War Memorials and Regimental Monuments

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War Memorials and Regimental Monuments

The traditional and often highly decorative memorials to those who fought and died in conflicts throughout history.

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*Early Classical and Roman*
	Monument to the Builders of Hadrians Wall
	A monument built at the eastern most end of Hadrians Wall at the fort and museum of Segedunum. It is based on names from Century stones found along th...
*Medieval*
	Towton Memorial Cross - Holy Day 2009
	A small cross, dedicated in the annual Towton Battlefield Society event to mark the battle. It commemorates the fallen of both sides in a restrained a...
*19th and Early 20th Century*
	"La Defense de Paris" - Monument to the defence of Paris, 1870-71
	A monument by Louis Ernest Barrias situated in the business district of Paris, la Defense, "recalling the courage of Parisiens during the terrible sei...
	Royal Artillery South Africa Monument, London.
	A monument, just off Horse Guards Parade, to the men of the Royal Artillery who fought with great bravery during the 2nd Anglo-Boer War.
	Royal Sussex Regiment Monument, Brighton.
	An unusual monument to the men of the 35th Royal Sussex Rgt. Who died as a result of their action in the Egyptian campaigns of the 1880's. The monu...
	The Brigade of Guards Crimea Monument
	A memorial to the 2162 soldiers of the Brigade of Guards who fell in the Crimean War during the 1850's. The monument itself incorporates a selection o...
	The Green Howards, South Africa Monument
	A monument errected after the 2nd Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 to commemorate the casualties in the various battalia of the Alexandra, Princess of Wales' ...
	The Royal Marines Monument, London
	Standing by Admiralty Arch on the Mall, this memorial commemorates the Royal Marines in both the Boer War and the Boxer Rebellion, China 1900. It rep...
	Yorkshire South Africa Monument
	A monument errected after the 2nd Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 to commemorate those who fell from the County of Yorkshire. It is a particularly fine examp...
*The First World War*
	4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers - Great War Memorial Arch
	An arch, over the entrance to the central park, dedicated to the 4th Battalion raised from Hexham men.
	Alnwick War Memorial

	Australian War Memorial, London
	The beautiful, sweeping curve of the West Australian green granite wall at Hyde Park Corner has the 24,000 names of the home towns and villages of the...
	Cavalry regiments Memorial, London
	A monument erected to the 'Cavalry of the Empire', regiments commemorating those who fell from those regiments in both world wars. Features a triumpha...
	Cirencester War Memorial
	A monument dedicated the men of Cirencester who lost their lives in both the First and Second World Wars. It is particularly unusual in that the norma...
	Clifton, near York War Memorial

	Hexham War Memorial

	Lindesfarne War Memorial, on Holy Island

	Machine Gun Corps Monument, Hyde Park Corner, London.
	This monument to the machine Gun Corps formed during the First World War shows the Boy David flanked by two Vickers machine guns draped with laurel wr...
	Merchant Marine memorial - London
	The monument on Tower Hill in London to the Merchant sailors from both World Wars who have no known grave.
	Newcastleton Village War Memorial.
	The war memorial in the centre of the village square in a small border village dedicated "To the memory of the men of Liddesdale who gave their lives ...
	Pembroke War Memorial
	The war memorial outside the main entrance to Pembroke castle.
	Portsmouth Naval Memorial
	The monument to personnel of the Royal Navy from both world wars who have no known Grave. The Inscription across the base of the Obelisk reads : 19...
	Royal Artillery Monument, London
	The moving monument to the fallen of the Royal Artillery Regiment during the First World War designed by Charles Sergent Jagger and placed at Hyde Par...
	The Imperial Camel Corps Monument, London
	A monument dedicated to a most unusual British brigade formed in Egypt in 1916 which fought in the Palestine Campaign and was only disbanded in 1919. ...
	Towlaw War Memorial
	War memorial dedicated to the fallen from Towlaw, Thornley, Sunniside, Hedley Hope, East Hedley Hope and Satley in County Durham.
	War Memorial, Acomb, York.
	A memorial cross to those of the parish of Acomb, near York, who fought in both World Wars. The names of the fallen of the First World War are listed ...
	War Memorial, Leeman Road, York.
	A simple, road-side memorial dedicated : "In proud and loving memory of the men and women of Leeman Road District who gave their lives in the Great W...
	War Memorial, Looe.
	An elegant celtic cross war memorial to "The Men of Looe" in Cornwall of both the 1914-18 and 1939-45 wars. Also dedicated "In grateful appreciation o...
	War memorial, Poppleton, York
	A simple obelisk monument to the men of the village of Upper Poppleton near York who gave their lives in the Great War positioned on a small roundabou...
	York Post Office War Memorial.
	Placed just inside the doorway of the central post office in York.
	York Rail Workers War Memorial
	A memorial to the men of the North Eastern Railway who gave their lives on both wars.
*The Second World War*
	Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede.
	A memorial to more than 20,000 aircrew of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Air Forces who died in the second world war and who have no known grave...
	Battle of the Atlantic Maritime Memorials, Liverpool.
	A collection of Naval Memorials positioned on the banks of the River Mersey at Georges Dock Pierhead in Liverpool. They commemorate the vital part the...
	Northumberland Fusiliers - 4th and 8th Battalion Second World War Memorial
	A memorial garden dedicated to these two battalions with strong Hexham connections.
	RAF Linton-on-Ouse War Memorial
	A memorial in the station museum at Linton-on-Ouse to the squadrons and personnel who served there during the Second World War. The Royal Canadian Air...
	Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1a (Replica)
	One of the finest combat aircraft in service during the second world war, the Spitfire entered service in June 1938. This replica is painted in the co...
	Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1a (Replica)
	One of the finest combat aircraft in service during the second world war, the Spitfire entered service in June 1938. This replica is painted in the co...
	The Burma campaign, captured items.
	Items commemorating the 2nd Battalion, Manchesters Rgt, and their actions in Burma 1944-45. They include a pair of Japanese Infantry officers' swords,...
	The Canadian War Memorial, London.
	This evocative memorial of a stylised maple leaf with water cascading down its polished face remembers the contribution of the Canadian soldiers in bo...
*later 20th Century & Modern*
	"Yomper" - The Royal Marines Falklands War Monument
	The statue outside the former Royal Marines Eastney barracks near Portsmouth dedicated to those who fought in the Falklands War 1982. It is based on a...
	Falklands Memorial to the Royal Marines.
	A memorial to the Royal Marines who fell in the Falklands War 1982 presented by the people of the Falklands themselves. It is situated outside the for...
	Indian Sub-Continent, Africa and the Caribbean Memorial Gates, London.
	This memorial is dedicated: "In memory of the five million volunteers from the Indian Sub-Continent, Africa and the Caribbean who fought with Britain...
	Spanish Civil War Monument
	A monument to more than two thousand British volunteers of The International Brigade who felt compelled to fight against the facist forces in the Span...
	The Cenotaph, London.
	The symbolic 'empty tomb' in Whitehall, London which is the focus of Remembrance Day commemorations in the UK. It was designed in 1919 by Sir Edwin Lu...