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African American soldiers
Stories of a contingent of African American soldiers who arrived in East Yorkshire during WW2.
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Lilian Bader
Liverpool-born woman who lived in Hull and served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force during WW2.
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Theophilus Davis
Marine engineer in the early twentieth century who lived in Hull before fighting in WW1.
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John Lewis Friday
Private in the 33rd West Riding Regiment of Foot and veteran of Waterloo, based in Hull.
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Alford Gardner
A West Indian volunteer who served in the RAF ground crew during the Second World War.
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Hull at War: newspaper clippings
Clippings from newspapers from WW2, documenting Black servicemen in Hull.
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Richard Lisles
The events surrounding the drowning of a soldier in the River Humber in August 1820.
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Denris J. Mouton
African American soldier and member of all-Black unit stationed at Cottingham in WW2.
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RAF Aircrew
More than 400 West Indian men flew with the RAF in WW2 - some stationed in East Yorkshire.
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RAF Ground Crew
Throughout the early 1940s and WW2, Britain looked to the Caribbean for RAF volunteers.
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RAF Ground Crew volunteers
The stories of a number of men from the West Indies who trained at Filey during WW2.
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RAF Hunmanby Moor
In July 1944, a number of West Indian recruits arrived at RAF Hunmanby Moor in Filey.
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Wylie Young
Black American serviceman stationed at the U.S. Army camp at Cottingham in the early 1940s.
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