232 Plaques of type: War Memorial

Victoria Embankment Gardens, London WC2N 5AQImperial Camel Corps War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Nov-2022)Link

Newmans Row, Lincoln's Inn, Holborn, London WC2A 3SWInns of Court Regiment War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 20-Mar-2024)Link
Plaque Wording: {the small plaque at the bottom} In memory of our comrades of the Inns of Court Regt who gave their lives in the 1939-45 war

St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8AUIraq Press War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 03-May-2023)Link

Kennington Park, Kennington Park Road, London SE11 4BEKennington Park Air Raid(World War History)(Photos Taken: 05-Mar-2020)Link

13 Triq John Lopez, Floriana, MaltaKing's Own Malta Regiment Memorial(Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 02-May-2024)Link

Korean War Veterans Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USAKorean War(Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 02-May-2018)Link

Coronation Gardens, 13 Buckingham Road, Leyton, London E10 5NGLeyton War Memorial (World War History)Clapton Orient Football Club (Sport)The Footballers' Battalion (Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 01-Feb-2022)Link
Plaque Wording: {Top plaque} Remembering the forty one players and staff of Clapton Orient Football Club who served with the 17th Bn Middlesex Regiment (The Footballers' Battalion) during the great war of whom three players gave their lives in the Battle of the Somme. Private William Jonas F/32 27th July 1916 Pte George Scott F/1583 16th August 1916 CSM Richard McFadden MM F/162 23rd October 1916
{Second plaque} To the memory of the service men & women of Leyton who sacrificed their lives in two world wars 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
{Third plaque} In grateful remembrance of all those people of Leyton who suffered in the world war 1939 - 1945
{Bottom plaque} In memory of the fallen of Leyton 1945 to present day Lest we forget

Lloyds TSB, 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HNLloyds TSB War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 15-Oct-2020)Link
Plaque Wording: {On the left} We will remember them
{On the right} In remembrance of all employees of the Lloyds TSB Group who have given their lives in times of conflict
{on the ground} For your tomorrow we gave our today

near 32 Borough High Street, London SE1 1XULondon Hop Trade War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 10-Aug-2020)Link
Plaque Wording: To the memory of the men of the London Hop Trade who died for us in the Great War .... Their name liveth forever.

Paternoster Sqare, St Paul's., London EC4M 7BPLondon Stock Exchange War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 09-Oct-2021)Link

Royal Exchange, Cornhill, London EC3V 3LRLondon Troops War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 22-Mar-2021)Link

4 Duke of Wellington Place, London SW1W 0QHMachine Gun Corps Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 16-Mar-2020)Link

near Av. Raphaël, 75016 Paris, FranceMadagascar in World War II(World War History)(Photos Taken: 22-Jun-2024)Link
Plaque Wording: In memory of the Malagasy fighters who, in the different theatres of operations, defended freedom, for their homeland and for France. This "vatolahy" symbolizes the Franco-Malagasy brotherhood of arms

32 Lvant, Il-Belt Valletta, MaltaMalta WW2 Siege Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 01-May-2024)Link

Manor Park Cemetery, Sebert Road, London E7 0NPManor Park Cross of Sacrifice(World War History)(Photos Taken: 26-Apr-2021)Link

Margravine Cemetery, 19 St Dunstan's Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8RDMargravine Cemetery WW1 Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Feb-2022)Link

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Trinity Square Gardens, Tower Hill, London EC3N 4DJMerchant Navy War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 18-May-2022)Link

Platform 5 entrance, Baker Street Station, Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LAMetropolitan Railway(World War History)(Photos Taken: 07-Jun-2020)Link
Plaque Wording: The men from the service of the Metropolitan Railway Company whose names are inscribed below were among those who, at the call of King and country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger, and finally passed out of sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom. Let those who come after see to it that their names be not forgotten.
1914 - 1918 Erected by the directors, officers and staff of the railway.

