CWGC Tours 2025 - Plymouth Naval Memorial

Join us for a free tour of Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Our tours are free to the public, but if you would like to support us then please consider donating to our charity The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation (CWGF).

https://foundation.cwgc.org/donate/

MEETING POINT is at the CWGC information board at the memorial.

In addition to commemorating seamen of the Royal Navy who sailed from Plymouth, the First World War panels also bears the names of sailors from Australia and South Africa. The governments of the other Commonwealth nations chose to commemorate their dead elsewhere, for the most part on memorials in their home ports. After the Second World War, Canada and New Zealand again chose commemoration at home, but the memorial at Plymouth commemorates sailors from all other parts of the Commonwealth.

Plymouth Naval Memorial commemorates 7,251 sailors of the First World War and 15,933 of the Second World War.

There is pay and display parking along Hoe Road and surrounding streets to the rear of Hoe Park. There is disabled access and parking spaces in a dedicated parking area to the right of the memorial, on Hoe Promenade. Access is through a gated operated by the Council. There is a ramped pedestrian access adjacent to the disabled parking entrance off Hoe Road. Steps lead up pathways which lead to the paved area in front of the memorial from Hoe Road in a number of locations. No facilities on site.

Please come dressed for the weather and wear suitable footwear.

The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation (CWGF) aims to actively engage all communities with the work of the CWGC by telling the inspiring stories through education and outreach projects.

The CWGF is an independent charity registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales (1171947) and Scotland (SC051982).

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