The 8th West Yorkshires Roving back from the Front Line after they had captured the Montaigne de Bligny, 29 July…
marching to the trenches; near Doullens, 28th June 1916
East Yorkshire Regiment going up to the line near Frezenberg during the Third Battle of Ypres, 1917
The Kingston upon Hull Memorial remembers the 7,500 men from Hull, who died in the First World War
This 'digital' memorial lists all the Hull men who died in the First World War and where they lived in the City. It has taken 30 years to research and is the definitive database of Hull casualties in World War One. You can search the memorial by name, rank, regiment, age, date of death, place of burial, and home address. All names are linked to a 'Street Memorial', and a satellite map which shows the street where they lived. Every day the site will show the names of the Hull men, who died in the First World War, on this day.
It remembers over 7,000 Hull men that died in the War who were born in Hull, lived in Hull and were buried in the City. It also includes details of another 2,000 men who died from nearby towns and villages that enlisted in Hull, or were associated with the City. It records the names of oversea sailors, lost on Hull ships, so that their sacrifice is remembered too. There is also a full list of all Hull's civilian casualties, killed in Zeppelin air raids, during the First World War.
The Hull Memorial is inter active. You can search for Hull relatives lost in the 'Great War', or find out who died from your Street in Hull. Discover Hull in the First World War, or learn more about the Great War itself. Also, add your own family stories and photographs, to make the Hull Memorial comprehensive, interesting and up to date. The Hull Memorial is 'on line', accessible and free to use. It belongs to the people of Hull.
Hull in the First World War
During 1914 -18, Hull citizens joined up in large numbers. Over 75,000 people served, and some 30% were to become casualties. Hull raised four 'Pal' Battalions for the East Yorkshire Regiment, which was more than many other larger Cities. It formed an additional 5th 'Cyclist' Battalion, and a Railway 'Pals' Battalion, known as the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers. Hull created other voluntary reserve Units, which the City paid for and equipped itself. It was one of the first to develop an Anti Aircraft unit and had its own Army Service Corp.
Hull supplied Britain with modern trawlers and skillful mariners to safeguard the seas. The City at a time of severe shortages built a remarkable 40 ships during the war, and supplied the nation with vital food and raw materials. Hull lost nearly 130 ships and over 1,200 sailors during the First World War.
Hull created a unique force of 3,000 'Special Constables', to guard the City and its ports. Hull was known as the 'Home to Blighty', receiving some 80,000 repatriated Prisoners of War through its ports. Hull established medical units and new hospitals, and had one of Britain's most successful Recruiting Offices, at Hull City Hall. Hull formed a Special Garrison of Artillery, made up of local Policemen, to specifically guard the Humber Estuary. The City suffered eight bombing raids by enemy Zeppelins and was home to the British Spy, Max Schultz.
As the war ended, Hull established a unique charity, known as the 'Great War Civic Trust'. This helped Hull's 20,000 wounded and their dependents for the next 65 years. Hull adapted its industries and workforce to help win the war. Hull women proved indispensable in maintaining home life, in the face of great hardship and tragedy.
Hull has a unique story to tell during the First World War. It is time to remember Hull's history, 100 years on from the start of World War One, and as Hull becomes the City of Culture in 2017.
This website is constantly under development.