The Supreme Court, Parliament Square, London SW1P 3BDMiddlesex Guildhall Staff WW1 War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 18-Mar-2024)Link
Plaque Wording: This tablet was erected by the members of the 1914 Guildhall Staff in memory of their comrades who laid down their lives in the Great War

The Supreme Court, Parliament Square, London SW1P 3BDMiddlesex Guildhall Staff WW2 War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 18-Mar-2024)Link
Plaque Wording: This tablet is placed in this Middlesex Guildhall in memory of those members of the county staff who lost their lives in the World War 1939-1945

8 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0HJNational Submarine War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Nov-2022)Link

Serpentine Road, London W2 2UHNorwegian War Memorial(Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 13-Oct-2016)Link

Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove, London SE15 3LPNunhead Cemetery WW1 Wall(World War History)(Photos Taken: 16-Oct-2020)Link
Plaque Wording: {centre stone} 1914 1918
those honoured here died in the service of their country and lie buried in this cemetery

Kranji Commonwealth War Cemetery, SIngaporeOperation Rimau(World War History)(Photos Taken: 01-Nov-2018)Link
Plaque Wording: In memory of the members of Operation Rimau In September 1944, when Singapore was under Japanese occupation, twenty-three British and Australian members of Services Reconnaissance Department / Z Special Unit travelled from Autralia by submarine to the outskirts of Singapore Harbour. Their mission was to attack and destroy enemy shipping from small submersible boats using magnetic limpet mines. The party included six former members of the highly successful raid launched against Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour in September 1943, code-named Operation Jaywick. They were intercepted by Japanese forces and in the actions that followed, thirteen were either killed in action or died of wounds. The remaining ten were captured and subsequently executed on 7 July 1945. The place of their execution is approximately 580 metres east of the junction of Clement and Dover Roads......we salute their daring and bravery.

Paddington Old Cemetery, Willesden Lane, London NW6 7SDPaddington Cemetery War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 13-Mar-2022)Link

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Plaque Wording: (Centre Tablet) On this wall are recorded the names of those members of His Majesty's Forces who died during The Great War and although buried in this cemetery have no separate headstones

Paddington Old Cemetery, Willesden Lane, London NW6 7SDPaddington Cemetery War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 13-Mar-2022)Link

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Penge War Memorial, High Street, Penge, London SE20 7HBPenge WW1 Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 02-May-2022)Link

Penge War Memorial, High Street, Penge, London SE20 7HBPenge WW2 Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 02-May-2022)Link

in the foyer of the Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HTRAM War Memorial WW2(World War History)(Photos Taken: 18-May-2023)Link

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High Street, Ramsden, Oxfordshire OX7 3AURamsden War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 24-Jul-2023)Link

13 Chenies Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7EYRangers War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 15-Oct-2020)Link

Père-Lachaise Cemetery, 75020 Paris, FranceRawa Ruska Camp(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Jun-2024)Link
Plaque Wording: TO THE INTERNED RESISTANCE PRISONERS OF WAR AT THE RAWA-RUSKA REPRISAL CAMP IN UKRAINE 1942-1944

Rifle Brigade Monument, Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0HHRifle Brigade(World War History)(Photos Taken: 16-Nov-2023)Link

Battersea Park, London SW11 4BERoyal Australian Air Force(World War History)(Photos Taken: 29-Oct-2019)Link

McBride Railway Station, McBride, BC, CanadaRoyal Canadian Legion(World War History)(Photos Taken: 26-Jun-2019)Link

Holy Sepulchre Church, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2DQRoyal Fusiliers(Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 09-Oct-2021)Link

near Girolamo Cassar Road, Floriana, MaltaRoyal Malta Artillery Memorial WWll.(World War History)(Photos Taken: 02-May-2024)Link

The Mall, St. James's, London SW1A 2BNRoyal Marines War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 22-Nov-2022)Link
Plaque Wording: Erected by the officers and men of the Royal Marines in memory of their comrades who were killed in action or died of wounds or disease in South Africa and China, 1899-1900.

Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2PARoyal Naval Division War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 14-Dec-2023)Link
Plaque Wording: IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS OF THE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY

Redbridge Town Hall, 128-142 High Road, Ilford IG1 1DDSecond World War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 26-Apr-2021)Link

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Père-Lachaise Cemetery, 75020 Paris, FranceService du travail obligatoire(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Jun-2024)Link
Plaque Wording: HERE RESTS AN UNKNOWN PERSON DEPORTED FROM LABOR, A VICTIM OF TREASON AND NAZI BARBARISM. 1942-1945 - 600.00O FRENCH DEPORTED FOR FORCED LABOR IN GERMANY, 60,000 DEAD, 15,000 SHOT, HANGED OR BEHEADED FOR ACTS OF RESISTANCE. 1945-1970 - 50,000 MISSING FROM THIS DEPORTATION

Village Green, London Road and Harris Lane, Shenley, Hertfordshire WD7 9DUShenley War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 19-Jan-2023)Link
Plaque Wording: In memory of the men of Shenley who died in the service of their King and Country during the great war 1914-1919. Sons of this place let this of you be said that you who live are worthy of your dead. To those who in the same noble spirit of self sacrifice gave their lives in the second world war 1939-1945.

Pietermaritzburg, City Hall, Chief Albert Luthuli St, 3200, South AfricaSherwood Foresters at Pietermaritzburg(Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 15-Mar-2017)Link
Plaque Wording: This monument is erected by the 45th Regiment in memory of their comrades who died during the station of the regiment in the colony of Natal from July 1843 to April 1859.
Font Parents, Sisters and Brothers weep for many noble hearts that sleep around this simple stone. But faith and hope shall dry the tear and point to that undaunted place where parting is unknown.

Christ Church Shooters Hill, 63 Shooters Hill, Woolwich,London SE18 3RSShooters Hill War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 18-Nov-2022)Link

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Plaque Wording: Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory.
In proud and grateful memory of 46 officers and men of this parish and church who laid down their lives in the Great War 1914-1918.
Their names are recorded within this church.

Kensington Gardens, London W2 3JHSilver Thimble Fund(World War History)(Photos Taken: 13-Nov-2019)Link

Turks Row, Chelsea, London SW3 4TWSloane Court East bomb(World War History)(Photos Taken: 12-May-2019)Link

St John of Jerusalem Church, Lauriston Road, Hackney, London E9 7EYSouth Hackney War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 31-Jul-2022)Link
Plaque Wording: {top plaque} In memory of those parishioners who for the faith and honour of Christendom died gloriously for England 1914-1919
{bottom plaque} In memory of the people of South Hackney who gave their lives in the war 1939-1945 and in subsequent conflicts
Gratitude Sorrow Penitence

Spion Kop, Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSpion Kop(Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 12-Mar-2017)Link

Spion Kop, Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSpion Kop(Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 12-Mar-2017)Link

Split Synagogue, Židovski pro. 1, 21000, Split, CroatiaSplit Synagogue War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 04-Oct-2023)Link

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Plaque Wording: in memory of the Jewish youth of Split who gave their lives in the War of Liberation as Tito's partisan units, and in memory of all the people of the community, led by Victor Morpurgo, the victims of fascism in the years 1941-1945.

Split Synagogue, Židovski pro. 1, 21000, Split, CroatiaSplit Synagogue War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 04-Oct-2023)Link

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Plaque Wording: Dedicated to the members of the Jewish municipality of Split who lost their lives as victims of fascism 1941-1945

St George's Gardens, Mount Street, London W1K 2TNSt George's School WW1 memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 13-Jun-2020)Link

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Park Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 7JBSt Mary-Le-Bone War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Nov-2022)Link

Cornhill and Saint Michael's Alley, London EC3V 3QQSt Michaels War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 18-Feb-2020)Link

near 32 Borough High Street, London SE1 1XUSt Saviour's Southwark War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 10-Aug-2020)Link

Kensington Gardens, London W2 3JHSure Shield of Britain(World War History)(Photos Taken: 13-Nov-2019)Link

Ramat HaGolan, IsraelTel Fahr (Mitzpe Golani)(Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 20-May-2013)Link

Trinity Square Gardens, Tower Hill, London EC3N 4DJTower Hill Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 18-May-2022)Link

