A View of the Harbour
Below you is Admiralty Harbour, the naval and merchant port that made Dover so important in the First and Second World Wars. There has been a harbour here since Roman times: this one was built in stages between 1847 and 1909 . . . — — Map (db m128521) HM
A View to the East
This view along the coast reveals the towering height of the famous White Cliffs, elements of Dover's past defences and its ever-changing port.
On the distant hill, a tall mast occupies the site of Langdon Battery, where . . . — — Map (db m128520) HM
A View to the West
This view looks down into the ancient heart of Dover.
The Romans built two forts and a settlement, known as Portus Dubris. These were succeeded by a thriving Saxon and a later medieval walled town, all nestled in the . . . — — Map (db m128522) HM
Command, Control and Communication
This building began in 1874 as a gun battery to defend Dover from attack by enemy ships. Beginning in 1891, the battery was decommissioned and the structure adapted so that, by the First World War, it fulfilled . . . — — Map (db m128518) HM
Fighting the Enemy in the Sky
The First World War brought a new threat of destruction to home shores from airships and aircraft, invented just a few years earlier and recently armed. This was a terrifying development that needed a quick response, . . . — — Map (db m128515) HM
Finding the Enemy
This tiny structure, a Position-Finding (PF) Cell, performed a major role in the period 1891-1918. It was used to pinpoint the position of enemy ships and to relay that information to the coast defence guns at Langdon Battery, 1km . . . — — Map (db m128516) HM
The Signal Platform
Below you, the roof of the Port War Signal Station (PWSS) formed a signalling platform during the First World War. It was replaced in the Second World War by the roof you are standing on.
Signallers on the roof sent messages . . . — — Map (db m128519) HM
In Grateful Memory
— of —
The 47 Men of Lamberhurst
Who Loving Honour Above Ease
Died for Their Country
In the Great War 1914 - 1918.
And the Second World War 1939 - 1945
W.W.1.
Bailey Alban · Bailey Carl · Bartholomew . . . — — Map (db m129607) HM
1914 1919
To the Men of Tenterden
Who Gave Their Lives
During the Great Wars
Live Thou for England
We for England Died
1914 1919
H.H. Edwards. Pte. · H. Fuggle. Pte. · C.E. Fuggle. Pte. · O.L. Fuggle. Pte. · F.J. Gilbert. Pte. · . . . — — Map (db m129509) WM
To the Glory of God
And in Honored Memory of
The Men of this Parish
Who Fell in the Great War
1914 – 1918
2nd Lieut. W.S. Allen 2/5th Notts and Derbys · Sergt. D. Warner 1/4th Northamptons · Lc/Cpl. S. Easom 9th Leicesters · Lc/Cpl. . . . — — Map (db m125147) WM
First World War 100th Anniversary
To commemorate the loss of three Chatham Division Cruisers
His Majesty’s Ships Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy
and 1,459 men on 22nd September 1914 as a result of enemy action in the North Sea
Unveiled by
His . . . — — Map (db m118419) HM
To the
Glory of God
In Memory of the Men of this Parish
who gave their lives for King and Country
in the Great War 1914 – 1918
Their names liveth for evermore
Major J.T. Byford McCudden V.C. D.S.O. & Bar. M.C. & Bar. M.M. Croic de . . . — — Map (db m118371) WM
This Column of Remembrance
Is Dedicated to the Men of
Alnwick Who Gave Their Lives
In The Wars Of
1914 — 1918 & 1939 — 1945
We will remember them
( upper small plaque )
Korea War 1950 – 53
Flis. A. . . . — — Map (db m126057) WM
To the Greater Glory of God
And in Never Fading Memory of All
Who the Noble Sons of This Parish
Who Laid Down Their Lives
For God King and Country in the
Great War 1914 – 1918
This Lychgate was Erected 1920
“A People That . . . — — Map (db m125634) WM
To the Glory of God
And in Proud and Loving Memory
Of the Men of This Parish, Who
Gave Their Lives in the Great War
1914 — 1918
William Frederick Pearson.
Gilbert Graham.
William Vickers.
George Sparke.
“Greater love . . . — — Map (db m126414) WM
To the Memory of
Those of This Parish Who Gave
Their Lives for Their Country.
