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The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, sometimes known as Southsea Naval Memorial, is a war memorial in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, on Southsea Common beside Clarence Esplanade, between Clarence Pier and Southsea Castle. The memorial commemorates approximately 25,000 British and Commonwealth sailors who were lost in the World Wars, around 10,000 ...
Soldiers and McKinley Memorial Parkways; Soldiers Memorial Military Museum; Spirit of the American Doughboy; Spirit of the American Navy; Tomb of the Known Soldier; Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington) Victory Boulevard (Staten Island) Victory Eagle; Virginia War Memorial; Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial; Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument ...
Commonwealth military cemetery: Noyelles-sur-mer Chinese Cemetery and Chinese memorial Noyelles-sur-mer Chinese Memorial; Commonwealth military cemetery: Rancourt Military Cemetery; Commonwealth military cemetery: Wimereux communal cemetery; Commonwealth military cemetery and Australian memorial: V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial
An Admiralty committee recommended building memorials at the three main naval ports in Great Britain – Plymouth, Chatham, and Portsmouth. The memorials at all three sites were designed by Sir Robert Lorimer with sculpture by Henry Poole. [1] Following World War II, the naval memorials were expanded to commemorate the dead from that war.
When the Royal Naval Division Memorial Committee was seeking to put a monument in place in 1921, Lord Rothermere offered to provide funding, as his son, Lieutenant the Honourable Vere Harmsworth had been killed in the Battle of the Ancre. He is buried in Ancre British Cemetery. With the help of this funding, the memorial was unveiled on 12 ...
Royal Irish Rifles soldiers resting in a communication trench early in the Battle of the Somme. The memorials to World War I were shaped by the traumatic nature of the conflict and its impact on individuals and communities. [12] The experience of the different nations varied considerably, but common themes emerged.
It became clear that the Royal Navy would not have been able to win the war without the support of the United States. [30] [31] The Royal Navy's losses during the war totalled around 40,000, including 34,600 killed and 5,100 wounded. In addition, there were 1,250 prisoners of war. [32] In 1914, the Royal Navy consisted of three fleets.
The primary memorial at the arboretum is the Armed Forces Memorial which lists all British military casualties since 1948. In addition to the Armed Forces Memorial a further 400 memorials are located on the grounds of the memorial arboretum.