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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) aims to commemorate the UK and Commonwealth dead of the World Wars, either by maintaining a war grave in a cemetery, or where there is no known grave, by listing the dead on a memorial to the missing .[ 1]
The majority of the memorials commissioned by the CWGC to commemorate the missing dead of World War I were erected in Belgium and France along or near to the Western Front. The following list is of the CWGC memorials to the missing of the First World War erected elsewhere, both in the UK and other regions of the worlds, limited to those that list more than 1000 names each.
The total from the 'numbers' column below of those listed on these memorials is 138,062.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) World War I memorials
Article and reference
Picture
Country
Location
Co-ordinates
Number listed
Description of those listed
Dates covered
Major battles
Date unveiled
Memorial designer
Memorial unveiled by
Basra Memorial
CWGC
Iraq
Basra
30°24′42″N 47°32′45″E / 30.4116°N 47.5458°E / 30.4116; 47.5458 (Basra Memorial )
40,625
UK and British Empire forces
Autumn 1914 to end of August 1921
Mesopotamia Campaign
27 March 1929
Edward Warren
Gilbert Clayton
Helles Memorial
CWGC
Turkey
Cape Helles
40°02′45″N 26°10′45″E / 40.0458°N 26.1792°E / 40.0458; 26.1792 (Helles Memorial )
20,884
British, Indian and Australian forces
April 1915 to January 1916
Gallipoli Campaign
1924
John James Burnet
not specified
India Gate
CWGC
India
New Delhi
28°36′46″N 77°13′45″E / 28.6129°N 77.2293°E / 28.6129; 77.2293 (India Gate )
13,216
British Empire and Indian forces
entire war and to 1921
North-West Frontier and Third Afghan War
12 February 1931
Edwin Lutyens
Lord Irwin
Tower Hill Memorial
CWGC
United Kingdom
London
51°30′35″N 0°04′40″W / 51.5097°N 0.0778°W / 51.5097; -0.0778 (Tower Hill Memorial )
12,210
Mercantile Marine
entire war
naval transport and convoys
12 December 1928
Edwin Lutyens
Queen Mary
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
CWGC
United Kingdom
Portsmouth
50°46′57″N 1°05′45″W / 50.7824°N 1.0958°W / 50.7824; -1.0958 (Portsmouth Naval Memorial )
9,667
Royal Navy
entire war
naval campaigns
15 October 1924
Robert Lorimer
Duke of York
Chatham Naval Memorial
CWGC
United Kingdom
Chatham
51°23′01″N 0°31′56″E / 51.3836°N 0.5322°E / 51.3836; 0.5322 (Chatham Naval Memorial )
8,517
Royal Navy
entire war
naval campaigns
26 April 1924
Robert Lorimer
Prince of Wales
Plymouth Naval Memorial
CWGC
United Kingdom
Plymouth
50°21′52″N 4°08′32″W / 50.3644°N 4.1422°W / 50.3644; -4.1422 (Plymouth Naval Memorial )
7,251
Royal Navy
entire war
naval campaigns
29 July 1924
Robert Lorimer
Prince George
Lone Pine Memorial
CWGC
Turkey
Gallipoli Peninsula
40°13′51″N 26°17′14″E / 40.2307°N 26.2871°E / 40.2307; 26.2871 (Lone Pine Memorial )
4,932
Australian and New Zealand servicemen
mostly May to August 1915
Battle of Lone Pine
1925
John James Burnet
no official unveiling
Port Tewfik Memorial
CWGC
Egypt
Port Suez
29°57′43″N 32°33′30″E / 29.9620°N 32.5582°E / 29.9620; 32.5582 (Port Tewfik Memorial )
3,727
British Indian Army
1915 to 1918
Sinai and Palestine Campaign
May 1926
John James Burnet
Lord Lloyd
Tehran Memorial CWGC
Iran
Tehran
35°46′35″N 51°26′19″E / 35.7765°N 51.4387°E / 35.7765; 51.4387 (Tehran Memorial )
3,580
UK, Indian and New Zealand forces
December 1914 to October 1918
Persian Campaign
not specified
not specified
not specified
Jerusalem Memorial
CWGC
Israel
Jerusalem
31°47′54″N 35°14′23″E / 31.7983°N 35.2397°E / 31.7983; 35.2397 (Jerusalem Memorial )
3,308
Egyptian Expeditionary Force
1915 to 1918
Sinai and Palestine Campaign
7 May 1927
John James Burnet
Lord Allenby and James Parr
Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial
CWGC
picture
India
Mumbai
18°57′18″N 72°50′24″E / 18.9549°N 72.8400°E / 18.9549; 72.8400 (Bombay 1914–1918 Memorial )
2,206
Indian, Adenese and East African sailors and Royal Indian Marine
entire war
naval campaigns and transport
not specified
not specified
not specified
Doiran Memorial
CWGC
Greece
Doirani
41°10′07″N 22°45′44″E / 41.1685°N 22.7623°E / 41.1685; 22.7623 (Doiran Memorial )
2,171
British Salonika Force
October 1915 to November 1918
Salonika Campaign
25 September 1926
Robert Lorimer
George Macdonogh
Hollybrook Memorial
CWGC
picture
United Kingdom
Southampton
50°56′02″N 1°25′52″W / 50.9338°N 1.4311°W / 50.9338; -1.4311 (Hollybrook Memorial )
1,897
Land and air forces lost at sea
entire war
SS Mendi and other ships
10 December 1930
T. Newham
William Robertson
Dar es Salaam British and Indian Memorial
CWGC
picture
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
6°46′27″S 39°14′41″E / 6.7743°S 39.2447°E / -6.7743; 39.2447 (Dar es Salaam British and Indian Memorial )
1,528
British Empire and Indian forces
during and after January 1917
East African Campaign
not specified
not specified
not specified
Nairobi British and Indian Memorial
CWGC
picture
Kenya
Nairobi
1°17′57″S 36°49′25″E / 1.2991°S 36.8237°E / -1.2991; 36.8237 (Nairobi British and Indian Memorial )
1,234
British Empire and Indian forces
before January 1917
East African Campaign
not specified
not specified
not specified
Freetown Memorial
CWGC
picture
Sierra Leone
Freetown
8°29′20″N 13°14′08″W / 8.4889°N 13.2355°W / 8.4889; -13.2355 (Freetown Memorial )
1,109
West African Frontier Force
entire war
Campaigns in West Africa
not specified
not specified
not specified
East African Memorials
CWGC
CWGC
CWGC
Kenya and Tanzania
Mombasa , Nairobi and Dar es Salaam
4°03′35″S 39°41′36″E / 4.0598°S 39.6934°E / -4.0598; 39.6934 (Mombasa African Memorial ) 1°17′03″S 36°49′20″E / 1.2842°S 36.8222°E / -1.2842; 36.8222 (Nairobi African Memorial ) 6°49′00″S 39°17′22″E / 6.8166°S 39.2895°E / -6.8166; 39.2895 (Dar es Salaam African Memorial )
none [ 2]
King's African Rifles and Carrier Corps
entire war
East African Campaign
not specified
not specified
not specified
^ Some of those named on memorials to the missing will have been buried as "unknowns", with a gravestone marked "Known Unto God", but the bodies of many of those commemorated on these memorials were never recovered, could not be recovered, or no remains were left to be recovered.
^ The number commemorated by the three East African memorials at Mombasa, Nairobi, and Dar es Salaam is 49,572, but as no complete record of the names of the dead exists, no names appear on the memorials.