William J. Atkinson · Reginald G. Agery · Jacob C. Bell · Norman E. Charlton · Thomas Cowans · William Dawson · John Dawson · Thomas Davison · Samuel T. Donkin · . . . — — Map (db m126650) WM
World War I
Robert Baxter · George W. Buglass · Thomas H. Charlton · William Darling · Joseph J. Dunn · Robert Green · Joseph R. Hall · John Hindhaugh · George Slater · John Smails · William Smails · James J. Thompson · Alexander J. Tweedy · Thomas . . . — — Map (db m126100) WM
In Memory
of
Those Who
Fought and
Those Who
Fell
1914 - 1918
( inscribed on the steps )
For Those Who Fought 1914 - 1918 And Those Who Fell
and
1939 – 1945
And All Others Who Have Given Their Lives
In the . . . — — Map (db m124354) WM
The Reredos is
Dedicated to God
With Praise and
Thanksgiving
In Memory of All
S. Aldgate’s Men Who
Gave Their Lives in
The Great War 1914-19
Robert Allsworth · Harold Bricknell · Charles H. Bull · Sidney F. Bull · Fred Butler . . . — — Map (db m124412) WM
1871-1956
Awarded the Victoria Cross for valour while serving as a Corporal in the Royal Engineers
Born here and spent his youth in Thame — — Map (db m233326) HM
1914 - 1918 1939 – 1945
In Honour of the Navy and to the Abiding Memory of These Ranks and Ratings
Of This Port Who Laid Down Their Lives in the Defence of the Empire and Have
No Other Grave than the Sea and Their Comrades of . . . — — Map (db m123778) WM
“So He Passed
Over and All
The Trumpets
Sounded For
Him On The
Other Side.”
( north side )
Erected by
The Plymouth Division
Royal Marines
(Past, Present and Relatives)
To the Memory of
Their Comrades . . . — — Map (db m123831) WM
The Plymouth Naval Memorial
This memorial commemorates officers, ranks and ratings of this Port who died at
sea during the wars of 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945. Actions in which they
fought are recorded in the registers and on the memorial . . . — — Map (db m123779) HM WM
Welcome to the CWGC Plymouth Naval Memorial
The CWGC Plymouth Naval Memorial commemorates more than 7,200 Royal Navy personnel and 75 sailors of the Royal Australian Navy who died during the First World War. Designed by Sir Robert Lorimer . . . — — Map (db m123781) HM WM
Tribute of Plymouth
To Her Glorious Dead
1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945
They Are In Peace
For God Proved Them
And Found Them
Worthy For Himself
Within This Shrine Is
Deposited the Roll of
Honour Inscribed With
The Names of . . . — — Map (db m123947) WM
After Gallipoli, HMS M.33 supported Allied forces against the Bulgarians at Salonika in 1916. She remained in the Aegean for the rest of the war, a ‘lucky ship’ with no casualties from enemy action, although her sister M.30 was sunk . . . — — Map (db m122930) HM
In the dry dock below is HMS M.33, a coastal bombardment ‘monitor’. Although she seems small and insignificant, she is a unique survivor, one of only three Royal Navy warships from the First World War, and the only ship left from the huge . . . — — Map (db m122926) HM
HMS M.33 stayed in service for almost 70 years and went through many changes. Therefore, the team working on her faced hard choices: which parts of the ship to restore and which to leave alone? Should anything original ever be removed to . . . — — Map (db m122928) HM
HMS M.33’s low hull and flat bottom made her ideal for bombarding the shore, as well as making her a small target. However, when combined with her lack of a keel these features made her very difficult to navigate at sea. She was also slow, . . . — — Map (db m122927) HM
In June 1915, five officers and 67 men squeezed into HMS M.33’s tiny hull. Most stayed away from home for 3 ½ years. They were of all ages, and were mostly reservists returning for the war, or volunteers. None had been conscripted. . . . — — Map (db m122925) HM
HMS M.33
Last Fighting Ship — Gallipoli 1915
The History of M.33
Belfast-built in 1915, the monitor HMS M.33 served Britain in peace and war. She is now one of the three remaining British fighting ships of the First World War. . . . — — Map (db m123047) HM WM
HMS M.33’s permanent home is No. 1 Dock, part of the complex of six docks surrounding the Great Ship Basin, one of the great legacies from the golden age of sail. The Great Basin and the ‘Great Stone Dock’ (now No. 5 Dock) were begin in . . . — — Map (db m122924) HM
( south side )
1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945
In Honour of the Navy and to the Abiding Memory of These Ranks and Ratings of this Port Who Laid Down Their Lives in the Defence of the Empire and have No Other Grave Than the Sea . . . — — Map (db m123456) WM
This panel features a selection of ships on which many of the men commemorated on the First World War memorial at Portsmouth were serving when they lost their lives. Until well into the 20th century, when a man, woman or boy joined the Royal Navy . . . — — Map (db m123463) WM
