Men and women of Commonwealth forces who fought in the first and second world wars have their names and stories commemorated across the UK at Commonwealth Grave sites. The sites are managed by the CWGC, who work with governments across the world on over 23,000 different locations.
In the UK alone, there are 12,700 sites where Commonwealth soldiers are remembered. Some of the larger sites are as follows.
Tower Hill Memorial, London - 35,833
Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent – 18,616
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon – 23,195
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire – 24,582
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, 20265
You can find sites near you by using the CWGC website here or by downloading their app.
Since being established, the CWGC have constructed 2,500 war cemeteries and plots, with the founders determined that all service personnel who fell on former battlegrounds of the two world wars, whether that is on land or at sea, should be commemorated equally. For those individuals that have no known resting place, memorials have been built to honour them in places that were connected to their lives.
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