Radnor Gardens, Cross Deep, Twickenham TW1 4QGTwickenham War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 20-Jul-2023)Link
Plaque Wording: 1914-1918 To the glorious memory of the men of Twickenham who fell in the Great War. Their name liveth for evermore
And to those who gave their lives in the war of 1939-1945

Waterloo Station, London SE1 8SWVictory Arch(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Jul-2020)Link

near Saint Anne Road, Floriana, MaltaWar Memorial Floriana Malta(World War History)(Photos Taken: 02-May-2024)Link
Plaque Wording: {top left}IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA I SALUTE THE ISLAND OF MALTA. ITS PEOPLE AND DEFENDERS WHO. IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE AND DECENCY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, HAVE RENDEPED VALOROUS SERVICE FAR ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY
U NDER QEPEATED FIRE FROM THE SKIES MALTA STOOD ALONE BUT UNAFRAID IN THE CENTER OF THE SEA, ONE TINY BRIGHT FLAME IN THE DARKNESS- A BEACON OF HOPE FOR THE CLEARER DAYS WHICH HAVE COME.
MALTA'S BRIGHT STORY OF HUMAN FORTITUDE AND COURAGE WILL BE READ BY POSTERITY WITH WONDER AND WITH IGRATITUDE THROUGH ALL THE AGES. WHAT WAS DONE IN THIS ISLAND MAINTAINS, THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF CALLANT MEN AND WOMEN WHO FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME HAVE LIVED AND DIED TO PRESERVE CIVILIZATION FOR ALL MANKIND DECEMBER 1943 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
{top right} BUCKINCHAM PALACE THE GOVERNOR OF MALTA TO HONOUR HER BRAVE PEOPLE I AWARD THE GEORGE CROSS TO THE ISLAND FORTRESS OF MALTA TO BEAR WITNESS TO A HEROISM AND DEVOTION THAT WILL LONG BE FAMOUS IN HISTORY GEORCE RI APRIL 15th 1942

War Memorial, 98039 Taormina, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, ItalyWar Memorial Taormina(World War History)(Photos Taken: 06-May-2024)Link

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West Green Road, South Tottenham, London N15 5BQWest Green War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 18-Mar-2022)Link

High Street Wimbledon, London SW19 5NAWimbledon War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 26-May-2022)Link

High Street Wimbledon, London SW19 5NAWimbledon War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 26-May-2022)Link

Grand Depot Road, Woolwich, London SE18 6XJWoolwich Boer war memorial(Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 28-Feb-2020)Link

St John's Church, 73 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TYWW1 Memorial at St John's Waterloo(World War History)(Photos Taken: 04-Aug-2020)Link
Plaque Wording: {The bronze plaque is above the white stone} Erected by the nursing staff in honour of the patients who died in the King George Hospital, H. M. Stationery Office Stamford Street, used as a military hospital during the war.
{The White Stone} In memory of those who have given their lives for their country. The names of those who died in the King George Hospital are inscribed on a parchment roll placed with the church records. The names of those who were parishioners of St. John's Church are inscribed on the three remaining panels of this memorial.

Waterloo Station, London SE1 8SWWW1 Memorial Waterloo(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Jul-2020)Link

Waterloo Station, London SE1 8SWWW2 Memorial Waterloo(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Jul-2020)Link

Waterloo Station, London SE1 8SWWW2 Memorial Waterloo(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Jul-2020)Link

WWII Memorial Plaque, Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0, CanadaWWII Memorial Plaque(World War History)(Photos Taken: 05-Jul-2019)Link

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Rorkes Drift, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaZulu dead of Rorkes Drift(Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 13-Mar-2017)Link

Plumstead Common Road, London SE18 7QR8th London Howitzers(Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 28-Feb-2020)Link

Acton Cemetery, North Acton, London W3 0PHActon Cemetery War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 16-Jan-2022)Link

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All Saints Church, Trewsbury Road, Crystal Palace, London SE26 5DPAll Saints WW2 Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 29-Apr-2022)Link

