War Memorials Register (UK)
The War Memorials Register (UK) is held at the Imperial War Museum London. It is a register containing the location and details of more than 100,000 war memorials in the United Kingdom from all conflicts, ranging from a small plaque on the wall to a large town memorial.
The War Memorials Register was formerly named the UK National Inventory of War Memorials.
Search for Memorials
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Using the online search facility provided by the War Memorials Register it is possible to search for a memorial using a simple or an advanced search. The results provide helpful information about the current location of the memorial by building and street plus an Ordnance Survey map reference. You can also find out information relating to whether it was moved from a previous location and the reason why. The search result will show what type of memorial it is and what it is made of. A general inscription on the memorial will be provided in the search result, with the number of those commemorated, whether they returned or died, and the nature of the details inscribed for each of those individuals, for example whether they are named by surnames and ordered alphabetically.
The names of those on a particular United Kingdom memorial are now available.
Information relating to the memorial that is provided by the online search includes:
- Total names on memorial
- Number of those who served and returned
- Number of those who died
- Whether it is an exact count
- How are the names are ordered
- The information also listed on the memorial
- Names on the memorial
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Search the War Memorials Register
Visit the War Memorials Register page on the Imperial War Museum website:
Website: www.iwm.org.uk War Memorials Register Search
Related Topics
Tracing World War 1 Family History
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For information about how and where to find records for research into family history see our section of pages at: