TributeLegacyTower Hill Memorial
Trinity Square, Tower Hill, London EC3N 4DH
Commemorates almost 36,000 Merchant Navy and fishing fleet casualties of the two World Wars who have no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens (WWI) and Sir Edward Maufe (WWII).
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Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Cooper's Hill Lane, Englefield Green, Egham TW20 0LB
Commemorates 20,456 airmen and women of the Commonwealth Air Forces lost in operations from bases in the United Kingdom and North-Western Europe in WWII with no known grave.
Brookwood Military Cemetery
Cemetery Pales, Brookwood, Woking GU24 0BL
The largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the UK, with over 5,000 Commonwealth burials from both World Wars and the Brookwood Memorial commemorating a further 3,500 with no known grave.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 2NZ
Commemorates 7,251 sailors of the Great War and a further 15,933 of the Second World War who have no grave but the sea.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 3NT
Commemorates 9,666 sailors of WWI and 14,917 of WWII lost at sea who have no grave but the sea. Designed by Sir Robert Lorimer.
Chatham Naval Memorial
The Great Lines, Gillingham ME7 5RR
Commemorates 8,517 sailors of WWI and 10,098 of WWII lost at sea who have no known grave.
The Cenotaph, Whitehall
Whitehall, London SW1A 2BX
The United Kingdom's national war memorial, the focus of the National Service of Remembrance held each year on Remembrance Sunday. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, unveiled 1920.
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road, Alrewas, Burton-on-Trent DE13 7AR
The UK's year-round centre of Remembrance, with over 400 memorials across 150 acres including the Armed Forces Memorial commemorating those killed on duty since the end of WWII.
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridge CB23 7PH
The only American World War II military cemetery in the United Kingdom. 3,812 American war dead are buried here, with a further 5,127 commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing.
Belfast City Cemetery (CWGC plot)
Falls Road, Belfast BT12 6DE
Contains 153 Commonwealth burials of WWI and 257 of WWII, plus a screen wall memorial to casualties whose graves cannot be individually marked.
Glasgow Western Necropolis (CWGC plot)
Tresta Road, Glasgow G23 5AA
Holds Commonwealth war graves of both World Wars, including a screen wall memorial to those whose graves could not be individually marked.
Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery (CWGC plot)
Allensbank Road, Cardiff CF14 3PU
Contains 295 Commonwealth war graves of WWI and 333 of WWII, with a Cross of Sacrifice and screen wall memorial.
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