Memorials & Monuments In Portsmouth

The City of Portsmouth has a long and distinguished history, much of it closely associated with the Armed Forces. This is reflected in the number of memorials, both Civilian and Military within the city. These pages are dedicated to the memory of all of those men, women and children commemorated on them.
 
When the site was launched in June 2002 it focused on the military history of the City, but has since then widened to incorporate much of the civilian life as well. The original intention was simply to provide photographs and inscriptions for each memorial but we now use them as a basis for exploring the history surrounding the people and places remembered thereon. We began with a list of 159 memorials that were known to the City Council but the total has now reached 900 and it's still rising.
 
The Memorials & Monuments in Portsmouth project gratefully acknowledges the assistance it has received from the Imperial War Museum, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Portsmouth City Council Museum and Record Office and numerous other organisations for their help in the collection of information. We are particularly indebted to the late John Owen of Havant who carried out much of the early research for the site, to Cynthia Sherwood, Peter Rogers and Jennifer Stringer for additional material, and to Francis Lovering for his work on our databases.
 
We have categorised the memorials, such that they can be searched by name, location or ship. Most sections contain maps and plans to enable the visitor to quickly locate memorials of interest.
 
We recommend that you begin on the Memorials Location page.
 

Tim Backhouse
Editor
 
PS - This website has been shortlisted for the Hantsweb Awards 2007