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10 Cambridge Avenue, London NW6 5BAAnimals of War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 04-Mar-2016)Link
Plaque Wording: {left of ddor}This building is dedicated as a memorial to the countless thousands of god's humble creatures who suffered and perished in the Great War, 1914-18. Knowing nothing of the cause, looking forward to no final victory, filled only with love, faith and loyalty, they endured much and died for us. May we all remember them with gratitude, and in the future commemorate their suffering and death by showing kindness and consideration to living animals.
{right of door}1914-1918, this tablet records the deaths by enemy action, disease or accident, of 484,143 horses, mules, camels and bullocks, and of many hundreds of dogs, carrier pigeons and other creatures on the various fronts during the Great War. It also records the fact that in France alone, 725,216 sick and wounded animals were treated in the veterinary hospitals provided by the R.S.P.C.A.

Battersea Park, London SW11 4BEAnzac Battlefield Boulder(World War History)(Photos Taken: 29-Oct-2019)Link

Ealing Green, London W5Armenian Genocide(World War History)(Photos Taken: 28-Aug-2019)Link

Giardini Pubblici di Augusta, Syracuse, Sicily, ItalyAugusta Unknown Soldier WW1 Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 10-May-2024)Link
Plaque Wording: hard to translate

Giardini Pubblici di Augusta, Syracuse, Sicily, ItalyAugusta WW1 Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 10-May-2024)Link

Père-Lachaise Cemetery, 75020 Paris, FranceAuschwitz III (Monowitz)(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Jun-2024)Link
Plaque Wording: From 1941 to 1945 AUSCHWITZ III comprised 39 Nazi camps all operated by the German chemical trust LG FARBENINDUSTRIE Buna-Monowitz, Blechhammer. Cleiwitz II II M. Rajko Furstengrube, Gunthergrube, Jawischowitz, Jaworzno, Peudenstadt. 30,000 deported, including 5,500. arrested in France, Jews for the most part died there of hunger, cold, beatings and exhaustion or designated by the S.S. during the selections, they were exterminated in the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau NEVER FORGET!

Texas Confederate Memorial Lawn, W 11th Street, Austin, TX 78701, USAAustin War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 30-May-2023)Link

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Plaque Wording: They live with us ??? in ?????? memory World War II Dec 1941 - Dec 1945?

Australian War Memorial, 4-5 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7DLAustralian War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 07-May-2019)Link
Plaque Wording: This memorial honours the commitment of Australians who served alongside Britain and her allies in defence of freedom in the First and Second World Wars. The battle sites are representative of the many places where Australians, together with their comrades, fought and died. The place names record the origins of Australian servicemen and women many of whom were born in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Each is a reminder of the impact of war on families and communities. The flow of water over these names evokes memories of service, suffering and sacrifice. Tonkin Zulaikha Greer-Architects Janet Laurence-Artist

on the balcony above the main concourse. Waterloo Station, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8SW Battle of Waterloo (Armed Forces) Arthur Wellesley (1st Duke of Wellington) (Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 06-Aug-2020)Link
Plaque Wording: Dedicated to the memory of those from the Allied armies who gave their lives in the Battle of Waterloo.
{On the medallion:} Wellington Waterloo June 18, 1815 T. Wyon S.
"My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won."
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Victoria Embankment, London WC2N 6PBBelgium Gratitude Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 22-Nov-2022)Link

Bethnal Green Tube Station, Roman Road, London E2 0ETBethnal Green Disaster(World War History)(Photos Taken: 07-Sep-2016)Link
Plaque Wording: Site of the worst civilian disaster of the second world war
In memory of 173 men, women and children who lost their lives on the evening of Wednesday 3rd March 1943 descending these steps to Bethnal Green Underground air raid shelter
Not forgotten