23rd April 2024
On this day we remember…
- 1915 Herbert Henry Winter
- 1915 Joseph Snow
- 1915 Ernest Lincoln Dean
- 1915 Frederick Grant
- 1915 John Caveney
- 1915 Mark Payne
- 1915 Daniel Watson Hopper
- 1915 William Meyerhoff
- 1915 Robert William Middleton
- 1915 John William Cudbertson
- 1915 Burwell Harrison Greenwood
- 1915 John Thomas Rae
- 1915 John Henry Bladon
- 1915 George H Fotherby
- 1915 Arthur Clark
- 1915 Thomas Lowthorpe
- 1915 Walter Jewitt
- 1915 Harry Pittock
- 1915 Walter Balfour
- 1915 Frederick Caris
- 1915 Talbot Kirkwood
- 1915 George Broadley
- 1916 John William Lambert
- 1916 George Horne
- 1916 Harry Edward Brooks
- 1917 Arthur Berridge
- 1917 John William Dunwell
- 1917 Frank Holliday
- 1917 George Postgate
- 1917 Thomas Wilson Holliday
- 1917 Walter Waterhouse
- 1917 Thomas Fenton
- 1917 Albert Victor Potter
- 1917 George Carter
- 1917 George Arthur Simpson
- 1917 Joseph Hamshaw
- 1917 Ernest Barnby
- 1917 Cyril Easton Mc
- 1917 Joseph Ryan
- 1917 John Edgar Grassby
- 1917 John Edward Grassby
- 1917 Henry Stanley Wilburn
- 1917 William Norton
- 1917 Albert Edward Hanson
- 1917 George Emmerson Markham
- 1917 Henry William Schlechte
- 1917 Harry Garniss
- 1917 Charles Capes Boyle
- 1917 Gordon Lightowler
- 1917 Cornelius Lill
- 1917 Walter Joseph Crisp
- 1917 Jack Merchant Sanders
- 1917 Charles Edward Woodhall
- 1917 George William Barrett
- 1917 George Alfred Dick
- 1917 John William Skipworth
- 1917 James Chalmers
- 1917 Herbert Pearson
- 1917 Albert Henry Dickinson
- 1917 Albert Sutherby
- 1917 James Proudley
- 1917 John Edward Jackson
- 1917 Ernest Chapman
- 1917 Arthur Crowhurst
- 1917 George Lloyd
- 1917 John William Tindall
- 1917 James Ernest Lockham
- 1917 Tom Smelt
- 1917 Alfred Edward Bateson
- 1917 James William Smethurst
- 1917 Fred. Vincent Spratt
- 1917 Edwin Wright Mm
- 1917 John William Robinson
- 1917 Joe Bray
- 1917 Raymond Tock
- 1917 Thomas Howell
- 1917 Harry Gilbert
- 1917 Henry Jarrett
- 1917 Henry William Schlechte
- 1917 Alexander W. Taylor Mm
- 1917 Harold Oughtred
- 1917 George Edward Emmitt
- 1917 Harry Butler Mm
- 1917 John Smith Gill
- 1917 Charles Matthews
- 1917 Albert Wilson
- 1917 John Butler
- 1917 Harold Walker Foulkes
- 1917 Joseph Nelson
- 1917 Henry (Harry) Starkey
- 1917 Charles Wilson
- 1917 Joseph Harrison
- 1917 Clifford Walpole
- 1917 George Henry Jerome
- 1917 Harry Mawer
- 1917 Sidney Humphrey
- 1917 Walter Newbown
- 1917 Robert John Hilton
- 1917 George William Trowell
- 1917 William Drant
- 1917 John William Teall
- 1917 Herbert Clifford Hakes
- 1917 David Bell
- 1917 Louis Newman
- 1917 Denis Roper
- 1917 Arthur Parish
- 1917 James Ernest Bogg
- 1917 Richard Corner
- 1917 Albert Johnson
- 1917 Joseph Ryan
- 1917 Stanley Hunter
- 1917 Richard Farrah
- 1917 Edwin George Parker
- 1917 George William Tennison
- 1917 Thomas Allan
- 1917 Percy Stephenson
- 1917 Richard Sherwood
- 1917 Frederick Richard Nicholson
- 1917 George Hutchinson
- 1917 Herbert Hall
- 1917 George Gorbert
- 1917 William Moore
- 1917 George William Turner
- 1917 Percy Windle
- 1917 Jack Merchant Sanders
- 1917 Alfred Rudd
- 1917 Robert Turner
- 1917 Frederick Allen Kirkwood
- 1917 Jacob Winn
- 1917 (John) Douglas Cowl
- 1917 Thomas William Henry Morfitt
- 1917 William Pope
- 1918 Edward W. Coleman
- 1918 John Richmond Bucktrout
- 1918 John (Jack) Grayson
- 1918 Arthur Scott
- 1918 Richard Oscar Bayes
- 1918 Arthur Scott
- 1918 Henry Joseph Damrell
- 1918 George Downs Mm
- 1918 Fred Fearn