We were ALL the last to be picked

The Evacuees Reunion Association has launched a campaign to raise funds for a memorial to the evacuation of 3.5 million children, both within the UK and abroad, during the Second World War.  The appeal was launched by one of their patrons, Michael Aspel, himself a former evacuee.  The Evacuation Reunion Association was formed in 1996 and now [...]

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Malaria and conflict

Today is World Malaria Day.  Although malaria has been eradicated from much of the western world, it still kills over a million people each year.  It is also strongly linked to conflict.  When people are forced to flee their homes, they often end up living in areas were malaria-carrying mosquitos are prevalent and they have little or no access [...]

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The sinking of the Lusitania

Barbara McDermott, one of the two remaining survivors of the RMS Lusitania, died on 12 April.
The British ocean liner, Lusitania, was sailing to London from New York when she was torpedoed by a German submarine on 7 May 1915.  Over half of the nearly 2,000 passengers on board were killed.  The sinking was condemned in Britain and America and [...]

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‘I am the enemy you killed, my friend…’

Today’s blog post was written by one of our volunteers, Richard.
‘I am the enemy you killed, my friend…’
Wilfred Owen ‘Strange Meeting’
The reference in an earlier blog post to memorials to nationals of enemy countries may seem strange, although in recent times new memorials have been erected with inscriptions intended not to cause offence by referring to [...]

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Camberwell memorial unveiled

Monday17 September 2007 saw the unveiling of the memorial on Camberwell Green dedicated to all the people of Camberwell who have suffered or died in war.
Click for the UKNIWM’s record of the memorial
 As the memorial stands above the Camberwell air raid shelter those who lost their lives in the direct hit of 17 September 1940 are [...]

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Design for Omagh memorial announced

Yesterday the design was revealed for a new memorial to mark the 1998 bombing in Omagh, Northern Ireland.  It will consist of a 4.5m high obelisk that marks the site of the explosion.  31 mirrors on tall poles (one for each person who died) will reflect light into the heart of the obelisk.
While the design itself [...]

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Camberwell memorial to be unveiled

A memorial commemorating the people of Camberwell who died and suffered in war is to be unveiled on Camberwell Green, south east London on Monday 17 September at 3pm.
The unveiling will mark sixty-seven years to the day since several members of a wedding party, taking cover in an air raid shelter, were killed.  On 17 September 1940 Sidney [...]

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Commemorating 11 September

Today is the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon in the US six years ago.
A memorial in Grosvenor Square in London lists the 67 citizens of the United Kingdom who lost their lives on that day.  The memorial consists of a pavilion set into a garden, facing the US embassy.  A piece of the [...]

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Browse by War

72 different wars and conflicts are marked by memorials on our database and you can now browse this list. 
Click to browse by War
The First World War produced the most memorials (37,028) but you can also browse memorials with dedications to First World War Civilians (71 memorials).
Why not have a look at some of the more unusual conflicts, like the Austrian Succession, [...]

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Stories behind the names – Leyton air raid casualties

All memorials tell stories of personal sacrifice but, among them, some stand out for the scale of the loss they describe.
In Manor Park Cemetery, East London, there lies a memorial tablet to 25 civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the city during the Second World War. 
Leyton Air Raid Casualties
On this tablet six [...]

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