Bethnal Green Tube Station, Roman Road, London E2 0ETBethnal Green Disaster(World War History)(Photos Taken: 07-Sep-2016)Link
Plaque Wording: The Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Disaster
On 3 March 1943 the air raid warning sounded at 8:17pm. People made their way in the pitch dark of the blackout to file in an orderly manner down the steps of the single entrance to the unfinished Bethnal Green underground station next to this memorial. It had been in regular use since 1940 as a deep air raid shelter.
Over the next 10 minutes local pubs and cinemas emptied so that some 2,000 people were already in the shelter by 8.27 pm when the searchlight went on. Those still waiting to enter were alarmed by the deafening sound of a new anti-aircraft rocket battery opening fire for the first time nearby. They assumed it to be enemy bombs falling. At that time three buses set down their passengers at the unsupervised shelter entrance. The crowd hurried down the poorly-lit 10 foot wide first flight of 19 concrete steps which had no central handrail. On this wet, slippery stairway a woman with a child fell on the third step from the bottom and others tumbled over her. The crowd above continued pressing forward unable to see the horror of what was happening below. Within seconds the whole staircase was a solid, tangled mass of 300 people trapped five or six deep.
Despite heroic efforts, rescuers working above and below found it difficult to release them before they suffocated in the crush. It was 11.40 pm before the last of the total 173 dead was pulled out - 84 women, 62 children and 27 men. Sixty-two people were hospitalised and at least 30 more walked away wounded. Many more suffered life-long trauma. This was the worst civilian disaster of the Second World War.

Bevis Marks Synagogue, Bevis Marks, London EC3A 5DQBevis Marks War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 10-Nov-2022)Link

Bromley Recreation Ground, St Leonard's Street, London E3 3BSBromley-by-Bow War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Nov-2021)Link
Plaque Wording: To the memory of the men of the N.E. Ward of this borough who fell in the great war 1914-19. Erected by residents of the N.E. Ward. Their name liveth for evermore. Sacrifice . Honour. Devotion

near Seacon Tower, Isle of Dogs, London E14 8JXBullivant's Wharf Bomb(World War History)(Photos Taken: 19-Dec-2019)Link

Hartington Square and Camden High Street, London NW1Burma Railway(world war history)(Photos Taken: 27-Nov-2017)Link

Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2PACadiz Memorial (World War History) Arthur Wellesley (1st Duke of Wellington) (Armed Forces)King George IV (Royalty)(Photos Taken: 14-Dec-2023)Link
Plaque Wording: To commemorate the Raising of the Siege of Cadiz, in consequence of the Glorious Victory obtained by the Duke of Wellington over the French at Salamanca, on the 22d July 1812: This Mortar, cast for the destruction of that Great Port, with Powers surpassing all others, and abandoned by the Besiegers on their Retreat, was presented as a token of respect and gratitude by the Spanish Nation, To his Royal Highness the Prince Regent.

Esplanade, Cairns City QLD 4870, AustraliaCairns War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 24-Nov-2018)Link

Camberwell Green, Camberwell, London SE5 7BUCamberwell Air Raid (wedding party)(World War History)(Photos Taken: 04-Mar-2020)Link

Camberwell Green, Camberwell, London SE5 7BUCamberwell Air Raid (wedding party)(World War History)(Photos Taken: 04-Mar-2020)Link

Chumleigh World Garden, Walworth, London SE5 0RJCamberwell Zeppelin Raid Victims(World War History)(Photos Taken: 29-Oct-2022)Link

Radar Hill, Alberni-Clayoquot C, BC, CanadaCanadian Korean War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 05-Jul-2019)Link

near Argyle Street, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 1T6, CanadaCanadian Merchant Navy(World War History)(Photos Taken: 06-Jul-2019)Link

Dovehouse Green, Kings Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6NTChelsea Civilians War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 09-Jul-2020)Link

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Turnham Green, Heathfield Terrace, Chiswick, London W4 5TFChiswick War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 11-Jun-2022)Link
Plaque Wording: In grateful and affectionate memory of the men of Chiswick who fell in the Great War 194-1918

United Reformed Church, 88 Tavistock Place, Kings Cross, London WC1H 9RSChurch House Bombing(World War History)(Photos Taken: 09-Aug-2017)Link
Plaque Wording: In memory of those who died in the destruction of Church House 9th February 1945. {10 names) 11th February 1957

Colindale Tube Station, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HRColindale Station Bomb(World War History)(Photos Taken: 20-May-2019)Link

Old Market Square, Rose Garden, Ravenscroft Park, Shoreditch, London E2 7QBColumbia Market Air Raid(World War History)(Photos Taken: 05-Dec-2019)Link
Plaque Wording: In memory of those who lost their lives when a bomb penetrated the Columbia Market air raid shelter, 7 September 1940. (45 names) Also in memory of those who died through their wounds after 7 September 1940.

