Annual air raid service to take place 28th April 2025 Hull will once again pause to remember those lost during the Second World War as the annual Citizens Air Raid Memorial Service will take place next month. The service commemorates all civilian life lost, as well as paying tribute to emergency service personnel. It particularly honours the hundreds of people who died during heavy bombing […] Read more Civic News Air raid memorialLord MayorNorthern CemeterySecond World War
Victory! Watch how Hull celebrated VE Day with free archive screenings at the Hull History Centre 14th April 2025 Hull History Centre are hosting screenings of Hull’s Victory in Europe (VE) Day celebrations next month. Thursday 8 May marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. To celebrate this momentous anniversary, Hull History Centre will be hosting a free event on Saturday 3 May. There will be screenings […] Read more Leisure & Culture Libraries News What's on HCALHistoryHull Culture and LeisureHull History CentreHull LibrariesSecond World WarVE Day
New photography exhibition explores history of Sierra Leone during World War Two 29th September 2022 A free photography exhibition examining the shared homelands of British service personnel and Sierra Leonian people during the upheaval of the Second World War opens at the Streetlife Museum on Saturday 1 October. The exhibition is taking place during Black History Month, which is observed every October. Wartime photography by Corporal Fred Birden has been […] Read more Community and Living Education and Learning Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Arts and cultureArts Council EnglandBlack History MonthBlack History Month HullHull Afro Caribbean AssociationHull MuseumsmuseumSecond World WarStreetlife MuseumUniversity of Hull
Fascinating stories from D-Day war veteran told in Hull 5th March 2020 A D-Day war veteran will talk about one of the Second World War’s most intriguing untold stories in Hull. The T124T, known as the Tatty Mob, were a wartime Naval Rescue Tug Service. Jim Radford – who is believed to be the youngest surviving fighter from the D-Day landings – will discuss his experiences and […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture News What's on D-DayHull: Yorkshire’s Maritime CityMaritimeSecond World War
101-year-old Hull veteran in medal appeal for British Expeditionary Force 20th August 2019 A 101-year-old veteran is calling for the few remaining members of a British Army force who served in France in 1939-40 to be formally honoured. Hull City Council is supporting the petition to honour the British Expeditionary Force’s role in France in 1939-40 with a clasp to the 1939-45 War Star. Service personnel who went […] Read more News Armed ForcesBritish ArmyBritish Expeditionary ForceCouncillor Alan GardinerHull City CouncilSecond World War