More than 45,000 men and women lost their lives while serving with the Royal Navy during the First World War. Many of these were members of the Royal Naval Division who died while fighting on land, but the majority were lost at sea and have no . . . — — Map (db m123464) WM
This Memorial Was
Erected by the
People of Portsmouth
In Proud and Loving
Memory of Those
Who in the Glorious
Morning of Their Days
for England’s Sake Lost
All but England’s Praise
May Light Perpetual
Shine Upon Them
This . . . — — Map (db m123546) WM
You are standing by HMS M.33’s port side. Her distinctive ‘dazzle’ paint scheme was introduced in 1918, to break up her outline, making it harder for submarines to target her. To your left is the bow (front of the ship) and the ‘forecastle . . . — — Map (db m122932) HM
The Jutland Gun
German 105mm SK L/45 Naval Gun SMS B.98
SMS B.98 was the lead ship of Commander Heinrich Schuur’s 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla, part of Vice Admiral Franz von Hipper’s Scouting Frces at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, where she . . . — — Map (db m122579) HM WM
The Portsmouth Naval Memorial
This memorial commemorates officers, ranks and ratings of this Port who died at
sea during the wars of 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945. Actions in which they
fought are recorded in the registers and on the memorial . . . — — Map (db m123467) HM
In grateful Memory of those men from the parishes of Botesdale-Redgrave-Rickinghall– Superior and Inferior, who fell in The Great War
1914-1918
Also in affectionate memory of those who gave their lives in the . . . — — Map (db m52451) HM
1914 1919
In Memory of Dorking Men
Who Fell in the Great War
Alderman T.P. · Ansell J. · Arthur E.J. · Barker H.A. · Barker H. · Barker H.C. · Batson A.W. · Baxter F.H. · Baxter P.J. · Bell T. · Biggs R.H. · Bishop G.L. · Boggis R. · Bonfield . . . — — Map (db m130262) WM
To the glory of God and to the hallowed memory of those residents of this urban district who lost their lives in the world wars 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
1914 - 1918 War
Armed Forces
Adams F, Allum J L, Aplin K S, Armstrong R, Arnold C . . . — — Map (db m217987) WM
( inscribed around the edge )
To the Glory of God and in Grateful Memory of our Gallant Newdigate Men who fell in the Great War, 1914 to 1919 1939 to 1945
( World War I )
George Ackland · William Beadle · Wilfred S. . . . — — Map (db m129826) WM
To Our Glorious Dead
1914 - 1918
This war memorial is erected by the people of Staines in proud and grateful homage to their fellow townsmen who endured all and gave all that honour and freedom might prevail.
They shall grow not old
As we . . . — — Map (db m231151) WM
1914 1918
To the Glorious Memory
Of the Officers and Men of
The 7th Battalions
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Who Fell in The Great War
This Tablet was Erected by Their Comrades — — Map (db m124660) WM
Remember
Francis Attree · Charles A. Blake · George Brown · Edwd. Cherriman · Sidney Elsworth · William Green · Thos. Harbour · Geo. Harbour · Geo. Harwood · Robert Horney · Fred Leaney · John Mears · Alfred Mears · Fredk. Merritt · Charles Pratt · . . . — — Map (db m129611) WM
To the Glory of God
And to the Memory of the Men of This
Parish Who Gave Their Lives For Their Country
In the Great War 1914 – 1919.
J.B. Howard, Capt. R. Welsh Fusiliers · G.A. Manning, Lt. M.C. R.E. · J.F. Munster, Lt. 13th . . . — — Map (db m129609) WM
In
Thankful Remembrance
of the Men of this Parish
Who Gave Their Lives In
The Great War
1914 — 1919
Cpl. H. Adams · Pte. E. Brooker · Capt. E.D.S. Casswell · Pte. C. Cooks · Capt. G. Dowling · Pte. H. Huggett · Cpl. C. Holcomb · . . . — — Map (db m129825) WM
For God And The Right These All Gave Their Lives In The Great War To Defend Their King And Country, Their Memory Is Enshrined In The Hearts Of The People Of This Parish Who Erected This Monument As A Mark Of Their Gratitude And Affection . . . — — Map (db m235216) WM
They Sleep With The Empires Best And Noblest Sons
Who In The Glorious Morning Of Their Day
For Englands Sake Lost All But Englands Praise
Major Charles Selwyn Awdry D.S.O.
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 1918.
2Nd Lieut Carol Edward Vere . . . — — Map (db m235217) WM
In Memory Of Our Men Who Gave Their Lives In The World War Of 1939-1945
In Memory Of Our Men Who Gave Their Lives In The Great War Of 1914-1919
(names not transcribed) — — Map (db m235481) WM
In Proud and Loving
Memory of the Men of
Dringhouses Who Laid
Down Their Lives for God
And Country in the Great
War 1914 — 1918
A. Bishop · H.S. Brown · R.M. Bustard · T.W. Carlton · H. Clark · T. Clark · J.F. Clarkson · C. Cruse · . . . — — Map (db m125203) WM
Their Names Liveth
For Evermore
( rear center column )
In Abiding
Remembrance
Of the 2236 Men of
The Northeastern
Railway
Who Gave
Their Lives
For Their Country
In The Great War
The Company
Places
This . . . — — Map (db m125378) WM