Commonwealth Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, London SW1W 0QHCommonwealth Memorial Gates(World War History)(Photos Taken: 19-Jun-2014)Link
Plaque Wording: A debt of honour - The Memorial Gates This memorial was inaugurated by Her Majesty the Queen during the Golden Jubilee year, 2002. It commemorates the service and sacrifices of five million men and women from the Indian Sub-continent, Africa and the Caribbean, who volunteered to fight with the British in the two World Wars, 1914-18 and 1939-45. This is the first time that their magnificent contribution has received fitting recognition. With so many descendants of these volunteers now living in the United Kingdom, the Memorial Gates serve to remind us all of our shared sacrifices in times of greatest need.

First World War, 1914-18
Indian Sub-continent and the Kingdom of Nepal - 1,440,500 men and women, including 100,000 Gurkhas, volunteered for military service in the Indian Army. They fought on the Western Front, in Gallipoli, Persia, Egypt, Palestine and Mesopotamia.
Africa - the old British African colonies provided 62,000 troops and transport auxiliaries who fought in Africa.
Caribbean - over 15,000 men served in the British West Indies Regiment and saw action in France, Palestine, Egypt and Italy.

Second World War, 1939-45
Indian Sub-Continent and the Kingdom of Nepal - over 2,500,000 including 132,000 Gurkhas, served in Burma, Malaya, Hong Kong, North and East Africa, France, Italy, Greece and throughout the Middle East.
Africa - over 372,000, mostly from East and West Africa, served in the Middle East, East Africa, Italy and Burma.
Caribbean - over 7,000 men and women volunteered to aid the war effort, many of whom saw action in the Middle East, Far East, East Africa and Italy.

The Memorial Gates have been funded by a National Lottery grant from the Millennium Commission and the generous support of trusts, foundations and members of the public.
This panel was donated by the Friends of War Memorials and the West Indian Ex-Services Association UK.
Memorial Gates Trust

Père-Lachaise Cemetery, 75020 Paris, FranceDachau(World War History)(Photos Taken: 21-Jun-2024)Link
Plaque Wording: DACHAU Is the site near Munich in Germany where the first European camp was built by the National Socialist Party after they had seized power. It was completed on March 22, 1933. Originally, this camp was intended to imprison those German citizens opposed to Hitler's regime. Later, Resistance fighters and victims of Nazi oppression arrested in those countries annexed and occupied by Germany were deported there. More than 200,000 internees out on whom 12,000 were arrested in France, suffered from the most inhuman treatment. In this camp, during the 12 years of its operation operation, several tens of thousands of prisoners died of starvation, exhaustion, cruelty or were executed. We, the survivors, have erected this simple monument as witness to the Faith, Courage and Hope that have ceaselessly driven and supported us throughout our ordeal

152-154 Lewisham Way, London SE14 6PDDeptford War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 20-Mar-2022)Link
Plaque Wording: DEPTFORD'S TRIBUTE TO HER GALLANT SONS WHO WERE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 1914-1918 1939-1945

172 New Kent Road, London SE17 1PUDriscoll House(World War History)(Photos Taken: 09-Jul-2017)Link

Ul. Nikole Tesle 11, 20000, Dubrovnik, CroatiaDubrovnik War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 09-Oct-2023)Link

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Plaque Wording: Falling for the motherland does not mean falling; it means rising up and becoming great like her.

in front of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Mattock Lane, Ealing, London W5 5EQEaling War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 28-Dec-2021)Link
Plaque Wording: {across the gates}In Proud and Grateful Memory of the men of this borough who laid down their lives in the Great War of 1914-1918

Elstree Hill North, Elstree WD6 3ENElstree War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 03-Jul-2022)Link

St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8AUEvening Standard War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 03-May-2023)Link

