- What's New -

Date of Addition           Description and Location of Addition
3rd May 2008 Added two recently discovered photographs of the two lost statues of Wellington and Nelson to the Southsea section
28th April 2008 Added the sculpture of HMS Sirius in the Cascades Shopping Centre to the City Centre section.
25th April 2008 Added the Dockyard Railway plaque in Edinburgh Road to the City Centre section.
15th March 2008 Added the plaque at 101 High Street, Old Portsmouth to the air raid victims who died there.
5th February 2008 Added four more memorials to the Portsmouth Cathedral section.
20th January 2008 Added the boards in The City Council Chamber recording the Mayors and Lord Mayors of Portsmouth to the City Centre section.
27th November 2007 Added 3 more memorials to the Kingston Cemetery section
26th November 2007 Added CWGC details to the page on the Fort Cumberland Memorial
20th November 2007 Added the World War II memorial to the Old Boys of the former Northern Grammar School
29th October 2007 Added further information to the page on HMS Powerful, including biographical details of her Captain, Hedworth Lambton and photographs of the presentation watch and purse made to the Naval Brigade at the banquet in Portsmouth.
19th October 2007 Added the memorials to Sir John Kempthorne, Lt. FN Bennett and his wife, the Arnaud Family and Captain Ivan Karsakoff to the Portsmouth Cathedral section
18th October 2007 Added further information to the pages on the Fitzclarence Memorial in the Old Portsmouth section and the HMS Boadicea Memorial in St Mary's Church.
20th September 2007 Added further biographical details to the pages on John Danagher VC and Sidney Day VC
18th September 2007 Completed a project to research the WW1 memorial outside Portsmouth Cathedral and the names of the men named upon it.
10th September 2007 Added The Royal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht Club Memorial Plaque to members upon whom the Victoria Cross had been conferred in the VC section
9th September 2007 Added the State Field Gun Carriage and updated the page on the HMS Queen Charlotte figurehead at HMS Excellent
5th September 2007 Added the Field Gun Memorial and The Rock From HMS Pique as well as further information on the Scott statue and HMS Rattler to the Historic Dockyard section.
2nd September 2007 Added the (former) plaque on the Wheelbarrow to the Southsea section
19th August 2007 Added the 820 names on the HMS Victory Muster at Trafalgar, to the Dockyard section.
16th August 2007 Added the HMS Sultan Anchor to the City Centre section.
9th August 2007 Added the Sir Thomas Beecham Plaque to the Old Portsmouth section.
21st July 2007 Added the Conan Doyle Plaque and the Lost Obelisk to the Southsea section.
18th July 2007 Added further information concerning the whereabouts of artefacts from the former Holy Trinity Church in the Dockyard.
28th June 2007 The Memorials In Portsmouth website is shortlisted for the Hantsweb Awards 2007
22nd June 2007 Added the 143 names that appear on the Bass Drum of the Royal Marines Bandsmen Memorial (1914-1919) at the Royal Marines Museum
17th June 2007 Launched new section for the two war memorials in the former head office of the City of Portsmouth Passenger Transport Department
14th June 2007 Added further information to the page on Captain JM Boyd in St Ann's Church
8th June 2007 Added the Former Dockyard Apprentices and Thomas Telford Plaques to the Dockyard section.
17th May 2007 Added the Workers Memorial Day Memorial in Victoria Park.
23rd April 2007 Further research at the Royal Garrison Church has revealed the existence of 6 more memorials which are probably hidden by the organ.
16th April 2007 Added 5 more memorials to the Portsmouth Cathedral Section
5th April 2007 Added Kingston Cemetery (570 graves) to the War Graves section
5th April 2007 Added the memorial to George Bayne in Kingston Cemetery
23rd March 2007 Updated the biographical information for WL Whyllie and William Willoughby
17th March 2007 Updated the photo of the Brunel Memorial following it's completion
17th March 2007 Added Holy Trinity Church, Portsea to the 'Lost Churches' section
15th March 2007 Added 11 memorials to the Portsmouth Cathedral section
14th March 2007 Added English translation of the Lake Taswell/Lake Allen plaque in Portsmouth Cathedral.
13th March 2007 Added WW2 memorial to the men of the Electrical Service in Portsmouth Cathedral.
28th February 2007 Added the memorial to Lake Taswell and Lake Allen in Portsmouth Cathedral.
28th February 2007 Added the memorial to Lieutenant Pieter Laurentz Campbell in the Garrison Church.
9th February 2007 Added biographical information to the page on Lord Chatfield at HMS Excellent.
4th February 2007 Added further information to the pages on the Chinese Guns at HMS Excellent and HMS Shah in the City Centre.
