parties.

07/04/202508/04/2018 by admin

Hull Citizens celebrated the end on the war on the 11th November 1918. Bells pealed from the church towers; the shipyard closed down until Thursday; munitions works closed all day; and schools that were not already closed by the ‘Spanish Flu’ epidemic got a half day holiday. The streets were thronged with people all afternoon … Read more

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Hull’s WW1 Memorials

25/09/202423/05/2014 by admin

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 of need. War … Read more

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The Hull Heavy Battery, RGA

07/04/202523/05/2014 by admin

The First World War was an artillery war. The Royal Artillery like their motto “Ubique” served everywhere and suffered nearly 50,000 casualties in the First World war. The Regiment used an immense range of weapons and has its own unique War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London. The Heavy Guns of the Royal Garrison … Read more

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