Trinity Square Gardens, Tower Hill, London EC3N 4DJFalkland Islands War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 18-May-2022)Link

Via Savoia, Ortigia, 96100 Siracusa SR, ItalyFallen at Sea Monument Syracuse(World War History)(Photos Taken: 09-May-2024)Link

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Plaque Wording: MONUMEN? TO THE FALLEN OF THE SEA THE SYRACUSAN SAILORS WHO FALLEN DURING THE 2nd WORLD WAR ARE INSCRIBED IN THE STONE OF THIS MONUMENT. ALSO PRESENT ARE THE MEN OF THE CREW OF THE SYRACUSAN FISHING VESSEL "NUOVA MARGHERITA", WHICH EXPLODED DUE TO THE RECOVERY OF A TORPEDO IN THE WATERS OF THE PORT IN 1952.
In this space, which has always been dedicated to maritime activities, the ancient Congregation of Mutual Aid for Seafarers was founded and operated in 1397 with the name of "Portus Salutis" and here the church of the Madonna di Porto Salvo was built in 1596, a spiritual refuge where the sailors prayed before departure and upon returning to the port of Syracuse,
Once the Church was destroyed at the end of the 19th century and the Sailors' Society disappeared, at the end of the last century (29 June 1997) it was decided to erect this monument here as a permanent reminder of the men and history of Syracuse shipping. (Syracusan Society of Homeland History)

St Giles The Abbot, Church Road, Orpington BR6 7DBFarnborough War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 10-May-2019)Link

Sermon Lane and Carter Lane, St Pauls, London EC4V 5EYFiremen's National Memorial (World War History)Princess Anne (Royalty)Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (Royalty)(Photos Taken: 07-Dec-2022)Link
Plaque Wording: [Blitz] / The heroes with grimy faces / Winston Churchill
In honour and memory of those firefighters who gave their lives in the defence of the nation, 1939-1945.
This monument was commissioned by the founder Master of the Guild of Firefighters supported by public and service donations. MCMXC
Sculptor = John W Mills ARCA FRBS
The United Kingdom Firefighters National Memorial This memorial was re-dedicated and unveiled on the 16th September 2003 by HRH The Princess Royal (Patron to the Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust).
This memorial was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on 4 May 1991.

Flushing Cemetery, Queens, NY 11358, USAFlushing Cemetery War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 09-Jun-2023)Link

Church Gate, near All Saints Fulham, Bishops Park, Putney, London SW6 3LAFulham War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 23-Feb-2022)Link
Plaque Wording: To the Honour of Fulham's Gallant Dead They died for freedom 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.

Guards Memorial, 69 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2BJGuards Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 16-Nov-2023)Link

Kranji Commonwealth War Cemetery, SIngaporeGurkhas Singapore(World War History)(Photos Taken: 01-Nov-2018)Link

Hackney Church, Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0PDHackney War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 19-Oct-2022)Link

Victoria Park, near Cadogan Terrace, Hackney, London E9 5HT Hackney Wick War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 31-Jul-2022)Link
Plaque Wording: {all 4 sides mostly illegible, but begins:} To the memory of Hackney Wick men who fell in the great war 1914-1919

near Harrow Civic Centre, Harrow HA3 5AAHarrow War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 28-Oct-2022)Link

Philae Temple of Isis, Philae, EgyptHeavy Camel Corp(Armed Forces)(Photos Taken: 24-Dec-2009)Link
Plaque Wording: In memory of 9 Officers & 92 NCOs & Men of the Heavy Camel Regt who lost their lives in the Soudan 1884-5

War Memorial Monument, Watford Way, London NW4 3SPHendon War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 09-May-2022)Link
Plaque Wording: This memorial is also dedicated to the memory of those inhabitants of Hendon both members of the services and civilians who lost their lives in the 2nd World War 1939-1945

War Memorial Monument, Watford Way, London NW4 3SPHendon War Memorial(World War History)(Photos Taken: 09-May-2022)Link
Plaque Wording: {top left} 1914-1918 Erected by residents of the central and west wards of Hendon in memory of their glorious dead.... (followed by many names)

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