31st January 2007 Added biographical details and photographs to the page on Sir John Pennefather in the Royal Garrison Church.
10th January 2007 Added memorials to Major Angus Gillman and to the Men of the Corporation Electricity Supply to the Cathedral section
20th December 2006 Finally completed the technical upgrade to the site which now satisfies W3C XHTML Standards. In the process, a banner image and site search facility has been added to each page.
20th December 2006 Added John Edmund Commerell VC to the section on Victoria Cross Holders
8th December 2006 Added biographical details on Captain WJ Madden and his family to the page in the Royal Garrison Church section.
25th November 2006 Finally completed the St Wilfrid's Parishioners' memorial by the addition of the last two panels.
12th November 2006 Added memorials to Willi Willoughby Esq., Robert Moulton Esq. and Richard and Emma Ford and Charles Ford in the Portsmouth Cathedral section
5th November 2006 Added 2 plaques in St Peter's and St Paul's church, Wymering to Richard and Emma Ford
30th October 2006 Added 2 more holders of the Victoria Cross, both born in Portsmouth
28th October 2006 Added 9 more graveside memorials to the Highland Road, Cemeteries section
21st October 2006 Added personal details of many men commemorated on the Farlington War Memorial, St Andrews Church, using information from "Forgotten Heroes" courtesy of author John Symonds.
15th October 2006 Added 431 War Graves at Milton Cemetery to the War Graves section
22nd September 2006 Added the full text of the Book of Remembrance in St Margaret's Church
19th September 2006 Added further biographical information to the page on the memorial to Rear Admiral Sir FL Maitland in St Ann's church including a detailed history of HMS Bellerophon
18th September 2006 Added the Royal Tournament Field Gun at HMS Excellent and the memorial window to Captain Wildman-Lushington at St Andrews Church, Eastney
15th September 2006 Added Norman Augustus Finch VC to the section on holders of the Victoria Cross and details of the action at Zeebrugge where he won the award to the page on the HMS Vindictive anchor on display at the Royal Marines Museum.
July & August 2006 Working on the 433 War Graves in Milton Cemetery, adding biographical and historical information to a number of existing pages and planning for Guided Tours of Portsmouth memorials, beginning with the graves of the VC's in Highland Road Cemetery.
12th June 2006 Launched new site for the Friends of Highland Road Cemetery
12th May 2006 Added John Pounds Monument and Reconstructed house to the John Pounds Memorial Church page in the Old Portsmouth section
6th May 2006 Added the St Andrews Church Cemetery to the War Graves section
6th May 2006 Added a photograph of the WW1 Memorial in the (former) Southern Grammar School
3rd May 2006 Added the St Peter & St Paul Church Cemetery to the War Graves section and updated the memorials in the church
28th April 2006 Added the new memorial to Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the Portsea/Dockyard section.
28th April 2006 Added memorial to Lt. J.W.W. Sutton to Highland Road Cemetery section
21st April 2006 Today we launch the beginning of a major new section dedicated to the War Graves of Portsmouth. There are nearly 1400 such graves in 7 locations in the city so this will take some time. We begin with the 271 graves in the Highland Road Cemetery.
10th April 2006 Added a new section for the former Southern Grammar School for Boys
10th April 2006 Began the process of converting the coding for the entire site to the XHTML standard as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium. This will also offer greater legibility and enable all pages to be printed without the navigation bars or footer information. As of today just the Royal Garrison Church section has been converted.
28th March 2006 Added the memorials to Captain C.P. Prendergast and 2nd Lt. E.A. Reid in Highland Road Cemetery
23rd March 2006 Added the memorials to Rifleman C.W. Cox, Lt. J.M.H. Fisher & 2nd Lt. C.E.H. Fisher in Highland Road Cemetery
12th March 2006 Added the memorial to 2nd Lieut. HF Tappenden in Highland Road Cemetery
26th February 2006 Added Portsmouth Grammar School to the Other Locations Section
20th February 2006 Added panoramic view of the Nave at the Royal Garrison Church
16th February 2006 Added St John's College, Southsea to the Other Locations Section
11th February 2006 Added the former church of St Andrews, Eastney to the Churches and Cathedrals section
6th February 2006 Added two Old Portsmuthian VCs (Francis Harvey & William Nickerson) to the VC Section
26th January 2006 Added The War Memorial Silver Drums 1914-1918 & The Memorial Trumpets of the Royal Naval School of Music to the Royal Marines Museum section.
7th January 2006 Added the Anne Frank Memorial to the City Museum section.
6th January 2006 Added new section on HMS Nelson Ward Room, Portsea to the "Others" section
3rd January 2006 Finally completed the inscription and history on the HMS Shah memorial in the City Centre section
2002-2004 Entries moved to separate page